Theory and Development

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Love is Having to Say that You are Sorry: The Psychology of Forgiveness and Memory for Self and Others

Dr. Michelle Friedman

This session will take place on Thursday, September 29 at 10:30am Eastern, 5:30pm in Israel.  
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e-TiM: The Torah Speaks to Scientists

Jeremy England

    This will be a three-part series taking place on Tuesdays at 2:00pm Eastern, 9:00pm in Israel In this series, we will take various approaches to asking how the Torah thinks about what it means to reason scientifically about the natural…
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הלכה פוגשת טכנולוגיה: כיצד תראה השבת העתידית Halacha and Technology: Imagining the Shabbat of the Future (Part 2)

Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon

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Introduction to Hebrew Manuscripts

Dr. Yoel Finkelman

To access these and all National Library of Israel materials click here  Introduction to Hebrew Manuscripts– Prior to the founding of the printing press, there was only one way to transmit written texts from one generation to the other –…
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Thoughts of a Modern Orthodox Jew

Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin

Thoughts of a Modern Orthodox Jew
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Torah from Heaven: How is it Possible?

Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Torah from Heaven: How is it Possible?
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Structure as a Tool for Understanding Talmud Case Study: Prosbol - Was it Really Instituted to Solve a Halachtic Problem?

Structure as a Tool for Understanding Talmud Case Study: Prosbol - Was it Really Instituted to Solve a Halachtic Problem?
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The Relationship Between Law and Narrative

Ora Ziring

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Nitzchuni Banai: Rendering Halachic Decisions with a Human Perspective

Rabbi Dr. Haskel Lookstein

From the 15th Annual Renewing Our Spirit Conference. This annual gathering features fascinating lectures and hard-hitting, provocative panel discussions with some of the finest scholars in the Jewish world today. 
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Pluralism and Tolerance in the Work of the Netziv

Rabbi Dr. Gil Perl

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