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Category: Holiday Teachings

Paradox — A Hanukkah Dilemma

Hanukkah teaches us how to survive exile and how to accomplish the purpose
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Video–Sarah, Sarai, Yiska

Sarah is the Matriarch of the Jewish people. Tradition ascribes superiority to her
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The Dust of Their Skirmish Reached to the Throne of Glory–Sukkot, 5783

The midrash informs us that the “dust” of Yakov's epic battle with Essav
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Elul and the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy

The prayer is that HaShem should feel free to choose the speediest path
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Solemn Joy, Sweet Sorrow

 Solemn Joy, Sweet Sorrow Tisha B’Av, 2022 Sarah Yehudit Schneider This year we
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The Temple for Which We Are Supposed to Yearn

Illustrated Video Teaching: On Tisha B’Av we mourn the loss of our House
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A TEACHING FOR THE FAST OF TAMMUZ

This Torah of Atzilut was what Adam would have received had he not
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Malchut Sh’b’Malchut

To describe the king as “entangled in the tresses” is to assert that
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31st ANNUAL (DANCE & LEARN) PURIM PARTY FOR WOMEN–STILL ON!

PURIM PARTY IS STILL ON. COME ONE, COME ALL. PURIM SAMEACH…SY You are
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Tu B’Shvat Hagada for Sale

The Still Small VoiceTu B'Shvat Hagada, fifteen years in the making, is finally
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“This Opposite This” HaShem Made the World

This tug-of-war stripped down to its basics is really about “who eats who?”
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Shame and Sinat Chinam–Tisha B’Av, 2021

This is a video of Sarah Yehudit’s teaching on Tisha B’Av evening after
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ZOOM EICHA READING FOR WOMEN PLUS CLASS AFTERWARDS

WOMEN’S EICHA READING by Hanna Yaffe CLASS afterwards by Sarah Yehudit Schneider Given
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Videos/Audio of Sarah Yehudit’s Tisha B’Av Teaching, 2020

This first video is Sarah Yehudit’s teaching, itself. The second video is the
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Tisha B’Av Teachings Through the Years

Tisha B’Av teachings over the years (2007-present).
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Sifra, Sefer, Sippur

The Torah, says Sefer Yetzira, is really three in one. There’s the Torah
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Shavuot through the years

Shavuot teachings over the years (2008-2016).
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A Kabbalistic Kavanna for Eating Matzah at the Seder

Pesach 2021 / 5781 by Sarah Yehudit Schneider Matzah on Pesach is a
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Purim 2021–Who is Charvonah…

Charvonah is a seemingly insignificant character in the Purim story. He is one
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Purim High Council Prayer and Meditation Happening for Women–2

We are Inviting women from around the world to join the actual Jerusalem-based
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Purim High Council Prayer and Meditation Happening for Women

We are Inviting women from around the world to join the actual Jerusalem-based
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Our Fruit Tree and Vegetable Kingdom Role Models

On Tu B’Shvat we celebrate our generous and magnificent fruit trees that selflessly
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The Chinukh of Chanukka

Since Chanukka and Purim reference toward the future, R. Luria associates them with
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Chai Elul—A Rosh HaShana Teaching for the Baal Shem Tov’s Birthday

R. Tsadok notes that Rosh Hashana (humanity's birthday) is actually a very strange
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The Key to Sorting Truth From Lie

The chink that precipitated our Tisha B'Av fiasco was a defect in our
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