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Shavuot Insight

Five Minute Class




About the Speaker

J. Immanuel Schochet
Rabbi Immanuel Schochet has written and lectured extensively on the history and philosophy of Chassidism and topical themes of Jewish thought and ethics. He is a renowned authority on Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism. He is rabbi of Cong. Beth Joseph, and professor-emeritus of Philosophy at Humber College, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.



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Posted: May 29, 2009
Shavuot
Todah rabah for your thoughts and how we should celabrate the Torah.
Posted By Bashli Lewi, Cliffwood, NJ

Posted: May 26, 2009
Superb
Rabbi Shochet,

Your short insights on Our Torah are always truly amazing and so inspiring!!!

Thank You!
Posted By Ron Rosen, Dix Hills, Ny

Posted: May 20, 2007
just beautiful!
Posted By Uri Yitzchak, orlando, u.s.a.



 

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Shavuot Insight
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A five minute Shavuot insight based on the wellsprings of Torah and Chassidut.  (5:44)

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On A Little Mountain
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E Pluribus Unum: One from the Many
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Moses, King David and the Baal Shem Tov
On Shavuot, Moses as a baby was removed from the River Nile; King David and The Baal Shem Tov passed away -- the link between these events.
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Sinai, Shavuot and Today
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Some of the Halachik laws pertaining to the festival of Shavuot in-depth.
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Receiving the Torah Anew
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We Get a Torah, But What's In It for G-d?
What do you get for the G-d who has everything? Does He really need us? Why is He so concerned whether or not we accept His Torah and do what He asks?
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The five names of Har Sinai and how each of these names teaches us a profound lesson about the Torah.
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Shavuot: The Sinai Experience
Gain insight into the transformative nature of the giving of the Torah at Sinai.
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Shavuot: Giving of the Torah
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Matan Torah: the Voice at Sinai
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This class explains the significance of the logical and mundane laws of the Torah and the special connection of these mitzvot to the general theme of the giving of the Torah.
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When Israel stood at Sinai they underwent a transformation which serves as the model for all future conversion. We will examine what they did and how this evolved into the criteria for conversion today.
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Experience the gems of the Parsha with the classic commentaries, and a kabbalstic twist.
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