Past Divrei Torah and Other Presentations
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Bereshit/Genesis...
- Bereshit - Susan Robertson (2002)
- Bereshit - Why Were There Two Trees in the Garden of Eden? A Possible Development of the Eden Myth - David Steinberg (2005)
- Bereshit Genesis 2 vs. 3 and the Concept of Nature - David Steinberg (2002)
- Bereshit - Overview of creation story, Part 1 of 2 - David Brooks (2023)
- Noach - Overview of creation story, Part 2 of 2 - David Brooks (2023)
- Noach - Tower of Babel - David Brooks
- LECH-LECHA - Irwin Brodo (2000)
- LECH-LECHA - Sylvia Greenspoon (2005)
- LECH-LECHA - From Myth to History - David Brooks (2024)
- Chaye Sarah - Danielle Dugas
- Chaye Sarah - David Brooks
- Chaye Sarah - Betrothal - David Brooks
- Chayei Sarah - Fern Goldman
- Toldoth 1 (Bereshit (Genesis) 25:19 - 26:22) - David Brooks
- Toldoth 2 (Bereshit (Genesis) 26:23 - 27:27) - David Brooks
- Toldoth - Arabs, Edomites and Jews- David Steinberg
- Toldoth - God Covers His Tracks- David Steinberg
- Toldot - Roslyn Bryan
- Vayetzei 1 - David Brooks
- Vayetzei 2 - Fern Goldman
- Vayetzei 3 - David Brooks
- Vayishlach - Not Jacob but Israel - Paul Adler
- Vayishlach - Dinah - David Brooks
- VAYESHEV(3rd Part - Bereshit (Genesis) 39:1 - 40:23) - David Brooks
- Miketz - Susan Landau-Chark
- Vayigash - Danielle Dugas
- Vayigash1 - David Brooks
- Vayigash - Joseph and Agrarian policy - David Brooks
- Vayehi - Molly Tepper
- Vayehi - Susan Landau-Chark
- Vayehi - David Brooks
Shemot/Exodus...
- SHEMOT Exodus Chapters 3:1 to 4:17 - David Brooks (2003)
- SHEMOT Moshe and Aaron - Susan Landau Chark (2021)
- SHEMOT Hardening Pharaoh's Heart - David Steinberg (2003)
- VA-EYRA(Exodus VI, 2 - end of IX) - Ellen Caplan (2006)
- VA'ERA - David Brooks (2018)
- VA'ERA - Roslyn Bryan (2020)
- VA'ERA - Roslyn Bryan (2023)
- The Akeda - Susan Gara Markowitz (2019)
- Bo - Five special men named Moshe - Paul Adler (2018)
- Bo 2 - Susan Landau-Chark
- Bo- Vegetarianism and Veganism in Judaism - David Brooks
- BESHALAKH - Carol Steinberg
- Yitro - David Brooks
- Mishpatim - 3 - David Brooks (2010)
- Mishpatim - Haftarah - David Brooks (2024)
- Terumah - Roslyn Bryan (2024)
- Tetzavveh-2 - David Brooks (2003)
- Ki Tissa - Susan Robertson (2004)
- Ki Tissa - Carol Steinberg (2018)
- Ki Tissa(2ndPart) Shemot (Exodus) 31:18 - 33:11- David Brooks
- Vayikahel -Pikudei - David Brooks (2009)
- Va Yachel and Oholiab 3 - David Brooks (2022)
Vayikra/Leviticus...
- Zakhor; Vayikra - Irwin Brodo (2003)
- Vayikra - 1(Vayikra/Leviticus 1:1 - 2:16) - David Brooks
- Vayikra - M'Tzora(Vayikra/Leviticus 14:53 - 15:33) - David Brooks (2016,2022)
- Vayikra - during Covid Isolation Roslyn Bryan
- Vayikra - the book David Brooks (2023)
- Tsav Karet David Brooks (2020)
- Tazria David Brooks
- Shmini: 2. Anger, 3. Kosher foods - David Brooks
- Acharei Mot - Gene Bodzin
- Acharei Mot Kidoshim - Susan Gara Markowitz (2021)
- Kedoshism Holiness Code - David Brooks (2022)
- Acharei Mot - David Brooks (2023)
- Emor 2 - David Brooks
- Bechukotai - Irwin Brodo (2001)
- Bechukotai - Fern Goldman (2003)
- Bechukotai - blessings and curses - David Brooks (2019)
- Behar - Jubilee Year - David Brooks
- Behar - Buying and selling land, symbolic purchase by Jeremiah - David Brooks (2024)
Bamidbar /Numbers...
- Naso - Ellen Caplan (2004)
- Naso - Susan Landau-Chark (2011)
- Naso(Sotah) - Carol Steinberg (2006)
- Naso-Birkhat Hacohanim - David Brooks (2015?)
- Naso-Birkhat Hacohanim part 2, with thanks to Rabbi Bulka - David Brooks (2022)
- B'HA-ALOT'KHA - 3 - David Brooks (2007)
- Shlach Lecha - Ron Huberman (2003)
- SH'LACH L'KHA(third part) - David Brooks (2018?)
- Korakh - David Brooks (2007)
- Hukat-Balak - Gene Bodzin (2003)
- Hukat-Need for water - David Brooks (2021)
- Balak - Danielle Dugas (2015)
- Balak - Poetry David Brooks (2018)
- Balak - Full David Brooks (2024)
- Pinchas1 - (Bemidbar (Numbers) 25:10 to 26:51) - David Brooks (2018)
- Pinchas3 - Animal Sacrifices (Bemidbar (Numbers) 28:16 – 30:1) - David Brooks (2019)
- BALAK - Gene Bodzin (2002)
- MATTOT - MASE-2 - David Brooks (2018?)
- Haftorah - David Brooks (2017)
- MASE- 3 - David Brooks (2013?)
- MASE - Numbers 33:53 and the Mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisrael- LP (2005)
Devarim/Deuteronomy...
- D'VARIM - Carol Steinberg (2005)
- D'VARIM - Susan Landau-Chark (2013?)
- D'VARIM - SATAN IN JEWISH AND EARLY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT- David Brooks (2008)
- D'VARIM - True origin - David Brooks (2023)
- Vaetchanan - Carol Steinberg (2001)
- Vaetchanan - David Steinberg (2018?)
- Vaetchanan2 - David Brooks (2018?)
- Vaetchanan3 - David Brooks (2010)
- Ekev Sin - Three Little Words by David Brooks (2005)
- Ekev by Sherill Besser (2018)
- Ekev Irrigation - by David Brooks (2016)
- Re'eh - David Brooks ()
- Re'eh 2 - David Brooks ()
- Ethannan, Ekev and Shoftim - Commandment for Genocide? - David Steinberg ()
- Shoftim - Susan Robertson (2005)
- Shofetim - Capital Punishment - David Brooks (2020)
- Shoftim - Bal Taschit 3 - David Brooks ()
- Shoftim - Science, Religion and Covid - Roslyn Bryan (2021)
- Ki Tetse - Roslyn Bryan (2010)
- Ki Teitzei - Social Responsibility - Sherill Besser ()
- Ki Teitzei - Methods of Interpretation - Sherill Besser (2020)
- Ki Teitzei - Misc Laws - David Brooks (2024)
- Ki-Tavo - Elaine Vininsky (2002)
- Ki-Tavo Susan Landau-Chark ()
- Ki-Tavo 3 - Triennial cycle, stongest blessing and curses - David Brooks (2022)
- Nitzavim - Deuteronomy Chapt 30 - David Steinberg (2003)
- Nitzavim - Danielle Dugas (2014)
- Nitzavim - Danielle Dugas (2017)
- Nitzavim - David Brooks (2018)
- Nitzavim-Vayeilech - Roslyn Bryan (2024)
- Ha'Azinu - David Brooks ()
- Ha'Azinu - Baruch Sienna (2004)
- Ha'Azinu - Roslyn Bryan ()
Holidays...
- Akeda - Rabbi Miriam T. Spitzer
- Shmini Atzeret Hukat Balak - Gene Bodzin
- Meta-questions for Discussion at the Passover Seder - David Steinberg
- Passover, Seventh Day - Irwin Brodo
- Passover, First Day - The Origins of Pesach and the Haggadah - David Steinberg
- Shabbat Shuvah - David Steinberg
- Geshem and Tal: The Prayers for Rain and for Dew in our Liturgy - David B. Brooks
- From Noah to Jonah through Abraham - Rabbi Miriam T. Spitzer
- Jonah - David Steinberg
- Sukkot and the Sanctity of Time - Paul Adler
- Tisha B'Av Readings - David Steinberg
- Tashlich - Rabbi Miriam T. Spitzer
Miscellaneous...
- Song of Songs: A Comparison of Texts - David Brooks