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  A Torah Perspective on Voting

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: Oct 30, 2024
  • Venue:

    Beth Shalom Cong. (Scranton, PA)  
    Machshava:

    Politics,
  • Duration: 56 min

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  The Legacy of Rav Ovadia Yosef זצ״ל

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: Oct 18, 2023
  • Venue:

    Beth Shalom Cong. (Scranton, PA)  
    Personalities:

    Rav Ovadia Yosef,
  • Duration: 53 min

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  Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish: Friendship, Conflict, and Clarity

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: May 03, 2023
  • Venue:

    Beth Shalom Cong. (Scranton, PA)  
    Gemara:

    Bava Metzia,

    Aggadeta,
  • Duration: 33 min

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  Stories From the Talmud: Rabbi Akiva, Hillel, and Access to Torah

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: Apr 19, 2023
  • Venue:

    Beth Shalom Cong. (Scranton, PA)  
    Gemara:

    Ketuvot,

    Nedarim,

    Aggadeta,
  • Duration: 34 min

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  Amira l'Akum, Part 1: The Prohibition and its Reason(s)

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: Jan 11, 2023
  • Venue:

    Beth Shalom Cong. (Scranton, PA)  
    Halacha:

    Non-Jews,
  • Duration: 55 min

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  Five-Minute Torah: Hilchos Yichud - Two Men and One Woman

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: Jan 08, 2023
  • Venue:

    Beth Shalom Cong. (Scranton, PA)  
    Halacha:

    Yichud,

    Shovevim,

    Even Haezer,
  • Duration: 4 min

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  Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish: Friendship, Conflict, and Clarity

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: May 03, 2023
  • Venue:

    Beth Shalom Cong. (Scranton, PA)  
    Gemara:

    Bava Metzia,

    Aggadeta,
  • Duration: 33 min

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  Stories From the Talmud: Rabbi Akiva, Hillel, and Access to Torah

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: Apr 19, 2023
  • Venue:

    Beth Shalom Cong. (Scranton, PA)  
    Gemara:

    Ketuvot,

    Nedarim,

    Aggadeta,
  • Duration: 34 min

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  Toronto Torah: Chukat 5781

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: Jun 15, 2021
  • Venue:

    YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov 
    Parsha:

    Chukat,
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  Pirkei Avot: Machloket L'Shem Shamayim

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: May 26, 2021
  • Venue:

    YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov 
    Mishna:

    Avot,
    Machshava:

    Pluralism,
    Parsha:

    Korach,
  • Duration: 1 h 2 min

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  The Pesach Seder Companion 5781

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: Mar 09, 2021
  • Venue:

    YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov 
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  Toronto Torah: Noach 5779

  • Speaker: Rabbi Alex Hecht  
  • Date: Oct 09, 2018
  • Venue:

    YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov 
    Parsha:

    Noach,
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