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A guided journey through the Talmud with Yaakov Korer and Rabbi Ephraim Potash.
The Talmud Tour is a study group led by Rabbi Professor Tali Loewenthal exploring teachings, ideas and stories in the Talmud, the great treasure trove of Judaism. With insights from the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
To join the group, please get in touch or call 07913264911.
Explores morning prayer order, bowing in Amidah, High Holiday textual changes, praying for others, forgiveness via shame, and Shema inclusions like Exodus mentions, with Steinsaltz and Chassidic...
Explores Divine Name "Ehyeh," redemption promise, Elijah's double plea, and morning Shema timing from dawn distinctions to three hours. Chassidic comments highlight prayer's transcendence, kingship...
Topics include the virtue of praying with the community, the importance of the Halachah (as opposed to varied opinions in the Talmud), physical and spiritual death, the importance of marriage and...
Explore divine prayer, mercy, and human blessings. Shammai's emphasis on consistent Torah study and kindness. God's prayer seeks mercy over anger. Kabbalistic interpretations connect divine...
Berachot 6b discusses God's metaphorical phylacteries, symbolizing Israel's praise, and the importance of synagogue attendance. It emphasizes running to mitzvot, prayer's spiritual impact, and...
The Talmud Tour on Shabbat 88a-89a, honouring Shavuot, explores the Giving of the Torah at Sinai. It discusses the Torah’s threefold nature, its dissolution of the spiritual-physical divide, coercion...
Studied in preparation for Lag B'Omer which falls this year on Thursday-Friday 15-16 May 2025. This passage describes Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his son having to hide from the Romans in a cave, and...
Explores prayer and synagogue practices, detailing Abba Binyamin's teachings on prayer timing, bed orientation, and communal prayer. It discusses the Divine Presence in synagogues, Torah study, and...
Berachot 5a-b concerns the topic of Suffering. Hasidic concepts are also discussed, such as Tanya ch.26, which speaks of apparent suffering coming from a higher spiritual dimension, Yud and Heh of...
In the middle of the discussion about the prayers, the Shema, Ashrei and other prayers, the Talmud includes a brief passage on the origin of the Torah. We explore this, examining other related texts...
The importance of Ashrei (Ps 145) which is said 3 times daily, saying Shema before going to bed, and battling against one's inner Yetzer Hara, the Animal Soul.
Discussing the correct time to recite the Shema, the holiness of hebrew letters in the power of creation, praying with certainty for Moshiach
The spiritual meaning of the three 'watches' of the night. The Divine 'roar' at the exilic state of existence. The dangers of entering a 'ruin'.
From when does one say the Shema in the evening? The Rebbe explains how this first Mishnah in the entire Talmud hints at each of the six Orders of the Mishnah. 'Evening' represents a state of...