Shabbat Hagadol: The Truly Great Day Ilana Goldstein Saks studied at Midreshet Lindenbaum in 1987-88 and again as part of the Bruriah Scholars program from 1993-1996, and she taught there from 1993-2000. She has taught at a number of midrashot and schools in Israel. On the eve of yetziat Mitzraim, the exodus from Egypt, …
Parshat Tzav-Shabbat Hagadol (Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “Behold, I send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And he [Elijah] will turn [back to God] the hearts of the parents through their children and the hearts of the children through …
“May a Woman Conduct the Pesach Seder? Halakhic and Philosophical Implications on the Status of Women” Watch or listen to the audio file of Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Shabbat HaGadol 5778 drasha (in English), delivered in memory of Belda Kaufman Lindenbaum, z”l, at Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Chana and Yaakov Tilles Campus in Jerusalem (March 25, 2018) Audio files: Facebook livestream: …
Parshat Tzav – Shabbat Hagadol (Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin The Sabbath before Pessah is called “The Great Sabbath” (Shabbat Hagadol) after the last verse of the reading from the prophets (haftara) for that day: “Behold I send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of the …
Listen to Rabbi Riskin’s Shabbat HaGadol Drasha in English: “Who will Destroy Amalek and Bring about the Redemption, God or Israel?” Delivered on Motzai Shabbat April 8, 2017, at the Jerusalem Great Synagogue in memory of Rivka bat Sarah Domb, a Holy Martyr of the Holocaust and mother of Sam Domb, a lover of Zion …