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The Artist As Teacher
Sep 9, 2014 By David C. Kraemer | Short Video | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur
Explore the Esslingen Mahzor
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The Bitter Truth
Apr 8, 2014 By David C. Kraemer | Short Video | Pesah
This short video details the history of maror and suggests the possibility of a maror tasting to reflect on what best symbolizes slavery at a seder.
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Clothing and Adornment: Sartorial Insights on Gender Definition in the Talmud
Mar 11, 2012 By David C. Kraemer | Public Event video
How does the Talmud define Gender? Dr. David Kraemer seeks the answer to this question by looking into how the Talmud discussed clothing and adornment.
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Topics in Talmud: Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Oct 25, 2009 By David C. Kraemer | Text Study | Video Lecture
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Topics in Talmud: Conversion
Oct 25, 2009 By David C. Kraemer | Text Study | Video Lecture
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Topics in Talmud: Funerals and Mourning
Oct 25, 2009 By David C. Kraemer | Text Study | Video Lecture
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Topics in Talmud: Hanukkah
Oct 25, 2009 By David C. Kraemer | Text Study | Video Lecture | Hanukkah
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Topics in Talmud: Suffering
Oct 25, 2009 By David C. Kraemer | Text Study | Video Lecture
The Essential Talmud: 10 Talmudic Topics Every Jew Should Know.
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Topics in Talmud: The High Holidays
Oct 25, 2009 By David C. Kraemer | Text Study | Video Lecture | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur
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Topics in Talmud: Matan Torah
Oct 25, 2009 By David C. Kraemer | Text Study | Video Lecture | Shavuot
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Topics in Talmud: Kashrut
Oct 25, 2009 By David C. Kraemer | Text Study | Video Lecture
The Essential Talmud: 10 Talmudic Topics Every Jew Should Know.
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Topics in Talmud: Shabbat
Oct 25, 2009 By David C. Kraemer | Text Study | Video Lecture
The Essential Talmud: 10 Talmudic Topics Every Jew Should Know.
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Noah’s Repetition and Contradiction
Oct 24, 2009 By David C. Kraemer | Commentary | Noah
Read the Noah story—the whole thing, from the very end of Genesis 5 and not just from the beginning of the parashah—and you will immediately sense that there is a problem. Why are there so many repetitions, tensions, and outright contradictions? Why are we told twice about Noah’s offspring (5:32 and 6:10)? Why does the story offer two explanations for God’s decision to destroy all creatures, removing them from the face of the earth—one explanation relating to the transgression of the divine/human divide and the wickedness of the human heart (6:1-7), and the other relating to human violence (6:11-12)?
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Food’s Symbolic Burden
Dec 3, 2005 By David C. Kraemer | Commentary | Toledot
It has often been noted — and properly so — that Parashat Toledot is framed by two stories of deceit and dishonesty.
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