Marianne Novak, a student at Yeshivat Maharat, presents her Valley Beit Midrash lecture "From Punishment to Compassion" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ.

ABOUT THIS LECTURE: The time leading up to Tisha B’av and its aftermath, leading ultimately to Rosh HaShana, demands an almost instantaneous move from extreme sadness, grief and anger to joy and happiness to be with God. How does our tradition help us move from one radical state to the other with purpose and meaning? How does this process enhance our relationship with God?

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Music: "Watercolors" by John Deley and the 41 Players, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

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Marianne Novak, a student at Yeshivat Maharat, presents her Valley Beit Midrash lecture "From Punishment to Compassion" before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ.

ABOUT THIS LECTURE: The time leading up to Tisha B’av and its aftermath, leading ultimately to Rosh HaShana, demands an almost instantaneous move from extreme sadness, grief and anger to joy and happiness to be with God. How does our tradition help us move from one radical state to the other with purpose and meaning? How does this process enhance our relationship with God?

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LEARNING MATERIALS: https://bit.ly/2OlotOK

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Music: "Watercolors" by John Deley and the 41 Players, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

Elad Nehorai, the Pop Chassid (popchassid.com/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash Lecture "The Change-Making Power Of Community."

ABOUT THIS LECTURE: We have been inundated recently with stories about how “echo chambers” hurt political discourse and make it harder to affect positive change. But what if there was more to the story? In this session, Elad will explore the incredible power communities (both online and offline) have to create change, and how these “echo chambers” can actually be used to amplify a cause to the outside world in a way no individual could on their own.

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Elad Nehorai, the Pop Chassid (popchassid.com/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash Lecture "The Change-Making Power Of Community."

ABOUT THIS LECTURE: We have been inundated recently with stories about how “echo chambers” hurt political discourse and make it harder to affect positive change. But what if there was more to the story? In this session, Elad will explore the incredible power communities (both online and offline) have to create change, and how these “echo chambers” can actually be used to amplify a cause to the outside world in a way no individual could on their own.

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Music: "Watercolors" by John Deley and the 41 Players, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

Elad Nehorai, the Pop Chassid (http://popchassid.com/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash Lecture "How To Break Out Of Tribalism and Still Be Proudly Jewish" before a roundtable audience at DeskHub, a collaborative workspace for start-up organizations.

ABOUT THIS LECTURE: It could be argued that tribalism, valuing one’s own group more than others, often leading to hurting others, has become one of the defining problems in our generation. But how does one balance that against the call by our very religion to act, in so many ways, as a tribe? How do we square what seems like self-interest with the call to make the world a perfect place? In this session, Elad will discuss these tensions, and how Judaism itself holds the answers to them.

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Music: "Watercolors" by John Deley and the 41 Players, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

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Elad Nehorai, the Pop Chassid (http://popchassid.com/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash Lecture "How To Break Out Of Tribalism and Still Be Proudly Jewish" before a roundtable audience at DeskHub, a collaborative workspace for start-up organizations.

ABOUT THIS LECTURE: It could be argued that tribalism, valuing one’s own group more than others, often leading to hurting others, has become one of the defining problems in our generation. But how does one balance that against the call by our very religion to act, in so many ways, as a tribe? How do we square what seems like self-interest with the call to make the world a perfect place? In this session, Elad will discuss these tensions, and how Judaism itself holds the answers to them.

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Music: "Watercolors" by John Deley and the 41 Players, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

Rabbi Herzl Hefter, the Founder of Rosh Beit Midrash Har’el (www.har-el.org/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Saving God From True Believers: (It’s the Least We Can Do for Him After Everything He Did for Us)" at before a roundtable audience at Congregation Or Tzion (www.congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ.

ABOUT THIS LECTURE: In 2001, the Taliban destroyed the two ancient Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan. How is Judaism different? Can we be both compassionate and committed?

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Music: "Watercolors" by John Deley and the 41 Players, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

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Rabbi Herzl Hefter, the Founder of Rosh Beit Midrash Har’el (www.har-el.org/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Saving God From True Believers: (It’s the Least We Can Do for Him After Everything He Did for Us)" at before a roundtable audience at Congregation Or Tzion (www.congregationortzion.org) in Scottsdale, AZ.

ABOUT THIS LECTURE: In 2001, the Taliban destroyed the two ancient Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan. How is Judaism different? Can we be both compassionate and committed?

DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP

LEARNING MATERIALS: https://bit.ly/2sBxTfQ

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www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/

Music: "Watercolors" by John Deley and the 41 Players, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

Rabbi Herzl Hefter, the Founder of Rosh Beit Midrash Har’el (http://www.har-el.org/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Navigating Change and Tradition: A Case Study" at before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ.

ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Modernity emphasizes human autonomy. Tradition calls for submission to authority. As modern people how do we navigate this territory? A narrative of tension between Moses and the tribal leaders in the desert and its resolution will serve us as a guide. This will be a text-based study.

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Music: "Watercolors" by John Deley and the 41 Players, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.

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Rabbi Herzl Hefter, the Founder of Rosh Beit Midrash Har’el (http://www.har-el.org/), presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Navigating Change and Tradition: A Case Study" at before a roundtable audience at Temple Chai (www.templechai.com/) in Phoenix, AZ.

ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Modernity emphasizes human autonomy. Tradition calls for submission to authority. As modern people how do we navigate this territory? A narrative of tension between Moses and the tribal leaders in the desert and its resolution will serve us as a guide. This will be a text-based study.

DONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP

LEARNING MATERIALS: https://bit.ly/2HpojkB

For more info, please visit:

www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/

www.facebook.com/temple.chai

twitter.com/VBMTorah

www.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/

Music: "Watercolors" by John Deley and the 41 Players, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.