Shtender

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Shtender episodes

October 23, 2014 Light It Up
Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat B’reishit (October 17, 2014): The opening chapter of Genesis, teach the rabbis, is an extended metaphor about the nature of the world and the Jewish mission in it. Rabbi Knopf unpacks the metaphor, and charges us with the mission.
13 min
October 23, 2014 Light It Up
Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat B’reishit (October 17, 2014): The opening chapter of Genesis, teach the rabbis, is an extended metaphor about the nature of the world and the Jewish mission in it. Rabbi Knopf unpacks the metaphor, and charges us with the mission.
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October 16, 2014 Why Sukkot?
In his Saturday message for the Shabbat of the Sukkot festival (October 11, 2014), Rabbi Knopf offers a fresh take on why the Torah instructs us to celebrate Sukkot.

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October 16, 2014 Why Sukkot?
In his Saturday message for the Shabbat of the Sukkot festival (October 11, 2014), Rabbi Knopf offers a fresh take on why the Torah instructs us to celebrate Sukkot.
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October 15, 2014 An Edifice or an Act of Love?
“In his Friday message for the Shabbat of the Sukkot festival (October 10, 2014), Rabbi Knopf compares synagogues to sukkot, the Ise Shrine, and Wikipedia.

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October 15, 2014 An Edifice or an Act of Love?
“In his Friday message for the Shabbat of the Sukkot festival (October 10, 2014), Rabbi Knopf compares synagogues to sukkot, the Ise Shrine, and Wikipedia.
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October 09, 2014 The Quantified Life
In his Yom Kippur message for 5775, Rabbi Knopf explains why we should focus on living a life that counts, rather than on living a life that can be counted.

17 min
October 09, 2014 The Quantified Life
In his Yom Kippur message for 5775, Rabbi Knopf explains why we should focus on living a life that counts, rather than on living a life that can be counted.
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October 06, 2014 Recipe for a Renaissance
What two renaissances – separated by centuries and thousands of miles – can teach the American Jewish community about sparking our own.

22 min
October 06, 2014 Recipe for a Renaissance
What two renaissances – separated by centuries and thousands of miles – can teach the American Jewish community about sparking our own.
22 min