About Holidays

Shiurim/Lectures about different holidays in the Jewish Calendar:

• Jewish Festal Names: Exploring their Origins and Significance

• Rosh HaShanah: A Tale of Two Beginnings- A special lecture at Ohr Somayach in preparation of Rosh Hashanah.

• Chanuka 5781 - A special lecture for students at the Thornhill Torah Education Center - Beis Midrash Maayan HaTorah in Toronto that focuses on why the Yevanim targeted certain Mitzvos to decree against and what their ultimate goal was.

Pesach:

• The Three Names of Passover - An etymological look at the holiday's names Pesach, Chag HaMatzos, and Zman Cheirusainu, and the interplay between them.

• Seventh Day of Pesach - Liturgical insights and the Splitting of the Sea.

Tisha B'Av:

• Filling His Flask and Feeling the Churban - Audio / Video.

Sukkos:

• Sukkos 5779 - Shadows and Angels

• Sukkos 5778 - Sukkos: The Holiday Against Polytheism

• Sukkos 5775 - 

• Sukkos 5773 - 

Yom Kippur:

• Erev Yom Kippur 5778 - Songs and zermiros with the family.