Listeners will focus on one metaphor in this week’s poem – Deuteronomy/Devarim ch.32 – that charts Jewish History. We find that Israel is depicted as God’s child, and God as our parent. Why? Why is the husband-wife metaphor, so common…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Ha’azinu, Jewish Calendar, Shabbat
Vayelech and Shabbat Shuva: תשובה – Déjà Vu Perhaps? Cultivating the spiritual practice of returning to, reclaiming & renewing a moment from our past; a moment deeply implanted in all of us at conception. Download the Source Sheet Please let…
Jewish Calendar, Shabbat, Shabbat Shuva, Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy)
Are you allowed to guard a firing range on Shabbat? Platoon sergeant Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper addresses the question, explaining the ruling of Israel’s Army Rabbinate. Click here to listen to more episodes in this series.
Jewish Calendar, Shabbat, Shabbat, Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne
With all the current debates in Israel on Shabbat in public places, the Maggid of Melbourne, Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper, reflects on what it means to to keep Shabbat, focusing on Pharoah’s words in Exodus 5:9. Click here to listen…
Jewish Calendar, Shabbat, Shabbat, Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne
With Israel debating Shabbat in public places, the Maggid of Melbourne reflects on what it means to to keep Shabbat, focusing on Pharoah’s words in Exodus 5:9. Click here to listen to more episodes in this series.
Jewish Calendar, Shabbat, Shabbat, Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne
In this short podcast, Levi considers the custom of Shalom Zakhar – the gathering on Friday night after the birth of a baby boy, before his circumcision (brit milah). The Maggid of Melbourne is an ongoing series by Rabbi Dr. Levi…
Jewish Calendar, Shabbat, Self & Spirituality, Spirituality, Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne
In this podcast, Rabbi Daniel Landes discusses what it means to “Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy”. He looks at the halakhot of kiddush and havdala and addresses what it means to fulfill the mitzva through articulation. Please let…
Jewish Calendar, Shabbat, Tanakh, Torah, Shemot (Exodus), Yitro
There is nothing like piping hot challah on a Friday night. It is a quintessential scent of Shabbat and one of the defining tastes of any Shabbat meal. How many of us anticipate fresh challah as we return home from…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Jewish Calendar, Shabbat
One of the zemirot traditionally sung on Shabbat begins with the words “ki eshmera Shabbat,” meaning “for I will keep Shabbat.” This poem was composed by Rabbi Avraham ibn Ezra (1089 – ca. 1167), a Spanish astronomer and mathematician, grammarian…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Jewish Calendar, Shabbat
The rabbinic prohibition only applies to those who clap their hands consciously. Rabbi Yisrael Nissan Kupershtoch (1858-1930) grew up in the milieu of the Warka Hassidim in Poland. After his marriage, he traveled to his wife’s uncle, Rabbi Yehiel Dancyger…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Self & Spirituality, Hasidut, Jewish Calendar
Shabbat can be seen as a state of holiness to which we all aspire… and not just on the seventh day. A tale printed in 1929 describes a colorful episode involving two of the most famous hassidic masters – Rabbi…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Self & Spirituality, Hasidut, Jewish Calendar
We can pray for spiritual sustenance, and even for the ability to pray itself. The High Holy Days, and indeed the days leading up to this auspicious time, are filled with prayers. Synagogue attendance is at its highest, extra prayers…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Self & Spirituality, Hasidut, Jewish Prayer
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