The Three Weeks: The Pull and Power
This was originally published August 20, 2013. We are now in the midst of the three weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th…
Temple Era
The Jewish Story Season 2 Prologue: The Third Temple
You can tell a historian by where he begins and ends his story.Here is a prologue to season two, which begins at the Expulsion from…
The price of passion
From pages 109-112 of Relics for the Present by Levi Cooper, presented in Istanbul during January 2014 Pardes trip to Tukrey. Berakhot 12a The Jewish…
InPersonalities: Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai: Above and Beyond
Rabbi Binyamin Lau spoke for The Larry Roth z”l Memorial Lecture Series in spring 2012. Rabbi Lau is the rabbi of the Ramban Synagogue in…
InPersonalities: Rabbi Yossi bar Halafta
Rabbi Yossi Bar Halafta: Rabbinic Leadership and the Modern Jewish Community
Rabbi Binyamin Lau spoke for The Larry Roth z”l Memorial Lecture Series in spring 2012. Rabbi Lau is the rabbi of the Ramban Synagogue in…
Rabbi Meir the Miracle Maker: Lights of Torah from the Darkness
Rabbi Binyamin Lau spoke for The Larry Roth z”l Memorial Lecture Series in spring 2012. Rabbi Lau is the rabbi of the Ramban Synagogue in…
InPersonalities: Rabbi Yochanan haSandlar
Inaugurating the Galilean Beit Midrash: The Rehabilitation of Torah after the Hadrianic Decrees
Rabbi Binyamin Lau spoke for The Larry Roth z”l Memorial Lecture Series in spring 2012. Rabbi Lau is the rabbi of the Ramban Synagogue in…