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This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" 

In this course, we will explore broad questions that ask what the Torah has to say about economic systems. We will focus on topics like Yovel, pricing, competition, and other topics that ask how Torah can help us engage with the complexity of the modern market.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/14/2022 as part of Drisha's Fall Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" 

In this course, we will explore broad questions that ask what the Torah has to say about economic systems. We will focus on topics like Yovel, pricing, competition, and other topics that ask how Torah can help us engage with the complexity of the modern market.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/07/2022 as part of Drisha's Fall Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest"

Most of life is work of one kind or another, and even our rest is often defined by the work that we’ve left behind. The first half of this series will explore how changing notions of labor have influenced core pieces of the Jewish tradition, including the meaning of Shabbat and what it means to study Torah. The second half of this course will move from Jewish tradition out into the modern economy and consider how Jewish ideas can inform how we think about work and treat workers in the 21st century.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 03/21/2022 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating" 

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This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 01/05/2021 as part of Drisha's Winter Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating" 

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This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 01/06/2021 as part of Drisha's Winter Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating" 

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This audio was originally captured 01/04/2021 as part of Drisha's Winter Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating" 

Rabbanit Leah Sarna wrapping up our Winter Zman evening series with "These Are Old and Solvable Problems: Scarcity and Plenty in Joseph's Egypt and Nehemia's Israel"

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This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 01/07/2021 as part of Drisha's Winter Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating" 

Rabbanit Leah Sarna on Jewish Food Scarcity and Distribution with Dr. Victoria Hass from the Ark in Chicago, Jessica Chait from Met Council, and Rabbi Alexander Rappoport from Masbia.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 01/06/2021 as part of Drisha's Winter Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

Mazon representatives Liz Braun-Lilenfeld (Deputy Director of Community Relations), Kyle Fradkin (Deputy Director of Public Policy), and Paul Sherman (Outreach Manager) speak about The Face of Hunger and Food Policy in America. Learn more about MAZON at www.mazon.org

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 01/05/2021 as part of Drisha's Winter Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating" 

Rabbanit Leah Sarna on Scarcity in Halakha.

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This audio was originally recorded on 01/04/2021 as part of Drisha's Winter Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

In a section of the Mishneh Torah dealing mostly with ethical and philosophical matters, the Rambam devotes a whole chapter to culinary advice. In this class, we’ll explore the potential significance of the Rambam’s perplexing advice on eating, and consider how this apparently antiquated advice might still influence how eating and health are understood in contemporary halakhah.

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This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/31/2020 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

In a section of the Mishneh Torah dealing mostly with ethical and philosophical matters, the Rambam devotes a whole chapter to culinary advice. In this class, we’ll explore the potential significance of the Rambam’s perplexing advice on eating, and consider how this apparently antiquated advice might still influence how eating and health are understood in contemporary halakhah.

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This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/29/2020

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

This class will consider different aspects of Birkat ha-Mazon, from the perspectives of Halakhah and Jewish thought. One class will consider quantitative considerations of what qualifies one for bentsching and the ramifications of that, and the other will consider the nature of Birkat ha-Mazon in light of other Berakhot.

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This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/30/2020

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest"

Most of life is work of one kind or another, and even our rest is often defined by the work that we’ve left behind. The first half of this series will explore how changing notions of labor have influenced core pieces of the Jewish tradition, including the meaning of Shabbat and what it means to study Torah. The second half of this course will move from Jewish tradition out into the modern economy and consider how Jewish ideas can inform how we think about work and treat workers in the 21st century.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 03/14/2022 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

This class will consider different aspects of Birkat ha-Mazon, from the perspectives of Halakhah and Jewish thought. One class will consider quantitative considerations of what qualifies one for bentsching and the ramifications of that, and the other will consider the nature of Birkat ha-Mazon in light of other Berakhot.

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This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/28/2020

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

This session — Produce Farming 

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This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/31/2020

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

This session —Tzar Ba'alei Chayim. Click here to view the accompanying source sheet. 

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/30/2020

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

This session — Beekeeping.

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This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/29/2020

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

This session — Shechita and kosher meat production. 

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This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/28/2020

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

In this 6 part course, we will look at the laws of Kashrut pertaining to the preparation of food by non-Jews. Although modern kashrut supervision makes many of these laws invisible to us, they have profoundly shaped the Jewish cultural experience. We will examine the sources and practical halakhah on the issues pertaining to baked goods, cooked foods, wine, and dairy products produced or prepared by non-Jews and how changing contexts have affected the applications of these laws.

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This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 11/19/2020

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

In this 6 part course, we will look at the laws of Kashrut pertaining to the preparation of food by non-Jews. Although modern kashrut supervision makes many of these laws invisible to us, they have profoundly shaped the Jewish cultural experience. We will examine the sources and practical halakhah on the issues pertaining to baked goods, cooked foods, wine, and dairy products produced or prepared by non-Jews and how changing contexts have affected the applications of these laws.

Click here to view the accompanying source sheet. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

In this 6 part course, we will look at the laws of Kashrut pertaining to the preparation of food by non-Jews. Although modern kashrut supervision makes many of these laws invisible to us, they have profoundly shaped the Jewish cultural experience. We will examine the sources and practical halakhah on the issues pertaining to baked goods, cooked foods, wine, and dairy products produced or prepared by non-Jews and how changing contexts have affected the applications of these laws.

Click here to view the accompanying source sheet. 

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 11/04/2020.

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

In this 6 part course, we will look at the laws of Kashrut pertaining to the preparation of food by non-Jews. Although modern kashrut supervision makes many of these laws invisible to us, they have profoundly shaped the Jewish cultural experience. We will examine the sources and practical halakhah on the issues pertaining to baked goods, cooked foods, wine, and dairy products produced or prepared by non-Jews and how changing contexts have affected the applications of these laws.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 10/27/2020

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

In this 6 part course, we will look at the laws of Kashrut pertaining to the preparation of food by non-Jews. Although modern kashrut supervision makes many of these laws invisible to us, they have profoundly shaped the Jewish cultural experience. We will examine the sources and practical halakhah on the issues pertaining to baked goods, cooked foods, wine, and dairy products produced or prepared by non-Jews and how changing contexts have affected the applications of these laws.

Click here to view the accompanying source sheet. 

This audio was originally recorded on 10/19/2020

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest"

Most of life is work of one kind or another, and even our rest is often defined by the work that we’ve left behind. The first half of this series will explore how changing notions of labor have influenced core pieces of the Jewish tradition, including the meaning of Shabbat and what it means to study Torah. The second half of this course will move from Jewish tradition out into the modern economy and consider how Jewish ideas can inform how we think about work and treat workers in the 21st century.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 03/07/2022 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

In this 6 part course, we will look at the laws of Kashrut pertaining to the preparation of food by non-Jews. Although modern kashrut supervision makes many of these laws invisible to us, they have profoundly shaped the Jewish cultural experience. We will examine the sources and practical halakhah on the issues pertaining to baked goods, cooked foods, wine, and dairy products produced or prepared by non-Jews and how changing contexts have affected the applications of these laws.

Click here to view the accompanying source sheet. 

This audio was originally recorded on 10/12/2020

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating" 

Israel was commanded to set aside a portion of Manna as a reminder for future generations. We will reflect upon the episode of the Manna and the lessons it has to teach us about our relationship to food and its implications for our connection to the Divine and to humanity.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom as part of Drisha's Yom Iyyun on Food Ethics. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

We’ll take a broad and deep look at core halakhic and aggadic sources that shed light on what we have to consider if/when we eat meat. Starting from the book of Devarim, hitting highlights in the Talmud and medieval interpretations and landing in the contemporary moment, which questions must we raise and what answers should we have before taking a bite? This will also serve as a case study to investigate the relationship between “ritual” and “ethics” in halakhah. 

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 01/03/2020 as part of Drisha's Yom Iyyun on Food Ethics

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

The intersection of food and waste occurs at three interlocking levels: at the plot, the plate and the principle. Dynamics at the edges of fields where food is grown, one’s relation with food on one’s plate, and learning derived from the principle of bal tashchit– all challenge us to think carefully about food, production and consumption

This audio was captured from Zoom on 01/03/2020 as part of Yom Iyyun on Food Ethics.

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

An invitation to members of the community to learn more about hunger and food insecurity in the United States, to consider our responsibilities toward those in need, and to find out what we can do to help.

This session — Re-Imagining the Work of Ending Hunger

If we are to engage effectively in the work of ending hunger in our communities, then we must do more than collect cans for our local emergency food center. There are many organizations and programs that are paving the way with a new vision for how to end hunger in the United States. Lisanne and Pam will share the story of what one organization, Elijah’s Promise, is doing in central New Jersey, and offer suggestions for ways to become engaged in the work of building a healthy, just, sustainable food system, where all have access to good food.

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This audio was originally recorded on 11/25/2015 as part of Drisha's series Dirshu: Confronting Challenges with Mind and Heart

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

An invitation to members of the community to learn more about hunger and food insecurity in the United States, to consider our responsibilities toward those in need, and to find out what we can do to help.

This session— Good Food for All: A Dream Deferred

Since the discovery of domestic hunger in the 1960s, the Unites States has spent trillions of dollars in an attempt to end it. However, with 15 percent of the population food insecure, 47 million people receiving SNAP benefits, and demand at food banks growing steadily, the results are not encouraging. Mark Winne will review the history, programs, policies, and assumptions behind the long battle to end hunger, and explore why that war has reached a stalemate.

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This audio was originally recorded on 02/11/2015  as part of Drisha's series Dirshu: Confronting Challenges with Mind and Heart

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

An invitation to members of the community to learn more about hunger and food insecurity in the United States, to consider our responsibilities toward those in need, and to find out what we can do to help.

This session: Why Rain Comes from Above: Biblical and Rabbinic Reflections on Sharing Our Blessings

Biblical and rabbinic texts about rain invite us to join in an exercise of religious imagination and to consider how this mundane—yet critically life-giving—event offers a model for reflecting on our responsibilities toward those who have less that we do. We will study several of these texts as a foundation for the work of learning about hunger and considering how we might respond.

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This audio was originally recorded on 02/11/2015  as part of Drisha's series Dirshu: Confronting Challenges with Mind and Heart

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

Through an in-depth study of both legal and philosophical texts, we will address the fundamental question: How much does Jewish law need to "make sense" in order to be meaningful? This is a recording of the fifth session of a five session class.

This audio was originally recorded on 08/06/2014 as part of Drisha's July Week of Summer Learning

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

This audio was originally recorded as part of the Global Day of Jewish Learning 2012.

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

We will explore the Rabbis attitudes towards food and eating. Among the topics we will discuss are the ethics of meat, the role of asceticism, the meaning of the grotesque and how what we ingest affects how we experience God.

This audio was originally recorded as part of Drisha's July Week of Learning. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" 

This course will analyze three different Talmudic sugyot that have import not only for their Halakhic conclusions but also for our theological understanding of Shabbat’s nature. These Sugyot will relate to one who is never educated about Shabbat, loses track of when Shabbat is, and a gentile who keeps Shabbat.

This audio was captured from Zoom on 03/13/2022 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

We will explore the Rabbis attitudes towards food and eating. Among the topics we will discuss are the ethics of meat, the role of asceticism, the meaning of the grotesque and how what we ingest affects how we experience God.

This audio was originally recorded on 08/02/2011

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

We will explore the Rabbis attitudes towards food and eating. Among the topics we will discuss are the ethics of meat, the role of asceticism, the meaning of the grotesque and how what we ingest affects how we experience God.

This audio was originally recorded on 07/26/2011 as part of Drisha's July Week of Learning. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

We will explore the Rabbis attitudes towards food and eating. Among the topics we will discuss are the ethics of meat, the role of asceticism, the meaning of the grotesque and how what we ingest affects how we experience God.

This audio was originally recorded on 07/19/2023 as part of Drisha's July Week of Learning. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

We will explore the Rabbis attitudes towards food and eating. Among the topics we will discuss are the ethics of meat, the role of asceticism, the meaning of the grotesque and how what we ingest affects how we experience God.

This audio was originally recorded on 07/12/2011 as part of Drisha's July Week of Summer Learning. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Food & Eating"

We will explore the Rabbis attitudes towards food and eating. Among the topics we will discuss are the ethics of meat, the role of asceticism, the meaning of the grotesque and how what we ingest affects how we experience God.

This audio was originally recorded on 07/05/2011 as part of Drisha's July Week of Summer Learning. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Divinity & Humanity"

Within Jewish tradition there are a range of views concerning the nazir. The sessions will focus on the biblical view(s) of the Nazarite as it emerges from the description of the nazir of in the sixth chapter of Bamidbar, as well as biblical narratives and prophetic allusions. This will be followed by an examination of rabbinic texts on the same subject.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 03/23/2023 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Divinity & Humanity"

Within Jewish tradition there are a range of views concerning the nazir. The sessions will focus on the biblical view(s) of the Nazarite as it emerges from the description of the nazir of in the sixth chapter of Bamidbar, as well as biblical narratives and prophetic allusions. This will be followed by an examination of rabbinic texts on the same subject.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 03/16/2023 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Divinity & Humanity"

Within Jewish tradition there are a range of views concerning the nazir. The sessions will focus on the biblical view(s) of the Nazarite as it emerges from the description of the nazir of in the sixth chapter of Bamidbar, as well as biblical narratives and prophetic allusions. This will be followed by an examination of rabbinic texts on the same subject.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 03/09/2023 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Divinity & Humanity"

Within Jewish tradition there are a range of views concerning the nazir. The sessions will focus on the biblical view(s) of the Nazarite as it emerges from the description of the nazir of in the sixth chapter of Bamidbar, as well as biblical narratives and prophetic allusions. This will be followed by an examination of rabbinic texts on the same subject.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 03/02/2023 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Divinity & Humanity"

Within Jewish tradition there are a range of views concerning the nazir. The sessions will focus on the biblical view(s) of the Nazarite as it emerges from the description of the nazir of in the sixth chapter of Bamidbar, as well as biblical narratives and prophetic allusions. This will be followed by an examination of rabbinic texts on the same subject.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 02/23/2023 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" 

This course will analyze three different Talmudic sugyot that have import not only for their Halakhic conclusions but also for our theological understanding of Shabbat’s nature. These Sugyot will relate to one who is never educated about Shabbat, loses track of when Shabbat is, and a gentile who keeps Shabbat.

This audio was captured from Zoom on 03/06/2022 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Divinity & Humanity"

Within Jewish tradition there are a range of views concerning the nazir. The sessions will focus on the biblical view(s) of the Nazarite as it emerges from the description of the nazir of in the sixth chapter of Bamidbar, as well as biblical narratives and prophetic allusions. This will be followed by an examination of rabbinic texts on the same subject. 

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 02/16/2023 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Divinity & Humanity"

Within Jewish tradition there are a range of views concerning the nazir. The sessions will focus on the biblical view(s) of the Nazarite as it emerges from the description of the nazir of in the sixth chapter of Bamidbar, as well as biblical narratives and prophetic allusions. This will be followed by an examination of rabbinic texts on the same subject.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 02/09/2023 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman. 

This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Divinity & Humanity"

Within Jewish tradition there are a range of views concerning the nazir. The sessions will focus on the biblical view(s) of the Nazarite as it emerges from the description of the nazir of in the sixth chapter of Bamidbar, as well as biblical narratives and prophetic allusions. This will be followed by an examination of rabbinic texts on the same subject.

This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 02/02/2023 as part of Drisha's Spring Zman.