Articles
Our articles section covers a very wide range of topics. Many of the contributions are summaries of talks given in Etta Kossowsky Study Groups. All are Torah oriented and reflect personal readings of texts and commentaries. Some articles are in Hebrew, but most of the contributions are in English.
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At the invitation of a group of women, Rav Duvdevani of Bet Shemesh gave a series of talks in Hebrew on The Commandments of the Torah as they Apply to Women. These are summaries of the talks in English:
The Status of Women in Commandments Linked to A Specific Time
Women's Participation in zimun and minyan
Women and keryat haTorah, the (public) reading of the Torah
Baruch she patarani and Celebrating a Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Women’s Compositions in Jewish Liturgy
Kevod ha tzibur – Respect for the Public
Women’s Obligation in the mitzva of the Chanuka Lights
Rosh Chodesh (New Moon), Women’s Holiday
Esther. Is History Simply Repeating Itself?
Jacob’s Night Vision and the Foundation Stone of the World
The Etrog and the Tree of Knowledge
A Voice from the End of the World
Why Are There Tsunamis in G-D’s Creation?
Who is a Jew and if so, what is Judaism?
The Days of the Mashiach and Gan Eden
Geula and the Three Curses in Gan Eden
The Philosophy of Science and truth in Judaism
Deciding What is Good and Right
Bereishit – Do Some Things Come First?
Kristallnacht - A Torah Response
Two Parts of the Covenant – Yithro and Mishpatim
Remember what Amalek did to you - Shabbat Zachor and Purim
The Four Versions of the Ten Commandment in the Torah
The credentials for prophets and judges (parashat Shoftim)
Sing you barren that you did not bear
Yigdal and the Thirteen Principles of Faith
Personal, Individual and Communal Prayer
Ki Tetze – Motivating the mitzvoth – a change of emphasis?
Leprosy - Crime and Punishment
Angels and Divine Communication
And These Are the Ordinances Which You Shall Set Before Them
Judaism as introduced in the Book of the Kuzari
Is This Your Judaism? The Jew in Sefer HaKuzari
Philosophical Truth and Torah Truth in the Kuzari
Truth in Historical Narrative (Judges ch.9)
How does Midrash relate to the Text?
Do we have the final say on laws of the Torah?
Handing on the Divine Blessing given to Abraham – a difficult process
The Sin of the Golden Calf and the Tabernacle in the Wilderness
'The Temple Mount in our Hands' and the Value of Sacrifices
Divine Attributes in human beings
The Political influence of Religious citizens
Who is fit to lead the Jewish People
Rav Kook: chapter from Musar Avicha
Rav Kook. Eulogy on Theodor Herzl
The Ten Commandments - set in Stone?
Sefer HaChinuch 95 To build a Mishkan
Sanctifying the Sabbath in the Amida Prayers of the Sabbath
The commandment of 'Egla Arufa'
Introduction to Sefer Yehoshua
Sara Shpitzer