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Bringing you recent lectures, classes, and programs from the Hadar Institute, Ta Shma is where you get to listen in on the beit midrash. Come and listen on the go, at home, or wherever you are. Hosted by Rabbi Avi Killip of the Hadar Institute.
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- 2 days ago7 min
R. Avi Strausberg on Parashat Hayyei Sarah: There Is a Place
There is a cemetery in Woodbridge, NJ in which my dad is buried. Though I live states away and rarely visit, I think about it often. It takes shape before me. I imagine the place where my dad is buried and it pulls on me. Parashat Hayyei Sarah tells the story of not only Sarah’s burial but Avraham’s as well. When Sarah dies, Avraham negotiates to purchase a plot of land in Hebron upon which to bury Sarah. Avraham buys the land that we call Me’arat ha-Makhpelah fr...
- 4 days ago44 min
R. Ayal Robkin: Beyond the Reed Sea: Defining a New Redemption
What does it mean to be free? Is freedom simply the ability to do what we want, or is there something deeper at stake? The Maharal of Prague offers a profound understanding of slavery and redemption that challenges our assumptions and invites us to consider some essential questions: What defines us? What holds us back? And what does it mean to live freely? Through his teachings, we’ll explore what freedom might mean thousands of years after God took the Israelites out of Egypt. Recorded at Ha...
- 1 weeks ago9 min
R. Avi Strausberg on Parashat Vayera: A Place Without Words
Prayer in Jewish tradition is most commonly expressed in spoken words. But in Parashat VaYera, Avraham, Hagar, and Yishmael each have a moment of being heard and seen in the presence of the Divine in which their thoughts are unspoken—but which our tradition understands as an archetype of prayer.
- 1 weeks ago1h 0m
R. Aviva Richman and R. Ethan Tucker: The Akeidah on Trial: Did Abraham Pass the Ultimate Test?
Join Hadar's rashei yeshiva, R. Aviva Richman and R. Ethan Tucker, for a unique debate as they spar with the text — and with one another. Was the binding of Isaac the peak moment of Abraham's faith journey — or did he fail his calling in the most spectacular way possible? Is the akeidah a model for what faith demands of us, or a nightmare we're meant to learn from? This memorial Rabbi Jonathan D. Levine keynote was given in September 2026. Source sheet: https://mechonhadar.s...
- 2 weeks ago9 min
R. Avi Strausberg on Parashat Lekh Lekha: On That Day: When the Present and Future Become One
A core thread running through Jewish tradition is a continuous yearning toward a promised future. In our holy texts, the Prophets preach to a people in exile of a day in which they will be gathered together again in their land with God. In our davening, we pray for the future rebuilding of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple. Each week when we observe Shabbat, we imagine it as a taste of the more perfect world-to-come. We live in the reality of now—and we are always waiting ...
- 2 weeks ago27 min
R. Avi Killip on Shofar, So Good! Podcast: For Heaven's Sake
In this episode of the Shofar, So Good! podcast, host Kate Mishkin delves into havruta learning, the Jewish tradition of studying Torah in pairs. The goal of this paired endeavor: arguing "for the sake of heaven." Kate speaks with Hadar's Rabbi Avi Killip as well as Pedagogy of Partnership's Dr. Orit Kent to explore what exactly that means, teaches us about Jewish history's most famous study partners, and learns how AI is changing havruta learning. Then, Kate and her dad become havrutas. You ...
- 3 weeks ago7 min
R. Avi Strausberg on Parashat Noah: After the Worst Happens
Where there is order, there is the potential for disorder. Where forces are held back, there is the potential for them to break free. Last week, in Parashat Bereishit, God ordered the world, separating light from darkness, the upper waters from the lower waters, dry land from water, and the powerful tehom, the watery depths at the foundation of God’s world, was held at bay. A fragile kind of existence was created which allowed for the creation of life in these new conditions. ...
- 3 weeks ago51 min
R. Jason Rogoff: Cooperation and Competition: Israel and Babylonia as Centers of Torah
This class explores the competing claims to religious authority in the Talmudic era between the Land of Israel and Babylonia. Through close reading of selected stories and debates in the Talmud, one can trace a broader struggle over where Torah resides and who has the authority to shape it. These texts help consider how categories and tensions continue to inform contemporary conversations about the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora. Source sheet: https://mechonhadar.s3.us-east-1.am...
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