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Click on a General Topic to see the list of Chaburas
Rosh HaShana� /� Yom HaKippurim� /� Succot� /� Chanuka� /� Purim
Pesach� /� Sefirat HaOmer� /� Shavuot� /� Other
Holidays
Rosh HaShana
The Integrity of Teshuva (Rav Aharon Lichtenstein)
The Man in the Middle (Rav Yitzchak Hutner)
Signs of the Times � Simana Milta Hee
Teshuva � Divine Gift or Divine Justice?
Yom� Kippur
The Mitzvah to Eat on Erev Yom HaKippurim
The Special Mitzvah of Teshuva on Yom HaKippurim
Mikra Kodesh on Yom HaKippurim (Rav Soloveitchik)
Yom HaKippurim without Teshuva (Rav Soloveitchik)
Succot
Mikdash and Lulav � Perfect Together?
The Mitzvah of Sitting in the Succah � Part I (Rav Michael Rosensweig)
The Mitzvah of Sitting in the Succah � Part II (Rav Michael Rosensweig)
The Mitzvah of Succah on Shmini Atzeret
The Mitzvah of Simcha on Succot
A Stroll in the Park � Field Trips during Succot
Chanukah
"Chanukah Specials" are short Chaburas sent out every other night during Chanukah for the purpose of providing some brief thoughts on the holiday for people to share while the candles are burning.
Chanukah Special #10
Chanukah Special #11
Where Should Students Light Chanuka Candles?
Lighting Chanuka Candles � Two Entranceways (Rav Aharon Lichtenstein)
Purim
Two Aspects of Megillat Esther (Rav Mordechai Breuer)
The Upside-Down Megilla (Rav Yoel Bin-Nun)
The Stories of Yoseif and Megillat Esther
"He Exalts Nations, Then Destroys Them" � An Analysis of Megillat Esther
Free Food! � The Mitzvah of Mishloach Manot
"I Can't Hear You!" � Megilla via Microphone
Ad D'lo Yada � To Booze or not to Booze?
Pesach
����������� Let's Get Busy � Learning the Laws of Pesach
The Imitation of Hashem (Rav Yitzchak Hutner)
Chametz and Matza on Pesach, Shavuot, and the Sacrifices Involving Bread
The Prohibition of Labor on Erev Pesach
Divrei Torahon the Haggadah - 1
Divrei Torahon the Haggadah - 2
Divrei Torahon the Haggadah - 3
Divrei Torahon the Haggadah - 4
Sippur Yetziat Mitzrayim � Part I
Sippur Yetziat Mitzrayim � Part II
Omer
Mourning Customs During the Omer
Sefirat HaOmer and the International Date Line (Rav Yissachar Frand)
Growing Pains � Minors and Sefirat HaOmer
The Two Dimensions of Sefirat HaOmer
Shavuot
Staying Up All Night (Rav Mattityahu Blum)
The Acceptance of the Torah and the Uniqueness of the Jews (Rav Yitzchak Hutner)
Other
The Month of Shevat (Rav Yehuda Shaviv)
Americans in Israel and Vice Versa � How Many Days of Yom Tov?
Paris 1242 � The Burning of the Talmud (Tisha B'Av)
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����������� Shnayim Mikra V'Echad Targum
����������� Lo Titgodedu � Breaking Up the Nation
����������� The Place of Astrology in Judaism
����������� Bikkur Cholim
����������� Reciting Verses by Heart
����������� Using the Gregorian Calendar
����������� The Laws of Chodosh
The Prohibition of Geneivat Da'at
Women Covering Their Hair � Part I
Women Covering Their Hair � Part II
Reciting Half Psukim � Kol Pasuk D'lo Pasak Moshe
The Constitutional Sanhedrin � Part I
The Constitutional Sanhedrin � Part II
Tearing One's Garments for Jerusalem
Voice of a Woman � Kol Isha Part I
Voice of a Woman � Kol Isha Part II
Waiting Between Eating Meat and Eating Milk
Learning Secular Studies � Part I
Learning Secular Studies � Part II
Counting Shemitta and Yoveil (Rv She'ar-Yashuv Cohen)
Lo Techanem � The (Un)United Nations
The Mitzva of Tzedaka � Part I
The Mitzva of Tzedaka � Part II
The Mitzva of Tzedaka � Part III
The Mitzva of Tzedaka � Part IV
Tanach
The Covenant Between Hashem and Bnei Yisrael
����������� The Power of Speech as the Essence of Man
����������� The Holidays, Sefer Vayikra, and the Spiral of Life
����������� The Decrees of Moshe � Part I (Rav Soloveitchik)
The Decrees of Moshe � Part II (Rav Soloveitchik)
The Argument Between Yaakov and Rachel
Machatzit Ha-Shekel and the Secret of the Jewish People (Rav Meir Goldwicht)
Metzora � Solitude and Silent Reflection
The Brachot of Yaakov and Moshe
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