Adath Israel, San Francisco :: Modern Orthodox Shul

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Mitzvah of the Week

1. Pru U'rvu: Why do we need a Mitzvah commanding us to do something we would naturally be inclined to do?
2. Bris Milah: Hashem wants Avraham to do what? The significance of this enigmatic Mitzvah.
3. Gid Hanasheh: Having the Nerve to Get to the Meat of the Mitzvah
4. Howlin' at the Moon: The Mitzvah of Sanctifying the New Moon
5. Where Have You Gone Korban Pesach, a Lonely Nation Turns its Eyes to You
6. The Prohibition of Eating Chametz and it's Connection to Super Mario Brothers
7. Pidyon HaBen: Redetion is Sweet
8. Tefillin: Do the Phylacteries make the man?
9. You Gotta Believe: How Can We Be Commanded to Believe in Hashem?
10. Biblical Idol(atry): How one of the Ten Commandments Got Voted Off
11. Shabbos: Why Hashem's Day Off Becomes a Weekly National Holiday
12. "The Vain Event": Why Saying Hashem's Name in Vain Might be Worse than Idol Worship
13. Adultery: Looking for Lust in All the Wrong Places
14. Stealin' a Little Piece of My Neshamah: The Prohibition of Theft
15. Purim: Layer Upon Layer of Intrigue
16. The Kosher Kitchen Part 1
17. The Kosher Kitchen Part 2
18. Sorcery and Witchcraft
19. Beer Shiur: What Blessing Should You Make on Beer? (by Mattaniah Beezy)
20. Are Feed Lots Against Jewish Law?
    

Jewish Philosophy and History

 The Jewish Concept of G-d, Free Will and the Yetzer Harah

The Soul, the Afterlife and Reincarnation

What Judaism Taught the World

History of the Torah Part 1

 History of the Torah Part 2

The Reform Movement

Obscure Jewish Holidays

The Life and Times of Rav Kook

Thoughts on Jewish Holidays

Rav Kook on the Haggadah

Rav Soloveitchik on the Haggadah

Andexander the Great and the Jews: Friend or Foe?

The Seven Deadly Sins

Anger: Can you cook something with that fire?

Can Greed Really Be Good?

Lust and Gluttony

Pathway Through the Prophets

Chaos in the Homeland: The Book of Shoftim (Judges)

King Saul and King David: The Unwilling Mentor 

The Life, War and Loves of King David

Panel Discussions with Reform and Conservative Rabbis

December 6, 2011 at the SF-JCC: Mt. Sinai: Who Gave What to Whom? (Great Sound Quality)

April 5, 2011 at the SF-JCC: Gender, Conversion and the Jew of the Future (Great Sound Quality)

November 9, 2010 at the JCC: Zionism, Religion and Peoplehood (Great Sound Quality)

May 4, 2010 at Temple Emanuel: Part 1 Gender and the Divinity of the Torah (Some Parts are poor quality)

May 4, 2010 at Temple Emanuel Part 2: The Nature of G-d, Are Mitzvot obligations? (Some Parts are poor quality)

Rabbi Zohn's Chevra Kaddisha Presentation

Part 1

Jewish Ethics and the Internet

Video: Jewish Ethics and the Interent Conference @ Twitter

The culture of Anonymity on the Internet

A Podcast from Twitter: A View From the Inside

Is it Fair to Expect Privacy on E-Mail and ListServs?

Digital Overload: A Panel Discussion on Growing Up With the Internet

The Jewish Life Cycle

Birth: Baby Namings and Shalom Zachors

Death: Why Judaism Insists on burial instead of cremation

Marriages in the Torah

The Star Crossed Marriage of Yaakov and Rachel

Were Esther and Mordechai Married?

Yaakov and Leah: A Marriage of Inconvenience  

Adam and Eve