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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are that of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the Union for Traditional Judaism, unless otherwise indicated.

ARTICLE (Reprinted from thetorah.com)

Al HaNissim: A Chanukah Prayer Revised to Include 1 Maccabees

by Professor Reuven Kimelman
December 17, 2023

Categories: Chanukah, Holidays, Tefillah
ARTICLE (Reprinted from Times of Israel Blogs)

Life and death are in the power of the tongue (see Proverbs 18:21)

by Hakham Isaac Sassoon
November 22, 2023

Categories: Israel, Modern Judaism, Tefillah, Torah/Talmud
ARTICLE

Prayer for Israel in Time of War

by Professor Reuven Kimelman
October 10, 2023

Categories: Israel, Modern Judaism, Tefillah
What are the thematics and problematics of Ne’ilah? VIDEOS

What are the thematics and problematics of Ne’ilah?

by Professor Reuven Kimelman
September 13, 2023

Categories: High Holidays, Tefillah, UTJ Events
How Is Writing a Piyut Like Telling a Joke? VIDEOS

How Is Writing a Piyut Like Telling a Joke?

by Professor Reuven Kimelman
September 5, 2023

Categories: High Holidays, Holidays, Tefillah, UTJ Events
How does Unetaneh Tokef work as a midrashic poem? VIDEOS

How does Unetaneh Tokef work as a midrashic poem?

by Professor Reuven Kimelman
August 28, 2023

Categories: High Holidays, Tefillah, UTJ Events
What are the Political Implications of the Rosh Hashanah Amidah? VIDEOS

What are the Political Implications of the Rosh Hashanah Amidah?

by Professor Reuven Kimelman
August 17, 2023

Categories: High Holidays, Tefillah, UTJ Events
ARTICLE (Reprinted from Academia)

Pouring out your Heart: Rabbi Nachman’s Hitbodedut and its Piaseczner Reverberations

by Rabbi Dr. Zvi Leshem
June 7, 2023

Categories: Philosophy, Tefillah
Al HaNissim — Talmudic or Maccabean? with Prof. Rabbi Reuven Kimelman VIDEOS

Al HaNissim — Talmudic or Maccabean? with Prof. Rabbi Reuven Kimelman

by Professor Reuven Kimelman
December 22, 2022

Categories: Chanukah, Holidays, Tefillah, UTJ Events
The Rhetoric of Jewish Liturgy with R. Prof. Reuven Kimelman – Part 2: Kaddish VIDEOS

The Rhetoric of Jewish Liturgy with R. Prof. Reuven Kimelman – Part 2: Kaddish

by Professor Reuven Kimelman
November 22, 2022

Categories: Tefillah, UTJ Events
The Rhetoric of Jewish Liturgy with R. Prof. Reuven Kimelman – Part 1: Yisthabach VIDEOS

The Rhetoric of Jewish Liturgy with R. Prof. Reuven Kimelman – Part 1: Yisthabach

by Professor Reuven Kimelman
November 13, 2022

Categories: Tefillah, UTJ Events
ARTICLE

Why Isn’t Ya’Aleh v’Yavo Said in Zikhronot?

by Rabbi Noah Gradofsky
August 29, 2021

Categories: Halakhah, High Holidays, Holidays, Tefillah, Torah/Talmud

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