Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary presents

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  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: "Innovation Meets Ethics: Moral Responsibility in the Age of AI"

    • Jewish Values and AI
  • Rabbi Dr. Joshua Waxman: "And Among the Nations are not Computed: Should We Use ChatGPT to Pasken?"
  • Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank "Ten Reasons Why We Cannot Turn to AI for Psak: Understanding the Nature and Philosophy of the Halachic Process"
  • Dr. Rebecca Cypess "Creativity as a Model for Teshuvah"
  • Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman "Becoming More Human Through Robots: Midos & Artificial Intelligence"
  • Rabbi Michael Taubes: "The Trolley Problem & Autonomous Vehicles: Some Halachic Considerations"
  • Rabbi Josh Flug "Artificial Intelligence and Halacha"
  • 21st Century Chinuch: AI in the Classroom with Rabbi Dr. Michael Berger, Rabbi Shlomo Einhorn and Mrs. CB Neugroschl

    • Chanuka Insights
  • Ms. Leah Moskovich "From Darkness to Light: Mitzvot, Faith, and the Path to Redemption"
  • Rabbi Shimon Schenker "The Source of True Jewish Might"
  • Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman: "Gratitude and Happiness"
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  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: "Two Holidays of Light"

    • Spreading Light to the World
  • Table Talk: Quotes and Questions for Family Discussions
  • Dr. Erica Brown "When Sparks Fly"
  • Dean Shoshana Schechter "Passing the Torch and Spreading the Light"
  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Sytner "Kidney Donation: Spreading Light Through Acts of Kindness"

    • Chanuka Insights
  • Rabbi Josh Flug "Doughnuts on Chanukah: An Ancient Tradition?"
  • Rabbi Dovid Hirsch "The Nature of Mehadrin on Chanukah"
  • Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter "Sephardim, Ashkenazim, and the Hannukah Menorah: Halakhah and History"
  • Mrs. Michal Schonbrun "Chanukah and the Missing Text"
  • Rabbi Etan Schnall: "How Should an International Traveller Fulfill the Mitzvah of Chanuka Lights?"
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  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: "The Confidence to Shine and Illuminate"


    • Chanuka and the Importance of Gratitude
  • Debra Alper, PhD: "Gratitude: A Clinical Perspective"
  • Rabbi Dovid Hirsch "Gratitude is the Foundation of all Character Traits"
  • Rabbi Ezra Schwartz "Al Hanisim in Birkat Hamazon: A Window Into the Nature of Chanuka"
  • Rabbi Etan Moshe Berman "Hakaras Hatov is one of the Ten Commandments"
  • Shaina Trapedo, PhD "Debt, Gratitude, and Jewish Values from Shakespeare's Stage to the Oval Office"

  • Eight Perspectives On Chanukah: Rabbi Josh Blass, Rabbi Tanchum Cohen, Rabbi Reuven Brand, Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman, Deena Rabinovich EdD, Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner, Rabbi Yehuda Willig, Rabbi Dov Winston
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    A Tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt l
  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: "To Protect & to Project: In Appreciation of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt l"
  • Rabbi Dov Lerner: "Freedom and the Flames of Faith: A Tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, zt l"
  • Chanuka Insights from Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l

  • Eight Perspectives On Chanukah: Rabbi Etan Moshe Berman, Mrs. Miriam Chopp, Rabbi Aharon Ciment, Rabbi Aaron Cohen, Rabbi Shmuel Ismach, Mrs. Karen Lavner, Rabbi Gideon Shloush, and Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank

    • Chanuka and the Jewish Home
  • Rabbi Elchanan and Dr. Miriam Adler: Ish U veiso: Navigating Covid-19 As A Family
  • Mrs. Mindy Eisenman, MSW: "Home Improvement: Chanukah s Special Gift"
  • Rabbi Joshua Flug: "Chanukah and the Jewish Home: A Study Guide"
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  • Rabbi Yaakov Glasser: "Introduction: Bringing the Menorah Outside"
  • Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz: "The Happily Homeless on Chanukah"
  • Mrs. Sivan Rahav-Meir: "An Israeli Journalist s Perspective on Chanukah"
  • Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger: "Chanukah and the Miracle of Jewish Continuity"
  • Eight Perspectives On Chanukah: Rabbi Ely Bacon, Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rebbetzin Marjorie Glatt, JD, Rabbi Joshua Goller, Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg, Mrs. Miriam White and Rabbi Yehuda Willig

    • Outreach as a Value in Halacha and Jewish Thought
  • Rabbi Mordechai Becher: "Shabbos Invitations: Inspiration to Observe or Incitement to Sin?"
  • Rabbi Benjamin Yudin: "Kiruv Rechokim: Not Just for Professionals"
  • Rabbi Micah Greenland, Rabbi Dovid Rosman, Mrs. Shoshana Schechter and Rabbi Mark Wildes: "A Conversation on Kiruv"
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  • Rabbi Yaakov Glasser: "Introduction"
  • Rabbi Joshua Flug: "Preface Greek Culture: A Study Guide"
  • Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin, Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman and Rabbi Yaakov Glasser: "The Role of Pop Culture in Torah Growth and Education: A Conversation"
  • Rabbi Moshe Benovitz and Rabbi Larry Rothwachs: "Maccabees, Warriors, Giants, and Braves: Sports and Religious Attention"
  • Mrs. Chaya Batya Neugroschl: "Contemporary Digital Culture: A Challenge To Our Community, Our Culture And Our Teens"
  • Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff: "Discovering Chanukah in the Torah"
  • Ms. Eliana Sohn: "The Jewish Hero s Journey"
  • Rabbi Ari Sytner, PhD, LMSW: "Igniting a Marriage Through the Lights of Chanukah and Shabbos"
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  • Rabbi Yaakov Glasser: "Introduction"
  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: "The Five Torot and the World of Tomorrow"
  • Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm: "Where Angels Fear to Tread"
  • Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger: "The Mastery of Submission"
  • Mrs. Chaya Batya Neugroschl: "The Aspiring Lights of Chanukah & the Optimism of a Torat Chaim"
  • Rabbi Ozer Glickman: "Kiddush haShem in the Public Square"
  • Rabbi Benjamin Yudin: "Chanukah: The Celebration of Chesed"
  • Mrs. Stephanie Strauss: "The Maccabees Then and Now: Drivers of Our Destiny"
  • Rabbi Dan Cohen: "Chanukah: A Holiday of Renewal"
  • Rabbi Joshua Flug: "Chanukah Gifts: A Jewish Tradition?"
  • Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider: "Reflecting on the Menorah s Reflection"
  • Rabbi Akiva Koenigsberg: "Eight Days of Praise"
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  • Rabbi Yaakov Glasser: "Introduction"
  • Rabbi Joshua Kahn: "Foreword: The Eternal Celebration"
  • Rabbi Chaim Axelrod: "The Jar of Oil in the Sukkah: Understanding the Connection between Chanukah and Sukkos"
  • Rabbi Moshe Benovitz: "Whose House? Our House!"
  • Rabbi Yosef Bronfeld: "The Nature of Miracles"
  • Yair Caplan: "Going Above and Beyond in Our Service of Hashem: Lessons from Hadlakas Ner Chanukah and the Number Eight"
  • Rabbi Tanchum Cohen: "By the Light of Half-Stories"
  • Rabbi Shmuel Goldin: "Appreciation"
  • Professor Avi Helfand: "The Torah s Chanukah Story: Jews as Minority and the Jewish People as a Nation of Shepherds"
  • Mrs. Shira Heller: "8 Conversations for 8 Nights: A Chanuka Activity for Families"
  • Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph: "The Shirt Off Your Back: A Chanukah Message"
  • Rabbi Shalom Richter: "Repetition of the Final Verses of Hallel: If Dovid Hamelech Didn't, Why Should We?"
  • Yitzy Richter: "How Many are there, Really? Counting the Mitzvos of Chanukah and Purim"
  • Rabbi Hershel Schachter: "Where to Place the Menorah"
  • Mrs. Shoshana Schechter and Dr. Isaac Schechter: "Mikdash, Mitzvot and Menorah: Chanukah Themes from Chamisha Chumshei Torah"
  • Rabbi Shimon Schenker: "The Secret of the Candles: How to Maximize Our Children s Potential"
  • Rabbi Michael Taubes: "The Message of 'Mehadrin Min Ha-Mehadrin' on Chanukah"
  • Rabbi Andi Yudin: "Recalculating Our Priorities in Education"
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  • Rabbi Yaakov Glasser - "Introduction"
  • Rabbi Chaim Eisenstein - "Hearing the Sounds of the Divine"
  • Rabbi Yosef Kalinsky - "Minhagim on Chanukah: Dreidel and Sufganiyot"
  • Rabbi Shmuel Maybruch, LCSW - "The Inside Story: Reexamining Mehadrin min Hamehadrin in Contemporary Times"
  • Rabbi Hershel Reichman - "Chanuka: Faith vs. Fate"
  • Mrs. Shira Smiles - "Chanuka: Yosef and Yavan"
  • Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky - "Days of Joy: Exploring the Simcha of Chanukah"
  • Ms. Hadassah Tirschwell - "Bayamim Hahem Bazman Hazeh: Illuminating the Light of Chanuka"

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  • Rabbi Elchanan Adler - "Praying for a Miracle: Perspectives Gleaned from a 'Forgotten' Ruling in Hilkhot Chanuka"
  • Rabbi Benjamin Blech - "The Mezuzah and the Menorah"
  • Rabbi Joshua Flug - "The Camel, the Candle & the Convenience Store"
  • Rabbi Menachem Genack - "She'asa Nissim: The Beracha on Seeing the Chanukah Lights"
  • Jill Katz, PhD - "Religious Persecution, Civil War, and Bureaucratic Mischief: A Chanukah Story for the Ages"
  • Ms. Gaby Schoenfeld - "The Experience of Chanukah"

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  • Mrs. Suzy Schwartz - "Introduction: The Essence of Miracles"
  • Rabbi Aaron Cohen - "There's No Place Like Home: Defining the Obligation of Lighting Chanukah Candles"
  • Rabbi Joshua Flug - "Chanukah as a Celebration of the Rededication of the Temple"
  • Rabbi Dovid Hirsch - "Insights into Chanukah"
  • Rabbi Laurence Doron Perez - "The Chanukah Controversy and its Relevance Today"
  • Rabbi Yona Reiss - "1000 Marbles v. 8 Candles"
  • Dr. Lawrence H. Schiffman: The Maccabean Revolt: What Really Happened
  • Professor Peninnah Schram - "Eight Tales For Eight Nights: Chanukah Is A Time For Telling Tales"

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  • Rabbi Reuven Brand - "Not Just Another Winter Festival"
  • Dr. Louis H. Feldman - "The Maccabean Revolt: The State of the Question"
  • Rabbi Dr. David Horwitz - "Intriguing Halakhot of Hanukah"
  • Mrs. Deena S. Rabinovich - "A Tale of Two Women"
  • Rabbi Yonason Sacks - "Hiddur Mitzvah"
  • Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner - "Who will Build the Menorah of Mashiach?"
  • Chanuka Activities for Families: Shira Heller, Jessica Tabak and Rabbi Ouriel Hazan


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  • Rabbi Azarya Berzon - "Understanding the Miracles of Chanukah"
  • Rabbi Joshua Flug - "Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel: Two Fundamentally Different Approaches to Chanukah"
  • Rabbi Moshe Lichtman - "Chanukah in Hashkafa and Halachah: Pninei Halacha on Chanukah"
  • Rabbi Yona Reiss - "My Chanukah"
  • Rabbi Michael Taubes - "Lighting Chanukah Candles in Shul"
  • Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner - "Chanukah s Pursuit of Beauty"
  • Rabbi Elie Weissman - "Chanuka: The Unheralded Sacrifice"
  • Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank - "The First Hanukah Bush: Entropy, Jewish History and the Meaning of Burning Without Consumption"
  • Collected Insights into Chanuka
  • Insights from Members of the Yeshiva University Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago
  • Insights from Members of the Yeshiva University Torah miTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov


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  • Rabbi Norman Lamm - "Half the Hanukkah Story"
  • Rabbi Reuven Brand - "Inside Outside"
  • Rabbi Kenneth Brander - "Chanukah in the Prism of the Rav's Teachings"
  • Dr. Steven Fine - "The Temple Menorah: Where Is It?"
  • Rabbi Josh Flug - "Chanukah & Mehadrin Min HaMehadrin"
  • Mrs. Dena Knoll - "Chanukat HaBayit"
  • Mrs. Pnina Neuwirth - "Who wants to be a Greek?"
  • Rabbi Shalom Rosner - "Being a Jew Inside and Out"
  • Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner - "The Message of Huram, Hiram, Hirom and Chanukah"


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  • Rabbi Meir Goldwicht - "Time of Meaning"
  • Rabbi Dr. David Horwitz - "Chanuka, Judaism and Universalism"
  • Rabbi Joshua Flug - "Blending in or Standing Out?"
  • Rabbi Mordechai Willig - "Amira L'Nachri"
  • Aaron Steinberg - "Chanuka To-Go for Families"


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