Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary presents

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  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: The Value of Money & the Cost of Success

    • The Judgment on Earnings and the Judgment on Yearnings
  • Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz - "Signs of the Times: Simanim and Segulos on Rosh Hashanah"
  • Rabbi Josh Flug - "The Financial Judgment of Rosh Hashanah"
  • Shira Jackson - "Two Sides of the Coin"
  • Mrs. Emma Katz - "Pursuing vs. Achieving Happiness"

    • Virtues in the Marketplace and the Marketplace of Virtues
  • Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: "Commandment Competition: Market Limits in the Economy of Mitzvot"
  • Rabbi Itamar Rosensweig - "Law’s Limits: Penumbras, Emanations, & Supererogation"
  • Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank - "Can One Buy Olam ha-Ba? Paying for Mitzvot and Yissachar-Zevulun Contracts"

    • Rosh Hashana Insights
  • "Yom Tov Insights from The Rav" from the Sefer Batei Yosef
  • "Tefilla Insights from our Beis Medrash"
    Ideas from Rabbi Elchanan Adler, Rabbi Meir Goldwicht, Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger, Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik z"l, Rabbi Michael Taubes, and Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg
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  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: Homeland & Holy Land: Teshuva and October 7

    • Avinu Malkeinu: Our Dual Relationship with Hashem
  • Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger - "Reimagining Remotely"
  • Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg - "Transforming Days of Awe Into Days of Love"
  • Rabbi Norman Lamm z"l - "If I Were a Prophet"

    • Teshuva & Our Relationship with Hashem
  • Rabbi Michael Rosensweig: "Ani le-Dodi ve-Dodi Li: The Relationship Between Hashem and the Jewish People"
  • Prof. Shoshana Schechter - "Teshuva: The Blueprint of Creation and the Path to Redemption

    • Serving Hashem through Ahavat Yisrael
  • Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin - "Forgive Me, My King I Did Not Know You Were Also a Father: On Jewish Peoplehood in the American Orthodox Community"
  • Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb - "Rediscovering Achdus: Transforming the Cliché into Something Real"
  • Rabbi Shmuel Ismach - "One Big Happy Family?"
  • Rabbi Ya'akov Trump - "Yishmael's Lessons of Repentance"
  • Dr. Erica Brown - "Table Talk: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on the Blessings & Challenges of Unity"

    • Sukkot Insights
  • Rabbi Yehuda Balsam - "Messages of Achdus in the Mitzvos of Sukkos"
  • Mrs. Emma Katz - "Sukkot: A Taste of Eretz Yisrael"
  • Dr. Deena Rabinovich - "Beyond Walls: Cultivating Safe Spaces in our Sukkah and in Education"
  • Rabbi Ari Zahtz - "From Golus to Growth: The Sukkah as a Sanctuary for the Soul"
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  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: Introduction: The Sound of Silence

    • A Material Matter: Jewish Affluence in Contemporary Times
  • Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin - "On Gvir Culture: What it is and what we can do about it"
  • Ms. Leah Moskovich - "Knei Lecha Chaver: True Friendship Beyond Materialism"
  • Rabbi Itamar Rosensweig - "Poverty, Affluence, & Property: Tzedakah as Distributive Justice"
  • Table Talk: Quotes and Questions for Family Discussions: From Yeshiva University's Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values & Leadership
  • Rabbi Josh Blass, Mrs. Penina Flug, LCSW, Mrs. Mindy Eisenman and Dr. Efrat Sobolofsky - "Materialism, Dating and Marriage: A YUConnects Roundtable Discussion" with an introduction by Rabbi Jeremy Wieder
  • Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz - "Fake it Till you Make it: Should we try to use superficially “fancy” items in our performance of mitzvos?"

    • Exploring Materialism, Vanity & Frivolity in Kohelet
  • Dr. Erica Brown - "When All You Have Isn’t Enough: Materialism in Kohelet"
  • Ms. Rena Cantor - "Unlocking the Layers of Laughter"
  • Mrs. Meira Berner - "What is Hevel?"

    • Tefillah Insights
  • Mrs. Michal Horowitz - "The Blessing of Material Wealth: Living Modestly in the Service of G-d"
  • Rabbi Menachem Penner - "Hachazireinu Bitshuva: Davening for our Spiritual Needs"

    • Yom Tov Insights
  • Rabbi Dovid Hirsch, Rabbi Hershel Reichman, Rabbi Daniel Stein, Rabbi Ezra Schwartz and Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky - "Reverberations from the Beis Midrash"
  • Rabbi Michael Rosensweig - "Mi-Darkhei ha-Teshuvah: Authentic Repentance"
  • Excerpts from Batei Yosef - "Yom Tov Insights from The Rav"
  • Rabbi Eli Belizon, Rabbi Reuven Brand, Mrs. Shoshana Schechter, and Rabbi Etan Schnall - "Sukkot Insights"
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  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: Introduction: Teshuva On Our Dreams

    • Understanding Forgiveness
  • Table Talk: Quotes and Questions for Family Discussions: From Yeshiva University's Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values & Leadership
  • Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman - "Forgiveness for Lashon Hara: Reparations, Repentance & Redemption"
  • Dr. Rachel Fryman - "Pardon Me? Personal Mechilah as a Tool for Personal Growth"
  • Dr. Chaim Nissel - "Why Forgive Others?"

    • Yamim Noraim Insights
  • Ari Wasserman - "Short Vorts for Your Tom Tov Meals"
  • Rabbi Ari Zahtz - "There is None Like You"
  • Rabbanit Shani Taragin - "Ten Days In Tanakh: Stubborness , Suspense & Salvation"
  • Rabbi Zvi Romm - "The Weekly Yom Kippur"
  • Rabbi Michoel Zylberman - "Two Methods To Executing A Pruzbul"
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  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: Introduction: Of Ghosts and Ancestors

    • Faith, Providence and Human Initiative
  • Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank - "Introducing Divine Providence"
  • Rabbi Daniel Mann - "Rosh Hashana, Human Initiative and Personal Responsibility"
  • Mrs. Racheli Taubes - "Yonah: The Lonely Prophet of Faith?"
  • Rabbi Mordechai Becher - "Sukkos and Emunah"

    • Rosh Hashana Insights
  • Mrs. Penina Bernstein - "Sarah and Chana: Two Models for Prayer on Rosh Hashana"
  • Rabbi Benjamin Blech - "The Two New Years & The Two New Beginnings : Nissan Vs. Tishrei"
  • Rabbi Etan Schnall - "Are We Judged Twice? New Fruits, New Suits and an Introduction to Masechet Beitza"
  • Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg - "Overcoming Shame and Self-Doubt to Answer the Call to Teshuva"
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  • Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: Reflections on the Past, Preparing for the Future
  • Rabbi Julius Berman - "A Tribute to Rabbi Hy Arbesfeld z"l"

    • Yamim Noraim Insights
  • Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz - "From the Rabbi s Desk A Question of Forgiveness"
  • Six Perspectives on the Yamim Noraim - Mrs. Penina Bernstein, Rabbi Tanchum Cohen, Rabbi Josh Flug, Chaya Sima Koenigsberg, PhD, Mrs. Sivan Rahav Meir and Rabbi Etan Schnall
  • Rabbi Michael Rosensweig - "Teshuva and Rebirth"

    • The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
  • Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman - "The Thirteen Attributes and the Mitzvah of Chesed"
  • Rabbi Meir Goldwicht - "Selichot: Learning To Say Sorry"
  • Rabbi Menachem Penner - "The Thirteen Middot and the Symbolism of the Tallit"
  • Rabbi Hershel Schachter - "Kedushas Yisroel"
  • Mrs. Shoshana Schechter - "The Truth Behind Emet"
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  • Introduction: Tzedakah s Role in Removing the Evil Decree

    • Yamim Noraim Insights
  • Rabbi Reuven Brand - "Returning to Hashem"
  • Mrs. Bracha Rutner - "Free Will: Does It Make Us Moral People?"
  • Rabbi Ari Zahtz - "The Mitzvah of Listening"

    • The Power of Tzedaka
  • Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman - "Making a Difference: Priorities in Tzedakah"
  • Mrs. Sivan Rahav Meir - "Four Thoughts About Tzedaka"
  • Rabbi Daniel Stein - "Managing Maaser Kesafim"
  • Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner - "The Pledge: Commitment, Conveyance, Consecration"
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  • Introduction

    • Focusing on Tefilla
  • Mrs. Michal Horowitz - "Putting Our Hearts Back Into Our Prayers"
  • Rabbi Joshua Kahn - "Teenagers and Tefillah: An Approach to Tefillah Education in High School"
  • Chaim Nissel, PsyD - "Kol Atzmotai Tomarna: Praying with Body and Soul"
  • Rabbi Menachem Penner - "Sim Shalom: The Perfect Prayer"
  • Rabbi Hershel Reichman - "Reflections on Prayer for the Yamim Nora im"

    • Understanding the Teshuva Process of the Yamim Noraim
  • Rabbi Elchanan Adler - "Mechila in Human and Halachic Terms: Implications for Yom Kippur and Beyond"
  • Avi Muschel, PsyD and Martin Galla, PhD - "Teshuva Is Not Depressing"
  • Professor Smadar Rosensweig - "The Haftarah of Shabbat Shuvah: A Teshuvah Primer"
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  • Introduction
  • Rabbi Etan Berman - "Selichos Chizuk - The Process"
  • Rabbi Josh Blass - "Staying Engaged"
  • Rabbi Reuven Brand - "Teshuva and the Question of Change"
  • Rabbi Tanchum Cohen - "Of Apples, Honey, and Black-eyed Peas: The How, Why, and Why-not of Simanei Rosh ha-Shana"
  • Rabbi Yaakov Glasser - "Shabbos Yom Kippur: Discovering the Oneg in the Inuy of Life"
  • Dr. Yael Muskat and Dr. Debra Alper - "In The Footsteps of Avraham Avinu: The Process of Change in the Attainment of Teshuva"
  • Rabbi Michael Rosensweig - "Ahavat Hashem and Talmud Torah: The Telos of Teshuva"
  • Rabbi Michael Taubes - "Teshuvah: Moving From and Moving Toward"
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  • Rabbi Reuven Brand - "Teshuva and Self-Esteem"
  • Rebbetzin Marjorie Glatt, JD - "Apple Dipped in Honey: What s the Real Appeal?"
  • Rabbi Meir Goldwicht - "Kol Nidrei: The Great Unifier"
  • Rabbi Joshua Goller - "Eating Before Tekias Shofar: Revisiting the Custom of Yeshivos"
  • Mrs. CB Neugroschl - "The Shofar s Experiential Call"
  • Rabbi Gideon Shloush - "Yom Kippur Lessons from Three Great Zionist Leaders"

    • Special Symposium: From Tanach to American Democracy: Leadership in Transition
  • Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander - "The Challenge of Leadership in a Privileged Generation"
  • Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman - "What Can we Learn from the Laws of Lashon Hara about Negative Campaigning?"
  • Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner - "Voting: A Religious Act?"
  • Rabbi Steven Weil - "What Qualities Define a Leader? A Tale of Two Executives"
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  • Rabbi Yaakov Glasser - "Introduction"
  • Rabbi Elchanan Adler - "Salvation of Man and Beast: Noach, Shofar and the Ultimate Mercy"
  • Rabbi Ezra Frazer - "Did Yonah Teach Nineveh to Repent?"
  • Rabbi Dovid Hirsch - "Rosh Hashana as the Beginning of the Teshuva Process"
  • Rabbi Joe Hirsch - "Does God Want You To Work At Zappos? Malchuyot Reclaimed"
  • Shira Heller and Shira Loewenstein - "Two Gifts to Give Your Children this Rosh Hashana"
  • Chaim Nissel, Psy.D. - "Strive for Perfection but don't be a Perfectionist"
  • Rabbi Richard Weiss, M.D. - "Fulfilling A Mitzvah When It Isn't a Mitzvah"

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