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  "Yours Is Greater Than Theirs": Rashi and the Midrash on Aaron's Consolation

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Jun 04, 2026
  • Parsha:

    Behaalotecha,
  • Duration: 32 min

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  Every Day and One Special Night:

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Mar 11, 2026
  • Duration: 46 min

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  Did Rabbi Soloveitchik write a letter in support of Meir Kahane to President Chaim Herzog?

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Jan 28, 2026
  • Machshava:

    Religious Zionism,
    Personalities:

    Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik,
  • Duration: 59 min

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  Parsha (Midrash) and Halacha

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Dec 11, 2025
  • Parsha:

    Vayeishev,
  • Duration: 53 min

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  Double Learning: Midrash and Halacha (Parshat Vayishlach and Hilchot Chanukah)

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Dec 04, 2025
  • Parsha:

    Vayishlach,
    Midrash:

    Midrash Rabbah - Torah,
  • Duration: 59 min

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  What Was Rivkah Thinking When She Was Pregnant?

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Nov 19, 2025
  • Midrash:

    Midrash Rabbah - Torah,
  • Duration: 40 min

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  Fear No Man - Lo Taguru

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Jul 14, 2021
  • Venue:

    United Orthodox Synagogues (Houston) 
    Halacha:

    Beit Din,
  • Duration: 51 min

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  Do Not Oppress The Convert (Mishpatim)

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Feb 10, 2021
  • Venue:

    United Orthodox Synagogues (Houston) 
    Halacha:

    Geirut,
    Parsha:

    Mishpatim,
  • Duration: 49 min

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  Was There Planting In The Desert

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Feb 03, 2021
  • Venue:

    United Orthodox Synagogues (Houston) 
    Parsha:

    Yitro,
  • Duration: 31 min

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  Understadning the High Holiday Prayers: Kol Nidrei

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Sep 14, 2016
  • Venue:

    United Orthodox Synagogues (Houston) 
  • Duration: 57 min

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  Shabbat Chabura - Setting Coffee Maker To Go On On Shabbat Morning

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Jul 10, 2013
  • Venue:

    United Orthodox Synagogues (Houston) 
    Series:

    Weekly Shiur 
  • Duration: 16 min

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  Is There Such A Thing As A Forbidden Prayer?

  • Speaker: Rabbi Barry Gelman  
  • Date: Apr 15, 2012
  • Venue:

    United Orthodox Synagogues (Houston) 
    Series:

    Weekly Shiur 
    Gemara:

    Berachot,
    Halacha:

    Tefillah,
    Machshava:

    Tefillah,
  • Duration: 54 min

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