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  Why the Kotel Never Fell: The Story of a 2,000-Year-Old Wall

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: May 14, 2026
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Machshava:

    Beit HaMikdash,

    History,
    Holidays:

    Yom Yerushalayim,
  • Duration: 39 min

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  Behar: Standing Up to Anxiety

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: May 04, 2026
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Machshava:

    Shemittah,
    Parsha:

    Behar,
  • Duration: 27 min

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  Will Pig Become Kosher?

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: Apr 13, 2026
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Halacha:

    Kashrut,
    Machshava:

    Midrash,
  • Duration: 32 min

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  Help! The Non-Jew Who Bought My Chametz Converted on Chol HaMoed

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: Mar 30, 2026
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Halacha:

    Geirut,
  • Duration: 30 min

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  Do We Have to Keep Track of the Korbanot We Owe G-d?

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: Mar 16, 2026
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Halacha:

    Korbanot,
    Parsha:

    Vayikra,
  • Duration: 35 min

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  Vashti and Shaul: An Uncanny Connection

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: Feb 23, 2026
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Nach:

    Esther,

    Shmuel,
    Parsha:

    Zachor,
    Personalities:

    Dovid Hamelech,
  • Duration: 27 min

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  What's Wrong With Standing Tall? The Prohibition to Pray in a High Place

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: Nov 06, 2023
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Halacha:

    Tefillah,
  • Duration: 48 min

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  Modeh Ani: Halakhot and Minhagim

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: Aug 28, 2023
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Halacha:

    Tefillah,

    Orach Chaim,
  • Duration: 34 min

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  To Sit or Not to Sit: The Great Kiddush Debate

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: Aug 13, 2023
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Halacha:

    Kiddush and Havdala,
  • Duration: 42 min

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  Modeh Ani: Origins and History

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: Jul 31, 2023
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Machshava:

    Tefillah,

    History,
  • Duration: 38 min

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  Praying in a Language Other Than Hebrew

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: Apr 24, 2023
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Halacha:

    Tefillah,
  • Duration: 41 min

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  The History of Tefillah: From Conquest of the Holy Land (1273 B.C.E.) to the Destruction of the First Temple

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ezra Cohen  
  • Date: Jan 09, 2023
  • Venue:

    Lower Merion Synagogue (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 
    Machshava:

    Beit HaMikdash,

    Tefillah,

    History,
  • Duration: 43 min

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