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  Taanis 21b - The Greatness of Abba Umna & Rav Brokah

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: Aug 31, 2026
  • Venue:

    Cong. Bais Tefilah (Woodmere, NY) 
    Gemara:

    Aggadeta,
  • Duration: 43 min

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  Taanis 21a - Ilfa & R' Yochanan

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: Aug 17, 2026
  • Venue:

    Cong. Bais Tefilah (Woodmere, NY) 
    Gemara:

    Aggadeta,
  • Duration: 45 min

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  20b - Relying on Miracles

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: Aug 10, 2026
  • Venue:

    Cong. Bais Tefilah (Woodmere, NY) 
    Gemara:

    Aggadeta,
  • Duration: 49 min

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  Soft Like a Reed and Not Hard Like a Cedar

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: Aug 03, 2026
  • Venue:

    Cong. Bais Tefilah (Woodmere, NY) 
    Gemara:

    Aggadeta,
  • Duration: 50 min

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  Nakdimon ben Guryon Davens for Rain

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: Jul 27, 2026
  • Venue:

    Cong. Bais Tefilah (Woodmere, NY) 
    Gemara:

    Aggadeta,
  • Duration: 52 min

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  The Days of Nikanur & Turyanus

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: Jul 13, 2026
  • Venue:

    Cong. Bais Tefilah (Woodmere, NY) 
    Gemara:

    Aggadeta,
  • Duration: 43 min

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  What Does THIS Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah 5786 - 2025 Mean to You?

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: Oct 12, 2025
  • Venue:

    Young Israel of Woodmere 
    Halacha:

    War,
    Machshava:

    Israel,

    Achdut,
    Holidays:

    Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah,
  • Duration: 1 h 56 min

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  What Does THIS Shemini Atzeres/Simchas Torah Mean to You (Post October 7th): Tikun Leil Hoshanah Rabbah at Young Israel of Woodmere

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: Oct 22, 2024
  • Venue:

    Young Israel of Woodmere 
    Machshava:

    Torah,

    Bein Adam L'Chaveiro,

    Hashem,

    Emunah,
    Holidays:

    Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah,
    Nach:

    Esther,
    Parsha:

    Mishpatim,

    Re'eh,
  • Duration: 2 h

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  What Does Shemini Atzeres & Simchas Torah Mean to You? (Order of Speakers: Rabbis Shalom Axelrod, Yoni Levin, Efraim Polakoff, Ya'akov Trump, Motti Neuberger, Isaac Rice, Aryeh Lebowitz, Shay Schachter)

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: Oct 05, 2023
  • Venue:

    Young Israel of Woodmere 
    Machshava:

    Torah,
    Holidays:

    Hoshana Rabbah,

    Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah,
  • Duration: 1 h 53 min

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  DRS Rebbes Naaseh Venishma Moment

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: May 27, 2020
  • Machshava:

    Torah,
  • Duration: 2 h 54 min

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  Haggadah Vorts from the DRS Rabbeim

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: Apr 16, 2019
  • Venue:

    DRS Yeshiva High School for Boys 
  • Duration: 57 min

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  Haggadah Vorts from the DRS Rabbeim

  • Speaker: Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff  
  • Date: Mar 28, 2018
  • Venue:

    DRS Yeshiva High School for Boys 
  • Duration: 1 h 13 min

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