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R. David Kasher and R. Avi Strausberg will headline Hadar's Weekly D'var Torah in 5784
Hadar is excited to announce that Rabbi David Kasher, Director of Hadar West Coast, will write our 5784 weekly D'var Torah! Subscribe now to receive weekly emails beginning with Parashat Bereishit.
Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law is Now Available in Hebrew
Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law, the 2017 book by Rabbi Ethan Tucker and Rabbi Micha’el Rosenberg, has been translated into Hebrew and published by Yediot Aharonot Press. This book is the first comprehensive, book-length halakhic inquiry into egalitarian prayer to be published in Hebrew. It not only expands the discourse on gender in the Israeli Jewish community, but it provides a firm
Order Hadar's 5784 High Holiday Reader
Hadar's 5784 High Holiday Reader is now available to order! Place your order by Friday, August 4 to receive a print copy of “Lifnai Ve-Lifnim - The Innermost Sanctum.” On Yom Kippur, the Kohen Gadol enters the Kodesh ha-Kodashim, "the Holy of Holies," a space which is poetically named lifnai ve-lifnim, "inward and inside." There is a beautiful double meaning in this wordplay: panim means “face,”
Semikhah as Hekhsher Mitzvah
These remarks were originally delivered by R. Daniel Landes at the Capstone Celebration of Hadar's Advanced Kollel on June 26, 2023.
Committing to the Project of Torah
These remarks were originally delivered by Akiva Mattenson at the Capstone Celebration of Hadar's Advanced Kollel on June 26, 2023.
"Through Their Hands, We Receive the Torah"
These remarks were delivered by Miriam Lichtenberg at the Capstone Celebration of Hadar's Advanced Kollel on June 26, 2023.
“It has been told to you what is good and what God seeks of you"
These remarks were delivered by Israel Prize winner Prof. Vered Noam at the Capstone Celebration of Hadar's Advanced Kollel on June 26, 2023.
Grow From All Waters
These remarks were delivered by R. Aviva Richman, Rosh Yeshiva of Hadar, at the Capstone Celebration of Hadar's Advanced Kollel on June 26, 2023.
Light and Truth
These remarks were delivered by R. Ethan Tucker, President and Rosh Yeshiva of Hadar, at the Capstone Celebration of Hadar's Advanced Kollel on June 26, 2023.
Allison Cook, Pedagogy of Partnership Co-Founder, Wins Covenant Award
Allison Cook, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Pedagogy of Partnership at Hadar, has won the prestigious Covenant Award. Selected from hundreds of nominees, Allison was chosen for "meeting a complex moment in Jewish communal history with a powerful blend of courage, commitment, and compassion." Pedagogy of Partnership(PoP) is a comprehensive Jewish method for teaching and learning based on havruta
