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Lag BaOmerLag BaOmer (multimedia download)

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A strange undercurrent of sadness and mourning runs between the stretch of the two Freedom festivals, Pesach and Shavuot. From delaying weddings to refraining from haircuts, halacha literature details a somewhat macabre element that makes its way into the passage between these mo’adim, clipping the joy and placing a check on the anticipation. Oddly, these two diverging responses to the same period of time reach a crescendo on the thirty third day, on Lag baOmer, a day that joyfully celebrates--of all things-- the death day of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai! Could the emergence of these two elements simply be dismissed as mere historical coincidence?

FrameWorks Devarim \ Parasha V - ShofetimFrameWorks Devarim \ Parasha V - Shofetim (book)

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The fifth volume of the new FrameWorks-Devarim parasha-by-parasha edition!

FrameWorks Devarim \ Parasha IV - Re'ehFrameWorks Devarim \ Parasha IV - Re'eh (book)

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Fourth volume of the new parasha-by-parasha FrameWorks edition for Devarim.

FrameWorks Devarim \ Parasha III - EkevFrameWorks Devarim \ Parasha III - Ekev (book)

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The third volume of the new FrameWorks Devarim, parasha-by-parasha series. Perfect-bound, 50 pages

FrameWorks Devarim \ Parasha II - Va'ethananFrameWorks Devarim \ Parasha II - Va'ethanan (book)

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The second volume of the new Parasha-by-Parasha paperback FrameWorks series on Devarim!

FrameWorks Devarim \ Parasha I - DevarimFrameWorks Devarim \ Parasha I - Devarim (book)

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Brand new FrameWorks on Devarim essays, available pre-publication through thelivingtree.com, in an easy-tote soft cover format, parasha-by-parasha. Through the millennia, the reading of the weekly portion has provided a Torah rhythm and focus for the “man in the street.” It became the universal “popular” text, studied on every level with every method, so ubiquitous that it served to designate time and anchor events. In “FrameWorks,” his first series conceived and written for a general audience, Rav Matis Weinberg takes us on a roller coaster ride through the parashot, moving deftly from the dawn of history to the very frontiers of contemporary thought in a journey that is challenging, surprising, and moving.

SpiralNotes on Middot Hayom: A Step a Day - first seven stepsSpiralNotes on Middot Hayom: A Step a Day - first seven steps (e-book)

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Transcribed, edited, and translated by Geoffrey Dworkin. Based on the 2003 quick-take series of the Middot Hayom, the 49 days of Sefirat Ha'Omer. First seven steps, footnotes and full texts, 76 pages, download

FrameWorks for the Way - prelude in five movementsFrameWorks for the Way - prelude in five movements (e-book)

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Torah transcends any static document, words or texts. Torah is a context for reality, an ever-branching ‎and unfolding way of viewing life, the Way of the Life Tree, the Way of God; a path through the ‎existential tangles of life.‎ Our lives, too, encompass infinitely more than halacha, law, doctrine, history, philosophy....Our lives, as ‎Creation itself, are endlessly complex works-in-progress, beyond static solutions.‎ FrameWorks for the Way is a guide dedicated to elucidating and illuminating the Way of the Life Tree ‎through Tanach, Talmud, midrash, and Zohar; through Creation and human experience. Introduction- 50 pages, download

Sukkot OverviewSukkot Overview (book)

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In this tour de force, Geoffrey Dworkin manages to distill the all-night Hoshana Rabba shiur of 1996 into a succinct and brilliant overview of the main issues of Chag haSukkot. Translated, transcribed, and edited by Geoffrey Dworkin. 38 pages, spiralbound

Sukkot OverviewSukkot Overview (e-book)

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In this tour de force, Geoffrey Dworkin manages to distill the all-night Hoshana Rabba shiur of 1996 into a succinct and brilliant overview of the main issues of Chag haSukkot. Translated, transcribed, and edited by Geoffrey Dworkin. 38 pages, dowload

SpiralNotes Pesach I: Haggada Structure and ConceptsSpiralNotes Pesach I: Haggada Structure and Concepts (e-book)

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SpiralNotes are transcribed, translated, compiled, and edited by Geoffrey Dworkin. In this essay, we introduce the complex structure of the ‎Haggada, and trace its two-tiered architecture to the ‎separate concepts of Liberty and Freedom, essential ‎elements in a human life of awareness and ongoing ‎renewal…‎ 11 Pages, download