Merkaz Lectures

  (This lecture contains 3 parts. Only the lecture is presented via podcast. Visit merkaz.com for the Introduction, Lecture, and Q&A) Introduction by David Shasha Lecture by Professor Jose Faur Q&A with Professor Jose Faur  

Lecture by Rabbi Dr Richard Hidary, given 10/17/12 in Kol Israel Congregation, Brooklyn NY. Please see accompanying handout. Aleppo Codex Ps 90 - black and white

Professor Yaron Harel "Jewish Muslim Relations in Syria in the 19th Century" (handouts available on merkaz.com)  

Lecture by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag "How Chumash Explains the Siddur; How the Siddur Explains Chumash" Congregation Ohel David and Shelomo 10/30/10

Lecture by Rabbi Alex Israel "A Tale of Two Cities: Sodom and Jerusalem" Presented by Merkaz 5/6/10

  Lecture by Rabbi Dr Richard Hidary "Three Conceptions of Sin; Three Paths to Atonement" 9/23/09 at Congregation Beth Torah, Brooklyn NY.

Professor Robert Shapiro "Word from the Ashes; Secret Messages from the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz" Yom Hashoah Holocaust Memorial Program Brooklyn College 4/30/08

Lecture by Professor Steven Fine "Where is the Menorah?" Yeshiva University 4/1/08

Lecture by Rabbi Marc Angel "Rambam and the Philosophers; What Reason Can and Cannot Attain" presented by Merkaz 12/22/07

Professor Zvi Zohar "Tragic Genius: Hakham Matloub Abadi's Creativity and Self-Portrayal as Reflected in his book Magen Ba'adi" Lecture at Congregation Magen David of Bensonhurst 8/27/07 Introduction by David Shasha

Lecture by Professor Lawrence Schiffman "The Significance of Community from Ancient to Modern Times" 6/12/07

Rabbi Natan Lopez Cardozo Raphaella Segal - Deputy Mayor of Kedumim

Lecture by Professor Marc Shapiro "Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and the Revival of the Sephardic Halacha" presented by Merkaz 12/9/06

Lecture by Professor Marc Shapiro "Sephardic and Ashkenazic Approaches to Halacha" 12/9/06

Lecture by Rabbi Dr. Ezra Labaton A"H "Was Your Turkey Kosher?: Do Not Copy Their Ways" 11/28/06

Lecture by Rabbi Dr. Ezra Labaton A"H "Self-Deception as a Factor in Teshubah" 9/26/06

"Making Yourself Available to Forgive" Lecture given by Professor Moshe Halbertal on 12/3/05

Lecture by Rabbi Dr Ezra Labaton A"H "Names in Sefer Beresheet" Given 11/21/05 at the home of Roz & Richard Matthews

Lecture by Rabbi Moshe Shamah given 10/10/05

Lecture by Mr. Joseph Mosseri on 9/27/05