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Parashat Chaye Sarah: Four Basic Jewish Values in One Torah Portion

After a short break, we return with a new series of videos to start the week with. Enjoy!

The weekly portion of Chaye Sarah includes four essential Jewish values. From Zionism to welcoming guests Abraham and his descendants demonstrate what will become core beliefs of the Jewish people. How are they expressed in this parashah?

Watch this video by Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin, President of The Schechter Institutes, and learn how we are living out these values today.

David Golinkin is President of The Schechter Institutes, Inc. and President Emeritus of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. For twenty years he served as Chair of the Va’ad Halakhah (Law Committee) of the Rabbinical Assembly which gives halakhic guidance to the Masorti Movement in Israel. He is the founder and director of the Institute of Applied Halakhah at Schechter and also directs the Center for Women in Jewish Law. Rabbi Professor Golinkin made aliyah in 1972, earning a BA in Jewish History and two teaching certificates from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He received an MA in Rabbinics and a PhD in Talmud from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he was also ordained as Rabbi. For a complete bio click here.

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