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2020-2024 Classes

Rabbi Kaplan conducts weekly Torah classes at Ohav Zedek and the Friedman JCC. Please click the links below to listen to recordings (.mp3 format).

Torah Classes

Nov. 7 - "Before the Deluge"

Oct. 30 - "Genesis: Hashem's Invisible Touch"

Sep. 26 - "Reclaiming Our Souls"

Sep. 18 - "He Who Laughs Last"

Sep. 11 - "We Must Never Forget"

Sep. 5 - "Did Porky Pig Keep Kosher?"

Aug. 29 - "Unchained Melody"

July 18 - "Bilaam University"

July 1 - "The Great Debate"

June 27 - "The War of Words"

May 22 - "Book of Ruth Class #1 Second Chances"

May 30 - "Book of Ruth Class #2 The Kindness of Strangers"

Jun. 5 - "Book of Ruth Class #3 Through the Eyes of a Stranger"

May 15 - "OU Torah Call"

May 16 - "The Hope of Rabbi Akiva"

May 6 - "Darkness: Then & Now"

Apr. 18 - "So Let It Be Written, So Let It Be Done"

Apr. 4 - "The New Moon Landing"

Mar. 11 - "The Run for the Roses"

Feb. 26 - "Counting Our Blessings"

Feb. 22 - "Rise of Haman"

Feb. 8 - "Sense and Sensibility"

Jan. 29 - "Who is like Your Nation, Israel?"

Jan. 25 - "The Big Kvetch"

Jan. 18 - "The Exodus: Playing Games with Yul Brynner"

Jan. 11 - "A Rose by Any Other Name"

Jan. 1, '24 - "Holding Out for a Hero"

Dec. 28 - "Israel's Hope"

Dec. 18 - "The Joseph Identity"

Dec. 11 - "Seeing the Light in a Time of Darkness"

Dec. 7 - "I Dreamed a Dream"

Oct. 30 - "Israel, One Nation Upon The Earth"

Oct. 19 - "Genesis: The Big Inning"

Sep. 28 - "Sukkot"

Sep. 11 - "Rosh Hashanah"

Aug. 31 - "Chancing Upon Destiny"

June 21 - "Dispute and the Road to Hell"

June 8 - "Sticks and Stones"

May 24 - "Do You Want My Torah? Cowabunga!"

May 11 - "Missing the Forest for the Trees"

Mar. 30 - "Passover Haggadah"

Mar. 16 - "Why a Golden Calf?"

Mar. 2 - "The Run for the Roses"

Feb. 16 - "Inlaws and Outlaws"

Feb. 6 - "Kvetching About Miracles"

Feb. 2 - "Haman & Hitler's Origin Story"

Jan. 12, '23 - "Exodus: My Name Is Nobody"

Dec. 26 - "I Dreamed a Dream"

Dec. 8 - "Are Chanukah Harry and Santa Claus Friends"

Dec. 1 - "The Art of the Con"

Nov. 21 - "The Laughter of Sodom"

Nov. 10 - "A Man Hears What He Wants To Hear"

Oct. 27 - "A Towering Sin"

Oct. 13 - "Dancing Past The Graveyard"

Sep. 21 - "He Who Laughs Last"

Sep. 14 - "Royalty"

Sep. 7 - "Chance & Circumstance"

Jul. 27 - "Kamtza & Bar Kamtza"

Jul. 20 - "The Grand Illusion"

Jul. 14 - "Bilaam and the Golden Calf"

Jul. 7 - "Death, Be Not Proud"

Feb. 28, '22 - "Shemoneh Esrei"

Oct. 21 - "Keeping Up Appearances"

Oct. 14 - "The Most Unkindest Cut of All"

Oct. 4 - "Flooding the Tower of Babylon"

Sep. 13 - "Checking the Yom Kippur Clock Every 5 Minutes"

Sep. 2 - "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

Jun. 28 - "The Golden Calf: Welcome to the Grand Illusion"

Jun. 15 - "Korach and the Road to Hell"

May. 24 - "Parshat Beha'alotecha"

Apr. 12 - "Rabbi Akiva"

Mar. 8 - "Dayeinu"

Feb. 24 - "The Chance of a Lifetime"

Jan. 11, '21 - "A Rose By Any Other Name"

Dec. 21 - "I Dreamed a Dream in Time Gone By"

Dec. 8 - "Galaxies for Peanuts"

Nov. 30 - "When Dr. Jekyll became Mr. Hyde"

Nov. 18 - "Hunting Esau"

Nov. 9 - "Camelot"

Nov. 4, '20 - "Lessons from Simon & Garfunkel"

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Book of Esther Classes (2022)

Book of Esther Part 6

Book of Esther Part 5

Book of Esther Part 4

Book of Esther Part 3

Book of Esther Part 2

Book of Esther Part 1

Pesach Workshop Class

Class 1

Pirkei Avot ZOOM Classes (Apr-May '20)

Class #1

Class #2

Class #3

Class #4

 

In 2020, Rabbi Kaplan had recorded pre-Shabbat messages on each week's parsha to YouTube during the lockdown. Click the link below to visit the channel.

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