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Published November 3, 2020 | By Lynley Shimat Lys

Fall Book Sale – Temple Emanu-El

November 19-22: www.hawaiijudaica.com Shipping or Curbside Pickup Available

For the Chai Boutique at Temple Emanu-El – all proceeds go to the School of Jewish Studies

Torah and Taro

Mat Sgan’s book Torah and Taro: Jewish Contributions to Hawaiʻi (224 pp.) is now available in Hardcover ($31.99) and Softcover ($17.99) from Xlibris.com; Amazon; and Mat (808-286-9016; newmat78@gmail.com.) In ebook form, it is available at $5.99 at Xlibris.com.

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Organic Torah

The Royal Road to Relational Spirituality
This is a 10 session course taught in 2019. Click here to purchase full course recordings. Click here for a free download of first session. Derekh HaMelekh— “The Royal Road”—is a collection of Shabbat and holiday teachings by Reb Kalanymous Kalman Shapira, who was the “Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto” as well as a major […]
Rising Above Isolation: The Piaseczner Rebbe’s Shavuot Torah of Connection
Dates and Times: Tuesdays – May 12, May 19, May 267 – 8 pm EST Cost: Pay-what-you-can Presenter: Rabbi Dr. Natan Margalit Description: We’ll learn together an amazing Shavuot Torah by Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Shapiro, the Piaseczner Rebbe, also known for being the Hasidic Rebbe in the Warsaw Ghetto during the horrific years of the Holocaust. In this Torah he explores […]

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