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Bereshit/Genesis

Bereshit

5776 Sigal Samuel

5775 Aaron Dorfman

5774 Jordan Namerow

5773 Leah Kaplan Robins

5772 Sigal Samuel

5771 Shira Fischer

5770 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Noach

5776 Daniel Bloom

5775 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

5774 Dani Passow

5773 AJWS

5772 Rabbi David Singer

5771 Dani Passow

5770 Daniel Bloom

5769 Rabbi Matt Carl

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Lech Lecha

5776 Adina Roth

5775 Julie Gersten

5774 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5773 Sarah Mulhern

5772 Adina Roth

5771 Rachel Travis

5770 Aviva Presser Aiden

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Carol Towarnicky

Vayera

5776 Jimmy Taber

5775 Liel Leibovitz

5774 Rachel Farbiarz

5773 AJWS

5772 Liel Leibovitz

5771 Jimmy Taber

5770 Rachel Farbiarz

5769 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5768 Evan Wolkenstein

Chayei Sarah

5776 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5775 Rabbi Joshua Rabin

5774 Adina Gerver

5773 Sarah Mulhern

5772 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5771 Dani Passow

5770 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Toldot

5776 Rabbi David Singer

5775 Rabbi Sam Feinsmith

5774 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

5773 AJWS

5772 Rabbi David Singer

5771 Shira Fischer

5770 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Vayetze

5776 Rachel Travis

5775 Adina Roth

5774 Rabbi Joshua Rabin

5773 Rachel Travis

5772 Adina Roth

5771 Rachel Farbiarz

5770 Daniel Bloom

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Vayishlach

5776 Carol Towarnicky

5775 AJWS

5774 Mollie Andron

5773 AJWS

5772 Liel Leibovitz

5771 Rachel Travis

5770 Aviva Presser Aiden

5769 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5768 Carol Towarnicky

Vayeshev

5776 Jimmy Taber

5775 Rabbi Michael Siegel

5774 Sigal Samuel

5773 Sigal Samuel

5772 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5771 Jimmy Taber

5770 Rachel Farbiarz

5769 Rabbi Matt Carl

5768 Evan Wolkenstein

Miketz

5776 Dani Passow

5775 Jacob Siegel

5774 Jacob Siegel

5773 AJWS

5772 AJWS

5771 Dani Passow

5770 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Vayigash

5776 Rachel Farbiarz

5775 Rabbi Joshua Rabin

5774 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

5773 AJWS

5772 Sigal Samuel

5771 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5770 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Vayechi

5776 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5775 Meredith Levick

5774 Shira Fischer

5773 Daniel Bloom

5772 Rabbi David Singer

5771 Shira Fischer

5770 Daniel Bloom

5769 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Shmot/Exodus

Shmot

5776 Lisa Exler

5775 Jimmy Taber

5774 Rabbi Shai Held

5773 Lisa Exler

5772 AJWS

5771 Rachel Travis

5770 Rachel Farbiarz

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Carol Towarnicky

Vaera

5776 Aviva Presser Aiden

5775 Liel Leibovitz

5774 Rachel Farbiarz

5773 AJWS

5772 Liel Leibovitz

5771 Jimmy Taber

5770 Aviva Presser Aiden

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Evan Wolkenstein

Bo

5776 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5775 Rabbi Rachel Timoner

5774 Adina Gerver

5773 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

5772 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5771 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

5770 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Beshalach

5776 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5775 Sigal Samuel

5774 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

5773 AJWS

5772 Sigal Samuel

5771 Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek

5770 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5769 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Yitro

5776 Shira Fischer

5775 Mollie Andron

5774 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

5773 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5772 Adina Roth

5771 Shira Fischer

5770 Rachel Farbiarz

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Mishpatim

5776 Rabbi Shai Held

5775 AJWS

5774 Rabbi Shai Held

5773 AJWS

5772 AJWS

5771 Dani Passow

5770 Aviva Presser Aiden

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Carol Towarnicky

Terumah

5776 Rabbi David Jaffe

5775 Rabbi David Jaffe

5774 Evan Wolkenstein

5773 Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek

5772 Liel Leibovitz

5771 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5770 Daniel Bloom

5769 Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek

5768 Evan Wolkenstein

Tetzaveh

5776 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5775 AJWS

5774 Jordan Soffer

5773 AJWS

5772 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5771 Jimmy Taber

5770 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Ki Tisa

5776 Rachel Travis

5775 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5774 Rachel Travis

5773 Rachel Farbiarz

5772 AJWS

5771 Rachel Travis

5770 Aviva Presser Aiden

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Vayakhel

5776 Rachel Farbiarz

5775 Sigal Samuel

5774 Rabbi Joshua Rabin

5773 AJWS

5772 Sigal Samuel

5771 Rachel Farbiarz

5770 Daniel Bloom

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Pekudei

5776 Daniel Bloom

5775 Sigal Samuel

5774 Dani Passow

5773 AJWS

5772 Sigal Samuel

5771 Dani Passow

5770 Daniel Bloom

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Carol Towarnicky

Vayikra/Leviticus

Vayikra

5776 Evan Wolkenstein

5775 Margalit C. Rosenthal

5774 Mollie Andron

5773 Rachel Farbiarz

5772 Rabbi David Singer

5771 Shira Fischer

5770 Rachel Farbiarz

5769 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5768 Evan Wolkenstein

Tzav

5776 Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield

5775 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

5774 Rabbi Adam Frank

5773 Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield

5772 AJWS

5771 Rachel Travis

5770 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Shmini

5776 Jimmy Taber

5774 Mia Simring

5773 Adina Gerver

5772 Adina Roth

5771 Jimmy Taber

5770 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Tazria

5776 Daniel Bloom

5775 Daniel Bloom

5774 AJWS

5773 AJWS

5772 Sigal Samuel

5771 Dani Passow

5770 Daniel Bloom

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Metzora

5776 Rachel Farbiarz

5775 Daniel Bloom

5774 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

5773 AJWS

5772 Sigal Samuel

5771 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

5770 Daniel Bloom

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Carol Towarnicky

Achrei Mot

5776 Rabbi Benjamin Adler

5775 Rabbi Benjamin Adler

5774 Andrew Scheer

5773 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5772 AJWS

5771 Rachel Farbiarz

5770 Aviva Presser Aiden

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Evan Wolkenstein

Kedoshim

5776 Jimmy Taber

5775 Rabbi Benjamin Adler

5774 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

5773 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5772 AJWS

5771 Jimmy Taber

5770 Aviva Presser Aiden

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Emor

5776 Sarah Mulhern

5775 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

5774 Rachel Farbiarz

5773 AJWS

5772 Sarah Mulhern

5771 Rachel Travis

5770 Rachel Farbiarz

5769 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Behar

5776 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5775 Rabbi Michael Schwab

5774 Jacob Siegel

5773 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5772 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5771 Dani Passow

5770 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Bechukotai

5776 Lisa Exler

5775 Rabbi Michael Schwab

5774 Lisa Exler

5773 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5772 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5771 Lisa Exler

5770 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Carol Towarnicky

Bamidbar/Numbers

Bamidbar

5776 Rabbi David Singer

5775 Dahlia Bernstein

5774 Rabbi Joshua Rabin

5773 Dahlia Bernstein

5772 Rabbi David Singer

5771 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

5770 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Naso

5776 Adina Roth

5775 Rabbi Joshua Rabin

5774 Adina Roth

5773 Rachel Farbiarz

5772 Adina Roth

5771 Jimmy Taber

5770 Daniel Bloom

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Evan Wolkenstein

Beha'alotcha

5776 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

5775 Rachel Travis

5774 Rabbi Benjamin Adler

5773 AJWS

5772 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5771 Rachel Travis

5770 Rachel Farbiarz

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Shlach

5776 Aviva Presser Aiden

5775 Aviva Presser Aiden

5774 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5773 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

5772 Sigal Samuel

5771 Shira Fischer

5770 Aviva Presser Aiden

5769 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Korach

5776 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5775 Jimmy Taber

5774 Rachel Farbiarz

5773 AJWS

5772 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5771 Jimmy Taber

5770 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Evan Wolkenstein

Chukkat

5776 Dahlia Rockowitz

5775 Rabbi Rachel Ackerman

5774 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

5773 Dahlia Rockowitz

5772 Rabbi David Singer

5771 Dani Passow

5770 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Evan Wolkenstein

Balak

5776 Nathalie Rubens

5775 Nathalie Rubens

5774 Jordan Soffer

5773 Karin Fleisch

5772 Sarah Mulhern

5771 Rachel Travis

5770 Rachel Farbiarz

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Evan Wolkenstein

Pinchas

5776 Rachel Farbiarz

5775 Liora Abrahams-Brosbe

5774 Rabbi Marc Soloway

5773 Rabbi David Schuck

5772 Adina Roth

5771 Shira Fischer

5770 Daniel Bloom

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Matot

5776 Jimmy Taber

5775 AJWS

5774 Jimmy Taber

5773 AJWS

5772 Sigal Samuel

5771 Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek

5770 Aviva Presser Aiden

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Masei

5774 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

5773 AJWS

5772 Sigal Samuel

5771 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

5770 Aviva Presser Aiden

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Dvarim/Deuteronomy

Dvarim

5776 Adina Gerver

5775 Rabbi Miriyam Glazer

5774 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

5773 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5772 Leah Kaplan Robins

5771 Shira Fischer

5770 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Va'etchanan

5776 Rachel Farbiarz

5775 Ruth Messinger

5774 Rabbi Corey Helfand

5773 Ruth Messinger

5772 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5771 Jimmy Taber

5770 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Eikev

5776 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

5775 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5774 Rabbi David Singer

5773 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5772 Rabbi David Singer

5771 Rachel Travis

5770 Rachel Farbiarz

5769 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Re'eh

5776 Daniel Bloom

5775 Adina Roth

5774 Rachel Farbiarz

5773 Rabbi Lisa Gelber

5772 Adina Roth

5771 Lisa Exler

5770 Daniel Bloom

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Shoftim

5776 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

5775 Rabbi Rachel Gartner

5774 Rabbi Joshua Rabin

5773 Evonne Marzouk

5772 Lisa Exler

5771 Dani Passow

5770 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5769 Sam Berrin Shonkoff

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Ki Tetze

5776 Aaron Dorfman

5775 Shira Fischer

5774 Sigal Samuel

5773 Rabbi Joshua Rabin

5772 Sigal Samuel

5771 Shira Fischer

5770 Aviva Presser Aiden

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Evan Wolkenstein

Ki Tavo

5776 Michelle Missaghieh

5775 Michelle Missaghieh

5774 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5773 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

5772 Rabbi Wendi Geffen

5771 Rachel Travis

5770 Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster

5769 Rabbi Alana Alpert

5768 Rabbi Dorothy Richman

Nitzavim

5776 Sarah Mulhern

5775 Jimmy Taber

5774 Adina Gerver

5773 Jeremy Simons

5772 Sarah Mulhern

5771 Jimmy Taber

5770 Rachel Farbiarz

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Vayelech

5776 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

5775 Adina Roth

5774 Adina Gerver

5773 Jeremy Simons

5772 Adina Roth

5771 Jimmy Taber

5770 Rachel Farbiarz

5769 Adina Gerver

5768 Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

Ha'azinu

5776 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5775 Rabbi David Singer

5774 Rabbi Elliot Kukla

5773 Rachel Farbiarz

5772 Rabbi David Singer

5771 Dani Passow

5770 Rabbi Guy Austrian

5769 Rachel Farbiarz

5768 Rabbi Elliot Kukla