Beyond Hunger

Welcome to the homepage of our Beyond Hunger: Food for Thought When Fasting program, to be held on Sunday June 27, 2021, also known as the Fast of the 17th of Tammuz, on ZOOM at http://tiny.cc/beyondhunger!
If you prefer to enter a Session ID in the ZOOM app, it’s 791 3810 0918, with a passcode of 18; or listen in by phone at 647-558-0588 (you will need to enter the Session ID and passcode).

We expect to deliver twelve 30-minute sessions about fasting – fast days on the calendar, laws related to fasting, and fasting in Tanach!

We broadcasted the sessions on Facebook Live as well, here!
Audio recordings of many sessions are now available on YUTorah here.
We may post videos as well on our Youtube channel.

This program is dedicated by Ellen Warner and Jeff Lipton in memory of Freda Warner z”l, פריידע בת חיים יהודה לייב וחיה רויזע,
for her twelfth yahrtzeit

We are accepting donations to dedicate classes; a dedication is $180, and classes may have multiple dedications. All donations will be doubled, as part of our annual Day of Giving! For more on donation options, please click here.

Table of Contents

List of Classes and Dedications
On-Line Donation Options
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The List of Classes


To dedicate a specific class from this list, please email info@torontotorah.com.
To make a general donation of any amount, please go here, and write “Beyond Hunger” and your dedication text (optional) in the memo option.

 

Time Program Speaker Dedication
THE CALENDAR
10:00-10:30 AM Yom Kippur Katan:
The Feast Before the Fast		 R’ Sammy Bergman

Dedicated in honour of my esteemed chavrutot,
Rabbi Alex Hecht and Rabbi Sammy Bergman.
Wishing them much success
as they move into their new rabbinic positions!
Ezer Diena and Family
10:30-11:00 AM The 20th of Sivan:
The Forgotten Fast		 Mrs. Shyndee Kestenbaum
Dedicated by Dianna and Rick Zauderer and Family
in memory of Andor Roberts z”l
11:00-11:30 AM Yom Kippur:
Sinners or Angels?		 R’ Noah Sonenberg
Dedicated by Irwin Diamond
לזכר נשמת רבי ומורי הרב ראובן בן רב צבי זצ”ל
11:30 AM-12:00 PM Fast of the Firstborn:
A Fast That Should Not Exist		 Netanel Klein
Dedicated in memory of our father, Wolf Woznica,
ר׳ יצחק זאב בן יהודה צבי הלוי ופריידל זצ֞”ל
by Frances and Moishe Goldstein and families.
And in honour of my best friend and חברותא, Netanel Klein.
12:00-12:30 PM Should We Fast on
Yom haShoah?		 R’ Aaron Greenberg
Dedicated by Irwin, James and David Diamond
לזכר נשמת אבינו מורנו ר’ משה בן דוד שלמה זצ”ל
HALACHAH (Jewish Law)
12:30-1:00 PM When a Torah Falls R’ Sammy Bergman
Dedicated by Irwin, James and David Diamond
לזכר נשמת אמינו מורתנו ראצה בת רב עזריאל זצ”ל
1:00-1:30 PM Fasting During Pregnancy Ezer Diena
Dedicated by Ruth and Irwin Diamond
לזכר נשמת רב צבי יעקב בן רב הלל הלוי זצ”ל
1:30-2:00 PM Frightened Fasting:
Fasting for a Nightmare		 R’ Mordechai Torczyner
Dedicated by Lazer & Shayna Friedman
TANACH
2:00-2:30 PM King Saul’s Military Fast R’ Mordechai Torczyner
Dedicated by Ruth and Irwin Diamond
לזכר נשמת חיה צירל בת ר’ דוד זצ”ל
2:30-3:00 PM Isaiah’s Ideal Fast R’ Chaim Metzger
Dedicated by Michael and Ruthie Mammon
in honour of Rabbi Alex Hecht, a wonderful chavruta
3:00-3:30 PM Performative Fasting:
Ezra’s Dramatic Example		 Miriam Bessin
3:30-4:00 PM Do We Still Fast?
Zecharyah’s Question		 R’ Mordechai Torczyner
Dedicated by Rivkah Glozic in memory of Rabbi Reuven Bulka z”l

General Dedications

Any amount is welcome, and we are happy to list dedications here!

On-line Donation Options
All donations are tax deductible in Canada to the full extent allowed by the CRA.
Please donate at our donation page

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