Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 22 minutes
Yetziat Mizrayim(The Exodus from Egypt) parallels “Yetziat Sodom”(the Exodus from Sodom) in the time of Lot. Lot had the compassion of Abraham, but...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Lesson Length: 51 minutes
Unlike Chapter Three, there is no personal “I” voice in Chapter Four. The fourth chapter reveals the overarching chiastic structure in the book of Eikha,...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Lesson Length: 41 minutes
This shiur analyzes Chapter Five and summarizes the significance of the structural and theological implications of the entire book. The peripheral...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
Lesson Length: 55 minutes
This shiur is about Eikha Rabba, one of the earliest compilations of midrashim. Chazal read Eikha as speaking to their own situation - the aftermath of...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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This shiur provides an overview of Sefer Shoftim. While Megillat Ruth is set in the days of the Shoftim, it cannot be part of the same book, as Ruth is...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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This series will look at Ruth in its Biblical contexts. The end of the Megilla lists the lineage of King David, who is Ruth's progeny. Is monarchy a...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 21 minutes
God’s mission and Moshe’s response from the Burning Bush appear to be briefly repeated in Parashat Va'era. The “second” mission responds to the...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 12 minutes
The Torah tells the story of Moshe's infancy in detail, yet skips his formative years and moves straight to his adulthood stories of rescuing others from...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Lesson Length: 37 minutes
This second shiur in the Eikha series, drawing from academic literature, provides a basic introduction to Biblical poetry in general: the purposes and...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Lesson Length: 51 minutes
While Perek Alef is characterized by the deafening silence at the aftermath of the churban, Perek Bet takes a retrospective look at the horror of the...
