Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Lesson Length: 48 minutes
Eikha depicts a grieving process. It does not contain historical dates - because its relevance exceeds its own particular historical context of the...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Lesson Length: 54 minutes
The third shiur in this series explores Perek Alef (Chapter One), which is comprised of two halves. The first involves an objective narrator; the second...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Lesson Length: 50 minutes
This shiur looks at the first part of Chapter 3 (Perek Gimmel). Chapter three is unique, with a tripartite division, and is the central chapter in Eikha....
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Lesson Length: 50 minutes
This second part of Chapter Three traces the development of the individual as he re-discovers and re-connects with himself, his community, and his God....
Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky
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Three heroines of the Tanach are conspicuously anonymous. Why? In the course of unraveling this mystery, we will also investigate a man who is similarly “...
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
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Lesson Length: Hour and 5 minutes
In this shiur, we seek to understand the sin of the Golden calf. What is so bad about it? What can we learn from it? Through our study, we also gain...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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The biblical story of David is lengthy and multifaceted. While his complex personality sometimes reveals contradictions, the final assessment of David in...
Rabbi Gad Dishi
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Lesson Length: Hour and 5 minutes
Why is Chapter 20 of Melakhim located where it is? It appears to be a battle narrative that is out of place with the surrounding chapters. And why is...
Rabbi Moshe Shulman
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We take a methodological look at “Midrashic stories” and how our Sages used these stories, often borrowed or reframed from completely different parts of...
Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky
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We tend to sense Shir Hashirim’s holiness and majesty, but are perplexed by every aspect of this deeply cryptic ”love story”. Both the surface metaphor...
