The Structure & Story of Book I
Dr. Beni Gesundheit
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Lesson Length: Hour and 3 minutes
Tehillim 18, its parallels in Shmuel II 22 and its location in Sefer Tehillim
Why would the same chapter be repeated in two places in the Tanakh? What can...
The Structure & Story of Book I
Dr. Beni Gesundheit
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Lesson Length: 57 minutes
Unit II, Tehillim 15-24
Tehillim 15-24, the second unit in Book 1, form a chiastic structure around its central mizmor, Tehillim 19. These mizmorim also...
The Structure & Story of Book I
Dr. Beni Gesundheit
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Lesson Length: Hour
Unit I, Tehillim 3-14
Tehillim 3-14, the first unit in Book 1, forms a chiastic structure around its central mizmor, Tehillim 8. This mizmor describes the...
The Structure & Story of Book I
Dr. Beni Gesundheit
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Lesson Length: 50 minutes
In loving memory of Nissan Nissim ben Miriam Marjum Cohen Erani
Many commentaries have been used to understand each of the 150 songs of Tehillim; few...
Dr. Beni Gesundheit
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Lesson Length: 4 minutes
In loving memory of Nissan Nissim ben Miriam Marjum Cohen Erani
Many commentaries have been used to understand each of the 150 songs of Tehillim; few...
Shani Taragin
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Lesson Length: Hour
What is the meaning of Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold) and what does it represent? Where does the depiction come from? Through an analysis of...
Shani Taragin
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Lesson Length: Hour
This shiur explores the development of the character of Rachel, by analyzing the birth narrative of Yaakov’s children, and her challenges with infertility...
Dr. Yonatan Feintuch
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Lesson Length: 58 minutes
This shiur deals with the relationship between midrash and pshat (the simple reading of biblical verses). It addresses the question whether midrashic...
Rabbi Yair Kahn
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Lesson Length: 58 minutes
Rashi comments that Yosef had to remain in prison for an additional two years, because he requested that the Sar Hamashkim plea to Pharaoh on his behalf,...
Rabbi David Fohrman
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Lesson Length: Hour and 16 minutes
Two of the best known pieces of Biblical text that deal with the idea of Shabbat are the “Vayechulu” passage in Breishit, and the “Veshamru” passage in...
