Rabbi Gad Dishi
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Lesson Length: Hour and 5 minutes
Why is the book of Bemidbar out of chronological order and where? What does this represent and what can we learn from this? This lecture analyzes whether...
Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin
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Lesson Length: Hour and 3 minutes
This lecture discusses Rashbam’s controversial comment on the phrase “vayehi erev vayehi boker” [“and there was evening, and there was morning”] and Ibn...
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
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Lesson Length: Hour and 5 minutes
Commentators have puzzled over – and disputed the meaning of – the central line in Amos’ chastisement of the northern kingdom: “A man and his father go to...
Professor David Berger
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Lesson Length: Hour and 5 minutes
The “suffering servant” chapter in Isaiah was the most theologically sensitive biblical passage for Jews in Christian Europe. Rashi strikingly understands...
Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot
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Lesson Length: Hour and 10 minutes
This lecture discusses the origins of the midrashim focusing on Avraham. Where did these midrashim come from? Through an analysis of the story and other...
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
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Lesson Length: Hour and 5 minutes
It is unclear what Moshe’s sin was in Mei Meriva, and why he was punished so severely. This lecture surveys the different opinions and discusses the...
Rabbi Shalom Berger
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Lesson Length: Hour and 3 minutes
Although the Torah makes it clear that Jacob's vision takes place in Bet El/Luz, Rashi - based on midrashim - suggests various ways to place the vision in...
Rabbi Yehuda Rock
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Lesson Length: Hour and 4 minutes
There is an apparent contradiction between some verses and the halachic laws derived from them. One famous example of this is the “eye for an eye”...
Rabbi Moshe Taragin
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Lesson Length: Hour and 4 minutes
Shir Hashirim details a complex historical relationship between God and his chosen people. What role do weather and climate play in framing the repeated...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Lesson Length: Hour and 1 minutes
This lecture presents the incident of David and Batsheva as the turning point in David’s life, representing a collapse in his career and personal life...
