Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
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Did Yehoshua fulfill God's command to capture the land promised to Am Yisrael? Through an analysis of the promise that God made to Yehoshua and to Moshe...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 33 minutes
We explore teshuva as presented in Nitzavim. The paradigm of teshuva (return) presented is a loving reciprocal process that is initiated by the people of...
Rabbi Yair Kahn
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Lesson Length: 11 minutes
The Torah begins the parsha with the laws of Shmitta, noting that they were given at Har Sinai. This prompts the commentators to ask the famous question...
Rabbi David Fohrman
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In this week's parsha, the Torah suggests to us that if we follow God's will, we will be rewarded with walking with God - with the same language as the...
Rabbi David Fohrman
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Parashat Emor outlines the holidays, with two major interruptions: the laws of the omer offering, and the agricultural laws of pe'ah and leket.
Why do...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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Lesson Length: 13 minutes
The story of the blasphemer raises numerous questions: why does the Torah place this story within the chapters dealing with laws and commandments? Why...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 36 minutes
What does the term Macharat HaShabbat mean? Many classical commentaries deal with this famous question, which holds practical implications for the...
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 29 minutes
There are three main instances in the Torah where we are commanded to count towards a particular event: counting seven days in the process from impurity...
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Social justice laws are discussed side by side with laws relating to animal sacrifices. What connects the two?
The Torah is doubling down on important...
Rabbi Yaakov Medan
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Lesson Length: 12 minutes
What does it mean when God "hardens the heart" of a sinner in the Tanakh - as He did to Pharaoh in Egypt - and how can a person be held accountable for...
