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Rabbi David Block Source:

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Why does the Torah use the culminating moment for the priests to go through a long and bizarre induction ceremony? And what do its parallels to a certain...

By the Waters of Babylon: Analyzing Mizmor 137

Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom Source:

Psalms 137

Traditionally, mizmor Tehillim 137 of "Al neharot bavel" is known to be about mourning for the Beit Hamikdash while in exile. However, by analyzing this...

Tehillim poetic structure Chiastic Structure The Second Beit HaMikdash Babylonian Exile Oath Yemei Iyun Study Days

The Book of Ovadya: Content and Meaning

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Dr. Avigail Rock Source:

Obadiah

Sefer Ovadya in its entirety is comprised of a prophecy directed at the nation of Edom, rebuking them for various offenses they had perpetrated against...

Prophecy Edom Destruction of the First Mikdash Tisha B'Av Study Yemei Iyun Study Days

Parshat Vayikra

Rabbi Chanoch Waxman Source:

Leviticus 1 - 5

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Numbers 28

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Psalms 50

Lesson Length:

38 minutes

How do we evaluate the purpose of korbanot? By examining the components of the korbanot at first glance, it seems that they can be misunderstood as being...

Purpose of Korbanot Sacrifices

Chronicle vs. Composition - An Example from Sefer Bamidbar

ע 355.pdf (format PDF / 110 KB)

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Source:

Judges 1

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Numbers 1

Is the Tanach a chronicle or a composition? Does the Tanach merely list historical events, or is there a deeper message to be gleaned from the way it is...

Sefer Shoftim Cycle of the Book of Shoftim Judges Prophecy Chronological Order of the Torah Leadership Sefer Bemidbar Yemei Iyun Study Days

How Can We Relate To Sacrifices Today?

Rabbi David Fohrman Source:

Leviticus 1 - 5, 26

Today, sacrifices seem so alien, how can we connect to the myriad of details associated with animal sacrifice? In this video, Rabbi Fohrman goes deeper...

Sacrifices Purpose of Korbanot Sacrifice for Kappara

Parshat Vayakhel- Pekudei

Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell Source:

Exodus 35 - 40

Lesson Length:

29 minutes

Why are the parshiot of Teruma-Tetzveh repeated while the actual building of the mishkan took place in parshiot Vayakhel-Pekudei? Wouldn't it suffice to...

Building the Mishkan Chronological Order of the Torah Sin of the Golden Calf The Sin of the Golden Calf and the Mishkan The Relationship of God and the People of Israel Sequencing

Kayin: Ambition and Supremacy

Rabbi Ezra Bick Source:

Genesis 4, 1 - 16

The pshat of the story of Cain and Hevel is deliberately ambiguous, and the midrashim make numerous attempts at filling in the details of the story to...

Cain and Hevel Cain's birth Cain's character Hevel's name Humanity Yemei Iyun Study Days

God In Space, God In Time

Rabbi David Fohrman Source:

Exodus 32, 15 - 16

What does bringing God into this world through space and through time mean? Time and space are the two realms in which we explore our connection with God...

sacred time and sacred space Shabbat

Did Joseph Forgive his Brothers?

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Dr. Ruth Walfish Source:

Genesis 33 - 50

Much thought has been devoted to the question of what Yosef wished to accomplish by his manipulation of his brothers. In this class we will explore the...

Yosef and his Brothers Forgiveness Yosef's Dreams The Selling of Yosef Dream Interpretations

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