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Rabbi Yitzchak Blau Source:

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Lesson Length:

40 minutes

Our parasha is the one in which the complaints of the Israelites in the desert begin. With the help of classical commentaries, we will explore the nature...

Seeing Ten Commandments in the Burning Bush

Rabbi David Fohrman Source:

Exodus 19, 7 - 11

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Exodus 3, 2 - 5

In this video, Rabbi Fohrman connects the Ten Commandments to the story of Moses and the Burning Bush, arguing that the text is certainly meant to hark...

The Burning Bush Ma'amad Har Sinai Comparative Study

Ruth's Kindness as a Model for Monarchy

Dr. Yael Ziegler Source:

Ruth 1 - 4, 22

The extreme kindness demonstrated by Ruth is almost self-effacing, and cannot be used as a model emulated by regular people. What, then, is the purpose of...

Kindness Hessed Monarchy

Rehabilitation of the Family Unit

Shani Taragin Source:

Numbers 26, 1 - 65

God commands Moshe to count the nation, a command which interrupts the sequence between the Sin of Pe'or and the war of retribution against Midian. In...

Ba'al Pe'or Family Census

The Daughters of Tzelofhad

Shani Taragin Source:

Numbers 27, 1 - 11

The story of Tzelofhad's daughters introduces five sisters who turn to the patriarchal leadership seeking to preserve the name of their deceased father....

Tzelofhad's Daughters Pessah Sheni Human initiative and Divine command

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Shani Taragin Source:

Numbers 30, 1 - 17

The root "Shama" - to hear or listen - is a key word in Numbers 30, where the laws of women's vows are detailed. This is one of the units that interrupts...

Hear Listen Vows Family Ba'al Pe'or Annulment of a Woman's Vows

Izebel, Israel, and the Valley of Yizre'eI

Melakhim.pdf (format PDF / 125 KB)

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Source:

I Kings 16, 29 - 17, 1

King Ahab, one of the greatest kings of Israel - marries Jezebell, the daughter of the King of Sidon! Eliyahu ha'Navi, the greatest prophet of his time is...

Izevel Eliyahu Eliyahu's Altar on Mount Carmel

Yeshayahu & Yerushalayim - Paradise Regained

Shani Taragin Source:

Isaiah 1

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Psalms 122

In this class, Mrs. Taragin analyzes the poetic nature of Yeshayahu's prophecies, and draws parallels between his words and those of various texts across...

Yeshayahu Prophecy Jerusalem Garden of Eden

A Portrait of Yehoshua Bin Nun

Rabbi Yitzchak Et Shalom.pdf (format PDF / 528 KB)

Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom Source:

Joshua 1

We will study the relevant passages introducing us to Yehoshua, discerning the reason for his Divine selection as Moshe Rabbenu's successor and the...

Sefer Yehoshua Leadership Moshe and Yehoshua

The Next Generation

Rabbi Alex Israel Source:

Numbers 19 - 25, 35

Lesson Length:

31 minutes

This parasha has some very interesting components, beginning with the Para Aduma and continuing with narratives of wars and complaints; sins and...

Moshe and the Rock Leadership Generation Entering the Land Para Aduma Death of Miriam grapes, figs, and pomegranates Aharon's Death

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