Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 39 minutes
One troubling aspect of Parshat Korah is that the rebellion never dies down. That seems to be because there are real issues here - Moshe and Aharon seem...
Rabbi David Debow
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Lesson Length: 30 minutes
In this shiur, while reading the classical commentators, we take a modern close reading of the story of the spies. Where did the spies begin to sin—when...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 40 minutes
Chapter 11 in Bemidbar relays the story of Kivrot ha-taava. How many stories are in the chapter? Three main questions are explored: Why does the structure...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 37 minutes
Naso is a long parasha, with various topics strung together (such as Gezel ha-Ger; Sotah, Nazir, and Birkat Kohanim). This shiur maps out the content and...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
In this introduction to Sefer Bemidbar, which starts with a census, we look at the idea of counting and examine Rashi’s comments here and elsewhere about...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
How do we relate to the content of the “Tohekha”? How do the blessings and curses relate to one another? Aided by various commentators, we look at...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 40 minutes
What does the haftara for Shabbat Ha-Gadol have to do with Pesach? This shiur seeks to explain why this haftara was chosen for Shabbat ha-Gadol. We begin...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 45 minutes
Moshe ascends higher than any other prophet so much so that he needs to veil the radiance of his face after his Divine encounters. But it is scary to...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 39 minutes
Amalek is presented as an archetypal enemy, but what, precisely, is so objectionable about this nation? We look at how Amalek is described in the Torah,...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 34 minutes
This shiur takes a comparative look at the various descriptions of the Shemitta year in the Torah. We look at the different aspects of the mitzvoth as...
