Episodios
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Sefer Bamidbar | Bamidbar | A Lot of Names and A Lot of Numbers, Why? by Rav Ezra Bick
Does the population census eliminate individuality in service of creating the national unity, or does it enoble and distinguish the individual? Why are the Jews counted twice in the beginning of Sefer Bemidbar?
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Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 28 | Bamidbar, by Rav Eli Weber
Why does Hashem count Israel? Why does Hashem talk to Moshe from Ohel Moed? Why is Levi the smallest tribe?
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Shavuot | The Claims of the Heretics, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
The public reading of Aseret HaDibrot (the Decalogue) was practiced on a daily basis in the Mikdash. This practice was banned elsewhere, due to the "Claims of the Heretics" - (ืชืจืขืืืช ืืืื ืื). Why would there have been an interest in reading the Dibrot publicly every day - and why was it banned? Who are these "heretics" - and what was their position that made the reading an unfavorable thing?
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Tehillim 132: ืงืืื ื' ืืื ืืืชื (conclusion), by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
When was Psalm 132 composed - and why? In this conclusion of a two-part shiur, we examine the longest of the ืฉืืจื ืืืขืื - Psalm 132. This psalm, evidently devoted to the city of Yerushalayim and the Divine choice of both the place and the Davidic line, is especially appropriate as we prepare to celebrate the 58th anniversary of the reunification of Yerushalayim under Jewish sovereignty. Noting that the psalm speaks in different voices, we note numerous related texts in Tanakh that may have either been inspired by, or been the inspiration for our psalm. ืงืืื ื' ืืื ืืืชื, ืืชื ืืืจืื ืขืืื. And, indeed, may we soon see a fulfillment of the promise ืืืืืืื ืืืืืฉ ืืฉืช, ืืขืืื ืืฆืืฅ ื ืืจื.
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Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 27 | Behar-Bechukotai, by Rav Eli Weber
What's the Ramban's view on chronology in the Torah? What is the religious meaning of work? Will there be wild animals in the days of the mashiach?
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Behar-Bechukotai | 5785 | Abarbanel as Philosopher, by Rav Elyakim Krumbein
Reward on earth or in the afterlife?
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Kaddish and the Idea of Jewish Nationalism, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
What is the meaning of Kaddish and why does it require a quorum? How does the impetus for a public declaration shed light on the idea of ืืืืืืืช ืืฉืจืืืืช - Jewish Nationalism?
This talk was given at the annual Karen and Ariel Avrech z"l Memorial Lecture at Young Israel of Century City. ืืื ืืืจื ืืจืื.Source sheet >>
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Tehillim 132: ืงืืื ื' ืืื ืืืชื, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
What was the occasion that motivated the composition of Psalm 132? A special shiur as we prepare for Yom Yerushalayim.
In this first part of a two-part shiur, we examine the longest of the ืฉืืจื ืืืขืื - Psalm 132. This psalm, evidently devoted to the city of Yerushalayim and the Divine choice of both the place and the Davidic line, is especially appropriate as we prepare to celebrate the 58th anniversary of the reunification of Yerushalayim under Jewish sovereignty. Noting that the psalm speaks in different voices, we note numerous related texts in Tanakh that may have either been inspired by, or been the inspiration for our psalm. ืงืืื ื' ืืื ืืืชื, ืืชื ืืืจืื ืขืืื. And, indeed, may we soon see a fulfillment of the promise ืืืืืืื ืืืืืฉ ืืฉืช, ืืขืืื ืืฆืืฅ ื ืืจื.
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Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 26 | Emor, by Rav Eli Weber
Why do we bring Chametz to the Mikdash on Shavuot? When is Shavuot? What is Sefirat HaOmer?
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Emor | 5785 | Abarbanel on the Holidays by Rav Elyakim Krumbein
How does the Torah use disrupted patterns to create meaning?
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Unraveling the Mystery of Lag BaOmer, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why is there a celebratory air to the 33rd day of the Omer-count? By far the most mysterious of our festive days is ื"ื ืืขืืจ, where the cessation from weddings (etc.) turns the day into a joyous outburst of celebration, replete with bonfires, outings and more. What is the story behind this unexplained day? With the help of an ancient manuscript, a Geniza find, a typesetter's mistake, a letter written by a 4th century Christian Bishop, a rabbi mourning for his son and another rabbi speaking up 14 centuries after his death...we may have the mystery unraveled. This shiur is based on the research of R. Avraham Kosman of Yerushalayim.
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Achari Mot - Kedoshim | 5785 | Why Be Holy? by Rav Elyakim Krumbein
Abarbanel solves the riddle of Parashat Kedoshim.
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Tazria Metzora | 5785 | The Concept of Tum'a by Rav Elyakim Krumbein
Why is ritual purity so central in Sefer Vayikra?
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Acharei Mot - Kedoshim | Maaseh Eretz Cenaan, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why is the list of forbidden intimate relations introduced with the broad statement prohibiting us from engaging in the ways of the Egyptians and the Canaanites?
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Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 25 | Acharei Mot - Kedoshim, by Rav Eli Weber
Everyone knows that the Ramban (like all Jews), loves Eretz Yisrael. But why so much. At the end of Acharei Mot the Ramban explains his philosophy. How is sin different in Eretz Israel than outside of it?
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Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 24 | Metzora, by Rav Eli Weber
What is tzara'at and its connection to Yom HaAtzmaut? What is the meaning of the promised land? How is tzaraat a miracle?
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MiTalmidav shel Aharon | Commemorating the 10th Yahrzeit of Harav Aharon zt"l at Yeshiva University, with two of his talmidim, Rabbi Michael Taubes '77 and Rabbi Mordechai Willig. Divrei peticha: Rabbi Neal Turk.
An oved Hashem, of purity of heart.
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Yom HaAtzmaut | Psalm 126: BeShuv Hashem et Shivat Tzion, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why are we described as "like dreamers" upon the return to ืฆืืื?
Since those miraculous days of 1948, there have been several proposals to amend the National Anthem with the recitation of Psalm 126 - ืืฉืื ื' ืืช ืฉืืืช ืฆืืื; famously, Menachem Begin read the entire Psalm in the Rose Garden before signing the Camp David Accords in 1979. The sense of seeing ancient prophecies fulfilled in our day and before our eyes is a powerful one, and this psalm uniquely captures that feeling of ืืืืื ื' ืืขืฉืืช ืขืื ื. We examine the psalm, first discussing the issue of authorship and period of the composition of Tehillim and then the method used to study Biblical poetry, specifically Tehillim. Barukh Hashem, in our day, we are experiencing the ืจืื ื of the harvesters, sadly mixed with the ืืืขื of the sowers.
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Abarbanel on the Parasha | Shemini | 5785 | Why Couldn't David Build the Mikdash? by Rav Elyakim Krumbein
The haftara for Shemini is particularly dramatic. A glimpse of the commentary of Abarbanel on Neviim Rishonim.
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Shemini | The Sound of Silence: Vayidom Aharon, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
How are we to understand Aharon's silence? Aharon's reaction to the death of his sons, Nadav and Avihu, is summarized in two words: ืืืื ืืืจื. Translation, meaning and implications of these two words are the fodder for much exegetic and homiletic analysis. A survey of the uses of the word ืืื and ืืื throughout Tanakh allows us a glimpse to a possible holistic meaning that fits Aharon's reaction as well as the sun's stopping for Yehoshua and the ืงืื ืืืื ืืงื heard by Eliyahu.
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