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Behaalotekha | Where was the Korban Pesach Brought? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Was the Pesach brought at the beginning of the 2nd year brought in people's homes?!
Although we broadly assume that, once the Mishkan was constructed, any offerings would be brought there; especially in line with Vayikra 17 which prohibits שחוטי חוץ - animals slaughtered outside of the precincts of the Mishkan. Yet, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that perhaps the Pesach brought at the beginning of the 2nd year (the first anniversary of the Exodus) was brought in the people's homes/tents in the camp. We explore the textual evidence for each side, first proposing an explanation as to why there was (seemingly) only one Pesach offered during the forty years in the desert and subsequently exploring the possibility that the function of the Mishkan was more "Ohel Moed" ("Tent of Meeting") than the locus of offerings - until we entered the Land and, perhaps, until the Mishkan was established at Shilo (Yehoshua 18:1) - which is the first place that we ever hear of anyone bringing offerings at the Mishkan (1 Shmuel 1).
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The Value of Peace and the Virtue of Being a "People Person" (Avot 1:12), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Sharing Torah of Rav Asher Weiss
How does peace enable all other berakhot? And how is Ahron HaKohen the ideal role model for educators and parents?
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Behaalotekha | Ner Tamid, by Moreinu veRabbeinu Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
Divrei berakha to the talmidot of Beit Midrash leNashim Migdal Oz, June 2008
Take with you the the sense, the identification, with the Torah that you learned as something that is permanent, deeply engrained in your own being, not something that is marginal, peripheral, here and there, but fundamental, basic.
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Explaining the Wisdom of Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l (Part 3), by Rav Moshe Taragin
In light of the recent publication of the sefer לעולם יהא אדם, מתורותיו של הרב יהודה עמיטל, Rav Taragin discusses with his talmidim many of the issues brought up in his rebbe's sichot:
Religious Coercion and the Case of Brit Milah; A Chassideshe Story Applied to the Issue of Secular Yeshivot; Calling Jews Post-Zionists; Removing Hashem from the Conversation; Three Core "Modern" Middot
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Explaining the Wisdom of Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l (Parts 1-2), by Rav Moshe Taragin
In light of the recent publication of the sefer לעולם יהא אדם, מתורותיו של הרב יהודה עמיטל, Rav Taragin discusses with his talmidim many of the issues brought up in his rebbe's sichot:
Should You Love Torah More Than Jews?
Do People in Israel Suffer for Sins of Jews Abroad?
Israel as the Anchor of Jewish Identity
Jewish Identity Without Torah Observance
Commitment to Jewish History
Three Major Events of Modern Jewish History
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Land and Legacy: Redemption in Megillat Ruth, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
The notion of "Geula" is prominent throughout Megillat Ruth, reaching a crescendo in the final Rav Yitzchak Etshalom chapter. The redemption is not just about land, but about a person's memory - as exemplified by the curious structural relationship between the 7 uses of "שם" before chapter 4 and the corresponding 7 mentions in chapter 4.
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Simcha - An Essential Component of Torah Study (Avot 6:6), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Why is it so important that we find joy in our Torah study?
Learning Pirkei Avot with the commentary of Rav Asher Weiss
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Bamidbar | The Reasoning Behind The Exchange of the Levi'im for the Firstborn, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Perhaps the most curious item in the entire census (which covers the first 5 chapters of Bamidbar, properly speaking) is the command to exchange the Levi'im for the Bekhorot (firstborn males) and the subsequent directive to redeem the surplus Bekhorot, which became the paradigm for "Pidyon haBen." Why the first born were to be "de-sanctified" at all is never explained in the text, nor why the Levi'im are their "replacements". We examine the "popular" approach which first appears in a relatively late Midrash - that the Bekhorot all (?) sinned in the episode of the Golden Calf and that the Levi'im, contradistinctively, were the religious heroes of that dark moment and note several textual challenges to each of those assumptions. After a brief discussion, a novel suggestion is made that explains both sides of the question - the "redemption" of the Bekhorot as well as the initiation of the Levi'im into the sanctified world of the Mishkan. This shiur was given in memory of שושנה תמר בת הרב אשר אהרן ומרים ז״ל
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Ramban on the Torah | 45 | Bamidbar, by Rav Eli Weber
Why are we not allowed to count Am Israel? Why is Levi the smallest tribe?
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Yom Yerushalayim 2024 | Hodu LaShem Ki Tov, by Rav Moshe Taragin
From the miracles of 1967 to the darkness of 2024, it is important to recognize Hashem's presence in this world
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The Conquest of Yerushalayim: The Blind and the Lame, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
In honor of Yom Yerushalayim, we examine the curious presentation in II Shmuel 5 of David's "conquest" of Yerushalayim, with the puzzling mention of the "blind and the lame". Surveying the pre-monarchic history of Yerushalayim in Tanakh reveals numerous anomalies; the earliest reference to "Shalem" helps us unravel these mysteries and address the odd phrases in this story. This shiur was given in memory of Nechama Rivlin ז"ל, the wife of our President Reuven Rivlin, a scion of a notable family that has helped rebuild Yerushalayim in the modern era. יהי זכרה ברוך
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Yom Yerushalayim | The Never Changing, Ever Changing City, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
As we celebrate the reunification, בחסדי שמים, of Yerushalayim, we take a look at a favorite Psalm associated with the day; this Tehilla alludes to the dialectic nature of Tziyon, its stability offset by the dynamic experience of visiting our capitol city. This shiur was given at Congregation Poale Zedeck in Pittsburgh on Yom Yerushalayim 2019 in honor of that celebration.
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Torah Lishmah and "Clothing" our Nakedness (Avot 6:1), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Without these middot we are basically naked ....
Learning Pirkei Avot with the commentary of Rav Asher Weiss
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Decorating the Shul on Shavuot: Custom and Controversy, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
This shiur was given to the Kehillat HaEla women's group in Ramat Beit Shemesh.
Discussing one of the very well-known traditional customs, which it turns out, was a hotly debated minhag.
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Midot are the Foundation of Everything (Avot 5:19), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
If midot are important why are they not counted among the 613 mitzvot??
Learning Pirkei Avot with the commentary of Rav Asher Weiss
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Bechukotai | Rebuke and Memory, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why is the rebuke (תוכחה) in Vayikra so much softer than its counterpart in Devarim?
Just having "gotten up" from Shiv'a for his beloved sister, שושנה תמר ז"ל, Rav Etshalom shares observations about the תוכחה, contrasting it with the much more severe threats in Devarim 28 (Ki Tavo) and commenting on the role of memory in the process of moving forward from mourning. יהא זכרה ברוך
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Ramban on the Torah | 44 | Bechukotai, by Rav Eli Weber
What is the meaning of nature in Ramban's philosophy?
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Appreciating Our Potential to Sustain or Destroy the World (Avot 5:1), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
How do our actions - for good or otherwise - impact the world??
Learning Pirkei Avot with the commentary of Rav Asher Weiss
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Behar | When and Where? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why is the end of Sefer Vayikra identified with Har Sinai?
The last three chapters of Vayikra are identified as being given by Hashem to Moshe בהר סיני - which is typically understood to mean, in apposition to מאהל מועד, atop the mountain and, therefore, before the construction of the Mishkan. This presents a challenge to chronological sequencing of the Torah (מוקדם ומאוחר בתורה), since the first (presumably 24) chapters of Vayikra were given in the "Tent of Meeting". We explore the various approaches of the Midrash Halakha and the Rishonim in deciphering the text's identifying these passages as being given at Har Sinai - and then propose a theory which not only responds to their questions but also casts the narrative sequencing issue in a different light.
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