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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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Mangler du episoder?
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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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Pesach | Birkat HaShir (2), by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why is "Nishmat Kol Chai" the appropriate hymn with which to finish Leil haSeder?
As we discussed in the previous shiur, the liturgical poem "Nishmat Kol Chai" is quite ancient and predates the era of the ืคืืืื ืื. It is mentioned by R. Yochanan as the "Birkat haShir" which is to accompany the fourth (or fifth?) cup at the Seder. After reviewing some of the Halakhic considerations regarding its recitation - including a quick survey of the main approaches among the ืจืืฉืื ืื regarding what is said over the fourth cup and if there is a fifth cup, we turn to the text itself and analyze it, line by line, seeing its development from a hymn about personal thanksgiving to a national-historic song of praise to an eschatological vision of universal acknowledgement of God's glory. I then suggest why this was an appropriate poem to be added to the Seder and, from there, to be instituted as the culmination of Psukei d'Zimra - what Chazal referred to as "the daily Hallel" (ืืื ืฉืืื ืืื).
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Abarbanel on the Parasha | Tzav | 5785 | Fire on the Mizbe'ach, by Rav Elyakim Krumbein
What does this mean? Join us for this exciting new series in the commentary of the Abarbanel.
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Abarbanel on the Parasha | Vayikra | 5785, by Rav Elyakim Krumbein
On the purpose of korbanot. Join us for this exciting new series in the commentary of the Abarbanel.
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Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 23 | Vayikra, by Rav Eli Weber
Excited to begin a new sefer, with a distinct theme for each. On the korbanot and our limitations.
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Pesach | Birkat HaShir (1), by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why do we almost finish the Berakhah after Hallel at the Seder - then abruptly switch to Hallel haGadol and Nishmat?
Our common practice is to read the Hallel over the fourth cup of wine, after which we nearly finish the blessing customarily recited after Hallel - but without a "signature" (ืืชืืื). We then recite Psalm 136 and ื ืฉืืช ืื ืื which we read to its conclusion - "ืืื ื-ื ืื ืืขืืืืื". This odd mix of a double-conclusion to Hallel is the result of several confusing sugyot. We assess the sources, including the key rulings of the Geonim and Rishonim and follow them through to today's common practice.
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Pekudei-HaChodesh | The Multiple Crowns of Rosh Chodesh Nissan, by Rav Yair Kahn
What exactly happened on that day?
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Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 22 | Pekudei, by Rav Eli Weber
What is the second half of Sefer Shemot about? Was Moshe wrong about the order of building the Mishkan? Why do we need to devote ourselves to building the Mishkan?
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Finding Faith During Crisis: 5 Lessons from HaRav Amital, by Rav Moshe Taragin
Re-recording of a Shiur given during Yeshivat Har Etzion Dinner, March 2025
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