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Ki Teitzei: The Hated Wife
Rabbi David Fohrman
In this video, we discuss the Torah's laws about a man with two wives, one who he loves, and one who he hates. Rabbi Fohrman suggests that this legal section of text is a hint to the story...
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The Amorality of Amalek
Rabbi Alex Israel
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, and in selected examples from Neviim...
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Pshat and Drash in the Law of Lashes
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
Lesson Length:
12 minutes
In a number of cases of crime and punishment, the Oral Law seems to contradict the literal, plain meaning of the text. This shiur focuses on three cases dealing with lashes, whose literal...
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The Golden Calf: Idol Worship, Idle Worship or Ideal Worship?
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Source:
Exodus 17, 8 - 13
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Exodus 23, 20 - 25
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Exodus 32, 1 - 14
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 3 minutes
Why was God so upset with the nation after the incident of the Golden Calf? After all, when studying the simple meaning of the text, the people were...
Sin of the Golden CalfMoshe's Staff
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The Not-Quite Wives of Judges and the Path to Civil War
Rachel Sharansky Danziger Source:
Judges 8, 29 - 9
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Judges 11
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Judges 19
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 5 minutes
The Book of Judges portrays several instances of violence between Israelites or Israelite tribes. In three cases, the story begins with a relationship...
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“For the Three Sins”: Amos’ Oracles Against the Nations. A Study in Prophetic Rhetoric
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom Source:
Amos 1 - 2, 16
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 5 minutes
The book of Amos, perhaps the earliest of our literary prophets, begins with a series of prophecies aimed at the nations that surround Israel. We analyze...
Rhetorical Style
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The Hands of Moshe: Towards a Phenomenology of Faith
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman Source:
Exodus 14, 8 - 31
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Exodus 17, 1 - 16
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 9 minutes
This shiur provides a reading of the story of the battle with Amalek found in Chapter 17 of Sefer Shemot. It attempts to develop a novel understanding of...
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From Av Hamon Goyim to Arami Oved Avi: The Patriarchs’ Relationships with Surrounding Non-Jewish Soc
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein Source:
Genesis 20, 9 - 18
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Genesis 21, 22 - 34
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Genesis 26, 1 - 33
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 9 minutes
Am Yisrael has 3 Patriarchs not merely as a biographical fact but because they fulfil a unique role and express a different approach to the challenges...
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Dealing With Crisis – David Hamelekh as a Model
Rabbi Dr. Yehoshua Reiss Source:
I Samuel 30
King David is presented in the Tanakh as a figure who is successful in coping in times of crisis and distress – both on an individual level and as a...
response to crisis
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From Bnei Yaakov to Ezra – Tanakh’s views of Intermarriage
Dr. Adina Sternberg Source:
Ezra 9 - 10
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Genesis 24, 3 - 4
The lecture deals with the question of intermarriage throughout the Tanach - from the question of who the sons of Jacob married to the heated argument of...
Intermarriageassimilation
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Mizmor le-Todah (Tehillim 100): On the Significance of Gratitude
Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter Source:
Psalms 100
The lecture analyzes the very strong duty of Gratitude. Why is expressing gratitude so important? How is it different from other duties?     This shiur is...
Gratitude
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Revealing the Tetragrammaton: The Problem of a New Divine Name
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman Source:
Exodus 6, 2 - 8
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 5 minutes
The lecture begins in discussing the sixth chapter of Sefer Shemot and explores the revelation of God's proper name to Moshe throughout the sefer. The...
God's nameKnowing God
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Wiping out Amalek: Vendetta or Virtue?
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Source:
Deuteronomy 25, 17 - 19
How can the same section in Sefer Devarim which forbids 'punishing children for the sins of their parents' also demand that we wipe out the descendants of...
AmalekFear of God
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