Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 28 minutes
The rest of chapter 4 following the story of Cain and Hevel can be explained in two opposing ways, providing us with two completely different messages...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 32 minutes
The story of Cain and Hevel contains many vague details- why did God accept Hevel’s offering but not Cain’s? What exactly occurred in the field? What was...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 33 minutes
Through a close textual analysis of chapter 3, we explore the psychology of temptation and sin, and the changes that occur in the lives of Adam and Eve...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 32 minutes
What is the purpose of the second chapter of Sefer Bereshit? How is it different than the first chapter? Through a textual analysis we can explore these...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
The first chapter of Bereshit describes the six days of the creation of the world. This podcast discusses the question of creation narrative alongside...
Shani Taragin
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Lesson Length: Hour and 12 minutes
Through an exploration Sefer Nehemia—textual analysis as well as its context and chronological setting, we can understand the challenges of the time and...
Rabbi Dr. Daniel Tropper
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Why is the blasphemer given the death penalty? How are the laws against murder and cursing God or parents related? In this shiur, we explore an insight...
Dr. Avigail Rock
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Dr. Nehama Leibowitz pioneered the modern scientific discipline of the study of parshanut. Her students who studied with her in person and by mail (...
Rabbi Shlomo Dov Rosen
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Lesson Length: 36 minutes
In this fifth instalment of our Mishlei series, we study both the 5th and the 6th poems in the Book of Mishlei – the third chapter of the book. We...
Rabbi Shlomo Dov Rosen
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Lesson Length: 37 minutes
In this fourth part of this Mishlei series, we will study stiudy fourth poem- the entire second chapter of Mishlei.
In this chapter we enter into...
