Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 18 minutes
This week, we examine the challenge of Korah. Though (in Parashat Behaalotekha) Moshe himself expressed a positive view about the entire nation being on...
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 17 minutes
This parasha proclaims that the Torah is "not in the heavens, nor beyond the sea" - it is not far removed from us, or out of our reach. The Torah...
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 19 minutes
Parashat Balak is one of the most fascinating parshiyyot. Most of the Torah is centered around Am Yisrael, but in this parasha, Bnei Yisrael are in the...
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 22 minutes
Parashat Nitzavim Vayelech presents us with two paths - that of "life and good" and that of "death and bad." Free choice is powerful, and it allows for...
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 20 minutes
Parashat Ki Tavo contains part of the Tokhekha (the Rebuke and warning of retribution of Bnei Yisrael do not keep the Torah). We also read of the...
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 15 minutes
In this shiur, we look at the "egla arufa ritual," undertaken when a corpse is found between two cities. The elders must take a young calf, and the...
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 12 minutes
There are various interesting topics in Parashat Masei. After exploring a few strange pesukim and their placement within the summary of the journeys, we...
Erev Shabbat Pinchas 5769
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 18 minutes
We begin the Three Weeks leading up to Tisha Be'Av (the Ninth of Av) with Haftarot from the book of Yirmiahu. Yirmiahu seems to be very pessimistic and...
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 17 minutes
In Parashat Mattot, the men of Gad and Reuven request the eastern side of Jordan as an inheritance. Their request troubles Moshe, and though it is...
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 20 minutes
Though festivals offer excitement and a break from routine, it is in the steady, routine Korban Tamid (daily offering) where we must find our focus....
