Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 10 minutes
A famous comment of Rashi cites a phrase of Hazal which said that Yaakov wanted to live in peace, but immediately suffered hardship of the troubles of...
Rabbi Yair Kahn
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Lesson Length: 19 minutes
Yaakov prays and recalls God’s promise, saying "God’s hessed is so great because I crossed the Jordan with my staff and have now become two camps". But...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 10 minutes
Parashat Vayishlach tells of Yaakov's struggle with a man all night - the famous struggle of Yaakov with the angel. At the end, the angel asks Yaakov to...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 8 minutes
Years before the events of Hanukka, the end of Kislev was nevertheless a time of religious observance during the time of Ezra. Dismayed by the high...
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 10 minutes
Following the sin and deaths of Nadav and Avihu, there is a somewhat unclear conversation between Aharon and Moshe regarding Aharon and his remaining sons...
Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman
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Lesson Length: 54 minutes
This class examines the political, theological, and social allegories presented in Yehezkel chapter 16. Through a close analysis of the text, we examine...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 6 minutes
Bemidbar details a census of Bnei Yisrael and a separate one for the Leviim. Commentators notice that by far the smallest of the tribes is Levi. Why is...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 9 minutes
The Book of Vayikra opens with God calling to Moshe, but the letter Alef at the end of the word Vayikra is written as a small Alef. The traditional...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 13 minutes
Why is it necessary to command Aharon with such apparent urgency? Could this be a form of special encouragement to encourage people to bring korbanot?...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 5 minutes
In Parashat Emor, the Kohanim are enjoined not to to shave their beards or strip their hair or making cuts in their skin. But all of these laws were...
