Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 25 minutes
This week's parasha deals with Moshe sending spies to scout out the Land of Israel. Among them is Moshe’s disciple, whose name Moshe changes from Hoshea...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 7 minutes
Our parasha describes Bnei Yisrael preparing to go to the Land of Israel, detailing procedure of encamping and moving with the different tribal positions...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 20 minutes
A few personalities are prominent in Parashat Pinhas: Pinhas, Yehoshua, and Bnot Tzlofchad. We examine different opinions of the meaning of God...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 7 minutes
As in Ki Tavo, Parashat Nitzavim contains a brit of sorts as well as a tochecha (rebuke) of sorts. Commentators point out that there is a significant...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 5 minutes
We take a look at the ceremony of the bessings and curses to take place at Mounts Gerizim and Eval, and consider the significance of having separate...
Rabbi Hayyim Angel
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Lesson Length: Hour and 1 minutes
Who is Amos? What is so unique about his prophetic message? Through a close examination of the central theme of Amos' prophecy, and comparing it to that...
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
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Lesson Length: 12 minutes
The Rav expounds on Bnei Yisrael’s complaint about leaving the “pot of meat” in Egypt. They are about to stone Moshe and Aharon- but then they experience...
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
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Lesson Length: Hour and 3 minutes
What do the first two chapters of Megillat Esther add to the story? Why do we need this seemingly unimportant background to the Purim story? Through a...
Rabbi Moshe Taragin
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Lesson Length: 33 minutes
Vayakhel and Pekudei details the materials and the rituals of the Mishkan. One of the most fascinating vessels described in at the end of Vayakhel is the...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 11 minutes
Most of the parsha is about the Mishkan, describing what is actually done to build the Mishkan, after the previous parshiyyot listed the detailed...
