Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman
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Lesson Length: Hour
The book of Shmuel II presents the story of David and Batsheva three times. First we have a description of the incident itself, then the parable that...
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
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What is unique about the unit of the story of Bilaam and how does it fit within the context of Sefer Bamidbar as a whole? Through an analysis of the unit...
Dr. Ruth Walfish
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Lesson Length: Hour and 8 minutes
The book of Yehoshua is the point of transfer from a miraculous supernatural existence that Bnei Yisrael experienced in their years of sojourn through the...
Rabbi Michael Hattin
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Lesson Length: Hour and 15 minutes
We find striking similarities between the story of Lavan, Yaakov, Rachel and the terafim in Parshat Vayetze and the story of Shaul, David, Michael and the...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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This shiur focuses on Ramban’s comments on the first pasuk in the parasha. Though Esav settled in his inheritance, Yaakov lived as a stranger in the land...
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein
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Aside from the fact that he is Avraham’s son and Yaakov’s father, what do we view as Yitzhak’s achievement that grants him the stature of being an “Av” (...
Rabbi Meir Lichtenstein
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Lesson Length: Hour and 7 minutes
Parshat Mishpatim is comprised of casuistic laws – cases which are described as though they have already occurred and laws presented accordingly. When...
Rabbi Yair Kahn
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Lesson Length: Hour and 10 minutes
Sefer Iyov is one of the more challenging books in Tanakh. What is the meaning of the conclusion and how does it solve the difficult problems raised...
Dr. Lisa Fredman
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Despite the fact that Rashi's Bible Commentary is primarily culled from Midrashic and Talmudic literature, we will seek to detect Rashi's own values and...
Rabbi Moshe Shulman
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Who or what is Ruth the Moabite? In this shiur, we examine the relationship between Boaz and Ruth. We look at two conflicting midrashic portrayals of Ruth...
