Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
In the story of Avraham buying the burial plot for Sarah in Hebron, why does one of the verses state that Hebron is located in the Land of Canaan?
Ramban...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 36 minutes
Ramban has a lengthy comment comparing the story of Sodom to the story of the Concubine at Giveah. This shiur explores those parallels and raises...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 32 minutes
In this week's shiur, we introduce and explore Ramban's interpretation of Chazal's comment that everything that happened in the stories of the Avot (...
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell
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Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Why do the generations of Yishmael appear in the Torah in addition to the genealogies of Yitzhak, the son selected to be Avraham’s successor? The lists...
Rabbi Dr. Avraham Walfish
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
In this shiur, we examine the structural parallels within Parashat Vayera and also in comparison to Lekh Lekha and Hayyei Sara (the parshiyyot juxtaposed...
Rabbi David Silverberg
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
In the Covenant Between the Parts, God tells Avraham that his descendants will be oppressed and enslaved in a foreign land for 400 years. In Shemot,...
Dr. Ruth Walfish
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Lesson Length: Hour and 8 minutes
What is the rationale behind the laws of Kashrut? This lecture closely analyzes the various Kashrut laws, and explores the deeper meaning behind the...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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The Tanakh does not present a birth story, yet Shaul has two different death stories. The united Book of Shmuel, the two stories of Shaul’s death appear...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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What is the importance of Mizmor 145 (Ashrei) that warrants our recitation of it three times a day? This shiur offers a close examination of this Psalm,...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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We examine the riveting tale of a miraculous birth, unexpected death, and instance of resurrection at the hands of the prophet Elisha. This story is the ...
