Rabbi Dr. Daniel Tropper
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Lesson Length: 58 minutes
Two main moral questions arise from the story of Yosef and his brothers: Why doesn't Yosef contact his father? Why does he have to put his brothers...
Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky
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What is the book of Kohelet about? What does it teach us? This shiur explores these questions in order to understand Kohelet on a deeper level. By...
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
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Lesson Length: 10 minutes
Who is Yirmiyahu? This short shiur explores the personality of this prophet who is commonly associated with the destruction of the Temple and the exile....
Rabbi David Fohrman
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Rabbi Fohrman offers a deeper insight into the seemingly boring and repetitious nature of the text of our Shabbat morning kiddush. Over and over, the text...
Rabbi Chaim Brovender
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Lesson Length: 52 minutes
This shiur examines chapter 5 in Megillat Eikha, which seems to differ in both style and content from the rest of the megilla. These differences can be...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 37 minutes
How is it possible that Am Yisrael committed the sin of the Golden Calf so soon after receiving the Torah? This shiur presents the opinions of Ibn Ezra...
Rabbi Dr. Avraham Walfish
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It is well established that biblical narrative frequently departs from the chronological order of the events it is describing. This principle was first...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 40 minutes
The verses describing the construction of mizbe'ach haktoret (the gold altar) are seemingly out of place, not listed among all the other vessels of the...
Rabbi Yair Kahn
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Lesson Length: 57 minutes
The story of Yosef is a religious story as well as a human one. It impacts both on the unfolding of Jewish history as well as the realization of Jewish...
Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman
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Lesson Length: 59 minutes
What is a covenant? How does it describe our relationship with God? What does it mean that God is a "brit partner" with us? Using archeological findings...
