Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 36 minutes
In this parasha, which can often come out around the date of Yom Ha-Shoah, there is a source for Kiddush Hashem. This shiur focuses on this mitzvah and...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 38 minutes
This parasha has a symmetrical- perhaps chiastic – structure. It is framed by pesukim that emphasize the separation from foreign nations and forbidden...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 37 minutes
In this shiur, we probe the causes of tzaraat by looking at the structure of the parasha and by looking at other instance of tzaraat in Tanakh. In...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
In this shiur, we look at Parshiyyot Tazriya and Metzora in the wider context of the world of tum’a and tahara – purity and impurity. We explore some...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 32 minutes
Shemini includes the sudden death by fire of the sons of Aharon, as they bring the “strange fire”. What did they do wrong? While looking at related texts...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 38 minutes
The Book of Vayikra is not generally easy to learn. Korbanot (offerings), a concept which often seems foreign to the modern reader, feature prominently....
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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Lesson Length: 15 minutes
As the people of Israel prepare to enter into the land, Moshe appoints a series of metaphorical witnesses to the covenant between God and Israel, and all...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 36 minutes
Pekudei is the finale of Sefer Shemot, and the previous parshiyyot dealing with the mishkan arrive at a crescendo in our parasha, which describes the...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 36 minutes
This shiur focuses on the “Atzei Shittim” (acacia trees) brought for the mishkan. What are these trees, and how and where do Bnei Yisrael obtain them? We...
Rabbi Alex Israel
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Lesson Length: 39 minutes
Our parasha describes the garments of the Kohen Gadol in great detail. What is the purpose for these beautiful clothes? Is it to increase honour for the...
