Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 15 minutes
Parshat Metzora focuses on tzaraat, an extremely severe type of tum'a, with a detailed purification process. By seeing what the Metzora (the affected...
Rabbi Yair Kahn
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Lesson Length: 12 minutes
The tragedy of Nadav and Avihu highlights the tension between the concepts of the “thirsting for the living God” and “No man shall see me and live”. Our...
Rabbi Yair Kahn
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Lesson Length: 17 minutes
This shiur presents various ideas about what it means to "be holy" according to Parshat Kedoshim, and why the command needed to involve gathering the...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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This shiur explores Sefer Vayikra's unique presentation of the Moadim. One may have thought that the various offerings (korbanot) would be central, but...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 18 minutes
This shiur explores the striking “shabbat” motif in Vayikra's presentation of the Shemitta year (as opposed to the Shemitta laws in other books), in...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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What is the purpose of having a census so soon after the one in Sefer Shemot? This shiur explores possible purposes of the census, looking at biblical...
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
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Lesson Length: 32 minutes
This shiur focuses on the song in Parashat Haazinu; beginning by looking at the prelude to Haazinu. Understanding Haazinu - a response to the question of...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 13 minutes
This shiur examines the placement of the formalistic “brit” sprinkling of the blood story as it is juxtaposed with Moshe's spiritual mountain ascent. What...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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What compels Rashi to insist that the stories of the command to build the Mishkan and the Sin of the Golden Calf are not presented in chronological order...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 21 minutes
After the Sin of the Golden Calf, the Torah relates that the people took off their jewelry at Horeb. Why is this emphasized in the midst of Moshe's...
