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1. The Hands of Moshe: Toward a Phenomenology of Faith

   Rabbi Chanoch Waxman

   תאריך פרסום: תשע"ב | |

   This class will examine the story of the Amalekite attack upon the Children of Israel found in Chapter Seventeen of the Book of Shemot. Through careful attention to the structure of the story and its relations to the larger themes of War and Prayer found in Parshat Beshalach we will attempt to both interpret the story in a novel fashion and unmask the inner dynamics of emuna and the Children of Israel's education in faith outlined in Parshat Beshalach.

2. Sefer BeMidbar: From Doubt to Debate

   Atara Snowbell

   תאריך פרסום: תשעב | | 56 minutes

   After 38 years of wandering in the desert, in what way do the complaints of the new generation differ from the old? Why do they deserve to enter the Promised Land?

3. The Hand of Moshe and the Hand of God

   Rabbi Chanoch Waxman | 33 minutes

   Do Moshe’s hands really determine the battle outcome? This shiur offers a three part comparison among the events Amalek War, Masa u-Meriva, and Yam Suf. The people have a crisis of faith –will God save them again? At Yam Suf, the people were supposed to passively watch, but when they have to act, will they also recognize God’s Hand?

4. Parshat Eikev - Dependence and Independence

   Rabbi Alex Israel | 37 minutes

   This shiur analyzes the structure and content of Parshat Ekev, which discusses the reward and punishment that come with the covenant, and emphasizes that Israel’s tenure in the Land is contingent upon upholding the Torah. The main section also relates to different concerns “If you would say in your heart” and answers them with a call to remember something. There are responses for different mindsets and moments in life. Under-confidence- as well as certain types of overconfidence- are both religious errors. The motif of water that recurs in the parasha, especially in the contrast between the Land of Israel and Egypt, serves to highlight the tension between the human desire for independence and the Divine demand for dependence on God and adherence to the covenant.

    

5. The Garden of Eden in the Torah

   Dr. Yael Ziegler

   תאריך פרסום: תשס"ז | | 31 minutes

   The Torah begins with an idyllic, harmonious description of the creation of life in the Garden of Eden.
   Why is Gan Eden not a central feature of the rest of Torah? Why is there no attempt of people to find it? Only Lot seems to search for it.

   In fact, the major personalities do seek it, but it is no longer called “Eden:”  life in Eretz Yisrael is meant to recreate the Garden of Eden, but with a major difference: no easy irrigation source(a deliberate contrast with Egypt and Mesopotamia). We must recognize our dependence on God and cultivate a dynamic relationship. The goal of the Torah is to return to the harmony of the Garden of Eden in the Land of Israel, where life of blossoming and blessing is dependent on commitment to God.

6. Trees in Tanakh and Tu B'Shevat - the New Year of the Trees

   HaTanakh.com Staff

7. Miriam, Moshe, and Water

   Rabbi Shlomo Dov Rosen

8. Eikev: Rainfall, Risk, and Introspection

   Rabbi David Silverberg

9. The Symbolism of the Four Species

   Rabbi Meir Shpiegelman

   The Torah establishes the obligation to take on Sukkot four species – the lulav, etrog, hadas and arava.
   In practice, we actually take seven species: one lulav, one etrog, three hadasim and two aravot. We will explore the symbolic connections between the Sukkot species and the "seven species" of the Land of Israel, and we will trace the implicit biblical links between the four species and water via a close reading of the "nisukh ha-mayim" descriptions in the Musaf Offerings for Sukkot. 

   Wherein lies the significance of this parallel betweenthese groups? Generally, kedusha (sanctity) manifests itself in the world in one of three ways: time, place and people. The highest level of kedusha is attained when these three forms of kedusha merge, when a sacred person enters a sacred place at a sacred time. The unique sanctity of Sukkot combines all three categories of kedusha together with the four species – the symbol of God's providence.