Sodom

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  1. The Roots of Megillat Ruth: Lot and Avraham

    Dr. Yael Ziegler

    Ruth the Moabite if s descendant of Lot, who chose to separate from Abraham and move to Sodom. While he escaped the fate of Sodom, his family adopted the faulty Sodomite sexual and moral culture. While Ruth is a descendant of Moab, she chooses to join the nation of Israel, offering a tikkun to Lot’s actions, and to the rampant immorality of the Israeli nation in the era of Judges.

  2. Ruth and Orpah, Abraham and Lot: The Power of Choices

    Part 3

    Dr. Yael Ziegler |

    Why are Chazal extremely critical of Orpa? Looking back at Lot’s separation from Avraham, we see that catastrophe followed Lot’s decision to live in cruel Sedom. Orpa, his descendant, returns to a corrupt and immoral society. Ruth chooses to return to Avraham’s path from which Lot broke away, and she becomes the vehicle to bring the Israelites back to the way of Avraham.

  3. "A Possession Before the Lord" (Audio)

    Rabbi Chanoch Waxman | 32 minutes

    Why is Moshe so upset at the tribes of Reuben and Gad for asking for land east of the Jordan River - land suitable for their many cattle? Is their request worse than the "Sin of the Spies"? To understand Moshe's anguish, we must examine parallels in the story of Abraham and Lot, their cattle conflicts, and Lot's vision of Sedom as fertile and resembling Egypt.

  4. A Possession Before the Lord (Bamidbar 32:22)

    Rabbi Chanoch Waxman

    The request of Bnei Gad and Reuven positions them outside of the Promised Land, outside of God's plan for the historical future of His people, and even outside of the heritage of Avraham. Moshe’s counter-offer depends on the the loyalty Bnei Gad and Reuven promise their brothers, as well as loyalty to the land of their brothers, and to God.

  5. Lot's Questionable Journey (from the) East

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  6. Idealism vs. Cynicism: The Opposing Worldviews of Malkitzedek and the King of Sodom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  7. God Descends to Judge Sodom - Seeking the Good

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  8. God, Avraham, and Sodom: Defending Sinners

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  9. Sedom vs. Shalem-Jerusalem

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  10. Why was Avraham Offered Gifts?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  11. Could Sedom Become the Garden of Eden?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  12. What Paradise Means to Lot

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  13. Avraham and the King of Sodom: No Partnership Here

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  14. Sedom and Avraham's Home: Two Different Worlds

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  15. Sedom: Institutionalized Corruption

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  16. Vayera and its Haftara: Creditors and Sodom, Avraham and the Shunamite

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  17. Looking for the Good in Sodom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  18. Avraham's Uplifted Hand

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  19. The Cry of Sodom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  20. Ramban on Vayeira - Sedom and Pilegesh baGiv'a

    Rabbi Ezra Bick | 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 questions about the various parties involved. Beyond the specific elements that are unique to both stories, they each involve a corrupt society. In the case of Sodom, God destroys the city, but in the case of Giveah, the rest of the tribes band together to wage war against Binyamin. But was this the right thing to do? Did they properly consult with God? When a society has a problem within it, it is the responsibility of that society to fix it. The story about Giveah is a tragedy wherein none of the survivors are blameless. Before embarking on something as severe as civil war, the parties involved must seriously and carefully determine whether it is something that God wants.

  21. Behaving like a Sodomite

    Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky