Rabbi David Silverberg

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  1. Avoiding Another Kadesh Barnea

    Rabbi David Silverberg

    Moshe’s history lesson is designed to avoid a repetition of the sin of the spies. To this end, the conquering of the Emmorite kings is described as premeditated and the tension regarding the Eastern tribes is downplayed. The commentators offer various explanations as to the relationship of the appointing of judges to the sin of the spies.

  2. Vayehi: What if Yosef bears a grudge?

    Rabbi David Silverberg | 47 minutes

    What suddenly prompts the brothers to fear that Yosef will take retributive action against them? We examine a midrash depicting Yosef’s changed behavior, and we analyze different possible explanations for their mindset and for Yosef’s apparent changed behavior toward them.

  3. Teruma: Carrying the Aron

    Rabbi David Silverberg | 39 minutes

    Parashat Teruma includes details of various items for the Mishkan.  Some ambiguity in verses about the Ark of the Covenant (the Aron) prompts us to examine the topic of the Ark and its accoutrements in greater detail. This shiur makes use of classic commentary to analyze linguistic features of the text, and relates to passages in the Talmud which help us appreciate physical and symbolic elements of the Ark.

  4. Avraham and the King of Sedom: Lifting a Hand to God

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  5. Ramban's Criticism of Avraham: Did Avraham Sin in Descending to Egypt?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  6. Like Stars or Like Dust - Blessing or Warning?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  7. Avraham and Lot: Divided by a Pause or a Gaping Chasm?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  8. Avraham's Wealth and Lifestyle Choices

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  9. Avraham: Repaying Debts and Inspiring Monotheism

    Rabbi David Silverberg

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

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  11. Men Who are Brothers - Avraham and Lot

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  12. Why is Avraham Commanded to Continue What he had Started?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  13. Adon Olam: The Burning Palace has an Owner

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  14. Avraham's Nephew was Captured - Why?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  15. Ramban vs. Ralbag: Escaping the Famine - Sin or Responsibility?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  16. Something from Nothing: Who is Avraham?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  17. Rav Hirsch and the Netziv on Lekh Lekha: Avraham's Response to God's Command

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  18. Accepting Gifts from Pharaoh but not from Sodom - Inconsistency or Insight?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  19. Avraham's Conflict Resolution with Lot

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  20. Avraham’s Success and Lot’s Distress - Foregoing Serenity to Help a Brother

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  21. Why Avraham's Belief is Called "Tzedaka"

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  22. Walk Before Me and Be Blameless: Avraham's Ethical Outreach

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  23. Piety: Islands of Isolation vs. Open Involvement

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  24. Kinship Despite Conflict: Avraham and Lot

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  25. Those Who Curse Avraham

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  26. Avraham's Gifts from Pharoah - Why did he Accept?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  27. Radak on Hagar: Ego Inflation

    Rabbi David Silverberg

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

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  29. Avraham's Concern about Casualties

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  30. Sara's Fury toward Avraham

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  31. Rav Hirsch on Sara's Grievances

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  32. Two Lekh Lekhas, the Akeida, and Avraham's First Mitzva

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  33. Sara and Hagar: A Maidservant Dispossessing her Mistress?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  34. God Descends to Judge Sodom - Seeking the Good

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  35. God, Avraham, and Sodom: Defending Sinners

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  36. Lot's Quest for Material Objects Turns him into One

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  37. Lekh Lekha - Go Forth and Make Changes

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  38. Avraham and Lot: Moving Beyond "Who Started It"

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  39. Being Great Doesn't Mean Being Aloof

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  40. Go For You - For Your Benefit and Goodness

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  41. The Setting Sun in the Covenant Between the Pieces

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  42. Sedom vs. Shalem-Jerusalem

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  43. Avraham Standing Alone

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  44. Why was Avraham Offered Gifts?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  45. Universalism vs. Particularism: Avraham Falls on His Face

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  46. Concentration, Thanksgiving, Shock: Why Did Avraham Fall on His Face?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  47. Walk Before Me and Be Tamim

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  48. What is the Challenge of Lekh Lekha?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  49. Could Sedom Become the Garden of Eden?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  50. What Paradise Means to Lot

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  51. Avraham: Welcoming Guests - Greater than Greeting the Shekhina

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  52. Lot and the Angels: Misplaced Piety

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  53. God Standing Alongside Judges

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  54. The Akeida and News of Nachor's Children

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  55. Avraham and Sodom: Inferior Prophetic Status?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  56. Emotions at the Akeida

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  57. Akeidat Yitzhak: Connection to an Intangible God

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  58. Lot's Hospitality and Hyperbole

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  59. Sara, Hagar, and the Egyptian Oppression

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  60. Lekh Lekha: Promptness vs. Pragmatism

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  61. Hagar: Where are You Going?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

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

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  63. Akeidat Yitzhak: The Anguish of Avraham

    Rabbi David Silverberg

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

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  65. Hineni: Prepared for Prophecy and for God's Command

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  66. Spiritual Place: Sacred Site or Personal Worth?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  67. Avraham at the Akeida: Casting his Hand

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  68. Dust and Ashes: Avraham, the Red Heifer, and the Sota

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  69. Yitzhak's Name: Laughter or Law?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  70. Yitzhak and the Shunamite: Loving Kindness and Giving Life

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  71. The Shunamite Woman: Out-of-Touch Aristocrat?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  72. Sedom: Institutionalized Corruption

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  73. Berit Mila and Divine Revelation

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  74. Haste for Guests and at Sinai

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  75. Haftarat Vayera: the Widow and the Oil

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  76. The Forefathers and the Akeida: Visions of the Future

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  77. The Akeida: Midrash as the Mind of Avraham

    Rabbi David Silverberg

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

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  79. Vayera and Vayigash: Avraham's Approach to Sodom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  80. Avraham's Eshel and the Central Beam of the Temple

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  81. Avraham and Lot: Continued Commitment

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  82. To Leave or to Remain: Lot vs. Ruth

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  83. Midrashic Canaan and Avraham's Response

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  84. Looking for the Good in Sodom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  85. Avraham and the Guests: Combating Isolation

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  86. Avraham's Uplifted Hand

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  87. Sara's Anger at Avraham's "Theft"

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  88. Tehillim 92: A Song for Shabbat - and for Teshuva?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  89. Walking With God: Spiritual Isolation or Human Engagement?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  90. Rashi on the Tower of Babel: Limits of Human Capabilities

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  91. God's Knock on Avraham's Door

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  92. The Cry of Sodom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  93. How Could Adam Eat from the Tree?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  94. The Purpose of Kayin's Geneologies

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  95. Descendants of Kayin vs. Shet

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  96. Tohu va-Vohu: Bewilderness and Shock

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  97. Cain Confronted: Feeling Justified in a Jealous Act

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  98. Bereisheet: The Book of Humankind

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  99. Did God Regret Creating Humanity?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  100. Not Good for Man to be Alone

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  101. Cain and Hevel: Perspective on Korbanot

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  102. Shabbat and Teshuva

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  103. Lekh Lekha: Sequencing Avraham's Prophecies

    Rabbi David Silverberg

    תאריך פרסום: 2006 | | 35 minutes

    In the Covenant Between the Parts, God tells Avraham that his descendants will be oppressed and enslaved in a foreign land for 400 years. In Shemot, however, the Torah relates that Bnei Yisrael were in Egypt for 430 years! How can we account for this discrepancy? Rashi and other commentators offer explanations, and also provide different readings of the sequencing of Avraham's journeys and prophecies.

  104. The Rainbow in a Cloud: A Weapon in its Case

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  105. Why was Noah so Withdrawn?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  106. Noah's Ark and the Mishkan

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  107. Noah's Vineyard - a Priority?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  108. Exposure vs. Dignity: Noah and his Sons

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  109. Noah's Character

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  110. Avraham vs. Noah

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  111. Noah: Unrequited Hopes

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  112. The World of Adam and the World of Noah

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  113. Noah's Fear after the Flood

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  114. Noah's Tent

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  115. The Difference Between Shem and Yefet

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  116. Migdal Bavel: War on God?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  117. Teref: The Olive Leaf

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  118. Migdal Bavel: Fear of a Second Flood

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  119. The Rainbow: Light Emerging out of Darkness

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  120. Noah's Vineyard - Wine for Libations?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  121. Seforno: The Rainbow as a Warning

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  122. Saving Animals: Why an Ark?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  123. A Man of the Earth - or a Man of God

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  124. Noah vs. Moshe: Isolationism or Involvement

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  125. Moshe vs. Noah: Humility vs. Haughtiness

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  126. Babylonia: Ideal Spot for the Tower

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  127. Noah: Changing Times

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  128. The Tower of Babel: A Beacon of Idolatry

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  129. Yoktan's Name

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  130. Punishment for Animals?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  131. A Difference Between Man and Beast

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  132. Symbolism of the Rainbow: Diversity of Creation and God's Glory

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  133. Toledot Noah: Story or Descendants?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  134. The Tower of Babel: Industrialization or Insular Totalitarianism?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  135. Noah's Mediocre Piety

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  136. Cham's Haggada

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  137. Purity of the Animals on the Ark: A Story of Boundaries

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  138. The Raven: A Message for Eliyahu and for Noah

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  139. We Cannot Speak to You - Bad or Good

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  140. Adoniyahu's Insurrection and the King's Clothing

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  141. Avraham's Servant's Story and Thanksgiving

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  142. Sarah's Life: 127 Good Years

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  143. Did Avraham have a Daughter?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  144. Greed or Wisdom: What is Efron Saying?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  145. Avraham's Servant: The True Path

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  146. Ibn Ezra and Ramban on the Forefathers' Land in Eretz Yisrael

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  147. Yitzhak in the Field: Prayer and Agriculture

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  148. Rivka Dismounting from the Camel

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  149. A World of Avraham's Descendants

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  150. Makhpela: Temporary Gift or Permanent Purchase

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  151. Finding a Marriage Partner at the Well

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  152. Rivka at the Well: Patient Kindness

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  153. Avraham's Purchase of the Cave of Makhpela: No Cutting Corners

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  154. Avraham's Epilogue - Devotion to Family

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  155. Sometimes it's Not Worth Fighting: Avraham and Ephron

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  156. Why did Rivka's Family Waver?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  157. "Toladot" of Yitzhak: Continuity

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  158. Rivka - Finding Meaning Amidst Pain

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  159. Esav and the Birthright - Fear and Scorn

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  160. Yitzhak is Blind

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  161. Netziv on Yitzhak's Blessing

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  162. Esav and Nimrod

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  163. "In the Merit of Avraham" - Critique of Yitzhak?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  164. Wealth, Power, and "the Man"

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  165. "Selling" the Birthright: Rav Hirsch and Rav David Tzvi Hoffman

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  166. Why Would Anyone Stop Up Wells?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  167. Yaakov and Esav's Discussion of the Birthright: A Natural Transfer

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  168. Rav Soloveichik's Approach to Esav as a Man of the Hunt and the Field

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  169. Requesting the "Red Stuff"

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  170. When Rivka Went to Seek God

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  171. Traits That Yitzhak Looked For

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  172. Why Avimelekh Changed his Attitude toward Yitzhak

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  173. Squandering the Birthright

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  174. Selling the Birthright - Or Sacrificial Rites?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  175. Midrashic Setting of Yitzhak's Blessings to his Sons: Pesach or Rosh HaShana

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  176. Mesheh Hokhma: Why did Yitzhak Build an Altar Now?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  177. Rivka Seeking God: Comfort in the Midst of Pain

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  178. Esav is Called Edom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  179. A Midrashic Look at Esav and David

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  180. God's Message to Yitzhak

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  181. A Blessing of Turning to God

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  182. Yitzhak's and Avraham's Agreements with Avimelekh

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  183. Avimelekh's Self-Righteousness

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  184. Yitzhak: Following Avraham's Footsteps

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  185. Rivka - Mother of Yaakov AND Esav

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  186. Praying Opposite Rivka

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  187. Yaakov, Yosef, and Esav: Fire, Flame, and Straw

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  188. Yaakov and the Ladder - Standing Firmly and Resiliently

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  189. If God Shall be With Me...and I Return Safely

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  190. Yaakov's Response to Rachel's Frustration

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  191. Yaakov and Lavan: Workers and Employers

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  192. Shadal on Yaakov's Night in Beit El

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  193. Yaakov's Continued Idealism and Revelation

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  194. Be'er Sheva and Hevron: Stability or Strife?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  195. Lavan vs. Yaakov: Returning or Continuing

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  196. Lavan, His Mother's Brother

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  197. Lavan, His Mother's Brother

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  198. The Dudaim: Friendship Between Sisters

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  199. Lavan's Deceitful Flattery

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  200. Understanding Leah's Accusation

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  201. Dina - a Twin?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  202. Yaakov vs. Yosef: Am I in Place of God?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  203. Yaakov and Yosef: Responding to Anxious Relatives

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  204. At Midnight: Yaakov's Escape from Lavan and Israel's Exodus from Egypt

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  205. How Could Yaakov Marry Rachel after Marrying Leah?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  206. Netziv on Yaakov's Brethren Gathering Stones

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  207. Yehuda: Thanking God

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  208. Waiting for Rachel: Yamim Achadim

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  209. Vayishlach and Motzaei Shabbat

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  210. Quietly Commemorating Overcoming a Challenge

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  211. Hoshea vs. Ovadya as the Haftara for Vayishlach

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  212. I Have Seen Your Face Like Having Seen the Face of God

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  213. Yaakov and Yisrael: The Struggle with the Angel

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  214. Yehudit, Yehuda and Leah

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  215. Kever Rachel - in Beit Lechem?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  216. Yaakov's Efforts and Preparations for Meeting Esav

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  217. What is the Difference Between a Mizbeach and a Matzeiva?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  218. I have Lived with Lavan

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  219. Shekhem and Dina: Canaanite Conduct

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  220. Dust from the Struggle Rising to Heaven

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  221. The Struggle Persists

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  222. Yaakov's Altars in Beit El and Shechem

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  223. Why was Yaakov Alone?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  224. Yaakov, Lavan, Rashi, and the 613 Mitzvot

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  225. What is the Identity of the Angel Wrestling with Yaakov?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  226. Suffering or Strength - Ben Oni or Binyamin

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  227. Why Would Yaakov's Family Members Own Items of Pagan Worship?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  228. Angels of Yaakov and Shabbat

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  229. Yaakov's Struggle and Persistence

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  230. Dina and Tamar - Shekhem vs. Amnon

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  231. Rav Cherlow on Yaakov's Preparations to Meet Esav

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  232. Yaakov's Concern About Violence

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  233. Yaakov Struggles Against His Other Self

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  234. Yaakov's Amazement at the Divine Encounter

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  235. Yalkut Yehuda on Struggling with the Angel: Slowing Down

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  236. Yalkut Yehuda on Struggling with the Angel: Slowing Down

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  237. Yaakov's Amazement at the Divine Encounter

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  238. The Symbolism of the Gid HaNashe - Sciatic Nerve

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  239. The Death of Devora, Rivka's Nursemaid

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  240. The Brothers and Shechem: Shimon and Levi vs. The Others

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  241. Yaakov Anticipating Esav's Questions: Why So Many Words?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  242. Sunrise and Sunset for Yaakov

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  243. Esav - Much Arrogance?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  244. Why was Beit El not Chosen?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  245. Yaakov's Struggle: Escape or Triumph

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  246. Rav Hirsch on Yaakov's Dread

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  247. The Haftara of Vayishlach: Edom, Thieves and Vintagers

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  248. Yaakov's Travels: Why Shechem Before Beit El?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  249. Chronology and Tithing Yaakov's Sons

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  250. Yaakov Out of Sequence: Beit El, Hebron, Shechem?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  251. Yaakov's Blessing for Esav

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  252. Geneologies: Seir, Edom, and Amalek

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  253. Devorah the Nursemaid and Devorah the Prophetess

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  254. The Merit of Yaakov

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  255. Sending Angels Away

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  256. Reuven's Well-Intentioned Mistake

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  257. The Form of Yaakov's Assailant: Scholar or Idolator

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  258. Lacking Self-Regulation: The Brothers and Shechem

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  259. Shimon and Levi: Blaming Yaakov?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  260. Yaakov Proceeding at His Pace

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  261. Yaakov's Staff

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  262. The Shechem Incident and Yaakov's Patience

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  263. Yosef's Reporting

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  264. Yehuda and Chira - Finding a Friend

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  265. Yitzhak Weeping for Yaakov

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  266. Yaakov's Shattered Hopes for Tranquility

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  267. Potifar's Wife's "Altruistic" Justifications

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  268. Yosef - Trust and Responsibility

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  269. Reuven and Yosef - Groundwork for the City of Refuge?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  270. Yosef Wandering and Israel Wandering - What Do You Seek?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  271. Seforno on Reuven's Redeeming Move

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  272. Reuven's Guilt About Yosef

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  273. Yosef and Potifar's Wife: Speaking for Himself

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  274. Yosef Sold into Slavery: Stop and Smell the Spices

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  275. The Brothers - Conspiring or Casting Allegations?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  276. The Irony of Yosef's Success

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  277. Reuven's Misguided Mistakes

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  278. Rav Amital on the Unnatural Jewish Monarchy

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  279. Amos: Silencing the Prophets

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  280. Yehuda, Yaakov, and Sons

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  281. Yosef's Confused Priorities

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  282. Reuven's (Midrashic) Dream Interpretation

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  283. Yosef's Misplaced Confidence

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  284. Yosef's Dreams - Lack of Tact

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  285. Tranquility vs. Challenge

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  286. Yosef in the Pit and Hannuka Candles at a High Height

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  287. Tamar and the Wife of Potifar

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  288. Rav Amital on Yaakov's Unrequited Hopes for Tranquility

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  289. Yosef's Dreams and Prophecies of Rebuke

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  290. Yaakov Lives in the Land of His Father's Residence

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  291. Selling Yosef for Shoes

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  292. Yosef's Attitude Toward his Brothers

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  293. Yosef Screams from the Pit

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  294. Yosef's Brothers and Haman

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  295. Rav Lichtenstein on Yaakov's Prudent Restraint

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  296. Yosef and Canaan Son of Ham

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  297. What did Yosef do in Prison?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  298. Yosef and the Sons of Bilhah and Zilpa

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  299. The Brothers - Too Quick to Judge

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  300. Where was Reuven When Yosef was Sold?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  301. Those Who Trample Upon the Destitute

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  302. Do Two Walk Together if They had Not First Convened

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  303. Potifar's Wife and Yosef's Leadership

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  304. Yosef's Humility

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  305. Yosef's Dreams of Unity - Avoiding Edom's Fate

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  306. Yehuda's Descent - The Danger of Indifference

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  307. Yosef's Prophetic Dreams

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  308. Reuven's Absence and Repentance

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  309. Who Sold Yosef - and What was Reuven's Plan

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  310. Yosef and Esav

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  311. Yosef and the Splitting of the Sea

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  312. Reuven's Wrong, The Brothers' Judgment, and the Selling Yosef

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  313. The Haftara for Shabbat Hanukka - God's Promise to Restore the Shekhina

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  314. Zerubavel and the Menorah

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  315. Yosef's Loss of Compsure

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  316. Yosef's Refusal and the Shalshelet Note

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  317. The Midrash and Yosef's Measure-for-Measure Punishment

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  318. The Midrash and Yosef's Measure-for-Measure Punishment

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  319. The Chafetz Chayim on Yosef's Success

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  320. Seforno on Yosef's Tears for his Brothers

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  321. Yosef the Provider and a Lesson for Teachers

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  322. What has God Done to Us - or Were We Responsible

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  323. From Food to Calamity to Hope - a Midrash on Yaakov and Grain

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  324. Yaakov to his Sons: Do Not Appear Satiated

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  325. Reuven's Foolish Suggestion

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  326. Why Were Yosef's Dreams Different than Pharaoh's?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  327. The Guilt of Shimon and Levi

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  328. Grief at Finding Money in the Sacks

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  329. Why did One Brother Need to Open his Sack Early?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  330. Yosef Models Rethinking One's Course

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  331. The Pitfalls of "I Told You So"

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  332. Seven Cows and Togetherness

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  333. Heavily Taxed or Heavily Armed - Yosef's Grain Tactics

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  334. Prisoner or Prisoners: Yosef's Change of Heart

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  335. Yosef's Motives

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  336. The Importance of Fraternity: Parashat Mikeitz and the Story of Haman

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  337. Who is Yosef's Wife Osnat?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  338. The Satan in Zekharya's Vision of Yehoshua

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  339. Hanukka and Humility - Yosef and Pharaoh's Dreams

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  340. A Strange Way for Yaakov to Ask his Sons to Go to Egypt

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  341. Accusing the Brothers of Spying

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  342. The King's Dream Agitation

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  343. The Cupbearer's Description of Yosef

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  344. Yosef's Job Requirements: Intelligence and Wisdom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  345. Yehuda's Responsibility for Binyamin - and Yehuda's Sin

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  346. Yosef's Dreams and Treatment of his Brothers in Egypt

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  347. Why Does Yosef Return the Money to the Sacks of the Brothers?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  348. The Saba of Kelm on the Brothers and Wealth

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  349. Rashi on the Healthy Cows

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  350. The Weak Overpowering the Mighty - and Pharaoh's Worries

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  351. Reuven's Harsh Exchange

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  352. Reuven's Hidden Message in his Words to Yaakov

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  353. How Yosef Descended Through a Dream and Rose through a Dream

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  354. The Difference between Yosef's Intrpretation and that of the Advisors

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  355. The Meaning of Menashe's Name

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  356. Yaakov and his Sons: Why Did You Do That?!

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  357. Yosef Speaks Up

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  358. What did Reuven Really Mean?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  359. The Selling of Yosef and Yosef's Treatment of His Brothers in Egypt

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  360. Why did the Brothers Drink?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  361. Yehuda's Father

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  362. Souls Bound up with Each Other

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  363. Did Yosef intend to Keep Binyamin in Egypt - and Why did He Change his Plan?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  364. Tosafists on Yosef's Ascent to See Yaakov

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  365. Yosef's Appearance to his Father

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  366. Do Not Be Angry at the Road

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  367. Yosef's Brothers and Pharaoh: What is Your Profession?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  368. Was Yaakov Wrong to Talk about his Age?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  369. How Could Yosef Repeat This Mistake?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  370. Yosef's Self-Regulation

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  371. Parashat HaShavua Teruma - Rashi and Ramban

    Rabbi David Silverberg | 33 minutes

    This shiur examines the famous mahloket (debate) between Rashi and Ramban regarding the chronology of Parashat Teruma.
    Is the command to construct the Mishkan given before or after Het Ha-Egel (the Sin of the Golden Calf) takes place? Rashi views the Mishkan as part of the atonement process for the sin, while Ramban sees the Mishkan as perpetuating the experience of Ma'amad Har Sinai.

     

  372. Did Yaakov Plan to Move to Egypt?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  373. The Shame of the Brothers and Shock of Discovery

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  374. Yosef and Honoring Parents

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  375. Yosef, Mordekhai, and Binyamin

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  376. Yehuda's Hostility to the Egyptian Official

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  377. Yehuda's Argument to Yosef

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  378. Wagons for Yaakov - Midrash and Meaning

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  379. For You Are Like Pharaoh

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  380. Distance or Closeness - Chizkuni on Why Yosef Wanted his Brothers to be in Goshen

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  381. Yaakov's Revival and Conditions for Prophecy

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  382. "In My Master's Ear" - Yehuda's Suspicion

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  383. Did Yosef Change his Plans for the Sake of his Egyptian Servants?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  384. Why Yosef Wanted his Brothers to be Shepherds

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  385. Yosef Will Close Yaakov's Eyes

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  386. Shaul son of the Canaanite - Who are They?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  387. Why did Pharaoh Command Yosef to Send Wagons to Yaakov?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  388. Yaakov's Stop in Beersheba and his Service of God

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  389. Why Goshen

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  390. Would the Brothers Have Fled if Yosef had Sent a Message Earlier?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  391. Yaakov's Blessing to Pharaoh - the Nile?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  392. Haftara for VaYigash - Living in the Land or Upon the Land

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  393. Yehuda and Yosef - the Lion and the Ox

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  394. Yosef to the Brothers: Drop the Issue

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  395. Yaakov Gathering Wood for the Future

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  396. Yosef's Economic Policy and his Family in Egypt

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  397. Yov and Yashuv

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  398. Harmony Between Yehuda and Yosef - Yehuda is Sent to Goshen

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  399. The Weeping of Yosef and Yirmiyahu

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  400. The Bitter Irony of Yosef's Economic Policy

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  401. A Moment of Reckoning for the Brothers

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  402. In the Land of Egypt - In the Land of Goshen

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  403. Yosef's Wagons and Egla Arufa

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  404. Yosef's Zeal in Honoring Yaakov

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  405. The Connections and Sacrifice of the Brothers

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  406. Yaakov's Tearful Reunion with Yosef and the Recital of Shema

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  407. Binyamin's Gifts and Following the Leader

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  408. Night Vision and Prophecy of Exile

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  409. Yehuda Approaches Yosef

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  410. Why did Pharaoh Ask about Yaakov's Age?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  411. Yosef's Choice of Words: Ascend

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  412. Yaakov's Emigration to Egypt- Planned or Coerced?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  413. Ramses or Ra'amses - Rashi and Ibn Ezra

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  414. Chushim - Son or Sons of Dan?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  415. Sheep that Egyptians Exchanged for Grain

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  416. The Meaning of Yosef Closing Yaakov's Eyes

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  417. Yaakov's Description of his Years

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  418. Yaakov's Reunion with Yosef and the Message of the Shema

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  419. Binyamin Can See that it is I -What is This, and Why Didn't Yosef Contact his Family?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  420. The Weeping of Yosef and Binyamin and the Exiles to Come

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  421. Yosef Raising his Grandchildren

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  422. Brothers Do Not Kill Brothers

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  423. Ephraim: Younger or More Humble?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  424. The Assemblies of Shimon and Levi

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  425. Shemini - Moshe's Sharp Words with the New Kohanim

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  426. Three Incidents of Moshe's Anger

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  427. Metzora: A Bird Set Free

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  428. Metzora: Mark of Adam

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  429. Metzora: A Bird Set Free

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  430. Metzora: "Healthy" Skin

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  431. Rav Soloveichik on Metzora and Mourners

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  432. Haftarat Metzora: A Look at the 4 Metzoraim and Geihazi

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  433. Doves of a Mother and Doves of the Return to Zion

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  434. Rav Medan: Sefirat HaOmer, Matan Torah, and the Yovel Year

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  435. God Lifts the Destitute from the Dust: Abarbanel on the First Chapter of Hallel

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  436. Leket and Pe'ah for the Poor: Everyone is Involved

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  437. The Splitting of the Sea and Moshe's 'Superfluous' Prayers

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  438. Awe of Parents and Shabbat Observance: Appreciation and and Optimism

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  439. Ramban on Kedoshim and Hakhel

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  440. Slaughtering Meat "Outside"

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  441. Ibn Ezra and Ramban: Covering the Blood of Animals

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  442. Abarbanel on the Affliction of Yom Kippur

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  443. The Netziv on Kedoshim in Emor

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  444. Leket, Peah, and Shavuot

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  445. Haftarat Emor: Kohanim and their Attire in and out of the Mikdash

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  446. Kohanim and the Pitfalls of Superstition

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  447. The Blasphemer and the Dangers of Anger

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  448. Don't Respond Rashly: Moshe's Measured Approach to the Blasphemer

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  449. Why does Mitzvah Sukkot Apply to Everyone?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  450. Helping the Needy While Preparing the Omer for Shavuot

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  451. Behar: Finding Independence

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  452. Assisting People at Risk of Financial Hardship

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  453. Behar-Bechukotai: God Will Not Be Repulsed

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  454. Behar: Idolatry, Shabbat, and the Mikdash

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  455. Shir HaMaalot and Yom Yerushalayim

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  456. Looking Away from the Sacred Vessels

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  457. Bamidbar: Rav Amital on the Wilderness and the Israelite Camp

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  458. Haftarat Bemidbar: Two Terms for "Husband"

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  459. Bemidbar - "Hefker" like the Wilderness

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  460. Ruth and Boaz: Models of Commitment

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  461. Nazir - Kehuna for Everyone?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  462. The Nazir Must Bring a Sin Offering - is Naziritehood Ideal?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  463. Haftarat Shavuot: Daring Optimism

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  464. Did Moshe Hear Miriam and Aharon Talking about Him?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  465. Tavera, Yitro, and Shaul: The Edge of the Canp and Attending to the Vulnerable

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  466. Rav Amital on God's Commandment and Message for Aharon

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  467. Seforno on the Meat Craving and Free Will

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  468. Grasshoppers in their Eyes - Perception in the eyes of Others

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  469. Kalev and Hebron

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  470. Was Me'arat HaMachpela (The Makhpela Cave) inside Hebron?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  471. The Place was Called Nahal Eshkol - Why?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  472. Why did the Ammonite Threat Provoke the Israelites to Demand a King?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  473. Raining on the Request for a King

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  474. Datan and Aviram and the Eyes of the People

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  475. Complaints after the Ketoret Test

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  476. Is the Nation to Blame for the Actions of Korach?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  477. Did Yiftach Believe in Human Sacrifice?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  478. Contemplating Snakes and Subjugating Hearts

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  479. Why Hizkiyahu Destroyed the Copper Snake

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  480. Netziv on Mei Meriva - Different Leadership Models for the Desert and Eretz Yisrael

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  481. Rav Hirsch: Appreciating Snakes in the Face of Disappointment

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  482. Moshe's Staff at Mei Meriva

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  483. Rav Moshe Feinstein on Speaking to the Rock

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  484. Eye-Opening Experiences of Bilam and Hagar

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  485. What -and Why - are the "Kesamim" sent by Balak to Bilam?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  486. Balak - a King Suppressing Revolt?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  487. Eliyahu's Journey and Elisha's Plowing

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  488. Moshe's Successor and the Laws of Musaf and Tamid

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  489. First Shabbat Haftara of the Three Weeks: Boiling Pot of Discord

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  490. Yirmiyahu's First Prophetic Vision: The Almond Branch

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  491. What is the "Covenant of Peace" Promised to Pinchas?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  492. The Significance of Tzelofhad not Joining Korach

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  493. The Second Haftarah for the Three Weeks - "the bearers of the Law have not known Me"

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  494. The Second "Three Weeks" HaftaraL Becoming Futile

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  495. Flowing Water vs. Broken Cisterns - The Second "Three Weeks" Haftarah

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  496. Yirmiyahu's Opening Prophecy - Abarbanel vs. Malbim

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  497. Where - and what - is Divon Gad?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  498. Delegating the War with Midyan

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  499. Priorities of Reuven and Gad - Cities or Barns?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  500. Who Wrote Devarim? Abarbanel's Approach

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  501. Moshe's First Speech - Preventing the Sin of the Spies

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  502. Parashat Devarim: Don't Provoke Edom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  503. Haftarat Devarim - Raising Children Who Betray

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  504. When God is Uninterested in Sacrifices

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  505. Meshekh Chokhma on Moshe not Entering the Land

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  506. Moshe's Wisdom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  507. Love the Foreigner - for You Were a Foreigner

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  508. Haftarat Eikev: Remembering the Walls of Jerusalem

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  509. Eikev: Peshat and Derash of Birkat HaMazon

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  510. Moshe Fasting on the Mountain: Being Great by Being Good

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  511. Eikev: Rainfall, Risk, and Introspection

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  512. Re'eh: Why Would Israel be Attracted to Canaanite Paganism?

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  513. Re'eh: Caring for God's "Family" on the Festivals

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  514. Re'eh: Commitment to Values vs. the Exhiliration of Controversy

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  515. Alshikh on Tithes, Wealth, and Spiritual Distance

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  516. Re'eh: Following the Paved Road

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  517. Rav Hirsch on Vows

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  518. Ki Tavo: Telling God About Entering the Land

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  519. Ki Tavo and the Message of Ani Hashem

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  520. Ki Tavo: Netziv on Following God's Ways

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  521. Nitzavim: Heaven and Earth as Witnesses

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  522. Teshuva - Not in the Heavens and Not Across the Sea

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  523. Vayelekh: Questionable Teshuva and Divine Concealment

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  524. Haftarat Nitzavim - Vayelekh: Bride and Groom

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  525. Rosh HaShana Torah and Haftarah Readings - Judgment and Tears

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  526. Netziv on Haazinu and Bereisheet - the Meaning of "Upright"

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  527. Aseret Yemei Teshuva and Psalm 130

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  528. Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur - God Ascends in Judgment

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  529. Haftarat Sukkot - Earthquakes

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  530. Why Kohelet is Worthy of Being in Tanakh

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  531. Vayetze: How Could Yaakov Marry Two Sisters?

    Rabbi David Silverberg | 40 minutes

    According to the view forefathers kept the Torah, how could Yaakov marry two sisters? What is the meaning of the idea that the forefathers kept the Torah? Did the mitzvot only apply in the Land of Israel? Where they stringencies back then, or did they embody higher levels of consciousness?  We explore different ideas about Rachel's marriage and death, and consider the concept of relinquishing stringencies if they come at the expense of another person.