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Deena in Shekhem - Reassessing the Tragi...
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
Lesson Length:
Hour and 6 minutes
We already know how the stories of Tanach are going to end, and we can’t read them without assuming we understand the narratives we've been taught. When it comes to the story of Deena in...
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What do we learn from Yaacov's enco...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
Lesson Length:
37 minutes
The shiur examines midrashim that use the story of Yaacov's meeting with Eisav to extrapolate lessons about the relationship between the Jewish people and the nations of the world.
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Short Thoughts about Yaakov and the Ange...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
Lesson Length:
10 minutes
Parashat Vayishlach tells of Yaakov's struggle with a man all night - the famous struggle of Yaakov with the angel. At the end, the angel asks Yaakov to send him off because the dawn...
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The Golden Calf: Idol Worship, Idle Worship or Ideal Worship?
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Source:
Exodus 17, 8 - 13
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Exodus 23, 20 - 25
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Exodus 32, 1 - 14
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 3 minutes
Why was God so upset with the nation after the incident of the Golden Calf? After all, when studying the simple meaning of the text, the people were...
Sin of the Golden CalfMoshe's Staff
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The Not-Quite Wives of Judges and the Path to Civil War
Rachel Sharansky Danziger Source:
Judges 8, 29 - 9
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Judges 11
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Judges 19
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 5 minutes
The Book of Judges portrays several instances of violence between Israelites or Israelite tribes. In three cases, the story begins with a relationship...
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“For the Three Sins”: Amos’ Oracles Against the Nations. A Study in Prophetic Rhetoric
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom Source:
Amos 1 - 2, 16
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 5 minutes
The book of Amos, perhaps the earliest of our literary prophets, begins with a series of prophecies aimed at the nations that surround Israel. We analyze...
Rhetorical Style
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The Hands of Moshe: Towards a Phenomenology of Faith
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman Source:
Exodus 14, 8 - 31
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Exodus 17, 1 - 16
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 9 minutes
This shiur provides a reading of the story of the battle with Amalek found in Chapter 17 of Sefer Shemot. It attempts to develop a novel understanding of...
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From Av Hamon Goyim to Arami Oved Avi: The Patriarchs’ Relationships with Surrounding Non-Jewish Soc
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein Source:
Genesis 20, 9 - 18
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Genesis 21, 22 - 34
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Genesis 26, 1 - 33
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 9 minutes
Am Yisrael has 3 Patriarchs not merely as a biographical fact but because they fulfil a unique role and express a different approach to the challenges...
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Dealing With Crisis – David Hamelekh as a Model
Rabbi Dr. Yehoshua Reiss Source:
I Samuel 30
King David is presented in the Tanakh as a figure who is successful in coping in times of crisis and distress – both on an individual level and as a...
response to crisis
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From Bnei Yaakov to Ezra – Tanakh’s views of Intermarriage
Dr. Adina Sternberg Source:
Ezra 9 - 10
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Genesis 24, 3 - 4
The lecture deals with the question of intermarriage throughout the Tanach - from the question of who the sons of Jacob married to the heated argument of...
Intermarriageassimilation
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Mizmor le-Todah (Tehillim 100): On the Significance of Gratitude
Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter Source:
Psalms 100
The lecture analyzes the very strong duty of Gratitude. Why is expressing gratitude so important? How is it different from other duties?     This shiur is...
Gratitude
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Revealing the Tetragrammaton: The Problem of a New Divine Name
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman Source:
Exodus 6, 2 - 8
 Lesson Length:
Hour and 5 minutes
The lecture begins in discussing the sixth chapter of Sefer Shemot and explores the revelation of God's proper name to Moshe throughout the sefer. The...
God's nameKnowing God
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Wiping out Amalek: Vendetta or Virtue?
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Source:
Deuteronomy 25, 17 - 19
How can the same section in Sefer Devarim which forbids 'punishing children for the sins of their parents' also demand that we wipe out the descendants of...
AmalekFear of God
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