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Avshalom's Rebellion (Part I)
Chapter 15 (I)
Rabbi Amnon BazakThe chapter begins with preparations for Avshalom’s rebellion, and later describes the uprising and David’s swift response. This lesson will examine both camps, and study the surprising link between David’s escape from Jerusalem and the Book of Ruth.
Chapter 14: Calev and the Journey to Chevron
Rabbi Michael HattinAfter having briefly outlined the tribal territories of Reuven, Gad and half Menashe that had been assigned by Moshe on the eastern side of the Jordan River, the text now turns its attention to the divisions of Canaan proper.
The Legacy of Sarah
Rabbi Alex Israel | 35 minutesParashat Hayyei Sarah is comprised of three main stories: purchasing the cave, finding a wife for Isaac, and Abraham’s third marriage. Why is the Machpela purchase so lengthy? This shiur examines parshanut, literary and philosophic approaches. It emerges that this episode allows Abraham to establish roots, further ensuring that Isaac continues the legacy and values of Sarah.
Ramban on Chayyei Sara: The Burial of Sarah in Eretz Yisrael - the Location of the Cave of Makhpela
Rabbi Ezra Bick | 35 minutesIn the story of Avraham buying the burial plot for Sarah in Hebron, why does one of the verses state that Hebron is located in the Land of Canaan?
Ramban notes that some view this detail as emphasizing that the forefathers were buried in Eretz Yisrael - a place ofgreater kedusha than outside Israel. In Ramban's opinion, though, the Torah is not contrasting Canaan to "Chutz La'Aretz" (outside of the Land of Israel), but rather highlighting that Avraham was buying a plot in Canaan as opposed to the Land of Pelishtim. Avraham chooses a place that is in the hills - the heartland of the future Land of Israel.
Be'er Sheva and Hevron: Stability or Strife?
Rabbi David SilverbergKalev and Hebron
Rabbi David SilverbergWas Me'arat HaMachpela (The Makhpela Cave) inside Hebron?
Rabbi David Silverberg