Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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This shiur explores Sefer Vayikra's unique presentation of the Moadim. One may have thought that the various offerings (korbanot) would be central, but...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 18 minutes
This shiur explores the striking “shabbat” motif in Vayikra's presentation of the Shemitta year (as opposed to the Shemitta laws in other books), in...
Rabbi Yair Kahn
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Lesson Length: 17 minutes
This shiur presents various ideas about what it means to "be holy" according to Parshat Kedoshim, and why the command needed to involve gathering the...
Rabbi Yair Kahn
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Lesson Length: 12 minutes
The tragedy of Nadav and Avihu highlights the tension between the concepts of the “thirsting for the living God” and “No man shall see me and live”. Our...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Lesson Length: 15 minutes
Parshat Metzora focuses on tzaraat, an extremely severe type of tum'a, with a detailed purification process. By seeing what the Metzora (the affected...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 19 minutes
Tazria, a parsha dealing with various cases of impurity as they pertain to the Mikdash, may appear to begin an interruption - why doesn't “Acharei Mot”...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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This shiur looks at the tragic death of Nadav and Avihu, and explores possible explanations for their death. More than merely straying into the precinct...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 22 minutes
Why does our parsha repeat the list of instructions relating to offerings (korbanot) in a very similar way to the one found in Parshat Vayikra? What is...
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
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Lesson Length: 32 minutes
This shiur focuses on the song in Parashat Haazinu; beginning by looking at the prelude to Haazinu. Understanding Haazinu - a response to the question of...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 16 minutes
The lack of symmetry between the text's portrayal of God's commands pertaining to the Mishkan and Moshe's fulfilment of those commands hints to a message...
