Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
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We re-read the story of the Exodus from Egypt and ask: why was there an apparent need for trickery? If God told Moshe that He knows Pharaoh will refuse...
Rabbi Dr. Daniel Tropper
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The covenant between G-d and Israel is a basic underpinning of the Jewish tradition. The Torah contains two covenants: one immediately after the exodus,...
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
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This famous declaration/Tefillah uttered by Yehoshua presents a literary challenge, due to internal contradictions and an unexpected choice of words. By...
Rabbi Yitzchak Blau
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Devarim 18 both prohibits turning to the necromancer or soothsayer and commands listening to the prophet. Does this contrast portray the prophet as...
Rabbi Dr. Aharon Adler
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Turning to the book of Zekharya, we begin with a question posed to the prophet: are the fast days still to be in place after the exile? An ambiguous and...
Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot
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Lesson Length: Hour and 5 minutes
This shiur will examine the relationship between the narrative of the spies in Numbers 13-14 and the subsequent chapter of legal material that is found in...
Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot
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This shiur will examine the structure and key themes of Ch. 31, the beautiful prophecy of consolation that is found in the middle of the book of Jeremiah...
Rabbi David Fohrman
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Lesson Length: Hour and 18 minutes
There seems to be a disconnect between the book of Bereisheet and the book of Shemot. After reading narratives about families in Bereisheet, we begin the...
Rabbi Meir Lichtenstein
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The three Patriarchs were faced with famine followed with the dilemma of staying in Eretz Yisrael as opposed to possible descent to Egypt. The lesson will...
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
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Mordekhai's refusal to prostrate before Haman is the key to the plot of the Megilah - if he doesn't refuse, there is no decree, no Purim - and no Megilat...
