Recalling the great journey | Devarim
The themes of DEVARIM part one are appropriate for this period. The Book of DEVARIM is the Torah’s “mouth”, summarizing all that has gone before in the “main body” of the Torah. DEVARIM...
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Faith a Jewish perspective | Parsha Devarim
In this lecture “Faith a Jewish perspective | Parsha Devarim we discuss how many people assume that emuna refers to blind faith. However, this is not the case. In the Aleinu prayer recited at...
Proofs for Oral Torah | Parsha Devarim
In this lecture “Proofs for Oral Torah | Parsha Dedavrim we discuss how Devarim acts as a bridge between the Written Torah and the “Oral Torah.” The Oral Torah includes the Talmud and the Midrashim,...
Will the Real Pinchas Please Stand
The identification of Pinchas with Elijah, by means of the known Agaddic statement that “Pinchas is Elijah,” is an attempt by some of the Sages to describe the mysterious figure of the prophet. Not...
Understanding The Three Crowns of Torah
There are two basic issues in our mishna which require discussion. The first is, what actually is the concept of a crown? Our mishna is not just referring to a king, scholar or priest,...
Common Misconception About The Ten Commandments | Shavuot
The biblical narrative of the revelation at Sinai begins in Exodus 19 after the arrival of the children of Israel at Mount Sinai (also called Horeb). On the morning of the third day of...
The Many Nuances In Shavuot
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Unification | Key to Redemption
In this lecture Unification | Key to Redemption we discover the connection between the census of 600,000 Jews in book of Bemidbar, and giving of Torah at Sinai. We discuss this ultimate connection to...
The Metaphor of the Desert
On the first day of the second month, in the second year following the exodus from the land of Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of...
The Desert | The Birthplace of the Righteous
The Desert | The Birthplace of the Righteous Bamidbar, Numbers chapter one Rod Reuven Dovid brings down the idea that “The Desert” / Bamidbar is a metaphor for every individual who receives the Torah and...
The Fight In The Camp
There came out among the Israelites one whose mother was Israelite and whose father was Egyptian. And a fight broke out in the camp between the half-Israelite and a certain Israelite (Lev. 24:10).
All Jews Can Become Cohen?
Parshat Emor continues the theme of holiness which was introduced in Kedoshim. All Jews are commanded to be holy on the individual and communal level. Our national mission is contained in the injunction to...
