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Siddurology Shiur 33

Siddurology Shiur 32

Siddurology Shiur 31

Siddurology Shiur 30

Parshat Pinchas - Stumping Moshe

Siddurology Shiur 29

Siddurology Shiur 28

Sidduroloogy Shiur 27

Siddurology Shiur 26

Siddurology Shiur 25

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Siddurology Shiur 22

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Siddurology Shiur 20

Siddurology Shiur 19

Siddurology Shiur 18

Siddurology Shiur 17

Siddurology Shiur 16

Parshat Shelach - Nephilim Giants and Fallen Angels

Siddurology Shiur 15

Siddurology Shiur 14

Siddurology Shiur 13

Siddurology Shiur 12

Siddurology Shiur 11

Siddurology Shiur 10

Siddurology Shiur 9

Siddurology Shiur 8

Siddurology Shiur 7

Siddurology Shiur 6

Siddurology Shiur 5B

Siddurology Shiur 5A

Siddurology Shiur 4

Siddurology Shiur 3

Siddurology Shiur 2

Siddurology Shiur 1

The Madonna’s child wrapped in a Keffiyeh

The spies, like the media, sowed the seeds of destruction

The Three Weeks - 21 or 22 days?

Yom Yerushalayim

Kabbalat Shabbat

The meaning behind a baby boy’s Upsherin and its connection to Lag baOmer

Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

The tipping point of Shoah

Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Parshat Vayakheil-Pekudei

A Pesach message to our hostages

Parshat Zachor - Redeeming Shaul’s mistake

Parshat Tetzaveh - Purim’s Spiritual Wardrobe

Parshat Teruma - Mishkan Matters in Adar

Why Ya’akov let the enemy - angel go

Parshat Toldot - Rivka’s 3 year old Neshama

Trying Times - the purpose of Divine Trials

Lot’s abandonment of his daughters to the rabid mob of Sodom: an interpretation

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

The unique events of Tu’ beAv

Is there any validity to certain forms of idol worship and astrology?

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

How one deals with evil: a litmus test of a quality civilisation

The three time phases of Sefirat ha'Omer

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

The spiritual energy behind Yom Yerushalayim

Pesach Sheni - the Chesed of Hod

The week of Tif’eret - The world of balance, beauty and harmony

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

Haftarot of Acharei and Kedoshim

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

Hilchot Shabbat - Tzurba

Purim - The nature of women's obligation to hear Megilla

Why does the letter Bet have its back to the Alef?

Purim

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

Parshat vaYakheil

“veNahafoch Hu“ - revealing Hashem’s Providence

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

How was the Torah written - K’tav Ivri or K’tav Ashuri?

Parshat Ki Tissa

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

Parshat Ki Tissa

Parshat Tetzaveh

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)

Parshat Teruma - The Arizal's approach to Mishkan

The 10 Commandments - given to Jews or non-Jews?

Parshat VaYeitzei

Parshat Toldot

The Evolution of Yishmael

Innocents in Sodom?

“… And the Canaanite was then in the land.” (Bereishit 12/6)

Parshat Lech Lecha

Shofar, Shabbat and Rosh Hashana

Atem Nitzavim … preparatory steps for Rosh Hashana

Milestones in Jewish Philosophy

Parshat Re’ay

The deeper dimension of Benching

Parshat Eikev - the message behind B’rachot

Tu B’av - the experience of Jewish revival

Parshat Devarim - Mishne Torah and the Gett

Parshat Chukkat

Milestones in Jewish Philosophy

Parshat Korach

Parshat Shelach - Yehoshua’s name change in Shelach or beShalach?

Milestones in Jewish Philosophy

Parshat Beha’alotecha - Tzara’at and the Miracle at Midway

Milestones in Jewish Philosophy

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Milestones in Jewish Philosophy

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat

Milestones in Jewish Philosophy

Milestones in Jewish Philosophy

The printing press and the printing of the Zohar

Parshat HaChodesh - By the Light of the Moon

The origins and development of Kabbalah Part 2 - the rediscovery of the Zohar

Parshat Ki Tissa - The Aura of Moshe Rabbeinu from the ink left over

The origins and development of Kabbalah - part 1

Parshat Tetzaveh - The Philosophic Message Woven into the Bigdei Kehuna

Parshat Teruma - Can Holiness take Physical Form?

“Human knowledge is but a little island in a great ocean of non-knowledge“ - Ad deLo Yada!

Milestones in Jewish Philosophy - Introduction - The Rambam

Parshat Yitro - Was Am Yisrael Halakhically Jewish when they heard the Asseret haDibrot? Rashi vs Ramban

The Genesis of Purim in Gan Eden

Exploring the Deeper Dimensions of Tu Bishvat

Parshat VaYeishev - The roots of enmity between Yoseif and his brothers

Parshat VaYishlach - Ya’akov’s contribution to the future survival of Am Yisrael

Parshat VaYishlach - The Chanuka Story forecast through the abduction of Dina

Parshat VaYeitzei - Ladder: Codeword Soul

Parshat VaYeitzei - Ya’akov’s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Parshat Toldot - Rivka’s obsession with the Beracha of wealth - Follow the money, target the money, kill the money!!

Parshat Toldot - "Avraham Holid et Yitzchak” - Spiritual Genetic Engineering

Parshat Chayei Sarah - Sarah and Rivka's tent - a quasi Mishkan

Parshat VaYeira - one Malach, one task

Parshat Bereishit - The Creation of Chava - from Adam’s rib, side or tail

Shabbat Shuva - the novelty of Hoshea’s call to Teshuva

Parshat Ki Teitzei - Why does the Torah assume that the Ben Sorer uMoreh won’t repent?

Parshat Shoftim - Licence to Wage War

Parshat Shoftim - Institutions of Authority: the Monarch, the Judge and the teacher

The origin and nature of the different Shofar sounds

Parshat Re’ey - Treif meat is the dog’s dinner

Parshat Eikev - Rav Soloveitchik on the religious experience of Benching

Parshat VaEtchanan - Is there any substance to Idol Worship?

Parshat Devarim - Mishne Torah - Moshe’s Biur and Ezra’s Peirush

Parshat Mas’ei - A pair of pearls - commemorating The Yahrtzeit of Aharon Kohein Gadol

Parshat Pinchas - Pinchas and Begin - Externals of War, Internals of Peace

Parshat Pinchas - The nature of the Brachot received by Pinchas

Parshat Balak - The antidote to the vile idolatrous practice of Pe’or through the eyes of Rav Kook

Parshat Chukat - Rav Kook’s ingenious homiletic on the Battle of Arnon

Parshat Korach - Shmirat HaMikdash

Roe vs Wade - Halachic positions on abortion

Parshat Shelach - To send or not to send spies, that is the question

Parshat Beha’alotecha - Mann and Meat

Parshat beMidbar - Jacob’s funeral meets angel’s flags at the Camp of Israel

Parshat Naso - Shimshon: Between the two pillars of Sotah and Nazir

Dimensions of Deliverance - 28 Iyyar, Yom Yerushalayim

Parshat beChukotai - Timely rain and rainbows

Rabbi Akiva’s students and the Omer

Parshat Behar - Taking interest

Parshat Emor - May a Kohein’s pregnant wife enter a cemetery?

The novel choice of Haftara for Acharei Mot and Kedoshim

Parshat Kedoshim

Parshat Shemini - Kavod and Kedusha in Avodat Hashem

Food for Thought - The Basics of Kashrut

VeNahafoch Hu - The Role of Reversals in the Purim Story.

Parshat VaYikra - Insights into the various Korbanot from the Shem MiShmuel and Rav Kook

Parshat Pekudei - Ge’ula and Atchalta deGe’ula

The roots of the Purim story

Parshat VaYakheil: Fire - Man’s Red Flower (King Louis - the Jungle Book)

Parshat Ki Tissa - Parallel personalities in the Parsha and Haftara of Ki Tissa

Parshat Tetzaveh - The Kohen Gadol’s Clothes and the Convert

Parshat Tetzaveh - The Menorah - Don't underestimate its preparation

Parshat Teruma - It is not what Hashem does for us that transforms us, It is what we do for Hashem

Gemara Kiddushin: Michal Bat Shaul's putting on Tefillin

Gemara Kiddushin: Women volunteering for the Mitzvot of Tzitzit and Tefilin

Gemara Kiddushin: Women’s exemption from positive time-bound Mitzvot Part 1

Gemara Kiddushin: Women’s exemption from positive time-bound Mitzvot Part 2 - Reb Moshe

Parshat Teruma – The Show Behind the Bread

Parshat VaYishlach - The Gid haNasheh

Parshat VaYeitzei - Rachel’s jealousy and the most unexpected building blocks of Klal Yisrael

Parshat VaYeitzei - Yaakov – Tricked

Parshat Toldot - Rivka's purpose and perspective

Parshat Chayei Sarah - The Significance of the Double Cave

Parshat VaYeira - Sodomite Salt

Parshat Vayeira - Lessons from Avraham Avinu's encounter with the angels

Parshat Lech Lecha - The Foundational Message of Brit Mila

Parshat Lech Lecha - The First World War

Parshat Noach – Noach and the Raven

Parshat Bereishit - The concept of free choice alluded to in the creation story

The crucial nature of Teshuva during the Aseret Yemei Teshuva

Shabbat Shuva - The unique dimension of Hoshei’a’s call to Teshuva

Hilchot Teshuva - The Ba’alei Teshuva of Chapters 1 and 7

Parshat Nitzavim - Lo Bashamayim hi - the impact of prophecy on Halakha

Machzorology Part 4

Shofar - The 100 Sounds

Parshat Ki Tavo - The Second covenant between Hashem and Am Yisrael

Hilchot Teshuva - Sin against Hashem consists of 2 components

Machzorology Part 3 - The motif and structure of Selichot

Rav Kook's address at the opening of Hebrew University and the link to Haftara of Parshat Ki Tavo

Parshat Ki Teitzei - Shatnez insights

Hilchot Teshuva - The role played by confession/ Vidui in the Teshuva process

Machzorology Part 2 - The structure of the Rosh Hashanah Mussaf Amidah

Tashlich

Parshat Shoftim

Hilchot Teshuva - Is Teshuva an independent Mitzvah?

Machzorology Part 1 - HaMelech HaKadosh, Zochreinu LeChaim

Parshat Re'eh - The halakhic evolution of meat consumption

Why no mention of Yerushalayim in the Torah?

Parshat Eikev - The evolution of Birkat HaMazon

Parshat Eikev - Rav Kook - Two loves of Israel

Parshat Va'etchanan - The Mitzvah of Ahavat Hashem

The nature of Tisha B'Av - A din DeRabbanan or Midivrei Kabbalah

Parshat Matot - The spiritual matrix connecting Re’uvein, Gad and half Menashe

Parshat Pinchas - The zealotry of Pinchas and David haMelech

17 Tammuz - A Day of Confusion

Parshat Balak: Bila’m – Manouvering around God

Parshat Chukkat - The Nature of Anti-Semitic Attitudes

Parshat Chukkat – May we interpret Chukkim?

Parshat Korach – Kayin and Hevel = Korach and Moshe

Woman’s Involvement in the World of Halacha - Part 5

Woman’s Involvement In The World Of Halacha - Part 4: Shelo Asani Isha

Parshat Shelach - Hilchot Tzitzit

Parshat Beha'alotecha 5781

Woman’s involvement in the world of Halacha – Part 3

Woman’s involvement in the world of Halacha – Part 2

Reflections on Yom Yerushalayim

Parshat beChukotai - no wild animals or no wild in animals

Woman’s Involvement in the World of Halacha

The Megadef (The Blasphemer)

Pesach Sheini - a deeper look

Parshat Kedoshim - The difference between 'al' and 'lo' in negative commandments

The Uniqueness of Sefer Tehillim

Halachic Approaches to Sefira Restrictions

Parshat Vayikra - Will korbanot still feature in the third Beit HaMikdash?

Medicines and Cosmetics on Pesach

Parshat VaYakhel - Clash of the Titans or Meeting of the Minds; Moshe Rabeinu and Betzalel

Parshat Ki Tisa - A. The Coin of Fire. B. Why the righteous may suffer and the wicked may prosper

Parasha: "Leich reid... Demote yourself..." The pivotal point in Moshe Rabeinu's leadership

Purim: Halachot derived from the Pasuk 'laYehudim...'

Purim: Esther's philosophical challenge of incorporating the Megilla into Tanach

The Gra unveils the uniqueness of Purim

Purim: The Gra's Al haNissim; A Mehadrin Mishloach Manot

Purim on Pesach

Parsha: Insights into Parshat Zachor, Women and Parshat Zachor

Purim: Mordechai and the Three Kids

Parasha: Parallels in the Aseret HaDibrot

Parashat Beshalach

Chanukah Shiur 5781

Parshat VaYishlach - Yaakov afraid? Where is his Bitachon?

Parashat VaYishlach - Yaakov's Reaction to Dina's Abduction

Parshat VaYeitzei - The Sulam

The Varying Shapes of anti-Semitism

Parshat VaYeitzei - Understanding Ya’akov’s vow

Parashat Toldot - Mesorah and Context

Parasha: Yitzchak's Resurrection

Parashat Lech Lecha - The Test of Lech Lecha

The Challenge of Progress

Parashat VaYeira - Avraham's Negotiation over Sedom

Parashat Lech Lecha - The Repercussions of Lot Joining Avraham’s Journey

Parashat Noach- Why was Noach saved?

Parshat Bereishit - The Elevated State of Original Man - Learning Middot from Nature

Blowing Shofar on Shabbat RH: Why is the Beit haMikdash different? (part 3)

Torat HaGra - Torah reveals current History; you just have to be the Gaon to see it!

Machzorology? Insights into the structure and theme of Zichronot

Why no Shofar when Rosh HaShana falls on Shabbos - Part 2

The Origin and Structure of Selichot

Parasha: Ki Tavo - "Arami Oveid Avi..."

Machzorology Part 2: Zochreinu leChaim

Why no Shofar when Rosh HaShana falls on Shabbos

Al haMichya and the Mitzvah of Bikkurim

Parasha: Ki Teitzei - Souls that belong together - Eishet Yefat To'ar

Machzorology: Part 1 -Malchuyot (Kingship)

The Significance of the Shofar in Elul

A basic understanding of the Mitzvah of Shofar

Parshat Shoftim - Rabbis arguing across generational lines

Appreciating Lecha Dodi

Torat HaGra: Parashat Shoftim

The Four Brachot Comprising Bentching

Torat HaGra: The Supreme Value of Toiling in Torah

Parasha: Re'eh - Holy burials (Sheimos) and Cremations

Parasha: Eikev “Sorrow be gone!" - "Devai Haser...” Bentching at a wedding, a deeper look

Torat HaGra: The Gra's approach to the world of Kabbalah

Tefillat Kabbalat Shabbat - Mizmor leDavid, Ana beKoach

Festivals: The underlying message of Tu B'Av

Torat haGra: The Torah as a single entity. Based on Shiur by R Elyakim Krumbein

The nature of Tisha B'Av relative to all other fast days

Haftarat Chazon - The challenge of genuine unity; in tribute to our founding Rosh Yeshiva - HaRav Yehuda Amital זצ״ל

Halacha: Insights into the Tefillot of Shabbat

Torat HaGra: The Nature of Sefer Devarim

A Personal Perspective On The Condition of Dementia

The Privilege of a Personal Mesorah

Parasha - Chukat

Suggested Methodological Approach to the Biur HaGra and Word on Parashat Chukat

Parasha - Maintaining the balance between human ambition and faith in Hashem

Parasha: "The Sanhedrin Supported Korach" How?

Further comments on Lechem Mishne, covering Challah and Hadlakat Neirot

Torat HaGra: Bakashot on Shabbat and Yom Tov

Parasha: Shelach - The Sanhedrin Supported the Spies

Lehafrish Challah or Teruma

Parasha: Beha'alotecha

Halacha: Sitting or Standing for Kiddush and Havdalah

Torat HaGra: The Gra's Contribution to the Method of Psak

Halacha: Women and Havdalah Part 3

Parasha: Identifying the uniqueness of the father son relationship through the concept of Nezirut

Halacha: Womens Obligation in Kiddush and Havdalah Part 2

Torat HaGra: Shavuot Customs

Parasha: Bechukotai - Gilgulim and Earthly Blessing

Halacha: Shabbat - Mitzvat Asei

Festivals: Lag B'omer 5780

Parasha: Emor - Moadim and Kiddush Hashem

Parasha: Achrei - Nadav and Avihu

Torat HaGra: Sefirat Haomer

The Nature of Miracles- Yom Haatzmaut 5780

Torat HaGra: Sefirat Haomer

Parasha: Naso - Nezirim throughout Tanach

Festivals: Hagadah Insights - Avadim Hayinu

Festivals: Hagadah Insights - Moshe, Structure and Brocha

Festivals: The underlying parallel between Covid and Pesach

Parasha: Vayikra ”The Alef - Small Size, Great Message"

Notes on Daf Yomi Shabbos 18a

Notes on Daf Yomi Shabbos 17b

Parasha: Vayakel Pekudei - Hanging On Tender Hooks

Notes on Daf Yomi Shabbos 2a

Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 61b

Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 60b

Nusach Borei Nefashot

Intro into Nusach of Borei Nefashot

Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 36

Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 37

Notes on Day Yomi Berachot 35a

Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 34b

Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 33

Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 32a

Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 31

Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 28a

Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 27

Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 26

Parasha: Tazria - Is Mila on Day 8 crucial nowdays

Pesach 5778