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"The Take-Home Meaning of Shemini Atzeret"

"The Take-Home Meaning of Shemini Atzeret" by Rav Assaf Bednarsh Leil Hoshana Rabba 5787, Heichal Shlomo

Exploring Charedi Culture

Exploring Charedi Culture with Alumni Coordinator Rav Yonatan Shai Freedman in conversation with Jonathan Rosenblum. Jonathan Rosenblum is the director, spokesperson, a

VeZot HaBerakha | Birkat Moshe: Sequence, Meaning and Purpose

VeZot HaBerakha | Birkat Moshe: Sequence, Meaning and Purpose, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom This shiur addresses the order of the tribes as they receive Moshe's Berakha; wh

Aveilut and Simcha: How Rav Soloveitchik Read Yom Kippur's Hidden Joy

Aveilut and Simcha: How Rav Soloveitchik Read Yom Kippur's Hidden Joy, by Rav Yosef Blau Kiyum simcha beYom HaKippurim. No festive meal, no Hallel — so why does Yom Kip

Shabbat Shuva | Teshuva Mei'Yir'a: The Runaway Son

Shabbat Shuva | Teshuva Mei'Yir'a: The Runaway Son, by Rav Eli Weber Why would Chazal choose the "cynical," self-interested model of teshuva for the Shabbat before Yom

Rosh Hashana 5787 | Chana's Silent Prayer

Rosh Hashana 5787 | Chana's Silent Prayer, by Rav Eli Weber Chana's silent tears at Shiloh became the model for Jewish prayer. Discover the story. Shmuel Alef 1:1 - 2

Rosh Hashana | How Did We Get To 30 Blasts?

Rosh Hashana | How Did We Get To 30 Blasts? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Why do we blow 30 shofar blasts from one vague word in the Torah? The answer involves doubt, unity,

When Rosh Hashana Falls on Shabbat

When Rosh Hashana Falls on Shabbat, by Eli Weber A topic which is obviously specific to this year, but also a topic with huge implications to the interplay between Deor

The Parasha Pod | 51 | Rosh Hashana

The Parasha Pod | 51 | Rosh Hashana, by Rav Menachem Leibtag and Rav Mordechai Rosenberg Rosh Hashana and Listening to the Shofar When we Can't Hear It 00:00 - What is

Nitzavim - Vayelekh | "Sos Asis" - I Greatly Rejoice in God

Nitzavim - Vayelekh | "Sos Asis" - I Greatly Rejoice in God by Rav Eli Weber The last and sweetest of the seven haftarot of consolation — can love and awe of God actual

Ki Tavo | The Historical and Metaphysical Future

 Ki Tavo | The Historical and Metaphysical Future, by Rav Eli Weber Why is the haftara for Ki Tavo so uniquely comforting? A look at divine light, historic redemption,

Ki Tavo | The Power of Mikra Bikkurim and Vidui Ma'asrot

Ki Tavo | The Power of Mikra Bikkurim and Vidui Ma'asrot, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The final two Mitzvot in Moshe's presentation of the Law (נאום המצוות) are the "Bikku

Ki Tetze | Roni Akara: Hope That Transforms Present Pain

Ki Tetze | Roni Akara: Hope That Transforms Present Pain, by Rav Eli Weber Yeshayahu 54: 1-10 The haftara "Roni Akara" consoles Israel not about the pain of the prese

The Special Celebration of טו באב - the Fifteenth of Av

The Special Celebration of טו באב - the Fifteenth of Av, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The happiest days of the year, Rabban Shim'on b. Gamliel tells us, were the 15th of Av

Vaetchanan | Nachamu Nachamu Ami

Vaetchanan | Nachamu Nachamu Ami, by Rav Eli Weber Yeshayahu 40: 1-26 Is repentance required for redemption?

Devarim | "The vision of Yeshayahu son of Amotz"

Devarim | "The vision of Yeshayahu son of Amotz", by Rav Eli Weber Yeshayahu 1:1-27 Is ritualistic worship enough?

Matot - Masei | "For My people have committed two evils"

Matot - Masei | "For My people have committed two evils", by Rav Eli Weber Yirmiyahu 2: 4-28, 3:4 Idolatry as Betrayal. Why couldn't even Yoshiyahu's great teshuva re

Yirmiyah, the Joyous Sounds of Weddings, and the Return to the Land

Yirmiyah, the Joyous Sounds of Weddings, and the Return to the Land, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Why are the themes of marriage and the return to Yerushalayim intertwined

Matot | Moabite Daughters, a Midianite Princess and Pinchas

Matot | Moabite Daughters, a Midianite Princess and Pinchas, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Balak-Pinchas-Matot. Why is the "war of vengeance" carried out against Midian, if

Pinchas | Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee

Pinchas | Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, by Rav Eli Weber Yirmiyahu 1:1 - 2:3 The burden of prophecy.