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Ramban on the Torah

by Elisha Friedman

Weekly recordings explaining the Ramban's commentary on the Torah, with Rabbi Elisha Friedman

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Ramban#55 - Vezot Habracha: Why Was Shimon Omitted?

Explanation of Ramban - 1) 33:2 - debate between Rashi, Rav Saadia Gaon, Ibn Ezra and Ramban where God "came from" to Mt. Sinai, 2) 33:5 - debate between Rashi, Ibn Ezra

Sep 22
54 min

Ramban #54 - Vayelech: Children at Hakhel

Discussion of Ramban - 31:13 - at what age are children brought to Hakhel: as toddlers, or only once they will have some understanding (6-7 years old).

Aug 30
20 min

Ramban #53 - Ki Teitzei: Moav's Sin

Explantion of Ramban - 23:5, 23:7 - debate between Ibn Ezra and Ramban whether Moav gave the Jewish people food and water, and what it means not to offer them peace.

Aug 19
51 min

Ramban #52 - Shoftim: The Gibeonites Lie

Explanation of Ramban - 20:10, 20:11, 29:10 - debate between Rashi vs. Rambam/Ramban whether Canaanite nations can surrender, and discussion of why the Gibeonites had to

Aug 13
1 h 13 min

Ramban #51 - Shoftim: Three Witnesses and Lying Witnesses

Explanation of Ramban - 1) 17:6 - debate between Rashi, Ibn Ezra and Ramban regarding why the Torah mentions "three witnesses"? 2) 19:19 - Ramban and other commentators'

Aug 9
57 min

Ramban #50: Reeh: What Does Miketz Mean?

Explanation of Ramban - 15:1 - debate between Rashi, Ibn Ezra and Ramban what "miketz" means, and when hakhel and cancelling the debts in shemitah happens.

Aug 2
45 min

Ramban #49 - Ekev: Moshe's Ark

Explanation of Ramban - 10:1 - debate between Rashi, Ibn Ezra and Ramban whether there were one or two arks in the desert.

Jul 27
42 min

Ramban #48 - Vaetchanan: The Reasons for Shabbos

Explanation of Ramban - 1) 5:15, 16:12 - debate between Rashi/Ibn Ezra versus Rambam/Ramban regarding the two different reasons for Shabbos in the Ten Commandments. 2) 4:

Jul 19
44 min

Ramban #47 - Devarim: The Introduction to Devarim

Explanation of Ramban - 1:1, 1:2 - debate between Rashi versus Ibn Ezra/Ramban how to read the first four verses in Devarim and what they are trying to accomplish and set

Jul 12
54 min

Ramban #46: Masei - Why List the Stops?

Explanation of Ramban - 33:1 - who cites Rashi and Rambam's explanations for why the Torah lists the locations where the Jewish people stopped in the desert.

Jul 5
31 min

Ramban #45: Matot - Half of Menashe

Explanation of Ramban - 32:33, 32:40 - debate between Ramban versus Ibn Ezra over the role of the half tribe of Menashe in the story in ch. 32, including the debate betwe

Jul 5
38 min

Ramban #44: Pinchas - Serach bat Asher's Lifespan

Explantion of Ramban - 1) 26:46 - what made Serach bat Asher so unique? Three approaches of Rashi, Onkelos and Ramban. 2) 26:13 - discussion of Rashi (and R. Moshe Hadars

Jul 5
1 h 05 min

Ramban #43: Balak - Was Bilam a Prophet or Magician?

Explanation of Ramban - 22:5, 22:31, 23:4, 23:16, 23:23, 24:1 - debate over what Bilam's abilities were: Rashi (prophet) vs. Ibn Ezra (astrologer) vs. Ramban (magician),

Jul 5
1 h 02 min

Ramban #42: Chukat - Does the Torah Quote Another Book?

Explanation of Ramban - 22:13, 19 - debate between Rashi, Ibn Ezra and Ramban about the book cited in 21:14, and the meaning of the two poems recorded in the Sixth Aliyah

Jul 5
1 h 01 min

Ramban #41: Korach - When and Why Did Korach Rebel?

Explanation of Ramban - 16:1, 4, 5 - 1) Debate between Ibn Ezra versus Ramban whether Korach's rebellion was before or after the spies, 2) Who joined Korach's rebellion a

Jul 5
54 min

Ramban #40: Shlach - Did the Spies Lie?

Explantion of Ramban - 1) 13:2 debate between Rashi vs. Ramban about what the mission of the spies was, and whether sending spies was a mistake to begin with, 2) 13:27, 1

Jul 5
1 h 00 min

Ramban #39: Behaalotecha - The Order of Bamidbar

Explanation of Ramban - Introduction, 5:2, 5:6, 8:1, 9:1 - Ramban's comprehensive theory, versus Rashi and Ibn Ezra, for the order and central themes of Sefer Bamidbar, p

Jul 5
1 h 04 min

Ramban #38: Naso - The Miraculous Sotah Water

Explanation of Ramban - 5:18, 5:20 - 1) Debate between Rashi, Ibn Ezra and Ramban what the Torah means in calling the Sotah water 'bitter', and the debate over what the I

Jul 5
44 min

Bamidbar #37: Bamidbar - Why Were the Leviim the Smallest Tribe?

Explanation of Ramban - 3:14 - Ramban's two explanations for why the Leviim were the smallest tribe, and discussion of Ohr Hachaim and Klei Yakar's (3:39) approach.

Jul 5
31 min

Ramban #36: Bechukotai - The Prophecies in the Rebuke

Explanation of Ramban - 26:16, Devarim 28:48 - discussion of Ramban's theory that the Vayikra tochacha refers to the first exile, and the Devarim tochacha refers to the s

Jul 5
42 min

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