Dec 30, 2021
Gender Differences in Halakha Part 1, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela
Dec 30, 2021
Parshat Vaera with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
#1 - Classical Commentators - Did Hashem Really Take Away
Pharaoh's Free Will?
#2 - Contemporary Commentators - There's No "Retirement" from
Religious Growth
#3 - Midrash - Promise Made and Promise Kept - The Different
Names of Hashem
#4 - Sparks of Chassidus - Freedom from Slavery...
Dec 30, 2021
Vaera | Brotherhood at Last, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
The opening section of Parashat Vaera includes several seemingly tangential and/or redundant passages, including a re-assignment of Aharon as Moshe's "prophet" as well as the odd genealogical table of the Levites. By looking carefully at the step-by-step inauguration...
Dec 23, 2021
Parshat Shemot with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
#1 - Classical Commentators - Moshe: What's in a Name?
#2 - Contemporary Commentators - The Message Behind the
Mystery: Why Must Moshe Stop and Remove His Shoes?
#3 - Midrash - The Surprising Connection Between Gratitude and
Faith
#4 - Sparks of Musar - The Source of Moshe's...
Dec 23, 2021
Shemot | The Roots of Subjugation, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
The opening chapter of Shemot details the oppression, mandated infanticide and overall enslavement of Bnei Yisrael under the thumb of Egyptian rule. After a brief introduction in which we discuss the nature and causality and its inherent multi-layered reality,...