Jan 30, 2022
Anava: Balancing Ego and Self-Confidence Part 1, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela
Jan 26, 2022
Parshat Mishpatim with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
#1 - Classical Commentators - The Mysterious and Mystical
End of Parshas Mishpatim
#2 - Modern Commentators - Balancing Tradition and Innovation
- A Beautiful Thought from R. Moshe Feinstein
#3 - Midrash - What's So Special About Mishpatim? 3 Insights
of the Midrash
#4 - Sparks...
Jan 26, 2022
Mishpatim | Moshe's Encounters Read As Prologue, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Moshe's three encounters after his adoption into the palace are rife with internal difficulties; riding above all of that is the general question of what the text is trying to teach us by including these three incidents. A detailed and careful...
Jan 20, 2022
Parshat Yitro with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
#1 - Classical Commentators - The Danger of Getting Too
Close to the Mountain
#2 - Contemporary Commentators - "Curious Yisro" and the Quest
for Truth
#3 - Midrash - The Midrashic Account of Matan Torah - 3
Powerful Messages
#4 - Sparks of Mussar - Yisro - Learning the Lesson...
Jan 20, 2022
Yitro | What Inspired Yitro? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
The opening passage of פרשת יתרו is full of riddles - why are we given detailed information about Moshe's sons, including the introduction of Eliezer with the reason given for his name? What caused Yitro's reevaluation of his theology, such that he was...