May 29, 2025
Sefer Bamidbar | Bamidbar | A Lot of Names and A Lot of Numbers, Why? by Rav Ezra Bick
Does the population census eliminate individuality in service of creating the national unity, or does it enoble and distinguish the individual? Why are the Jews counted twice in the beginning of Sefer Bemidbar?
May 29, 2025
Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 28 | Bamidbar, by Rav Eli Weber
Why does Hashem count Israel? Why does Hashem talk to Moshe from Ohel Moed? Why is Levi the smallest tribe?
May 29, 2025
Shavuot | The Claims of the Heretics, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
The public reading of Aseret HaDibrot (the Decalogue) was practiced on a daily basis in the Mikdash. This practice was banned elsewhere, due to the "Claims of the Heretics" - (תרעומת המינים). Why would there have been an interest in reading the...
May 29, 2025
Tehillim 132: קומה ה' למנוחתך (conclusion), by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
When was Psalm 132 composed - and why? In this conclusion of a two-part shiur, we examine the longest of the שירי המעלה - Psalm 132. This psalm, evidently devoted to the city of Yerushalayim and the Divine choice of both the place...
May 27, 2025
Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 27 | Behar-Bechukotai, by Rav Eli Weber
What's the Ramban's view on chronology in the Torah? What is the religious meaning of work? Will there be wild animals in the days of the mashiach?