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Shemot | What were the ערי המסכנות? And Why Does It Matter?
Shemot | What were the ערי המסכנות? And Why Does It Matter? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
What is the meaning and significance of the ערי המסכנות which ב…
9 months ago
Thoughts for Asara B'Tevet 5786
Thoughts for Asara B'Tevet 5786, by Rav Moshe Taragin
Was the Translation of Torah Tragic? Was the Holocaust a Historical Shift? When the Narrative C…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Vayechi | David's Last Words: Moral Complexity and Leadership
Vayechi | David's Last Words: Moral Complexity and Leadership, by Rav Eli Weber
Understanding moral complexity reveals the Haftara's deepest wisdom a…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Vayechi | Yaakov's Deathbed Charge
Vayechi | Yaakov's Deathbed Charge, Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
What is the rationale behind the sequence of Yaakov's deathbed blessings?
In the final sce…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Vayigash | 5786 | And I Will Make Them One Nation
Vayigash | 5786 | And I Will Make Them One Nation, by Rav Eli Weber
Yechezkel 37: 15-28
How do we create unity?
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Vayigash | "And Yosef Could No Longer Restrain Himself"
Vayigash | "And Yosef Could No Longer Restrain Himself", by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why does the text add the phrase לכל הנצבים עליו when defining Yose…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Mitzvat Chanuka | A Fresh Look at the "Beraitot" of Chanuka
Mitzvat Chanuka | A Fresh Look at the "Beraitot" of Chanuka, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why is "Sugyat Chanuka" the only place in the Bavli where a Mit…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Vayeshev 5786 | For Three Transgressions of Yisrael
Vayeshev | 5786 | For Three Transgressions of Yisrael, by Rav Eli Weber
Amos 2:6 - 3:8
How does God communicate with us?
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Vayeshev | The Apocrypha and the Midrash
Vayeshev | The Apocrypha and the Midrash, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Is there anything legitimately "Jewish" about apocryphal Midrashim?
We are accust…
10 months ago
Two Giants, One Vision: The Legacy of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein and Rav Yehuda Amital zt"l
Two Giants, One Vision: The Legacy of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein and Rav Yehuda Amital, by Rabbi Michael Rosensweig
Our overseas talmidim were zocheh to…
10 months ago