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Trei Assar: Hosea ch.1 - Promiscuity
Hosea is instructed to marry an unfaithful wife, and have children with them.
What is the meaning of his marriage to a woman of this sort?
What is th…
2 years, 6 months ago
Trei Assar - Introduction
What is Trei Assar?
What historical period does it cover?
What are its major themes?
2 years, 6 months ago
Yechezkel ch.48 - Tribal Territories
Chapter 48 gives us the division of the land into 12 tribal units and a 13th district for the Levites, priests, Nasi, city and Temple. The city is gi…
2 years, 7 months ago
Yechezkel ch.47 - Water from Jerusalem
In our chapter water emerges from the Temple, creating a gushing river that descends to the Dead Sea and makes it habitable.
What might all this mean?
2 years, 7 months ago
Yechezkel ch.46 - Bowing to God
Our Chapter depicts Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and Chagim (Jewish Holidays) as opportunities for both the "Nasi" and the common people to gain access to t…
2 years, 7 months ago
Yechezkel ch.45 - The Nasi
Ch 45 describes a national leader. What is his role? How is he different to kings we have known up to this point?
2 years, 7 months ago
Yechezkel ch.44 - New Priests. New Rules
The laws of the priests, the kohanim, as mentioned in Ezekiel ch.44 are quite different from those detailed in the Torah.
What shall we make of these…
2 years, 7 months ago
Yechezkel ch.43 - God Returns
Ezekiel beholds the vision of the Chariot for a 3rd time. But this time the Chariot is making its way back to Jerusalem and restoring God's presence …
2 years, 7 months ago
Yechezkel ch.42 - The Temple at a Distance
How is Ezekiel's Temple different from all previous Temples?
Why does Ezekiel's Temple have an outer courtyard, not present in previous Temples?
Why …
2 years, 7 months ago
Yechezkel ch.41 - The Temple Part 2
Ezekiel continues his tour of the Temple.
Today we discuss how our eating practices are seen by the Midrash and Halakha as a reflection of the Temple.
2 years, 7 months ago