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הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת הַחֹדֶשׁ תשפ"ו - Abrabanel: "ha-ha מְשֻׁמָּדִים וּמְסִיתִים וּמַדִּיחִים, don't tell me THIS prophecy is metaphorical!"
High- Office will have the power to tempt the powerful to be corrupt even in the Messianic Era!
7 months ago
פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל-פְּקוּדֵי תשפ"ו The Contrast between the מִשְׁכָּן-idea and the שַׁבָּת-idea
Shabbos - God the Creator of literally everything, hence beyond transcendent
Mishkan- God something that has a "presence" (שְׁכִינָה), hence somehow i…
7 months ago
Abarbanel on Messianism Part 2. R Katz gives a historical introduction to Abarbanel's יְשׁוּעוֹת מְשִׁיחוֹ" עַל מַאַמׇרֵי חֲזַ"ל בְּסִפְרוּת הַתַּלְמוּד”
Abarbanel burns with indignation at the falsehoods to which the Jews had been subject at the Disputation of Tortosa (1413) and the hostile misreprese…
7 months ago
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת פָּרָה תשפ"ו - The Red Cow as a Historiosophical Mystical Reality
That which becomes impure can be made pure again; a nation that becomes homeless can regain their home
7 months ago
פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תִּשָּׂא תשפ"ו - Why the Juxtaposition of the קְטֹרֶת and the עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב?
God can only be comprehended (to some extent) through history, not philosophy!
7 months ago
The shaky acceptance of Purim by the Jewish people back at the time of Mordechai
Why did the Jews stop observing Purim a few years after they originally accepted it?
7 months ago
Iran and Hamas: בּוֹר כָּרָה וַיַּחְפְּרֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל בְּשַׁחַת יִפְעָל ("Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.")
Has Sinwar ימ"ש caused the death of Khamenei and the fall of his regime? The ironies of the Purim season
7 months, 1 week ago
Analyzing the קִיְּמוּ וְקִבְּלוּ episode. If it is actually a valid complaint, why were the Jews punished for sins in the Biblical Era?
Was the mountain held over their heads at Sinai to compel them to accept ALL the mitzvot? Did the Jews not want to accept ANY mitzvot? Or just some o…
7 months, 1 week ago
The archaeology of a Dvar Torah - The כְּתַב סוֹפֵר on the last verse in the Megilah
Why would he deprecate the use of coercion on the non-frum? The answer lies in his own and his family's history...
7 months, 1 week ago
Addendum to the podcast this morning re: הֵגֶא סְרִיס הַמֶּלֶךְ שֹׁמֵר הַנָּשִׁים
וְנָתַתִּי לָהֶם בְּבֵיתִי וּבְחוֹמֹתַי יָד וָשֵׁם טוֹב מִבָּנִים וּמִבָּנוֹת שֵׁם עוֹלָם אֶתֶּן לוֹ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִכָּרֵת
7 months, 2 weeks ago