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About the Author
Rabbi Ari Kahn
Rabbi Ari Kahn graduated from Yeshiva University with a BA in psychology, an Masters in Talmud, and rabbinic ordination where he studied with Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik. He is Director of Foreign Student Programs at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and a senior lecturer in Jewish studies. Rabbi Kahn is Vice President of Migdal Ohr Institutions in Israel, and a senior educator at the Aish HaTorah College of Jewish Studies. He has published numerous books, "Explorations" and "Echoes of Eden" on the Torah, and "Emanations" on the Jewish holidays. Rabbi Kahn combines the mystical explorations of kabbala and chassidism with psychology, literature and Jewish history for a broad-minded approach to Torah study. He has lived in Israel since 1984 with his wife Naomi and their five children.
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Reishit: Beginning
by Rabbi Ari KahnAnd it shall be, when you come in to the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and live in it. That you shall ...
To Be As One
by Rabbi Ari KahnWhile Parshat Ki Tetzei is made up of numerous apparently disconnected topics, there is a subtext which repeats itself time and again throughout ...
From Left to Right
by Rabbi Ari KahnParshat Shoftim deals with the new social reality that will emerge upon entering and conquering the Land of Israel. With the death of Moses, the ...
The Light of the Moon
by Rabbi Ari KahnToward the end of Parshat Pinchas we are told about the various offerings which will be brought in the Temple on the different "Holy Days" ...
The Evil Eye
by Rabbi Ari KahnAs the children of Israel are encamped in the plains of Moav, danger looms from outside the camp. A plot is in formation designed to mortally harm ...
The Seventh Day
by Rabbi Ari KahnAs the name of this Torah portion would indicate, the people gather around Moses to begin learning the Torah which he received at Sinai. The first ...
The Golden Calf
by Rabbi Ari KahnThis week's Torah portion contains one of the great tragedies of Jewish history. The people who had left Egypt miraculously and witnessed the ...
The Tragedy of Lessons Not Learned
by Rabbi Ari KahnAs the Children of Israel begin their journey from Egypt, they must surely feel on top of the world. But the question on their lips must also be: ...
Where is Moses?
by Rabbi Ari KahnThis week's Torah portion opens with a different type of dialogue than we have grown accustomed to: 'And you shall command the Children of Israel ...
The Light of the Messiah
by Rabbi Ari KahnAnd Jacob settled in the land in which his father dwelled. [Genesis 37:1] Jacob has come to the point in his life when he could finally settle ...
The Binding
by Rabbi Ari KahnThis Torah portion contains God's tenth and last trial of Abraham: the binding of Isaac. Abraham is commanded to sacrifice his son, his beloved son ...
Innocence Lost and Found
by Rabbi Ari KahnThis week's parsha represents somewhat of a departure from the previous sections of the Torah. While the other sections where mainly concerned with ...
The Ten Commandments: Part I
by Rabbi Ari KahnIn this week's Torah, the greatest moment in the history of the world transpires -- the Revelation of God on Mount Sinai. Despite the obvious ...
Time for Freedom
by Rabbi Ari KahnAnd God spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying: 'This month is the first of the months for you, it shall be the first of the months of ...
And His Name Will Be One
by Rabbi Ari KahnAnd the Lord (Elo-him) spoke to Moses and said to him 'I am God (Y/H/V/H). I revealed Myself to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob as El Shaddai, but by ...
Moses: The Emergence of a Leader
by Rabbi Ari KahnThis week's Torah portion, the first segment of the Book of Exodus, tells the story of the enslavement -- and the beginning of the liberation -- of ...
The Death of Jacob
by Rabbi Ari KahnThis Torah portion differs nofrom the ones we have examined thus far. The beginning of the other portions is generally delineated by a new paragraph ...
Joseph From the Kabbalistic Perspective
by Rabbi Ari KahnAs we have already seen, early on Joseph is linked to the fulfillment of Jacob's legacy. These are the generations of Jacob, Joseph was seventeen ...
The Beauty of Joseph
by Rabbi Ari KahnIn this Torah portion, Joseph interprets the dreams of the Pharaoh, predicting seven years of plenty and seven years of famine, and as result ...
The Struggle of Jacob
by Rabbi Ari KahnWhile Jacob is preparing for his epic showdown with his estranged brother Esau, he has a bizarre confrontation with someone totally ...
From Family to Nation
by Rabbi Ari KahnJacob leaves Be'er Sheva laden with his father's blessings, but as he reaches night fall he has no place to sleep. Ironically, all the blessings ...
Seeing the Future
by Rabbi Ari KahnIn this Torah portion, we confront two brothers, Jacob and Esau. Being that we are descendants of Jacob, we know which brother we are supposed to be ...
The First Matriarch
by Rabbi Ari KahnThe lifetime of Sarah consisted of one hundred years, twenty years and seven years. These were the years of Sarah's life. Sarah died in Kiryat Arba, ...
Abraham's Discovery
by Rabbi Ari KahnAnd God said to Abram: 'Go out from your country, from your birthplace, from the home of your father, to the land which I will show you ...' ...
A Righteous Tzaddik
by Rabbi Ari KahnThese are the generations of Noah. Noah was a good and just man. He was a pure man in his generation. [Genesis 6:9] The saga of Noah and the ...
The First Argument
by Rabbi Ari KahnIn the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [Genesis 1:1] The Torah begins with a description of the unfolding of events at the dawn of ...
Dancing in the Streets
by Rabbi Ari KahnOn the 15th of Av, a holiday of unclear significance is commemorated -- Tu b'Av. Let's us see if we can uncover its meaning within Parshat ...
The Architect
by Rabbi Ari KahnIn his introduction to The Book of Exodus, Nachmanides calls it the "Book of Redemption." This is because the Book of Exodus begins with ...
The Mystery of the Sacrifices
by Rabbi Ari KahnOne of the main topics of this week's Torah portion is the idea of korban, "sacrificial offering." This concept may come as somewhat of a ...
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A Prayer Is Answered
by Rabbi Ari KahnA special wedding in Jerusalem, arranged with heavenly assistance.
