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Chumash Themes #23: Transition of Leadership: Moses to Joshua
by Rabbi Zave Rudman A Jewish leader must combine bold initiative, with a deep sense of humility.
Chumash Themes #22: Tochacha and Teshuva
by Rabbi Zave Rudman We all face a personal choice with world-resounding implications.
Chumash Themes #21: Wars of the Jews
by Rabbi Zave Rudman The Torah innovation of “battlefield ethics.”
Chumash Themes #20: The Balak-Bilam Duo
by Rabbi Zave Rudman Uses and abuses of the holy power of speech.
Chumash Themes #19: Korach's Rebellion
by Rabbi Zave Rudman The secret behind the great rebellion against Moses.
Chumash Themes #18: Sin of the Spies
by Rabbi Zave Rudman In Israel, the only option is to turn our eyes to the sky.
BluePrint
by Wayne Kopping The Secret of Jewish Success.
Did God Speak at Sinai?
by Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith and Rabbi Moshe Zeldman What supports the claim that God spoke to the entire Jewish people at the foot of Mount Sinai?
Chumash Themes #17: The Jewish Festivals
by Rabbi Zave Rudman Unraveling the annual celebration cycle.
Chumash Themes #16: Pursuing Holiness & Love Your Neighbor
by Rabbi Zave Rudman The entire nation gathers to hear about holiness.
Chumash Themes #15: Understanding Korbanot
by Rabbi Zave Rudman Does God need our sacrifices?
Chumash Themes #14: The Tabernacle
Understanding why four full parshas are devoted exclusively to this topic.
Chumash Themes #13: The Golden Calf
by Rabbi Zave Rudman How could the Jews seem to forget God so quickly?
Chumash Themes #12: The Ten Commandments
by Rabbi Zave Rudman Exploring the earth-shattering events at Mount Sinai.
Chumash Themes #11: Splitting of the Sea
by Rabbi Zave Rudman Jews go through on dry land, while the Egyptians drown.
Chumash Themes #10: The Ten Plagues
by Rabbi Zave Rudman Unique lessons for Egyptians and Jews.
Chumash Themes #9: Moses: Prophet and Leader
by Rabbi Zave Rudman Understanding the early choices that molded Moses into the giant he was.
Jonah and the Whale
by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller Jonah is read on Yom Kippur, teaching us about our spiritual voyage.
Women in the Bible #3: Rachel & Leah Part 1
by Dina Coopersmith A tale of two sisters.
Along the Talmudic Trail
by Rabbi Aryeh Markman How learning Talmud every day, rain or shine, indelibly altered my view of reality.
Exodus: The Unexpected Redemption
by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld Why did God make the slavery worse before redeeming the Jewish people?
Chumash Themes #8: The Story of Joseph
by Rabbi Zave Rudman Sold by his brothers into slavery, Joseph rises to great heights.
Chumash Themes #7: The Jacob-Esav Rivalry
by Rabbi Zave Rudman The physical-spiritual balance of power.
Chumash Themes #6: The Binding of Isaac
by Rabbi Noson Weisz A seminal event in Jewish national consciousness.
Chumash Themes #5: God’s Covenant with Abraham
by Rabbi Zave Rudman The forging of an eternal, immutable contract.
Abraham and Healthy Spirituality
by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld Our forefather Abraham not only taught the world about God; he taught us how to discover Him.
Chumash Themes #4: Noah’s Flood
by Rabbi Zave Rudman Unraveling the cause of the Flood, and Noah’s preeminent role.
Chumash Themes #3: In the Garden of Eden
by Rabbi Zave Rudman Reconstructing the drama of the tree and the snake.
Chumash Themes #2: The Purpose of Creation
by Rabbi Noson Weisz God created a world in need of perfecting.
Women in the Bible #10: In the Footsteps
by Dina Coopersmith What is the elusive power of the great Jewish woman?
Women in the Bible #9: Esther
by Dina Coopersmith Revealing the hidden for all eternity.
Women in the Bible #8: Ruth
by Dina Coopersmith Mother of royalty, paradigm of humility and generosity.
What is the Oral Torah?
by Aish HaTorah’s Discovery Seminar The content of the Talmud, the accompanying oral part of the Torah, was actually transmitted before the written Bible.
Chumash Themes #1: Introduction to the Bible
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons Understanding the origins and purpose of the Five Books of Moses.
Sanctity of Torah Scrolls
by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan Our special relationship with sacred books.
Accuracy of Torah Text
by Aish HaTorah’s Discovery Seminar The great success of Jewish tradition is the meticulous transmission of the Torah text. But actually how accurate is it?
Women in the Bible #4: Rachel & Leah Part 2
The two sisters build the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and bear a positive influence on each other.
Women in the Bible #2: Rivka
by Dina Coopersmith The second Jewish matriarch perfected the skills of kindness.
Women in the Bible #5: Dinah
by Dina Coopersmith The power to transform evil.
Women in the Bible #7: Devorah
by Dina Coopersmith Instiller of faith, enabler of redemption.
Women in the Bible #6: Miriam
by Dina Coopersmith Instiller of faith, enabler of redemption.
Women in the Bible #1: Sarah
by Dina Coopersmith Who was Sarah, the first Jewish woman in history?
Crash Course in the Torah
by Rabbi Avraham Goldhar A 24-part video series that makes it easy.
Overview of the Entire Torah
by Rabbi Mordechai Becher A big picture look at the books of the Bible and the Oral Law.
Covenant of Abraham
by Chaim Wizman The father of the Jewish people is a beacon for all humanity.
The Torah’s PIN Number
by Rabbi Tzvi Gluckin Identifying information that only the author knows.
Rediscovering the Revelation
by Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky A thousand years after Sinai, the Jews reaffirmed their commitment to Torah. Why two acceptances?
Day-to-Day Judaism: Torah Study
by Rabbi Maurice Lamm Jews are the People of the Book -- in love with Torah study and perhaps the most educated people in history.
The Ten Commandments
by Rabbi Ari Kahn The experience of synesthesia, where the Jews at Mount Sinai actually saw sounds.
The Death of Cain. The World's First Murder, Epilogue
by Rabbi David Fohrman Does the one who brings death into the world deserve protection from God?

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June 18, 2013 / 10 Tammuz 5773

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