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Our last Torah Trivia asked where the number 40 appears in the Torah. BIG, MD, RAW & FSRT listed them: 40 days & nights of rain in the Great Flood; the Meraglim’s 40 days of scouting Israel, which resulted in the 40 years Bnei Yisrael wandered in the desert; 40 years of Moshe returning to Egypt to lead Bnei Yisrael out of slavery; 40 days to embalm Yakov; one of Avraham's bargaining positions to save Sodom; Yitzhak's & Esav's age at marriage; the number of cows in Yakov's gift to Esav; 40 lashes given by the Sanhedrin (in practice only 39 were administered); Moshe's 40 days on Har Sinai to receive the 10 Commandments. (We might also add the Medrash that says at 40 days of conception a Heavenly voice proclaims who this fetus will eventually marry).

The common theme between almost all of these events is that 40 represents significant change & transformation. And so the world changed dramatically during the Flood, when we left Egypt for Israel, when we received the Torah, etc.
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Rabbi Stewart Weiss

Was ordained at the Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois, and led congregations in Chicago and Dallas prior to making Aliyah in 1992. He directs the Jewish Outreach Center in Ra'anana, helping to facilitate the spiritual absorption of new olim.
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    Rabbi Hillel Mertzbach | 10 Adar 5786
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    P'ninat Mishpat: Dividing Parents’ Resources when Mother Still Alive

    based on ruling 82017 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

    based on ruling 82017 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

    Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Adar 5786
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    Moreshet Shaul

    Moreshet Shaul: Spiritual Self-Improvement – part I

    Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 405-7 (from the 1930s)

    Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 405-7 (from the 1930s)

    Various Rabbis | Adar 5786
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    Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

    Ask the Rabbi: Booing Haman

    Rabbi Daniel Mann | Adar 5786
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Parashat Hashavua: Joint Rachel/Leah Leadership and Megillat Esther

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Adar 5786
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    Orchot Tzaddikim

    Orchot Tzaddikim class 81, "Torah" part ii

    The class deals with how G-d grants each generation to innovate and add to the eternal Torah. Even though today, we may not be as religious and spiritual as previous generations, G-d has granted us many "game-changers" to make Torah today that much more NEW, exciting and intellectually and emotionally appealing.

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Adar 5786
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    Ein Aya

    Quality Over Quantity- Countless Ramifications

    As mankind matures (similar to the individual child), we all realize that it's generally a mistake to go after quantity, at the expense of quality. Children and primitve man thought that "bigger is better", but today's tiny computer chips and laser warfare teach man what Judaism always knew. Rav Kook explains this important idea with so many ramifications in life and Torah, via the letter Yud, which is the smallest letter, and rationally explains its Kabbalistic meanings and usage. The class is a great example of how Rav Kook harmonizes and combines rational philosophy and logical Kabbala.

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Adar 5786
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    Terumah

    Who's in the Center?

    Rabbi Azriel Ariel | 3 Adar 5786
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    P'ninat Mishpat

    P'ninat Mishpat: Agricultural Water Rights – part II

    based on ruling 84122 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

    based on ruling 84122 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

    Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Shevat 5786
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    Moreshet Shaul

    Moreshet Shaul: Returning Torah to its Central Standing – part II

    Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 312

    Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 312

    Various Rabbis | Shevat 5786
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    Ein Aya

    The Symbolism of the Dalet-Shaped Head-Tefilin's Knot

    Many have summarized Rav Kook's ideology as "Uniting the Opposites", and this classic class elaborates on the idea via the Shi"n on the Head-Tefilin and the concept of "Laws given orally to Moshe at Sinai". A very basic class in Rav Kook's thought.

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 5786
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    Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

    Ask the Rabbi: Late Payment?

    Rabbi Daniel Mann | Shevat 5786
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Parashat Hashavua: Rachel, Leah, and King David – What Happened? – part V

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shevat 5786
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    Orchot Tzaddikim

    Orchot Tzaddikim class 80, "Torah" part i

    This is the first part of the chapter regarding the supreme importance of learning Torah, and why it is so central to Judaism. Anyone who feels a lack of motivation to learn should hear this class!

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 5786
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    Orchot Tzaddikim

    Orchot Tzaddikim class 79, Teshuva part x

    G-d doesn't hold a grudge, and even King Menashe, who served every pagan deity, and turned to G-d only as a last resort, was accepted! These inspiring examples stress that we can always do Teshuva, even when we have slipped back many times. The class also includes practical examples of how to improve, to finish off this extensive topic.

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 5786
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    Menachos

    Daf Yomi Menachot Daf 34

    R' Eli Stefansky | 27 Shevat 5786
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    Mishpatim

    REFINING 'PATIENCE' W/ KIDS WHO LEAVE 'DERECH'

    There's a common question today: how to deal with the unfortunate phenomena of children from religious homes who somewhat leave Torah. This innovative approach shows how to stay sane, not blame ourselves, and even turn that issue from being a major problem, into a G-d given opportunity to improve one of the 13 G-dly traits we are meant to emulate: Erech Apayim (Patience).

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 5786
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    Menachos

    Daf Yomi Menachot Daf 33

    R' Eli Stefansky | 26 Shevat 5786
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    Sh'kalim

    The Half-Shekel – Then and Today

    Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | 26 Shvat 5786
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    Mishpatim

    Can We Have Both Truth and Peace?

    Rabbi Hillel Mertzbach | 26 Shvat 5786
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