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Bilam's Predicament

Weekly Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Balak".

Bilam's Predicament

A Shiur by Rabbi Zalamn Baruch Melamed for the weekly Torah reading of Balak.

The Hidden Meaning of the Bilam Story

A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly Torah reading of Balak.

The Curse of Loneliness

The battle against antisemitism can be won, but it will not be if Jews believe that we are destined to be alone. That is Bilaam’s curse, not God’s blessing.

Parashat Hashavua: Moshe and Yehoshua – A Torah of Life

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tammuz 5785

Bilam [No Nation] and Balak - Dealing with Domestic Strife

Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 15 Tammuz 5785

Bil'am Ineffective Curse – and Deadly Advice

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 13 Tammuz 5784

Our unity versus their’s

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | 11 Tammuz 5784

May I Divine?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 11 Tammuz 5784

A People That Dwells Alone?

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | 26 Sivan 5784

Haters & Hired Guns

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Tammuz 5783

What Makes God Laugh

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Tammuz 5783

Daf Yomi Zevachim Daf 22

R' Eli Stefansky | 14 Tishrei 5786

Daf Yomi Horayot Daf 9

R' Eli Stefansky | 17 Elul 5785

P'ninat Mishpat: Using Car that Was Supposed to be Returned

based on ruling 84065 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

based on ruling 84065 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Av 5785

The Circumcision of Desire

Brit milah helps transform the male from baal to ish, from dominant partner to loving husband, just as God tells Hosea that this is what He seeks in His relationship with the people of the covenant.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Adar II 28 5782

The Struggle of Faith

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Kislev 2 5778

Using Notes Taken on Shabbat or Yom Tov

I was asked by a talmid of mine who is in college, whether he can use notes taken on Shabbat or Yom Tov by a non-religious Jewish friend?

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Shvat 2 5777

Daf Yomi - Yevamot 53

Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | Tamuz 09 5767

Daf Yomi - Yevamos 25

Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | Sivan 11 5767

Litigants' Agreement to Special Rules of Adjudication

Various Rabbis | 5770

Daf Yomi - Kesuvos 45

Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | Cheshvan 04 5768

When Moshiach Comes

A summary of the different Brachot we will bless when the Moshiach will walk through the door.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Iyar 5768

17. According to Divine Guidance

One of the pillars of Jewish faith is the acknowledgment that the only way to serve God is by following His guidelines - for His plan is beyond man's comprehension. No individual is capable of arriving at God's desire through sheer contemplation.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5762