25 Lessons
Megillat Esther Why Esther Insisted It Be "Megillat ESTHER"
Beyond the sanctity of the pious and righteous ones is that of Clal Yisrael.
Tanach Studty Can We Offer Today New Commentaries on the Tanach?
On the one hand, logic says that the true commentaries of the Tanach have already been revealed & taught for 3,300 years, and it even seems brazen to suggest that we can come up with new & true commentaries that Rashi & the sages didn't know or think of! On the other hand, it would be intellectually dishonest and disrespectful to the truth of Torah, if we were to ignore and not utilize the new vantage points which God has granted us through modern science, archeology, computers, Bible criticism & the return to the Land and State of Israel. The class gives many concise & practical examples and suggestions how to do so, and see the "Living Eternal Torah" as dynamic, exciting, personal, modern and as relevant as always.
Rut In the Shadow of the King
Once, there was a man who passed away and left just one item to his favorite granddaughter. It was a photograph, clearly a very old photograph, of a young boy standing in a field. The girl was puzzled, "who is this boy, and why is this my inheritance?"
Parashat Hashavua Two “Editions” of One Book
This week, the special haftara is from the beginning of the Book of Yirmiyahu. In order to understand the sefer better, one should realize that which we suggested in the past – that the sefer was written twice, as we shall explain. Yirmiyahu was written in two periods of time, one after the other, following a traumatic event.
Ein Aya Prophecies and not Ahed of Their Time
Ein Aya Shabat Chapter A Paragraph 67
Rav Kook's novel approach to answering difficulties and apparent contradictions in Tanach, and geniuses who were "before their time".
The Three Weeks The Vision of Isaiah
The corruption that had infected Uzziyah’s government would lead to a terrible crisis. Officers took advantage of their power, and judges rendered unfair judgment - “They judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.”
The Seven Weeks of Condolence Between Prophet and Newspaper Reporter
Manasseh is not explicitly mentioned in the book of Isaiah. It would appear, however, that chapters forty to sixty-six of Isaiah represent the period of his reign. We shall try to understand why most of the comfort prophecies are in these chapters.
