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Parshablog: YUTorah on parshas Behaaloscha
Audio Shiurim on Behaalotecha
Dr. Moshe Bernstein: Qivrot Hata'avah: Crises of Faith & Leadership
Rabbi Kenneth Brander: In Search for the Sixth Book of the Bible
Rabbi Chaim Brovender: Moshe's Isha Kushit
Rabbi Avishai David: Findin...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 3:15pm -07:00T (413 words)
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Parshablog: posts so far for parashat Behaalotecha
2012
1. Behaaloscha sources -- even further expanded.
2. YUTorah on the parasha.
3. Why the pasek after the word tamei? Midrashically, as well as from a system of trup.
4. Did Avraham call anyone 'My Master' besides Hashem? According to Mesh...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 12:00pm -07:00T (1349 words)
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Parshablog: May the Sotah take the bitter waters intravenously?
I was in a bit of a fun mood, so I posted the following question (and subsequent answer) at Mi Yodea:
May the Sotah take the bitter waters intravenously?
In Naso, we read (Bamidbar 5:32) that the kohen blots out the curses (which include Hashem'...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 3:45am -07:00T (187 words)
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Parshablog: YU Shavuos To-Go, 5773
Individual Articles download
President Richard M. Joel - Introduction
Rabbi Dr. David Horwitz - "Notes on Aspects of Hag Ha-Shavu'ot and Megillat Ruth"
Dr. Yitzchak Schechter - "Megillas Naami: Identity, Alienation and Redemption"
Mrs. Nat...
Dateline: 2013-05-14 3:30am -07:00T (93 words)
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Parshablog: Kehas and Gershon get a Vaydaber. Merari does not.
Summary: Or HaChaim explains it as a special elevation to Gershon. I explain it as due to the interjection at the end of the instruction for Kehas.
Post: Here is Or HaChaim on the first pasuk of parshas Naso:
The point he makes is that the...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 3:45am -07:00T (678 words)
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Parshablog: Posts so far for parshat Naso
2012
1. Did Chazal know the meaning of Hebrew words? Given a Tannaitic dispute about the respective meaning of chartzan and zag, some Protestant scholar says no. Shadal says yes, and explains how something so basic can be a matter of dispute. Also,...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 4:00am -07:00T (1240 words)
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Parshablog: Bamidbar: Daas Soferim and random sparked thoughts
For parashat Bamidbar, let us focus on a few things from Daas Soferim, by Rav Chaim Dov Rabinowitz (1909-2001). You can read about Rabbi Rabinowitz on Wikipedia or at Dei'ah veDibur.
I've never learned through Daas Soferim, but here is how Wikipedia ...
Dateline: 2013-05-10 7:15am -07:00T (1847 words)
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Parshablog: YUTorah on parashat Bamidbar
Audio Shiurim on Bamidbar
Rabbi Nisson Lippa Alpert: How to Count the Jews
Rabbi Hanan Balk: The Torah Perspective of an Army and Warfare
Dr. Moshe Bernstein: Four Introductions to Sefer Bemidbar
Rabbi Kenneth Brander: In S...
Dateline: 2013-05-09 1:30pm -07:00T (461 words)
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Parshablog: Hair covering: a 179 page article vs. an offhand comment by Rav Shach
Regarding one of the recent controversies, the Mostly Kosher blog writes as follows:
Allegedly a fake letter was sent to Tradition (the magazine which published the essay) where:
Someone claiming to be David Tzvi Keter wrote one of those lette...
Dateline: 2013-05-08 4:00am -07:00T (1195 words)
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Parshablog: Do male lions hunt? Ain mikra yotzei miydei peshuto
Over at Rationalist Judaism, Rabbi Slifkin makes
the point that male lions don't hunt for their families, even though a pasuk in Nachum asserts that they do.
As he writes:
In the previous post, we saw a reference to the following verse:
[Wher...
Dateline: 2013-05-06 5:00am -07:00T (607 words)
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Parshablog: Posts so far for parashat Bemidbar
2012
1. Bemidbar sources, 2012 edition.
2. YUTorah on Bemidbar.
3. What was עַל ×¤Ö°Ö¼× Öµ×™ ×ַהֲרֹן ×ֲבִיהֶ×? Nadav and Avihu's death, or Eleazar and Itamar's service? One can parse the pasuk so that this phrase, עַל פְ...
Dateline: 2013-05-05 8:15am -07:00T (1236 words)
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Parshablog: Is self-esteem against the Torah?
If I wanted to, I could stress the importance of self-esteem in avodas Hashem by citing sources. For instance, I could cite Sanhedrin 37a:
THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE, FASHIONED EVERY MAN IN THE STAMP OP THE FIRST MAN, AND YET NOT ONE OF THEM RESEM...
Dateline: 2013-05-03 7:30am -07:00T (575 words)
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Parshablog: YUTorah on Behar / Bechukosai
Audio Shiurim on Behar-Bechukotai
Rabbi Nisson Lippa Alpert: The Bank Account of Zechus Avos
Rabbi Dovid Asher: Treat Your Brother Well
Rabbi Chaim Brovender: Yaakov and Eliyahu - Mal'e and Chaser
Rabbi Avishai David: Shm...
Dateline: 2013-05-02 3:45am -07:00T (501 words)
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Parshablog: Posts so far for parshat Bechukosay
2012
1. Bechukosai sources
2. YUTorah on parashas Behar / Bechukosai
2011
B'chukosay sources -- further expanded. For example, many more meforshei Rashi..
The fear of war -- What is so terrible about a right of passage?.
Does the Zoh...
Dateline: 2013-05-01 8:30pm -07:00T (332 words)
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Parshablog: Daf Yomi: The Doubled Cave
In yesterday's Daf Yomi, we encounter this gemara (Eruvin 53a):
מערת המכפלה רב ושמו×ל חד ×מר ×©× ×™ ×‘×ª×™× ×–×” ×œ×¤× ×™× ×ž×–×” וחד ×מר בית ועלייה על גביו ×‘×©×œ×ž× ×œ×ž×ן ד×מר ×–×” על גב ×–×...
Dateline: 2013-05-01 3:45am -07:00T (673 words)
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