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A 30-40 shiur on a Torah topic, every working day, from Yeshivat Har Etzion and the VBM.
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- 1 weeks ago54 min
Vayera | Sodomy?
Vayera | Sodomy? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom How can we make sense of Lot's offer to the townspeople of Sodom? This lecture re-evaluates the narrative of Sodom, challenging the traditional interpretation that the city's sin was primarily sexual in nature. By analyzing the text through the lens of ancient Near Eastern hospitality codes and political dynamics, the speaker argues that the town's hostility was rooted in xenophobia and a desire to interrogate outsiders. The shiur concludes that the destruction of Sodom was ultimately justified by the city's systemic failure to support the poor, as highlighted in the book of Ezekiel. Source sheet >>
- 2 weeks ago34 min
The Weekly Mitzva | Vayera | Deviation from the Truth
The Weekly Mitzva | Vayera | Deviation from the Truth, by Rav Binyamin Tabory Did God "lie" to Avraham?
- 2 weeks ago39 min
Erev Shabbat Program | Lekh Lekha | Hearing the Call and Working for God
Lekh Lekha | Hearing the Call and Working for God, by Rav Ezra Bick and Rav Yonatan Shai Freedman God's call is always broadcasting. Why was Avraham the one who heard it? Avraham's greatness, Rav Ezra Bick and Rav Yonatan Shai Friedman suggest, lay not in what he had already achieved but in hearing God's call and answering it. When he arrived in the Land, the first thing he did was build an altar and call out in God's name. Like the Jews in the Zohar who set aside their troubles for "God's joy," Avraham worked for God, on a journey that never ended.
- 2 weeks ago34 min
Mind of a Monotheist | 3 | Lekh Lekha | Egyptian Beauty Bias
Mind of a Monotheist | 3 | Lekh Lekha | Egyptian Beauty Bias by Rav David Debow What does Sarai's beauty in Egypt teach about racism? Rabbi David Debow reads Lekh Lekha. Rabbi David Debow argues that "Lekh lekha" calls Avraham to leave his land, his kin and his culture, rejecting every kind of determinism, because monotheism begins in freedom. In Sarai's abduction in Egypt, he finds the Torah openly acknowledging, and criticizing, a bias that favors fair skin. The lesson is that a minority can ally with a dominant society without being absorbed, as long as it stays faithful to its own families and people.
- 2 weeks ago29 min
Why Give Tzedaka? Ethics as Divine Service
Why Give Tzedaka? Ethics as Divine Service, by Rav Ezra Bick and Rav Eli Weber In this second episode of Talking Machshava ("Talking Jewish Thought"), Rav Eli Weber asks Rav Ezra Bick a question. If love of God and service of God are one and the same, is tzedaka (charity) worth more when it goes to a poor person we dislike?
- 2 weeks ago18 min
Sefat Emet | Lekh Lekha | Why Abraham Alone Heard God's Call
Sefat Emet | Lekh Lekha | Why Abraham Alone Heard God's Call, by Rav Eli Weber Why does the Torah never explain why God chose Abraham? Drawing on the Zohar, the Sefat Emet answers that God calls out "Lekh lekha" to all of humanity, but only Abraham listened and acted. Rabbi Eli Weber shows that Abraham's greatness lay in that response. He left home, family and comfort simply because God asked, without even being told where he was going. Would we answer today?
- 2 weeks ago20 min
Sefat Emet | Noach | Noach and Avraham: Two Faces of Divine Help | Rabbi Eli Weber
Sefat Emet | Noach | Noach and Avraham: Two Faces of Divine Help, by Rabbi Eli Weber Everyone needs God's help, Noach and Avraham alike. That is how the Sefat Emet insists on reading the Midrash that contrasts the two. The difference is in the form the help takes. Noach's help was open and miraculous. Avraham's came hidden within nature, earned through his lifelong closeness to God. And history needed a Noach first, to prepare the world for Avraham.
- 2 weeks ago58 min
Lekh Lekha | 'VaYirdof ad Dan': The "Dan" Problem
Lekh Lekha | 'VaYirdof ad Dan': The "Dan" Problem, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom How can Avraham be described as chasing the kings "to Dan"? Isn't that a double-anachronism? This lecture explores the geographical mystery of Avraham chasing the four kings "to Dan" in Parashat Lekh Lekha, despite Dan being the name of Avraham's great-grandson. Rabbi Etshalom analyzes various traditional and critical approaches to this anachronism, including the possibility of later editorial naming or the existence of an ancient location by that name. Ultimately, the shiur proposes that the northern territory near Banias was historically recognized as "Dan" as part of a pre-Egyptian tribal settlement scheme, which explains the nomenclature used in the Torah.
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