Episodes

  • הַפְטָרַת שַׁבַּת פִּינְחָס (בֵּין הַמְּצָרִים) - Jeremiah is from the non-corrupt, banished, kohanim

    הַפְטָרַת שַׁבַּת פִּינְחָס (בֵּין הַמְּצָרִים) - Jeremiah is from the non-corrupt, banished, kohanim
    Jul 1 2026

    His Divinely-ordained career of musar and tochechah begins in the middle of King Josiah's radical (and unpopular!) campaign to exterminate idols in the Kingdom of Judah
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    30 mins
  • Parshas Pinchas: Pinchas criticizes Hashem and is rewarded by Hashem for it

    Parshas Pinchas: Pinchas criticizes Hashem and is rewarded by Hashem for it
    Jun 30 2026

    Were the 24,000 who perished Jews? Or erev rav?
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    30 mins
  • Haftarah Chukas-Balak: Micah's horatory message

    Haftarah Chukas-Balak: Micah's horatory message
    Jun 26 2026

    What exactly is הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם אֱלֹהֶיךָ?
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    23 mins
  • Parshas Balak: Balak's Grand Strategy

    Parshas Balak: Balak's Grand Strategy
    Jun 24 2026

    Bil'am the spinmeister could have (through his rhetorical skills) united the various kingdoms into an anti=Jewish Alliance...
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    28 mins
  • More on the Abarbanel's commentary on the מורה נבוכים: Giving Exodus 24 the "Companton Treatment"

    More on the Abarbanel's commentary on the מורה נבוכים: Giving Exodus 24 the "Companton Treatment"
    Jun 23 2026

    What is the difference between the זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל and the אֲצִילֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל?
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    29 mins
  • Parshas Chukas-Balak: Reading the story in conjunction with the account in Deuteronomy

    Parshas Chukas-Balak: Reading the story in conjunction with the account in Deuteronomy
    Jun 22 2026

    The survey of the Ohr HaChaim of the opinions re: the sin of Moses and his critique of all of the opinions
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    34 mins
  • הָרַשְׁבָּ"א בַּעַל הַתּוֹסָפוֹת - הר"ש מִשַּׂאנְץ - Rabbi Samson of Sens (1150-1214) Part 2

    הָרַשְׁבָּ"א בַּעַל הַתּוֹסָפוֹת - הר"ש מִשַּׂאנְץ - Rabbi Samson of Sens (1150-1214) Part 2
    Jun 21 2026

    The ר"ש מִשַּׂאנְץ as a participant in The Maimonidean Controversies of the late 12th century. His sober and balanced approach.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Hadran on Yerushalmi Yoma on My Mother's 18th yahrzeit (2 Tamuz)

    Hadran on Yerushalmi Yoma on My Mother's 18th yahrzeit (2 Tamuz)
    Jun 18 2026

    The Controversial Quadripartite Atonement Scheme of R Ishmael & Co. Historically Considered
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    29 mins