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The Shiurim Archive |
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Since March 2001, Rabbi Mois Navon has been delivering a weekly lunchtime shiur on Jewish Thought. A sampling of the shiurim is provided below.
If you are interested in receiving an email notification of the shiur topic or if you would like to receive the source sheet with speaker notes, send an email request to: mois.navon@divreinavon.com |
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Source Sheet /דף מקורות |
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Joseph’s Bones, Messages of National Import, 4 languages of redemption (לשונות גאולה), Parashat Beshalach, Pesah (DRASH) [449] |
One Nation, Two Boxes, Four Messages |
עם אחד, שני ארונות, ארבעה מסרים |
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Tinok Shenishba, Who is a Jew, Parashat Bo, Pesah (DRASH) [448] |
The Four Sons: Tinokot Shenishbu? |
ארבעה בנים: תינוקות שנשבו? |
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Artificial Intelligence, Harden Heart, Teshuva, Parashat Vaera (DRASH) [447] |
Will AI ever become Sentient? |
האם בינה מלאכותית תגיע לכושר חישה? |
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Messiah, Nations, Hegel, R. N. Krochmal, Parashat Vayehi, Vaera, Shavuot [446] |
On the Development of History |
על התפתחות ההיסטוריה |
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Levinas, “Light and Darkness”, Vasily Grossman’s Ikonnikov, Miracle of Pach Hashemen, Hannuka (DRASH) [445] |
What is Hannuka: Remember the Good |
מאי חנוכה: לזכור את הטוב |
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Jacob, Esau, Levinas, Totality and Infinity, Ethics, Parshat Toldot, Vayetze, Vayishlach, Vayeshev, Miketz, Vayigash, Vayehi [444] |
Jacob & Esau: Same and Other |
יעקב ועשיו: האני והאחר |
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Yitzhak’s Wells, Land of Israel, Delegating Mitzvot, Parshat Toldot (DRASH) [443] |
The Mission of Eretz Yisrael |
משימת ארץ ישראל |
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Bystander Responsibilities, Saving Strangers, Risk, Common Law, Jewish Law, Lot’s Guests, Parshat Vayera, Kedoshim [442] |
Standing Idly By |
עד כמה אתה מחויב להיות גיבור או האם לוט היה חסיד שוטה? |
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“Avraham was One”, Making fateful decisions, Parshat Lech Lecha (DRASH ONLY) [441] |
Turning Points |
נקודות מפנה |
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Faith, Standing up to Derision, Praying for others, Teaching/Helping others, R. Ovadya’s dream with the Ben Ish Hai, Parshat Noah (DRASH ONLY) [440] |
Tzadik v Tzadik |
צדיק מול צדיק |
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Importance of Shabbat, Importance of speech, conversations, Torah, Parshat Bereishit (DRASH ONLY) [439] |
Talk is not Cheap |
דבר דבר |
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Peoplehood, Purpose, Shabbat Hol Hamoed: Pesah/Sukkot (DRASH) [438] |
A People Created |
עם נברא |
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Proper Intentions, Sukka, Tefillin, Tzitzit, Means to and End v Ends, Sukkot (DRASH ONLY) [437] |
In the Name of Shade |
לשם צל |
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Value of Joy and means to Joy, Rosh Hashana, Sukkot (DRASH ONLY) [436] |
On Meat, Wine and Simcha |
בין בשר ויין לשמחה |
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Yeshurun waxed fat, American Paradox, Parshat Haazinu (DRASH) [435] |
On Affluence |
על עושר |
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Rav Soloveitchik on Teshuva and Changing the Past, Yom Kippur (DRASH) [434] |
Re-Create Yourself |
יצירתו של ה"אני" החדש |
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Ultimate Goals, Parshat Shoftim (DRASH ONLY) [433] |
On Kings and Toys |
בין שונות לאחדות |
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Tolerance, Diversity, Morality, Parshat Ekev (DRASH) [432] |
Upon request |
Fall of Civilization |
התמוטטות ציביליזציה |
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Shas, Sefaradim, Ashkenazim, Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, Tu B’Av till Rosh Hashana [431] |
Between Diversity and Unity |
בין שונות לאחדות |
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Milk and Meat, Meat in the nice days, Purpose, Nine days, Tisha B’Av (DRASH ONLY) [430] |
On Milk, Meat and Mikdash |
בשר בחלב ובית המקדש |
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Spies, Israel, Purpose, Parshat Shelach (DRASH ONLY) [429] |
Think Independently |
לחשוב עצמאית |
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Foreknowledge v Freewill, Parshat Lech Lecha, Vayelech, Nitzavim, Pesah, (Shavuot) [428] |
How Free is Your Will? |
עד כמה הבחירה שלך חופשית? |
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Gratitude, Parshat Beshalach, Shevii Shel Pesah, (Yom HaAtzmaut) [427] |
Between Intellect and Emotion |
שיר והלל |
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Greek Wisdom, Science versus Torah, Blessing the Wise, Professor Aumann, Hannuka (Shavuot) [426] |
To Bless the Wise |
בין חכם לחכם |
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Eleh Ezkera, Theodicy, Good and Evil, Death of Righteous, Holocaust, Yom Kippur, (Tisha B’Av) [425] |
Why the Ten Martyrs on Yom Kippur?! |
עשרה הרוגי מלכות ביום הכיפורים?! |
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Prayer, Rosh Hashana, (Shabbat Shuva, 10 days of Teshuva) [424] |
Hanna’s Ultimatum |
האולטימטום של חנה |
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Tikun HaGuf, Tikun Hanefesh, Physical versus Spiritual, “Man by nature desires to know”, Parshat Ekev [423] |
Not By Bread Alone |
לא על הלחם לבדו |
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6 things, Learn Torah, Tu Bav, Parshat Ve’etchanan (Kedoshim) (DRASH ONLY) [422] |
For the Love of Tu B’Av |
חג האהבה |
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Ethics (deontological v consequential), moral decisions, dilemmas: trolley, tunnel, Shavuot [421] |
How Should Autonomous Vehicles be Programmed |
הלכות רכב אוטונומי |
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Torah Min Hashamayim, Critical Text, Parshat Korah (DRASH ONLY) [420] |
Korah and the skepticism over Torah From Heaven |
קורח ועירור על "תורה מן השמים" |
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Prophecy, The Six-Day War, Parshat Shelach (DRASH ONLY) [419] |
The Spies and the Renewal of Prophecy |
פרשת המרגלים וחידוש הנבואה |
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Human v Divine responsibilty, Redemption, “The Messiah comes riding on a Donkey… powered by Mobileye”, Yom HaAzmaut, Yom yerushalayim, Parshat Terumah, Shavuot [418] |
Mashiach, Mikdash, and Mobileye |
משיח, מקדש, ומובילאיי |
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Counting, Korbanot, Philosophy from 4 Halachic Anomalies, Sefirat HaOmer, Pesah, Shavuot, Parshat Emor [417] |
Make it Count |
ספור לעצמך |
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Western Wall, Parshat Vayakhel, Pekudei, Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) [416] |
What’s So Special about the Kotel? |
מה מיוחד בכותל המערבי |
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Learning, Mesora, Lishma, Parshat Mishpatim, Yitro, Shavuot [415] |
Learn. For what? |
ללמוד על מנת ... |
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Imagination, Animal v Humans, Yuval Noah Harrari, Parshat Bo, Beshalach, Ki Tisa, Vayehi, Shemini, Tetzaveh, Behaalotecha, Shavuot [414] |
Imagine This |
זה |
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Hail/Barad, Parshat Vaera (DRASH ONLY) [413] |
Apathy |
אדישות |
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Past Merit, Future Merit, potential, actual, Parshat Shmot [412] |
To Merit Redemption |
באיזה זכות |
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Spontaneous Prayer, Prescribed Prayer, Shema, Baruch Shem Kavod, Yehei Shemei Raba, Theodicy, Parshat Vayehi (Ve’etchanan) [411] |
Think Big |
על כוונה והכוונה |
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Mashiach ben Yosef, Mashiach Ben David, Rav Kook, Herzl, Parshat Vayigash, Yom HaAtzmaut [410] |
Two Messiahs? |
שני משיחים? |
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Fate & Freewill, Adam, Moses, Joseph, Parshat Vayeshev (Bereishit, Devarim, Yom Kippur) [409] |
Awesome Plotting |
נורא עלילה |
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Pachim Ketanim, Kedoshim, Oil, Divrei Kedusha, Parshat Vayishlach [408] |
On Holy Containers |
על פכים קדושים |
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Abrahamic Mission, Aveira Lishma, Power, Politics, Parshat Toldot [407] |
To Turn a Blind Eye |
העלמת עין |
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Thanksgiving, Idol Worship, Avoda Zara, Behukoteihem (Parshat Kedoshim) [406] |
Thanksgiving – On History, Culture and Halacha |
הודוּ לַיקֹוָק – על היסטוריה תרבות והלכה |
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Zerzim Makdimim, Ain Mash’hinan, Ain Maavirin, Haviva Mitzvah Beshaata, Parshat Vayera [405] |
A Sense of Urgency |
תחושת דחיפות |
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Lishma, Torah, Avoda, Gemilut Hasadim, Avot, Tefila, Parshat Lech Lecha [404] |
The Lion and the Mouse – Between Aesop and Abraham |
האריה והעכבר – בין איזופוס ואברהם |
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Survival, Revival, Sol Teichman, Holocaust Day, Parshat Noah [403] |
Between The Flood and the Holocaust – How Do We Rebuild? |
בין המבול לשואה – איך לבנות מחדש |
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Yetzer Hara, Aesthetic, Intellectual, Ethical, Parshat Bereishit, Shmot (Vaera), Hukkat [402] |
On Snakes Among Us |
על הנחשים שבינינו |
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Individual v Kelal, Collective Judgement, Elul, Tishrei, Rosh Hashanah, Shabbat Shuva, Sukkot [401] |
Collective Responsibility |
על העריבות |
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Social Cost-Benefit Analysis, Individual v Kelal, Collective Judgement, Elul, Tishrei, Rosh Hashanah, Shabbat Shuva, Yom Kippur (DRASH not SHIUR) [400] |
Repentance, Prayer and Charity |
ותשובה ותפילה וצדקה |
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Plant in Tishrei, Reap in Nissan, Yom HaDin, Personal Requests, Elul, Tishrei, Rosh Hashanah [399] |
The Essence of Rosh Hashanah |
מהותו של יום הדין |
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Prayers, Individual, Klal, King in Field, Bonsha Shtok (Silent), Elul, Tishrei, Yomim Noraim, High Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur [398] |
“A warn roll and fresh butter” – on personal requests |
"לחמנייה חמה בחמאה טרייה" - על הבקשה |
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Parshat Ekev (Yom HaAtzmaut) [397] |
On Self-Righteousness Or “By What Merit did we inherit the Land?” |
על צדיק בעיניו או "באיזו זכות ירשנו את הארץ?" |
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Galut & Geula, (Exile & Redemption), Three Weeks, Nine Days, Tish B’Av, Holocaust Day, Shabbat Nachamu [396] |
Between the Beginning of Redemption and The Complete Redemption |
בין אתחלתא דגאולה לגאולה שלימה |
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“Between Man’s actions and God’s actions”, Galut & Geula, (Exile & Redemption), Three Weeks, Nine Days, Tish B’Av, Shabbat Nachamu (Yom Yerushalayim) [395] |
The Third Temple |
בית שלישי |
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Galut & Geula, (Exile & Redemption), Honi HaMaagel, Rain, Sleep, 70, Carob, Three Weeks, Nine Days, Tish B’Av [394] |
We Were Like Dreamers |
היינו כחולמים |
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Eliyahu, Yonah, Jeremiah, Three Weeks, Haftara Matot, Haftara Masei (Yom Kippur) [393] |
Lonely Man Of Faith |
איש האמונה הבודד |
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Shalom, War, Principles, Force, Negotiation, Parshat Pinchas, Balak, Matot, (Shoftim) [392] |
On Peace |
על השלום |
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Man, Reward, Punishment, Tikun, Teshuva, Faith, Mann, Mikdash, Agency, Parshat Korah, Hukkat, Balak, Noah, Beshalach, Ekev, Shmot, Vaera, Bo, Terumah, Yitro, Mishpatim, Bereishit, Pirke Avot 5 [391] |
A Message at Twilight |
מסר בין השמשות |
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Kavod Haberiyot, Dignity of Man, Tree, Aesthetic, Ethic, Parshat Shelach, Bereishit [390] |
The Tzitzit of Adam |
ציציות של אדם |
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Transgender, Trans-xual, Parshat Haazinu (Emor, Ki Teitzei, Bereishit) [389] |
Upside-down Generation |
דור תהפוכות |
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Ruth, Matan Torah, Inheritance, Yibum, Israel, Shavuot [388] |
David, Difficulties, Harvest and Hesed |
דוד, יסורין, קציר, וחסד |
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Hosea, Prophecy, Avoda Zara, Infidelity, Third Commonwealth, Parshat Bamidbar [387] |
Prophecies, Pr-stitutes, Dreams and Redemption |
נבואות, פרוצות, חלומות וישועות |
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Lag BaOmer, Creativity, Spiritual and Physical, Tikun Olam, Rashbi (R. Shimon Bar Yohai) [386] |
Fire |
על האש |
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Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah, (Parshat Noah) [385] |
Suicide |
מאבד עצמו לדעת |
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Framework of a Story, Physical, Spiritual, Moral layers, Pesah [384] |
From Denigration to Praise |
מתחיל בגנות ומסיים בשבח |
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Lefum Tzaara Agra, Efforts/Rewards, Wine, Matzah, Maror, Pesah [383] |
According to the Effort is the Reward |
לפום צערא אגרא |
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Pig (Hazir), Kashrut, End of Days, Tuma (Tamei), Tahara, Parshat Shemini, Re’eh [382] |
Pure Pig |
חזיר טהור |
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Humility, Good to Great, Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve, Parshat Vayikra (Tetzaveh) [381] |
The Greatness of Humility |
מעלת הענוה |
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Melechet Machshevet, Lishma, Leshem Mitzvah, Mitzvot Tzrichot Kavana, Parshat Vayakhel, Pekudei, Ki Tisa, (Shavuot) [380] |
Living Intentionally |
לחיות במכוון |
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Kapara (Atonement) for Nothing, Teshuva, National Mission, Morality, Bigdei Serad, Parshat Ki Tisa, Vayakhel, Pekudei, (Shavuot) [379] |
Survival Wear for the Jewish People |
בגדי שרד – שהעם ישרוד |
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Self-Sacrifice, Synthesis, History, Faith, Agency, Parshat Tetzaveh, Ki Tisa, Ekev (Shavuot) [378] |
Erase Me |
מחני נא מספרך |
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Halachic Man, Homo religious, halacha every day, Parshat Terumah (Shavuot) [377] |
The Temple of Halacha |
מקדש ההלכה |
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Hiddur, Beauty, Aesthetics, Religious Experience, Parshat Beshalach (Shevii Shel Pesah) [376] |
Beautifying Mitzvot |
הידור מצוה |
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Hodesh, Dinim, Takanot, Sayagim (Fences), Lice, Kinim, Spontaneous Generation, Science, Parshat Bo (Shavuot) [375] |
Judaism for the Long Run |
יהדות לטווח הארוך |
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Lice, Kinim, Spontaneous Generation, Science, Takanot, Gezeirot, Parshat Vaera (Shavuot) [374] |
Of Lice and Men |
על הכינה והתקנה |
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New Years, Non-Jewish Holidays, Rosh Hashana, Halacha, Purpose [373] |
Happy New Year? |
לחגוג שנה אזרחית? |
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Candles, Oil, Selling Clothes for Mitzvah, Pirsumei Nisa, Havivah, Hannuka [372] |
The Beloved Mitzvah |
מצוה חביבה |
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Candles, Oil, Miracles, Clash of Civilizations, Education, Hannuka [371] |
There’s No Place Like Home |
אין כמו בבית |
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Responsibility, Culpability, Halacha, Parshat Vayishlach, Bo, Mishpatim, Ki Teitzei (Shavuot) [370] |
Agent of Sin |
שליח לדבר עבירה |
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Torat Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael, Am Yisrael, Malchut, Mashiach, Parshat Vayetzei (Chayei Sarah) (Compare to [268]) [369] |
Contracting Land |
קפיצת הדרך |
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Din Rodef, War, Murder, Dina DeMalchuta Dina, Hillul Hashem, (Parshat Masei) [368] |
A Terrorist: To Arrest or put to Rest? |
לנטרל או לחסל מחבל? |
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Wife-Sister, Pikuach Nefesh, Jewish Identity, Parshat Lech Lecha (Vayera, Toldot), Yom Hashoah [367] |
The Value of Jewish Identity |
ערך זהות היהודית |
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Eretz Yisrael, Danger, Flood didn’t reach Israel, Parshat Noah [366] |
The Flood, The Mashiach, and Terrorism |
המבול המשיח והמצב |
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Abortion, Having Kids v Raising Kids, Parshat Bereishit [365] |
Be Fruitful and Multiply |
פרו ורבו |
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Fate, Free Will, Purpose, History, New World Order, Noah, Avraham, Exodus, Moshe’s Death, Parshat Haazinu (Noah, Lech Lecha, Bo, Emor) [364] |
God’s Will v Man’s Will |
חפצי אעשה |
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Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Ten days of Teshuva, Shabbat Shuva [363] |
Ten Days |
עשרת ימי תשובה |
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Fear, Enemies, Shofar, Cries, Blasts, Terua, Rosh Hashana (Haftara Beshalach) [362] |
Sisera’s Mother on Rosh Hashana?! |
אם סיסרא בראש השנה |
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Status, Power, Humility, Dead man’s shoes, Parshat Ki Tavo [361] |
On Shoes |
על נעלים |
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Difference between Man and God, Allegiance, Faith, “What do Confucius, Socrates, and Einstein have in common?” Steerot, Parshat Ki Teitzei, Yitro, Ve’etchanan, Ki Tisa, Pinchas, Achrei Mot, Masei [360] |
With a single word |
בדיבור אחד |
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Superstition, Kemea, Allegiance, National Mission, Shemira, Parshat Ekev, Ve’etchanan [359] |
Mezuza as Amulet? |
מזוזה כקמיע? |
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Blessing Fruits, Mein Shalaosh, Why live in the Land of Israel, Yom HaAtzmaut, Parshat Ve’etchanan [see also 191] [358] |
The Fruits of Redemption |
פירות הגאלה |
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Holocaust, Righteous Gentiles, Three Weeks, Nice days, Tisha B’Av, Shabbat Hazon [357] |
Gratuitous Love |
אהבת חינם |
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Leadership, Miraculous v Natural, Humash and Sefer Yehoshua, Lo Bashamayim Hee, Parashat Pinchas [356] |
Between Moses and Joshua |
בין משה ליהושע |
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Yiftach (Jephthah), Akeida, Kierkegaard, Aesthetic, Ethic, Religious, Human Sacrifice, Parashat Hukat [355] |
How Will They Remember You? |
איך יזכרו אותך? |
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Mahloket, Egotism, Altruism, Creative Space, Parashat Korah [354] |
Dissension – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
מחלוקת – לטוב ולרע |
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Spies, Tzitzit, Latur, Psychology, Parashat Shelach [353] |
Between Heart and Eye |
בין לב לעין |
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Torah Min Hashamayim, Prophecy, Absolute Morality, Parashat Behaalotcha (VeZot HaTorah, Ki Tisa, Simchat Torah) 13 Principles (7, [6,8,9]) [352] |
Moses’ Prophecy |
נבואת משה |
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Goral, divide land, divide property, money, mitzvot, Parashat Behukotai (Pinhas) [351] |
Delving into Lotteries |
עמלים בגורלות |
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Mourning, Rejoicing, 24,000 students of R. Akiva, Sefirat HaOmer (Emor) [350] |
Mixed Feelings about Sefirat HaOmer |
רגשות מעורבים על ספירת העומר |
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Medical Ethics, Experiments, Pikuach Nefesh, Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) [349] |
Can we use medical data obtained by the Nazis?" |
שימוש במידע שהופק מניסויי השואה – היתכן? |
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Haggadah, Magid, Arami Oved Avi, Eretz Yisrael, 5 cups, 5 verses, Pesah, Shabbat Hagadol [348] |
Gratitude in the 5th |
חמישה מי יודע? |
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Taste, Reason, Roasted Meat, Korban Pesah, Matza, Shabbat Hagadol, (Pesah) [347] |
The Taste of the Afikoman |
טעם האפיקומן |
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Leaders, Humility, Gratitude, Parshat Vayikra, Parshat HaHodesh, (Pesah) [346] |
On Kings, Sins and the Month of Nissan |
על מלכים, חטאים, וחודש ניסן |
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Homo Universalis v Homo Particularis, (Pekudei, Ki Tisa, Shavuot) [345] |
Renaissance Man |
איש אשכולות |
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Bitul Mitzvot, Bitul Sefarim, Bitul Hagim, Purim [344] |
The end of Holidays, Nach and Mitzvot |
ביטול חגים ספרים ומצוות |
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Fate, Destiny, Parshat Yitro, Ve’etchanan, Shavuot [343] |
The Receiving the Torah – in Chagall’s Painting |
מתן תורה דרך ציור של שאגאל |
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Eretz Yisrael, Rambam, Parshat Beshalach (Shevii Shel Pesah), Shoftim, Ki Tavo [342] |
To Live in Egypt |
לגור במצרים |
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Excuses, Aliyah, Psychology of Immigration, Parshat Bo, Vaera, Shmot (Pesah), Parshat HaHodesh [341] |
Refusing Redemption |
גועל הגואלה |
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Wealth, Poverty, Parshat Vaera, Bo, Shmot (Pesah) [340] |
On Wealth |
על העושר |
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Personal v Public Suffering, Theodicy, Parshat Shmot (Pesah) [339] |
Questioning God |
לפקפק בה' |
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Candles, Beit Hillel, Beit Shammai, Halakhic Man, Homo Religiousus, Hannukah [338] |
Philosophies in Eight Candles |
תפיסות עולם בשמונה נרות |
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Truth Theories, Butler, Baker, Joseph, Dreams, Parshat Vayeshev [337] |
Truth Will Sprout From the Earth |
אמת מארץ תצמח |
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Yaakov, Eisav, Agripas, Obsequiousness, Halacha, Parshat Vayishlach, Masei (Purim) [336] |
Flattery will get you … |
על החנופה |
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Yaakov, Eisav, Death of Avraham, Seudat Havraah, 5 sins, Parshat Toldot (Bereishit, Beshalach, Zot HaBracha, Simhat Torah) [335] |
Values in a Bowl of Lentils |
ערכים מתוך נזיד עדשים |
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Din, Hesed, Akeida, Parshat Chayei Sarah (Vayera), Rosh Hashanah [334] |
Between Celebration and Sacrifice? |
בין חגיגה להקרבה? |
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Angels, Prophecy, Prayer, Parshat Vayera [333] |
Do We Believe in Angels? |
האם אנו מאמינים במלאכים? |
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Science, Faith, Solar System, Parshat Lech Lecha (Shavuot) [332] |
On Astronomy – between Abraham, Aristotle, Hazal, and Copernicus |
על האסטרונומיה – בין אברהם, אריסטו, חז"ל וקופרניקוס |
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Atonement, Peace, Avoda, Parshat Noah, Bereishit, Vayera, Pekudei (Haftara), Yom Yerushalayim [331] |
The Altar of Perfecting the World |
מזבח תקון עולם |
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Teshuva, Repent, Creation, Parshat Nitzavim, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashana [330] |
Great is Penance |
גדולה תשובה |
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Christianity, Faith, Acts, “If Jesus saves, well he’d better save himself”, Parshat Ki Tavo [329] |
The Curse of the Law |
קללת התורה |
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Atheism, Nihilism, Fair Weights, Amalek, Parshat Ki Teitzei (Kedoshim), Elul, Rosh Hashana [328] |
God is Dead |
אלוקים מת |
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Elul, Sleichot, Shofarot, Psalm 27, Ani VeDodi Li, Hashgacha, 13 Midot Rachamim [327] |
On Elul |
על אלול |
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Bal Tosif Bal Tigra, Halakhic Man, Homo Religiousus, Parshat Re'eh, Ve'etchanan [326] |
To Connect – Where Adding only Detracts |
להתחבר – כל המוסיף גורע |
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Consequences, Tzadik V’Ra Lo, Brit, Naaseh Vishma, Ekev [325] |
Upon Listening |
עקב תשמעון |
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Four Sons, Four Sections, Ve’etchanan [324] |
Adapt the Message |
להתאים את המסר |
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The Three Weeks, Four Fasts, Seventeenth of Tammuz, Tisha b’Av, Tzom Gedalia, 10th of Tevet [323] |
To celebrate the Ninth of Av – on the definition of peace |
לחגוג תשעה באב – על הגדרתו של שלום |
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Tevilat Keilim, Mikvah, War, Metal, Creativity, Parshat Matot (Balak) [322] |
On Utensils and Nations |
על כלים ועמים ומה שביניהם |
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Pinhas, Eliyahu, Machloket, Peace, Teiku, End of Days, Parshat Pinhas [321] |
We want Eliyahu HaNavi – but why? |
שיבוא אליהו הנביא! לשם מה? |
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Edom, Arabs, Prayer, Mashiach, Hutzpa, Kefira, Parshat Balak [320] |
Four Kingdoms and Yishmael |
ארבע מלכיות וישמעאל |
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Live in Yehuda VeShomrom settlements, Safety, Risk, Sacrifice, Parshat Korah [319] |
Hitchhiking for God’s Sake |
למען השם - טרמפ |
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Job (Iyov), Tzadik VeRa Lo, Why the Righteous Suffer, Parshat Shelach [318] |
On Job – Lessons out of the Whirlwind |
על איוב – לקחים מן הסערה |
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Vows, Parshat Naso [317] |
To be a Nazir - TODAY |
להיות נזיר - היום |
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Discrepancies, Kofer, Parshat Bamidbar, Lech Lecha, Vayera, Vayishlach, Vayeshev, Behaalotcha, Hukat, Pinhas, Nitzavim, Shavuot 13 Principles (8) [316] |
Connect the Dots – Moshe, Ezra, Eliyahu |
תורה מן השמיים |
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Blessings, Curses, National Destiny, Sef-Actualization, Eretz Yisrael, Parshat Behukotai [315] |
If you walk in My ways |
אם בחוקתי תלכו |
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Transcendental, Revelational, Miraculous, Natural, Pesah, Omer, Yom HaAtzmaut, Parshat Emor [314] |
Two Orders of Existence that are One |
שני סדרי קיום שהם אחד |
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Animals’ Eating v Man’s Eating, Parshat Bo, Bereishit, Shabbat Hagadol, Pesah [313] |
On Eating – Between Paradise and Pesah |
על האכילה – בין גן עדן לפסח |
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Man-Man (Adam L’Haveiro), Man-God (Adam L’Makom), Parshat Metzora, Yom Kippur [312] |
On Birds, Goats and You |
על ציפורים, שעירים, ואתה |
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Brit Mila (Circumcision), Survival, Self-Sacrifice, Redemption, Parshat Tazria (Lech Lecha), Drasha Rosh Hodesh Adar, Purim, Pesah [311] |
Brit Mila: Identifying with Redemption |
מילה מגילה וקרבן פסח |
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Aveira Lishma, Man/Man, Man/God, Agnon, Nadav, Avihu, Uza, David, Parshat Shemini (Achrei Mot), Shavuot [310] |
When a Good Thing, Isn’t |
כשדבר טוב הוא רע |
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Torah, “Magic Ink”, “To touch the heavens”, Influence, Transformation, Parshat Ki Tisa, Vayikra, Behaalotcha, Shavuot [309] |
His Face Radiated |
קרן עור פניו |
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Temple, Purity v. Morality, Parshat Pekudei (Haftara) [308] |
King David and Mashiach ben David |
בין דוד המלך למלך המשיח |
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Mishkan, Collective Punishment, Collective Reward, Responsibility, Parshat Vayakhel, (Pekudei, Ki Tisa, Shoftim, Ekev) [307] |
Collective Atonement |
כפרה קולקטיבית |
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Moses’ greatest act, breaking tablets, luchot, Parshat Ki Tisa, Vezot Habracha, Simchat Torah (Shemini Atzteret) [306] |
The Betrothed |
המאורסת |
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Kedushat HaAretz, Kedusha Rishona (Yehoshua), Sheniyah (Ezra), Temple, Mikdash, Parshat Terumah, Yom HaAtzmaut, Yom Yerushalayim [305] |
What’s so holy about the Holy land? (On Holiness) |
ארץ הקודש – מה כל כך קדוש? (על הקדושה) |
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Mishpat Ivri, Secular Courts in Israel, Beit Mishpat, Beit Din, Parshat Mishpatim, Shavuot [304] |
Return Our Judges |
השיבה שופתינו כבראשונה |
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Kol Isha, halacha, leadership, music, sensuality, aesthetics, Parshat Beshalach, Shevii Shel Pesah [303] |
A Woman’s Voice |
קול אישה |
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Morasha, Torah, Eretz, Yisrael, Olam Haba, Self-Sacrifice, Yisurin, Parshat Vaera [302] |
Inherit the World |
מורשה |
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Challenge, Redeem the World, Burning Bush, Tikun Olam, Parshat Shmot [301] |
Confrontation |
עימות |
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Yehei Shemei Raba, Yaakov on deathbed, Shema, Asara BeTevet, Kaddish Kelali, Parshat Vayehi [300] |
Blessing God? |
יהא שמיה רבא |
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Joseph, Catharsis, Aesthetic, Intellectual, Parshat Vayeshev, Miketz [299] |
Majesty & Humility |
ההוד והענווה |
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Reuven, Eli’s sons, Shmuel’s sons, David, Shlomoh, Yoshiyahu, Parshat Vayishlach [298] |
When Leaders Sin |
כל האומר שחטאו אינו אלא טועה |
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White Lies, Truth, Crooks, Thieves, Cheats, Peace, Safety, Parshat Vayetzei (Mishpatim) [297] |
To Tell a Lie |
להגיד דבר שקר |
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Tikun Olam, Man of Field, Man of Tent, Parshat Toldot [296] |
It’s Complicated |
תיקון עולם – זה מסובך |
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Nichum Aveilim, Comforting Mourners, Parshat Chayeh Sarah [295] |
To Comfort a Soul |
נחמה לנשמה |
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Kant, Kierkegaard, Suspension of Judgment, Parshat Vayera, Rosh Hashanah [294] |
The Binding of Isaac |
העקידה |
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Safety, Sakana, Health, Medicine, Reform, Halacha, Parshat Lech Lecha, Vayera, Tazria [293] |
Metzitzah BePeh |
מציצה בפה |
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Shiva, Mourning, Purpose, Parshat Noach, Vayehi, Shemini [292] |
On Mourning |
על השבעה |
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Oaths, Nedarim, Justice, Mercy, Forgiveness, Yom Kippur [291] |
Kol Nidrei – What does it have to do with Kappara |
כל נדרי – מה זה קשור ליום הכיפורים?! |
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Satan, Devil, Yetzer Hara, Angel of Death, Confusion, Shofar, Rosh Hashanah [290] |
To Confuse Satan |
לערבב את השטן |
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Holocaust, Germany, Amalek, Parshat Ki Teitzei (Beshalach, Zachor) [289] |
Remembering to Move On |
לזכור להתקדם |
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Galut, Man-Man, Man-God commandments, Shabbat Hazon [288] |
God Regrets Exile |
אלוקים מתחרט על גלות |
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Tikun Olam, Egypt-Desert-Israel, 42 Letter Name of God, Miracle of Survival, Parshat Masei [287] |
Journey of a Lifetime |
מסע החיים |
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Faith, Ethics, Action, Parshat Pinhas, Tetzaveh, Bereishit, Kedoshim [286] |
The Most Important Verse in the Torah |
הפסוק הכי חשוב בתורה |
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Biblical Criticism, Parshat Balak (Balaam), Devarim, Zot Habracha (Simchat Torah) 13 Principles (8) [285] |
Who Wrote the Torah? |
מי כתב את התורה? |
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Moses’ Copper Snake, Faith, Generation of Desert v. Conquerors, Parshat Hukat 13 Principles (1) [284] |
The Hidden Hand |
הנהגה נסתרת |
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Datan and Aviram, Land of Israel, Commandments, Faith, Allegiance, Parshat Korach, Ekev [283] |
The Land of Milk and Honey |
ארץ זבת חלב ודבש |
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Jericho, Philosophy, Archeology, Halacha, Parshat Shelach [282] |
Jericho – And the walls came tumblin’ down |
יריחו – בין פילוסופיה, ארכאולוגיה והלכה |
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Time Consciousness, History, Hurban, Binyan, Sefirat Omer, Parshat Emor [281] |
It’s About Time |
חבל על הזמן |
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Azazel, Satan, Evil, Theodicy, Freewill, Hok, Tzadik VeRa Lo (Righteous Suffer), Forgiveness, Parshat Achrei Mot, Yom Kippur [280] |
Sympathy For The Devil |
אחד לעזאזל |
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Leprosy, Slander, Arrogance, Society, Parshat Tazria, Metzora [279] |
Tzarat – On tongue, heart and society |
צרעת: על לשון, לב וחברה |
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Four cups, Five Cups, Eliyahu Hanavi, Shabbat Hagadol, Pesah [278] |
A Full Cup and a Complete World |
כוס מלא ועולם שלם |
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Kazayit Matzah, Kiton Mayim, Pesah [277] |
On Matzah, Individual and Nation |
בין פרט לכלל בכזית מצה |
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Shittim, Acacia, Gold, Evil/Good Inclination, Mishkan (Tabernacle), Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei, (Terumah, Balak) [276] |
On Wood, Gold and Freewill |
בחירה חופשית בין ה"שיטים" |
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Memory, History, Ten Remembrances, Parshat Ki Tisa, (Bo, Yitro, Ekev, Ki Teitzei, Ve’etchanan, Balak Zachor, Yom Yerushalayim, Shavuot) [275] |
We Are What We Remember – On Collective Memory |
על זכרון קולקטיבי |
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Drink, Drunk, Simcha, Rejoice, Yom Tov, Adar, Purim [274] |
Between Simchat Purim and Simchat Yom Tov |
בין שמחת פורים לשמחת יום טוב |
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Shomer Hinam, Nezikin, Zion, Parshat Mishpatim, Bereshit (Shavuot) [273] |
Between Man and Man & Man and God |
בין בית המשפט לבית הכנסת |
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Living in Hutz LaAretz, Living in Israel, Gershom, Eliezer, Para Adumah, Korban Pesah, Blood, Parshat Yitro, Para, Pinhas, Ekev, Yom HaAtzmaut, Pesah, Shavuot [272] |
Sandbox or Stage – that is the question |
בין במה לארגז חול |
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Absurd, Mila, Korban Pesah, Blood, Parshat Bo, Pesah [271] |
Be All You Can Be |
בדמייך חיי? בדמייך חיי! |
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Speech Impediment, Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis, Redemption, Moses, Stuttering Savior, Parshat Shmot, Vaera, Pesah [See also 378] [270] |
The Reluctant Redeemer |
המושיע המסרב |
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Crisis, Jacob, Joseph, Species Man, Adam I & II, Parshat Miketz [269] |
Hope in Shattered Vessels |
סבר בשבר (או התקווה לתקן) |
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Saint, Purity, Hero, Morality, Temple, King, Parshat Vayetzei, Chayei Sarah (Compare to [369]) [268] |
The Land Contracted for Three |
שלשה קפצה להם הארץ |
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Brit Mila, Land, Seed, Torat Ysirael, Eretz Yisrael, Am Yisrael, Parshat Chayei Sarah, (Lech Lecha) [267] |
Living Covenant |
ברית חיה |
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Development of Faith, Absurd, Abraham, Parshat Lech Lecha, Vaera [266] |
Ten Steps to the Leap Faith |
עשרה שלבים לאביר אמונה |
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Aesthetics, Ethics, Intellect, Sin, Conversation, Innovation, Parshat Noah [265] |
Tree and Tower – On Pleasure, Power and Purpose |
עץ ומגדל – על תענוג, תוקף ותכלית |
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Beauty, Aesthetics, Trees, Sin, Parshat Bereishit [264] |
Trees as Symbol of the power of the Aesthetic |
אילנות כסמל לכוח האסתטיקה |
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Fate, Freewill, Redemption, Parshat Haazinu (Valeyech) Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret) [263] |
Haazinu: Song of Inspiration |
האזינו – שירת המוזה |
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Hakhel, Creation, Purpose, Torah, Shemitta, Parshat Vayelech (Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret) [262] |
Experience of a Lifetime |
חווית החיים |
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National Mission, Purpose, God, Land, Torah, Gerizim, Eval, Parshat Ki Tavo (Parshat Re'eh) [261] |
Why Are You Here? Plaster on Twelve Stones |
למה אתה כאן? סיד על שתים עשרה אבנים |
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Reward, Individual, Nation, Honor Father and Mother, Send Away Mother-bird, Theodicy, Tzadik VeRaLo, Parshat Ki Teitzei, Ve’etchanan [260] |
Live Long and Prosper |
אריכות ימים על האדמה |
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Refaim, Nephilim, Fallen Angels, Purpose, Fantastic Midrash, Parshat Devarim, Hukat, Lech Lecha [259] |
Og and the Giant Question |
עוג ענק השאלה |
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Atonement, Justice, Crime and Punishment, Murder, Blood, Parshat Masei, Shoftim [258] |
Until the High Priest Dies |
עד מות כהן הגדול |
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Zealotry (Kanaaut), Law and Order, Parshat Pinhas, Balak [257] |
On Pinhas & Zealotry |
על פינחס והקנאות |
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Sword, Prayer, Balaam, Bitachon (Trust), Action, Army, Parshat Balak, Matot [256] |
By the “mouth” of the sword |
"לפי חרב" – שיעור בבטחון |
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Absurd, Purpose, Existentialism, Camus, Parshat Hukat, Para Aduma [255] |
On Sisyphus, Hope and Meaning |
על סיזיפוס, תקווה ומשמעות |
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Snake, Baker, Korah, Haman, Midrash, Transcendence, Parshat Bereishit, Vayeshev, Miketz, Korah, Purim [254] |
On Envy and Self-Actualization |
בין קנאה להגשמה |
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Mission Statement, Teaching Torah, Recognizing God, Repetition of Prince Offerings, Parshat Naso [253] |
Between Jews and Gentiles |
בין ישראל לאומות העולם |
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Age of the Universe, Shemita, Yovel, Jubilee, Kabbalah, Physics, Parshat Behar [252] |
Thoughts on the Age of the Universe |
מחשבות על גיל היקום |
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Moadim, Moadot, Shabbat, Pesah, Omer, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Parshat Emor [251] |
Holiday – It would be so nice |
משמעות מערכת המועדות |
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Aesthetics, Synagogue, Temple, Parshat Ki Tisa (Terumah, Tetzaveh, Vayakhel, Pekudim) [250] |
On the Tabernacle, the Golden Calf, and Aesthetics |
על העגל, המשכן ואסתטיקה |
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Drunk, Knowing, Moral Authority, Good & Evil, Blessed Mordechai, Cursed Haman, Purim, Rosh Hodesh Adar [249] |
Until You Don’t Know |
עד דלא ידע |
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Chronological Order of Torah, Ain Mukdam U’MuAchar B’Torah, Revisit, Renew, Parshat Yitro, Mishpatim, Shavuot [248] |
On Flashback |
אין מוקדם ומאוחר בתור |
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History, Memory, Experience, Test, Parshat Yitro, Shavuot [247] |
On the Encounter |
נס המפגש |
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Ki Karov Hu, Psychological, Spiritual Development, Traditional v. Pop-Culture, Parshat Beshalach [246] |
Time For Change |
לשם שינוי |
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Scientific Knowledge, Revelation, Redemption, Parshat Vaera [245] |
On Hartumim, Scientists, and God |
על חרטומים מדענים ואלוקים |
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Seeing God, R. Akiva, Moshe, Theodicy (Tzadik VeRa Lo), Parshat Shmot, Ki Tisa, (Shavuot) [244] |
Emotional Empathy versus Rational Empathy |
בין אמפטיה רגשית לאמפטיה רציונלית |
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Tekhelet, Levush Malchut, Five Suits for Binyamin, Parshat Vayigash, Purim [243] |
Binyamin, Mordechai and Royal Clothing |
בנימין, מרדכי ולבושי מלכות |
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Pirsumei Nisa, Hanukkah, Purim (Megilla), Pesah (Four Cups) [242] |
Publicizing a Miracle – What’s the Big Deal |
פרסומי ניסא – מה הקטע? |
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Shame (Malbin Panim), Reproof (Tochacha), Tamar, Parshat Vayeshev (Kedoshim) [241] |
Between Shame and Reproof |
בין "הוכח תוכיח" ל"מלבין פנים" |
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Three Holy Places, Three Things, Purpose, Israel, Parshat Chayei Sarah, Vayishlach [240] |
Hevron, Shechem, Jerusalem |
חברון, שכם, ירושלים |
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Wisdom of Crowds, Individual v Community, Matzeivah v Mizbayach, Parshat Vayetzei, Vayishlach, Mishpatim, Shoftim [239] |
Between Pillar and Altar |
מצבה, מזבח ומניין |
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Prophecy, Creativity, Yetzer Hara of Idolatry, Parshat Toldot, Behaalotcha, 13 Principles (6) [238] |
Prophecy as the Goal |
הנבואה כמטרה |
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Love, Partnership, Completion, Purpose, Parshat Chayei Sarah [237] |
What’s Love Got To Do With It? |
על האהבה |
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Wonderment, Aesthetics, Beauty, Sublime, Nature, Parshat Lech Lecha, (Toldot, Shoftim) [236] |
The Child Within |
הילד שבפנים |
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Environmentalism, Ecology, Urbanization, Industrialization, Bal Tashchit, Parshat Kayamut, Bereishit, Noah, Shoftim [235] |
Between “Conquering” and “Preserving” |
בין "וְכִבְשֻׁהָ" לבין "וּלְשָׁמְרָהּ" |
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Judgment v. Mercy, Din, Rachamaim, Theodicy, Seeing/Understanding God, Yom Kippur, (Ki Tisa, Yitro) [234] |
The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy – and their Price |
שלוש עשרה מידות הרחמים ומחירן |
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Theodicy, Fate & Free-Will, Rosh Hashanah [233] |
The Judgment on Rosh Hashanah |
דינו של ראש השנה – מה הוא? |
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Teaching Torah to Gentiles (Non-Jews, Goyim), Parhsat Ki Tavo (VeZot HaBrachah) [232] |
Twelve Stones, Seventy Languages |
שתים עשרה אבנים, שבעים לשון |
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Charity, Priorities, Perfection, Parhsat Re'eh [231] |
Tzedaka – The Key to Perfection |
צדקה – המפתח לשלימות |
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Lifnim Mishurat Hadin, do the right thing, Shabbat Nachamu, Parhsat Ve’etchanan [230] |
Beyond the Letter of the Law |
לפנים משורת הדין – על הימורים וחברים והכסף שביניהם |
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Spies, Free Will, Faith, Tisha B’Av, Parhsat Devarim [229] |
Lessons From The Spies |
לקחים מהמרגלים |
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Oaths, Spies, Two and a half tribes, Milgram, Stanford Prison Experiment, Moral Responsibility, Parhsat Matot [228] |
Influence |
השפעה |
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Joshua, Semicha, Moshe, Mashiach, 3 Gestures, Intellectual, Ethical, Aesthetic, Parhsat Pinhas [227] |
The Spirit Of Success |
רוח ההצלחה |
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Tzar Baalei Chaim, Compassion, Medical Experiments, Parhsat Balak, Bereishit, Mishpatim, Ki Teitzei [226] |
Animal Rights |
צער בעלי חיים |
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Dina D’Malchuta Dina, What are the parameters that obligate obedience to the law of the land? [225] |
The Law of the Land is the Law? |
דינא דמלכותא דינא? |
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Bnei Korah, Hirhur Teshuva, Thought, Action, Parshat Korah, Pinhas [224] |
On the Sons of Korah – Between Thought and Deed |
בני קורח – בין מחשבה למעשה |
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Maapilim, Teshuva Meula/Gemura, Parshat Shelach, Devarim [223] |
Maapilim – Ancient & Modern |
המעפילים – אז ועתה |
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Machiavelli, Ends Justify the Means, Aveira Lishma, Parshat Naso, Haftarat Nazir/Shimshon, (Purim) [222] |
To Sin For Heaven’s Sake |
עבירה לשמה |
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Kedushat HaKehuna, A good name, Parshat Bamidbar (Emor) [221] |
On Honor and Crowns |
על כבוד וכתרים |
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Yom HaAtzmaut, Teshuva, Return to Israel, Yishuv HaAretz, Go up like a wall, Parshat Behar [220] |
TheThreeOathsOfJewishHistory_SOURCES |
The Three Oaths – On History, Fate & Destiny |
שלושת השבעות - על היסטוריה, גורל ויעוד |
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Downfall of wicked, Egyptians drown, Mordechai kicks Haman, Eisav’s head, Pesah, Purim, Beshalach, Vayehi [219] |
Ding Dong the Wicked Witch is Dead – Do We Celebrate? |
באבוד רשעים רינה? |
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Mishpat, Hok, Contradicting Parent, Parshat Kedoshim, Yitro, Ve’etchanan [218] |
Honor Your Father & Mother |
כיבור אב ואם |
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Death of First Born, Anubis, Book of the Dead, Parshat Bo, Pesah [217] |
The Tongue of a Dog Teaches all of Egypt |
לא יחרץ כלב לשונו |
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Birkat HaIlanot, Renewal, Redemption, Spring, Nisan, Blossoming, Parshat HaHodesh [216] |
Message in a Blossom |
בשורת הלבלוב |
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BeKrovai Ekadesh, Object Lesson, Obedience, Nadav & Avihu, Het HaEgel, Tree of Knowledge, Parshat Shemini, Bamidbar, Pinhas [215] |
Through Those Near to Me Will I be Sanctified |
בקרובי אקדש |
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Man v. Animal, Bigdei Kehuna, Cohen, Talmid Hachaham, Parshat Tetzaveh, Pekudei [214] |
Clothing – for Honor & Beauty |
בגדים – כבוד ותפארת |
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Art, Aesthetics, Avoda Zara, Betzalel, Morality, Ethics, Sculpture, Parshat Ki Tisa, Vayakhel, Pekudei, Yitro [213] |
Art for God’s Sake – Between Idol Worship and Aesthetics |
אומנות, למען השם – בין ע"ז לאסתטיקה |
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Adar Rishon, Sheini, Simcha Tamid, Purim Katan [212] |
On Simcha: Between Adar I and Adar II |
מה בין אדר ראשון לאדר שני |
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Bat Kol, Urim VeTummim, Ruach HaKodesh, Prophecy, Divine Communication v. Free Will, Parshat Tetzaveh [211] |
To Know the Truth |
לדעת את האמת |
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Mishkan, Mikdash, Beit Kenneset, Har Sinai, Aliegence, Shechina, Parshat Terumah [210] |
A Temple “for God”? |
ועשו לי מקדש ושכנתי בתוכם |
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Faith (Emuna), Initiative, “I am Hashem”, Amalek, Parshat Beshalach (Yitro) [209] |
Faith to Act |
אמונה לפעול |
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Primogeniture, 10th plague: Death of Firstborn, Cohen Gadol, Ger, Goy; Parshat Bo (Shmot, Bamidbar, Korah) [208] |
Meritocracy |
בין בכורה לבחירה |
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13 Principles (2 and 3), Parshat Shmot (Bereishit) [207] |
Anthropomorphism v. Incorporeality – On Coke, Comics and Elokim
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הַאֲנָשָׁה (אַנְתְּרוֹפּוֹמוֹרְפִיזְם) ומופשטות – על קולה, קומיקס, ואלוקים
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Ayin Hara, Evil Eye, Yosef Bones, Galut Mitzraim, Brother’s Sale, Goy Gadol, Jealousy, Parshat Vayehi [206] |
Yosef and the Evil Eye |
יוסף ועין הרע |
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Hannukah (Chanukah), Creation, Time, Permanides, Heraclitus [205] |
Time and the Miracle of Hannukah |
נס חנוכה: זמן |
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13 Principles (12), Peretz, Poretz, Hatikva, Messiah, C.R. Snyder, Parshat Vayeshev [204] |
The Psychology of Hope and the Mashiach |
הפסיכולוגיה של תקווה והמשיח |
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Politics, Ancient Israel, Modern Israel, Rebbi, Antoninus, R. Y. ben Zakkai, R. Akiva, Mordechai, Haman, Jacob and Esau, Parshat Vayishlach [203] |
International Relations - as learned from Yaakov and Eisav |
למידת יחסים בינלאומיים מיעקב ועשיו |
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Atheism, Creation, Big Bang, Evolution, Reason v. Revelation, Gadol Hametzuveh, Shavuot, (Parshat Toldot -Theism&History) [202] |
Atheism – On Christopher Hitchens’ “God is Not Great” |
אָתֵאִיזְם – דע מה שתשיב לאפיקורוס |
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Hesped, Mesorah, Continuity, Assimilation, Separateness, Covenant, Husband-Wife Teamwork, Grave, Ahuza, Parshat Chayei Sarah [201] |
Eulogy for Sarah |
לספוד לשרה |
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Matza, Redemption, Hospitality (Hachnasat Orchim), Brit Bein Habetarim, Zechut Avot, Parshat Vayera, Bo [200] |
Lot’s Pesah (Cycles in Time) |
פסח של לוט (מחזורי הזמן) |
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Malkitzedek, Sodom, Avraham, Avot did Mitzvot DeRabanan, Stam Yeinam, Pat Akum, Parshat Lech Lecha [199] |
On Bread & Wine |
על לחם ויין |
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Safety, Rooftops, Cars, Cigarettes, Seatbelts, Mobileye, Rely on Miracle, Parshat Ve’etchanan [198] |
Be Safe! To What Extent? |
השמר לך! עד כמה החיוב? |
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Lulav, Simha, Joy, Water, Sukkot, Divine Influence, Parshat Emor [197] |
Rejoicing with the Lulav |
שמחה בלולב |
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Teshuva, Man-God, Man-Man, Yom Kippur, Shabbat Shuva [196] |
The Power of Yom Kippur – an Analysis of the Last Mishna in Yoma |
כח יום הכיפורים – עיון במשנה אחרומה ביומא |
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Judgment (Elokim), Mercy (Hashem), Names of God, Adam&Eve, Kayin, HaMelech HaMishpat, Rosh Hashanah [195] |
Rejoicing in Judgment |
לשמוח ביום הדין – היתכן? |
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Existentialism, Nihilism, God, Mathematical Balance of Tribes, Where did the Leviim stand, Parshat Re'eh, Ki Tavo [194] |
Existentialism on Har Eval and Har Gerizim |
קיומיות בהר עיבל והר גריזים |
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Yefat Toar, Ben Sorer, Ir Nidahat, Slavery, Amalek, Parshat Ki Teitzei, Re'eh, Shoftim, Behar (Shavuot) [193] |
Developing Morality |
מוסר המתפתח |
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Vegetarianism (Vegan), Parshat Re'eh, Bereishit, Noah [192] |
Vegetarianism – between Aesthetics and Ethics |
צמחונות – בין אסתטיקה לאתיקה |
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Why did Moshe want to live in the Land of Israel, Fulfilling Creation, Yom HaAtzmaut, Parshat Ve’etchanan [191] |
Why live in Israel? |
למה לגור בארץ? |
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Isaiah, Vision, Creative Thinking, Shabbat Hazon [190] |
Imagine |
חזון
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Cities Of Refuge, Arei Miklat, Murder v Manslaughter, Western Civilization, Jerusalem, Parshat Masei, Shoftim [189] |
Cities Of Refuge – Between Guilt and Innocence, Chaos and Perfection |
ערי מקלט - בין אשמה לחפות, בין כאוס לשלימות
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Capers, “Karma”, Reincarnation, Parshat Pinhas, Shelach [188] |
Karma, Capers and Tzelophad |
"קארמה" בסיפורו של צלופחד
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Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Parshat Balak [187] |
Anti-Semitism: Why Do They Hate Us? |
אנטישמיות: למה שונאים אותנו?
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History, War, Redemption, Parshat Hukat, Haftarat Yiftach [186] |
History Matters |
על היסטוריה
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Emotions define Mitzvot v. Mitzvot induce Emotions, Common Sense Rebellion, Parshat Korah [185] |
Feel Good |
טלית שכולה תכלת, בית שמלא ספרי תורה, או בית שכולו תכלת – העיקר שנרגיש טוב
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Hillazon Davka, Authenticity, Achievement of Ultimate Goals, Tekhelet, Parshat Shelach [184] |
Show Your True Color |
צבע אמיתי מסמל חיים אמיתיים |
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Learning, Dedication, Andrew Wiles, Fermat’s Last Theorem, Achievement of Ultimate Goals, Parshat Behukotai [183] |
Dedicated To Learning – Between Fermat, Wiles and Hillel the Elder |
מסור ללמוד – בין פרמה, וויילס והלל הזקן |
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Lex Talionis, Utilitarianist, Retributivists, Parshat Emor, Mishpatim, Shoftim [182] |
An Eye for an Eye – Philosophy of Punishment |
עין תחת עין – תפקידו של עונש |
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Holiness, Man-Man Commandments, Michshol Lifnei Iver, Parshat Kedoshim [181] |
Place not a stumbling block before the blind |
ולפני עור לא תתן מכשל |
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Yetzer Hara, Ego, Self-actualization, creation, Parshat Shemini [180] |
Strange Fire: Nadav & Avihu and the Ego |
אש זרה – נדב ואביהו והאגו |
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Tell the story right, Pesah Seder, Rabban Gamliel, Pesah, Matzah, Marror [179] |
Pesah Hagaddah: Experiential Education |
הגדה של פסח: לימוד חוויתי |
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Sport, Exercise, Health, Halacha, Spirituality [178] |
Sport: Praiseworthy or Unworthy |
ספורט: ראוי לשבח או לא כהלכה |
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Mishkan, Work, Rest, Creation, Parshat Ki Tisa, Vayakhel [177] |
Shabbat, Melacha, & Creativity |
"שבת מכל מלאכתו" |
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Pitum HaKetoret, Incense, Archeology, Mysticism, Parshat Terumah, Tetzaveh [176] |
The Holy Incense: In Archeology and Kaballah |
הקטורת בארכיאולוגיה ובקבלה |
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Mahatzit Hashekel, Individual v. Collective, Parshat Shekalim (Ki Tisa) [175] |
Half Shekel: Symbol of National Unity |
מחצית השקל: סמל לאחדות לאומית |
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Hearing, Motivating, Converting, Amalek, Psychological Warfare, Hidden Miracles, Parshat Yitro [174] |
“Yitro Heard” – What Motivates Change |
"וישמע יתרו" – מה מניע שינוי |
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Tzadik V’Ra Lo (bad things happen to good people), Marah, Parshat Beshalach (Tu bishvat) [173] |
Law & Order – A lesson in Reward & Punishment |
חוק ומשפט – שיעור בשכר ועונש |
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Hegel’s Dialectic Triad: Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis, Rechush Gadol, Brit Bein Habetarim, Parshat Bo, Shmot, Lech Lecha [172] |
The Great Wealth of Synthesis |
רכוש גדול - סינתזה מוגשמת |
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Burial, Resurrection, Atonement, Nationalism, Yaakov, Yosef, Parshat Vayehi [171] |
The Land of Israel: A Matter of Life and Death |
ארץ ישראל: עניין של חיים ומוות |
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Teshuva, Personal Growth, Leadership, Silence, Parshat Miketz, Vayigash [170] |
Why Didn’t Yosef Write Home? |
למה יוסף לא יצר קשר הביתה |
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Yosef, Butler, Pharoah, Depend/Trust only on Hashem, time to act, Bitachon, Hishtadlut, Parshat Vayeshev, Miketz, Hannukah (Chanukah) [169] |
Between Faith and Initiative |
בין ביטחון ליוזמה |
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Torah Law, Secular Law, Democracy, Maccabi, Light, Al HaNissim, Sinai: Content & Experience, Hannukah (Chanukah) [168] |
Torah v. State, Macabee v. Hellenist |
בין תורה למדינה ובין מכבים למתייוונים |
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Yaakov Wrestles, Tzadik V’Ra Lo, Face of God, Israel, Gid HaNasheh, Parshat Vayishlach [167] |
Jacob’s Struggle with the Angel of Theodicy |
ישראל, פניאל וגיד הנשה - מאבק עם פרדוקס "צדיק ורע לו" |
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Species Man, Man Of God, Adam I, Adam II, Existentialism, Parshat Toldot [166] |
Yaakov & Eisav: Existential Archetypes |
יעקב ועשיו כארכיטיפים קיומיים
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Sin of Sodom, Social Justice, Property Rights, Parshat Lech Lecha, Vayera [165] |
The Trait of Sodom |
מידת סדום |
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Tower of Babel, Science, Technology, Engineering, Idol Worship, Parshat Noah [164] |
Tower of Technology |
מגדל טכנולוגיה |
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Tzelem Elokim, Moral Intuition, Psychology, Parshat Bereishit [163] |
In God’s Image |
צלם אלוקים |
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End of Days, Leviathan (Livyatan), Sukkot [162] |
God Laughs |
שחוק ה' |
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Teshuva, Shabbat Shuva [161] |
Two Prostitutes & a Bandit – repent |
שתי זונות ושודד – עושים תשובה |
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New Covenant Brit, Land of Israel, Birth of a Nation, Yehoshua’s Joshua’s Mizbayach, Zertal, Har Eival (Eval, Eyval), Grizim, Parshat Ki Tavo [160] |
Covenant and Altar – Theology and Archeology |
ברית ומזבח – תיאולוגיה וארכיאולוגיה |
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Torah Lishma, Ben Sorer, Parshat Ki Teitzei [159] |
The Rebellious Son – A lesson in learning for its own sake |
בן סורר ומורה - דרוש וקבל שכר |
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Lifeboat Ethics, Leadership, Responsibility to Self v. Community, Parshat Behar [158] |
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Two People and One Canteen – Priority versus Solidarity |
שנים שהיו מהלכין בדרך, וביד אחד מהן קיתון של מים |
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Moser, Prat/Klal, Parshat Ki Teitzei, Mishpatim, (Haftarat Ekev) [157] |
Handing Over One
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מוסר נפש אחת מישראל – חשיבתו של הפרט מול הכלל |
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Hilchot Tisha B’Av [143b] |
Selected Laws for Tisha B’Av |
לקט דיני ט' באב |
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Three Weeks, Seventeenth of Tammuz, Tisha B’Av, Brit Sinai, Brit Zion, History, Destiny, Renewal [156] |
The Three Weeks – Time for Jewish National Renaissance |
שלושת השבועות – עת לרנאסנס לאומי |
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Yishuv HaAretz, Shabbat, Electricity, Telephone, R. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Parshat Masei [155] |
Does settling the land of Israel override the obligations of Shabbat? An Electrifying Lesson |
האם ישוב הארץ דוחה את השבת? נושא מחשמל! |
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Balaam, Kina (jealousy), taava (desire), kavod (honor), ayin hara (evil eye), Destruction of Temple, of Society, Three weeks, Parshat Balak [154] |
Balaam versus Avraham – On the meaning of Baseless Hatred (Sinat Hinam) and Gratuitous Love (Ahavat Hinam). |
בין בלעם לאברהם - על שנאת חינם ואהבת חינם |
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Baba Metzia, Lost Objects, Yeush (Abandonment), Siman (signs), zuto shel yam, Hukat (Chukat) [153] |
Finder’s Keepers – Mayer Hack donated jewelry from Auschwitz - according to Jewish Law this is a righteous act that goes beyond the letter of the law. |
"המוצא לוקח"? שיעור על מציאות |
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Jewish S-x Ethics, Hookups, Tzitzit, Tekhelet, Personal/Impersonal, Shelah (Shelach) [133] |
S-x and the |
ס-קס |
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Desires, Control Systems, Idolatry v. Paganism, Leadership, Teacher-NursingMother, Behaalotcha [132] |
Graves of Desire |
קברות התאווה |
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Yerushalayim, Holiness (kedusha) in Space and Time, Zecher L’Hurban, Zecher L’Mikdash, Bamidbar [131] |
Jerusalem: Of Existential Import |
ירושלים: חשיבותה הקיומי לעם ישראל |
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Nashim Daatan Kalah, Beruriah, Adam & Eve, Rashi, Rashbi, Lag BeOmer (Bereishit) [130] |
On Women |
נשים דעתן קלה |
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Swine Flu, Pig Intestines, Teshuva, Sins to Merits [129] |
On Pigs, People and Repentance |
על חזירים, אנשים ותשובה |
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Tumah, Tahara, Kedusha, Brit Mila, Orlah, Hatat, Parshat Tazria [128] |
Actualize Potential – On Pregnancy and Circumcision |
להגשים פוטנציאל- על יולדת ומילה |
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Behema Temeimah, Rennet, Goy Milk, Goy Cheese, Human Flesh, Human Milk, Parshat Shemini [127] |
The Science & Torah of Meat, Milk and Cheese |
על בשר, חלב וגבינה |
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Birkat Hahama, Bircas Hachammah, Redemption, Inaccurate calculations, solar cycle [126] |
Blessing the Sun |
ברכת החמה |
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Hidush, Moon, Tikun Olam, Creation, Man’s Participation, Temple, Shabbat, Parshat Bo, Vayakhel, Parshat HaHodesh [125] |
Time, Month and Renewal |
זמן חודש וחידוש |
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Para Aduma, Sin of the Golden Calf, Primordial Sin, Het HaEgel, Hok, Hukat, Parshat Para, Ki Tisa [124] |
On Cows and Calves |
על פרה ועגל |
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DCM, DCT, Amalek, Akeida, Avraham, Shaul, Agag, Shmuel, Purim, Parshat Zachor, Beshalach, Ki Teitzei [123] |
Remember … Euthyphro –Reflections on the Divine Command Morality |
זכור את ... אותיפרון - עיון במוסריות צו אלוקי |
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Kruvim, Cherubim, Parshat Terumah (Trumah), Vayakhel [122] |
Cherubs – What is the significance of these chubby lovable figures |
הכרובים – מה משמעות הדמויות הנחמדות השמנמנות |
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Reflections on Dialectical Existence, Theory of Emotions [121] |
What's so Funny About Rosh Hodesh Adar? |
מה כל כך מצחיק בראש חודש אדר? |
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Scripts, Moshe, Ezra, Luchot, Ten Commandments, Torah, Tefillin, Mezuzah, Parshat Yitro, Mishpatim, Ki Tisa [120] |
Ancient Script |
בין כתב עברי לכתב אשורי |
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13 Principles (13), Parshat Beshalach, Vayelech (see Hirsch, p620) [119] |
Resurrection |
תחיית המתים |
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Gratitude, Grateful, Pesah, Parshat Bo [118] |
Gratitude for the Dogs |
הכרת הטוב לכלבים |
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Frogs, War, Self Sacrifice, Pesah, Parshat Lech Lecha, Parshat Vaera (Va’eira) [117] |
On Soldiers and Frogs - A Lesson in Mesirut Nefesh |
על חיילים וצפרדעים: שיעור במסירות נפש |
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Miracles: Open and Hidden, Geulat Mitzrayim, Pesah, Parshat Shmot [116] |
Divine Intervention: A Theological Perspective |
התערבות אלוקית: תשקופת תיאולוגית |
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Torah pre-Sinai versus post-Sinai, Avot, Shavuot, Parshat Toldot, Parshat Vayehi [115] |
Did the Patriarchs keep all the Commandments? |
האבות קיימו את כל המצוות?! |
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Wagons (Agalot), Eglah Arufa, Symbolism, Pshat, Drash, Parshat Vayigash [114] |
Wagons Laden With Meaning On the power of symbols |
עֲגָלָה עֶגְלָה – על כוחו של סמלים |
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Miracles, Personal, National Hannukah (Chanukah), Purim [113] |
On Miracles: Natural and Supernatural |
על הנסים – טבעיים ואל טבעיים |
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Actions have consequences, 10 Martyrs (Asara Harugei Malchut), Parshat Vayeshev [112] |
Who Sold Yosef? |
מי מכר את יוסף? |
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Universalism, Doron, Tefila, Milhama, Gifts, Prayer, War, Teaching Non-Jews Torah, Outreach, Tikun Olam, Parshat Vayishlach [111] |
Fixing the World – A Three Prong Approach |
תיקון עולם – איך? |
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Dreams, Freud’s Dream-works, ambitions & anxieties, ecstatic vision, vow, Parshat Vayetzei [110] |
Jacob’s Ladder Revisited |
סולם יעקב במבט חדש |
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The World to Come (Olam Haba), Effort, Preparation, Enjoyment, Parshat Hayei Sarah (Chayei) [109] |
The Perfect Life Lived |
חיים מושלמים |
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Obedience, Nazis, Holocaust, “Just Following Orders”, Banality of Evil, Avraham, Binding Isaac, Parshat Vayera [108] |
Obedience, Auschwitz, and the Akeida – Lessons from the Milgram Experiment |
צייתנות, אושוויץ, והעקידה – לקחים מניסוי מילגרם |
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Tekhelet, Using Religious Objects without permission, Parshat Lech Lecha [107] |
A String and a Shoelace |
מחוט ועד שרוך נעל |
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Longevity, Genetics, Parshat Noah [106] |
The Fountain of Youth |
מעיין הנעורים |
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Family, Individuals, Holidays, Self-Actualization, Nation, Parshat Bereishit [105] |
On Families |
על המשפחה |
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Shiluach Haken, Mitzvot: Decrees v. Reasoned, Taamei HaMitzvot, Mercy, Animal Rights, Parshat Ki Teitzei (Tetzei) [104] |
On Birds’ Nests and Decrees |
שילוח הקן |
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Compliance with
Legal Authority, Personal Opinion, Public Conduct, Tanur Achnai, R. Eliezer,
R. Yehoshua, Raban Gamliel, R. Akiva, Parshat Shoftim |
Right and Left |
ימין ושמאל |
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Pity, Mercy, Blessings, War, Idol Worship, ad bellum, in bello, Parshat Ekev [102] |
Just War Tradition |
מסורת המלחמה הצודקת |
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Historical context, Prophecy fulfilled, Haftarat Nachamu, Parshat Ve’etchanan, Yom HaAtzmaut [101] |
Historic Consolation |
נחמה היסטורית |
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National Mission, Tisha B’Av, Seventeenth Tammuz, Tzom Gedalia, Asarah B’Tevet [100] |
Four Fasts – For What? |
ארבע תעניות – לשם מה? |
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Draft Exemptions, Army, Learning, Parshat Lech Lecha, Bamidbar, Matot, Devarim, Shoftim, Ki Teitzei [99] |
Draft Policy in Judaism |
גיוס לכווווווולם!? |
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Women’s Issues, Parshat Pinhas (Pinchas) [98] |
Tzlophads's Daughters - Women's Status in Judaism |
בנות צלפחד – מעמד האשה ביהדות |
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Aesthetics, Baal Peor, Parshat Balak [96] |
The Women of Moav: A Lesson in Redeeming Aesthetics |
בנות מואב – שיוער בגאולת האסתטי |
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Leaders and People, Water, Staff, Rebellion, Hillul Hashem, Parshat Chukat (Hukat) [95] |
Mei Meriva: A Study in Leadership Compatibility |
מי מריבה – עיון בהנהגה הולמת |
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Political Leadership, Religious Leadership, Datan, Aviram, Parshat Korach (Korah) [94] |
On Power Struggles: Religious and Political |
על מאבקי כח במרכזי שלטון |
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Personal Example, Leadership, Physical Lusting, Backwards Nuns, R. Soloveitchik, Shimush Hachamim, Hillul Hashem, Parshat Behaalotcha [93] |
Personal Example |
דוגמה אישית |
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Nazir, Middlepath, Rambam Parshat Naso [92] |
The Nazir – Holy or Sinful |
נזיר – קדוש או חוטא |
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Census, Mahatzit Hashekel, Parshat Shekalim, Parshat Bamidbar, Parshat Ki Tisa [91] |
On National Census |
על מפקד תושבים |
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Disasters (natural and otherwise) in the World, Coincidence, R. Akiva’s Students, Teshuva, Parshat Behukotai [89] |
On Worldwide Disasters |
על אסונות בעולם |
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Mutuality between Written and Oral Torah, R. Akiva, Moshe, Shavuout, Parshat Behar [88] |
Between the Written Torah and the Oral Torah |
בין תורה שבכתב לתורה שבעל פה |
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Past, Present, Future, Evil, Tikun Olam, Tisha B’Av, Sefirat HaOmer [87] |
Holocaust Remembrance Day: In Context |
לזכור: בהקשר |
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Hametz & Matza, Church & State, Shabbat Hagadol, Pesah [135a] |
On Hametz & Matza and Separation of Church & State |
חמץ ומצה - דת ומדינה - ומה שביניהם |
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Kashrut, Free Will, Parshat Shemini [86] |
God is in the Details |
אלוקים נמצא בפרטים |
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Amalek, Evil, Free Will, Hasgacha Pratit, Parshat Zachor [85] |
Remember Amalek – A Lesson in Divine Providence |
זכור את עמלק – שיעור על השגחה פרטית |
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Three Pillars, Torah, Avoda, Gemilut hasadim, Parshat Vayakhel, Shavuot [84] |
Equal to the whole Torah |
שקולה כנגד כל התורה |
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Bigdei Kehuna, Priestly Garments, Atonement, Pride (Gaavah), Obstinacy (Aizut), Parshat Tzav, Tetzaveh, (Bigdei Serad: Ki Tisa, Vayakhel, Pekudei) [82] |
Dressed for Success – Atonement of the Priestly Garments |
על בגדים, אנשים ועמים |
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Ten Commandments, Twelve Lavin, Two Tablets, Parshat Yitro, (Ve’etchanan, Ekev), Shavuot [80] |
The Ten Commandments and the Twelve “Don’t Do’s” |
עשרת הדברות – שנים עשר לאווין |
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Dependency, Slave mentality, Light to the Nations, Hashgacha Pratit, Shabbat, Parshat Beshalach, Parshat Ekev [56] |
Manna – a lesson in developing faith |
נסיון ה"מן" – לפתח אמונה מתלות לחירות עם משמעות |
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Greater Commanded, Self-Transcendence, Self-Actualization, B’nei Noah Women, Positive Timebound Mitzvot [81] |
Greater is the one Commanded |
גדול מצווה ועושה ממי שאינו מצווה ועושה |
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Women, Positive Timebound Mitzvot, 4 leshonot geula, 4 cups, 5 cups, Parshat Vaera, Shabbat Hagadol [55] |
Battle of the Sexes – A Jewish view on Women |
מלחמת המינים – מי המנצח/ת? |
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Burning Bush, Moshe, Yaakov, Avraham, Parshat Shmot [31] |
Personal Development – 1% Inspiration, 99% Perspiration |
התפתחות אישית – הבזקים והתמדה הדרגתית |
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10 Tevet, Greek Translation, Greek Culture, Tents of Shem [54] |
Torah Translations – Good or Bad? |
תרגומה של התורה – דבר רע או דבר טוב? |
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Hannukah (Chanukah), Greek Culture, Tents of Shem [53] |
Maccabi v. Greece – a Hannukah “Game” |
מכבי מול יון – "משחק" חנוכה |
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Whatever God does is for the best, Yaakov meets Yosef, Parshat Vayigash [144] |
Yosef is Still Alive - A Lesson In Divine Providence |
כל דעביד רחמנא לטב עביד |
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Yehuda, Tamar, Leadership, Parshat Vayeshev [29] |
“Recognize to whom these belong” – A Lesson in Leadership |
"הכר נא" – שיעור במנהיגות |
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Name Changes, Nationalism, Universalism, Or LaGoyim, Parshat Vayishlach [52] |
Of Names and Nations |
על שמות ואומות |
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Yaakov, Animal Husbandry, Genetics, Felix, Parshat Vayetzei [30] |
Yaakov’s Amazing Success – a lesson in genetics |
ויפרוץ האיש – שיעור בגנטיקה |
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Object Lessons, Parshat Toldot [79] |
Object Lesson |
הדגמה מוחשית |
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Continuity, Graves, Parshat Hayei Sarah (Chayei) [78] |
Continuity |
המשכיות |
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Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life, Freedom, Good, Evil, Parshat Bereishit [77] |
From the Tree of Knowledge to the Tree of Life |
בין עץ הדעת לעץ החיים |
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Primordial Sin, Parshat Bereishit, Ki Tavo (Walk in His Ways), Pesah, Parshat Re'eh [97] |
Halacha, Ethics and Aesthetics |
הלכה, אתיקה, ואסתטיקה |
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Reward, Punishment, Elisha Ben Abuyeh, Aher, Parshat Ve’etchanan, Ki Teitzei [74] |
Pshat and Drash |
פשט ודרש |
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Blessing, Curse, Reward, Punishment, Parshat Re'eh, Gambling, Lishma [73] |
Blessing & Curse – Reward & Punishment |
ברכה וקללה - שכר ועונש |
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Prayer, Function, Efficacy, Parshat Ekev 13 Principles (5) [72] |
Prayer – Function and Efficacy |
תפילה – יעילותה ותפקידה |
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Reincarnation, Tikun Neshamah, Having Children, Parshat Pinhas [71] |
Reincarnation |
גלגול נשמות |
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Risk, Saving Life, Military, Medical, Live Organ Donation, Parshat Kedoshim [67] |
Taking Risks to Save Lives |
להיכנס לסכנה על מנת להציל חיים |
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Rashbi, Tikun Olam, Lag BaOmer [65] |
Rebbi Shimon Bar Yohai and Fixing the World |
רשב"י – תיקון עולם |
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Lashon Hara, Kessin, Hafetz Hayim, Cardinal sins, Parshat Kedoshim [63] |
Who Desires Life |
מי החפץ חיים |
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Kiddushat Makom, Kiddush Hashem, Holiness, Yom HaAztmaut, Yom HaZikaron, Parshat Tazria [64] |
Holiness |
קדושת מקום |
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Holiness in Time, Sefirat HaOmer [62] |
Time Consciousness |
מודעות לזמן |
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Parshat Hahodesh (Bo), Awe, Jealousy and Humility [59] |
On Awe, Jealousy and Humility – A lesson from Parshat Hahodesh |
על הקנאה – לימוד מפרשת החודש |
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Para Aduma, Death, Hok, Parshat Hukat [58] |
On Hok, Death and the Red Heifer |
זאת חוקת התורה ... אדם כי ימות |
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“Splitting the Sea with a Surfboard – a true story”, Kriyat Yam Suf, Initiative, Freedom, Pi HaHirot, Parshat Beshalach, (Shevii Shel Pesah) [138] |
Initiative at the Sea |
יוזמה בים |
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Aesthetics, Beautiful, Sublime, Kant, Trees, Tekhelet, Tzitzit, Apprehend, Comprehend, Parshat Terumah, Shelach [57] |
Aesthetics – the Beautiful and the Sublime |
אסתטיקה: היפה והנשגב |
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Coercion, Free Will, Har k’Gigit, Mountain Over heads, Shavuot, Purim, Parshat Yitro, Mishpatim [66] |
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