Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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The laws of Egla Arufa raises a number of questions: what does the unusual law symbolize? How does the ceremony atone for the mysterious murder? These and...
Rabbi Yehuda Rock
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"An eye for an eye" is a blatant example of the gap between the written and oral Torah. The gap might be viewed as an expression of two complementary...
Dr. Mordechai Sabato
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This lesson focuses on the verse that completes the list of curses in Parashat Ki Tavo: "And God shall return you to Egypt in boats on the way that I told...
Prof. Jonathan Grossman
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Why is the covenant of Arvot Moav necessary, in addition to the covenant at Sinai? What is the relationship between these two covenants, and the third...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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Moshe commands Bnei Yisrael to erect large stones and write the Torah upon them when they have entered into the Promised Land. He also commands them to...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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What is the nature of the Cities of Refuge? Parashat Masei seems to imply that they have a legal function: defending a murderer until he is accused or...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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The Rambam disagrees with the Raavad and Sages of Provence on the definition of the prohibition of divination. While the disagreement is halakhic in form...
Rabbi Yehuda Rock
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The Torah commands that we examine situations where suspected idolatry has taken place. Similar formulations of "derisha" and "chakira" are used in the...
Dr. Mordechai Sabato
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What is the significance of the prohibitions to create an Ashera and a Matzeva? Why was the Matzeva permissible in the era of the forefathers, but...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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Bnei Yisrael are told, for the first time, that God will choose a place for the dwelling of the Divine Presence, where they can bring their gifts to God....
