Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
Parashat Bemidbar begins with a census. We will be discussing the topic of counting in this shiur. What is the purpose of counting and how is it done?
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Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 38 minutes
We will be looking at the Nazirite vow. Crucial to our investigation is the context – what is this voluntary vow doing here, when the Kohen is at the...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
In this shiur, we examine a conversation surrounding Kivrot HaTaava – Moshe’s dialogue of crisis with God. Why Is moshe in crisis? Are Bnei Yisrael...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
We will be looking at Moshe’s account of his own sin. It begins as a relatively standard speech of Moshe in Devarim about doing mitzvot in the Promised...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
People often refer to the "story of Yehuda and Tamar." But perhaps the story should be understood a bit differently: "the story of the trials and travails...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 33 minutes
We will be discussing the beginning of Mikketz. Pharaoh’s dreams and their lack of solution is the key to the story. This parasha is the story of the...
Rabbi Yaacov Steinman
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Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Rachel is coming with the flocks, and when Yaakov saw her, he rolled the stone from above the well and watered the sheep of Lavan. Three times in one...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
We will discuss a story that strikes the reader as very familiar - the "second sister-wife" story, wherein Sarah is takein to the house of Avimelekh,...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 30 minutes
We examine the story of Avraham’s sojourn in Egypt, focusing on his request of Sarah to say she is his sister. How do we evaluate his behavior -aside from...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Lesson Length: 35 minutes
We will discuss the story of the Sin of the Golden Calf. To what extent is this idol worship - or is it something else? What is the motivation of Israel...
