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Terumah: Is There a Face Hiding in the Tabernacle?

Rabbi David Fohrman Source:

In Parshat Terumah, we are given explicit details about how to build the mishkan, the Tabernacle that traveled with the nation of Israel through the...

Beshalach: What Does It Mean to Have Faith?

Rabbi David Fohrman Source:

Exodus 14 - 15, 22

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Exodus 2

After crossing the Sea of Reeds, the nation of Israel sings a song of thanksgiving - but curiously, Miriam then leads the women of the nation in a second...

Miriam Moshe in the Nile Belief in God The Song of the Sea The Splitting of the Sea The structure of the Splitting of the Sea narrative

Can Leaders Make Mistakes?

Rabbi David Fohrman Source:

Leviticus 1 - 5

Welcome the book of Leviticus! In this video, we explore Rashi's puzzling comment, that a nation is lucky if it has a leader who brings a sacrifice for an...

Leadership Sin Offering

Shmot: If Midrash is Real, Why Isn't It Peshat?

Rabbi David Fohrman Source:

Exodus 2

Welcome the book of Exodus! In this video, we explore the strange midrash in which the arm of Pharaoh's daughter stretched through the river to fetch...

Midrashic Interpretation Peshat and Drash Pharaoh's Daughter Moshe in the Nile

Who is Joseph's Real Father?

Rabbi David Fohrman Source:

Genesis 47, 28 - 50

When Joseph agrees to bury Jacob in Canaan, Jacob bows to him in relief - why? What was Jacob worried about? In this video, the last of the book of...

Yosef in Egypt Yaakov's Burial in Canaan

The Epic Confrontation Between Judah and Joseph

Rabbi David Fohrman Source:

Genesis 44, 18 - 47, 27

Judah once allowed a son of Rachel to be taken, but in this week's parsha, he offers to sacrifice himself instead of Benjamin, because Jacob's soul is...

Yehuda and Yosef Yehuda - The Selling of Yosef Binyamin and the brothers

Becoming a Person of Integrity

Rabbi David Fohrman Source:

Genesis 32, 3 - 36

How do we reconcile Jacob's behavior, tricking his brother and lying to his father, with our vision of Yaakov as an ish emet, a man of truth? Through an...

Yaakov and Esav Stealing the Blessings

Vayeitzei: Consequences of Jacob's Deceit

Rabbi David Fohrman Source:

Genesis 29

Last week, we saw Jacob trick his father Isaac and stole Esau's birthright, devastating his brother and causing him to cry. Are we really meant to applaud...

Yaakov and Rachel Yaakov and Lavan Yaakov and Esav Midrashic Interpretation Stealing the Blessings Family

Ramban on Beshallach: Tze'aka - Crying Out

Rabbi Ezra Bick Source:

Exodus 13, 15 - 14

Lesson Length:

37 minutes

We will look at two different comments by Ramban on two different verses relating to the word “tza’ak” – to cry out. Bnei Yisrael were on the banks of the...

The Splitting of the Sea Crying Complaints of Bnei Yisrael

Ramban on Mishpatim: "Justice Belongs to God"

Rabbi Ezra Bick Source:

Exodus 22 - 23

Lesson Length:

34 minutes

We will look at a comment of the Ramban on a pasuk that does not exist, but first we will look at one that does. We begin with the verse about the...

Judges Elohim meaning Justice Divine Justice

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