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YUTORAH: R' Mordechai Torczyner -- Recent Shiurim
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"Then They Build Monuments to You": Shir haShirim and the Campus Riots - Apr 25, 2024 - Derashah for Shabbat Chol haMoed Pesach 5784. Linking our current experience with the fifth perek of Shir haShirim and the story of Tattenai's opposition to construction of the second Beit haMikdash.
Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 24: 6:6-12 - King Darius: Benevolent or Self-Serving? - Apr 21, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. With our license to build the Beit haMikdash discovered, Darius empowers us to build, with shocking benevolence - but a gemara sees him as self-serving. Why?
"Baavur Zeh" - Chag, not Moed - Apr 21, 2024 - Derashah for Pesach 5784. Why did a midrash suggest that we should telling our children about yetziat mitzrayim on Rosh Chodesh Nisan? And why does the Torah insist on doing it specifically when the pesach, matzah and marror are in front of us?
Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 23: 6:1-5 The documents are in order - Apr 21, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. The Persians find the order by King Cyrus for construction of the second Beit haMikdash!
Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 22: 5:11-17 - The Jews Respond to Tattenai - Apr 19, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. When Tattenai the pecha inquires as to who licensed the Jews to build a Beit haMikdash, the Jews respond with a history lesson.
"I Am the Son of Amram": Pesach in a Crisis - Apr 18, 2024 - Moshe's highest accolade: I am the son of Amram. The Jews of the Haggadah are the Amrams, not the Moshes - people who suffer and remain loyal to Hashem. This is represented in the emphasis on handmade matzah and matzah shemurah. And it is a source of inspiration for us.
Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah: Listen to the Younger Generation - Apr 18, 2024 - Derashah for Parshat Metzora 5784. Just a quick Seder dvar torah - three ways to understand Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah's exclamation when Ben Zoma won the day.
Lo Lanu: Absorbing the Message - Apr 18, 2024 - Fourth in a series on Hallel. Understanding the structure of "Lo Lanu" and why it is omitted on Rosh Chodesh but included at the Seder.
Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 21: 5:1-10 - Tattenai's Charge - Apr 18, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Tattenai, a Persian functionary, wants to see our building permit for the Beit haMikdash.
Medical Treatment on Shabbat II #26b: Getting Help on Shabbat, Part 2b - Apr 17, 2024 - Avoiding anticipated chillul Shabbat in advance, by going to the hospital before Shabbat.
Medical Treatment on Shabbat II #26a: Getting Help on Shabbat, Part 2a - Apr 17, 2024 - Why does the Rambam say not to send women to save lives on Shabbat?
Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 20: Chapter 5 - Introducing Tattenai - Apr 17, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. When did they start building the Beit haMikdash? And who is Tattenai, who opposed it?
Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 19: 4:12-24 - Samaritan Success - Apr 16, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. The Samaritans succeed in halting the construction of the Beit haMikdash, by labelling Jerusalem a rebellious city.
Marking the War and its End at our Seder - Apr 15, 2024 - Two approaches to marking the war at our Seder. The first involves marking our גנות via popular methods of commemoration of the hostages and war, as well as tefillot and thoughts from Rav Kook. The second involves visualizing the end of the war and צפייה לישועה for our שבח.
ECDP Haggadah Night 5784 - Apr 15, 2024 - Three brief presentations of thoughts for your Pesach Seder, on different parts of the Haggadah, from Rabbi Efrem Schwalb, Mrs. Beaty Menchel and Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner!
Medical Treatment on Shabbat II #25: Getting Help on Shabbat, Part 1 - Apr 15, 2024 - Should we seek a non-Jew's help in a pikuach nefesh situation on Shabbat? Should we seek a minor's help? And starting the discussion regarding men vs women in a pikuach nefesh situation on Shabbat.
Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 18: 4:7-13 - The Samaritan Trick - Apr 15, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. The Samaritans send a letter to King Artachshasta alleging that the Jews are building up the defenses of Jerusalem. But isn't that obviously and demonstrably false?
Fourteen Centuries #17: Rav Hai Gaon, Part 2 - Apr 14, 2024 - Rav Hai Gaon's advice to the Spanish yeshivot regarding curriculum, and his explanation of how masorah works (in the context of shofar). Note: The history is more overview than granular, and certainly not academic.
Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 17: 4:4-7 - The Chronology of Samaritan Opposition - Apr 14, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Under which kings did the Samaritans oppose the Jewish construction of the second Beit haMikdash?
Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 16: 4:1-3 - Why did we reject Samaritan help? - Apr 12, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. What was behind the Samaritan offer of assistance in building the Beit haMikdash, and why did we refuse? And how does that impact the long-term debate on accepting non-Jewish "erech" contributions for the Beit haMikdash?
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The Proverbs commentary attributed to Ibn Ezra is not actually his. The true author may be Moses Kimhi.
Mainstream scholars do not date Ben Sira to the early second temple period but to Ben Sira's time - i.e., mid-2nd temple times
It is odd to call Joseph Kimhi "the father of the Radak"
היכן means where
אלה אלהיך means these are your gods/elohim
Origen was a presbyter, not a bishop
Verbal should be oral
There never was an expulsion from Portugal
Rabbi T. has an unfortunate habit of refering to Amos Hakam z'l by the name of the series he published his commentary in. This would be like referring to Blenkinsopp as "Anchor Yale" rather than "Blenkinsopp."