Aveilut and Simcha: How Rav Soloveitchik Read Yom Kippur's Hidden Joy
Aveilut and Simcha: How Rav Soloveitchik Read Yom Kippur's Hidden Joy, by Rav Yosef Blau Kiyum simcha beYom HaKippurim. No festive meal, no...
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Shabbat Shuva | Teshuva Mei'Yir'a: The Runaway Son
Shabbat Shuva | Teshuva Mei'Yir'a: The Runaway Son, by Rav Eli Weber Why would Chazal choose the "cynical," self-interested model of teshuva...
Rosh Hashana 5787 | Chana's Silent Prayer
Rosh Hashana 5787 | Chana's Silent Prayer, by Rav Eli Weber Chana's silent tears at Shiloh became the model for Jewish prayer. Discover the...
Rosh Hashana | How Did We Get To 30 Blasts?
Rosh Hashana | How Did We Get To 30 Blasts? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Why do we blow 30 shofar blasts from one vague word in the Torah? The a...
When Rosh Hashana Falls on Shabbat
When Rosh Hashana Falls on Shabbat, by Eli Weber A topic which is obviously specific to this year, but also a topic with huge implications t...
The Parasha Pod | 51 | Rosh Hashana
The Parasha Pod | 51 | Rosh Hashana, by Rav Menachem Leibtag and Rav Mordechai Rosenberg Rosh Hashana and Listening to the Shofar When we Ca...
Nitzavim - Vayelekh | "Sos Asis" - I Greatly Rejoice in God
Nitzavim - Vayelekh | "Sos Asis" - I Greatly Rejoice in God by Rav Eli Weber The last and sweetest of the seven haftarot of consolation — ca...
Ki Tavo | The Historical and Metaphysical Future
Ki Tavo | The Historical and Metaphysical Future, by Rav Eli Weber Why is the haftara for Ki Tavo so uniquely comforting? A look at divine l...
Ki Tavo | The Power of Mikra Bikkurim and Vidui Ma'asrot
Ki Tavo | The Power of Mikra Bikkurim and Vidui Ma'asrot, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The final two Mitzvot in Moshe's presentation of the Law...
Ki Tetze | Roni Akara: Hope That Transforms Present Pain
Ki Tetze | Roni Akara: Hope That Transforms Present Pain, by Rav Eli Weber Yeshayahu 54: 1-10 The haftara "Roni Akara" consoles Israel not a...
The Special Celebration of טו באב - the Fifteenth of Av
The Special Celebration of טו באב - the Fifteenth of Av, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The happiest days of the year, Rabban Shim'on b. Gamliel t...
Vaetchanan | Nachamu Nachamu Ami
Vaetchanan | Nachamu Nachamu Ami, by Rav Eli Weber Yeshayahu 40: 1-26 Is repentance required for redemption?
Devarim | "The vision of Yeshayahu son of Amotz"
Devarim | "The vision of Yeshayahu son of Amotz", by Rav Eli Weber Yeshayahu 1:1-27 Is ritualistic worship enough?
Matot - Masei | "For My people have committed two evils"
Matot - Masei | "For My people have committed two evils", by Rav Eli Weber Yirmiyahu 2: 4-28, 3:4 Idolatry as Betrayal. Why couldn't even Yo...
Yirmiyah, the Joyous Sounds of Weddings, and the Return to the Land
Yirmiyah, the Joyous Sounds of Weddings, and the Return to the Land, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Why are the themes of marriage and the return...
Matot | Moabite Daughters, a Midianite Princess and Pinchas
Matot | Moabite Daughters, a Midianite Princess and Pinchas, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Balak-Pinchas-Matot. Why is the "war of vengeance" car...
Pinchas | Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee
Pinchas | Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, by Rav Eli Weber Yirmiyahu 1:1 - 2:3 The burden of prophecy.
Balak | The remnant of Yaakov shall be among the nations
Balak | The remnant of Yaakov shall be among the nations, by Rav Eli Weber Mikha 5:6 - 6:8 Is being alone a curse or a blessing?
Bein HaMetzarim | Brit Sinai and Brit Zion
Bein HaMetzarim | Brit Sinai and Brit Zion, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom What is the message emerging from the parallel lists of 5 calamities on...
Chukat | Now Yiftach the Gil'adite was a mighty man of valour
Chukat | Now Yiftach the Gil'adite was a mighty man of valour, by Rav Eli Weber Shoftim 11:1-33 The leader Am Yisrael needed