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parshat shavua shiurim: Parshat Acharei Mos 2
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Parshat shavua divrei torah and parsha summaries from Rabbi David Sedley. Updated several times a week. Sunday, April 13, 2008. Parshat Acharei Mos 2. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Support this web site: Shop online at HaSOFER.com. For tefillin, mezuzot and a wide variety of Jewish gifts. Parshat Acharei Mos 2. Rabbi Sedley's Main Page. Rabbi Sedley's daf yomi. Rabbi Sedley's Hilchot Shabbat Shiurim. Ask the Rabbi (Sedley) Q&A. Links to other sites of interest.
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parshat shavua shiurim: Tosefet Bracha Shelach Lecha
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Parshat shavua divrei torah and parsha summaries from Rabbi David Sedley. Updated several times a week. Saturday, June 14, 2008. Tosefet Bracha Shelach Lecha. L'ilui nishmat R' Avraham ben Yona Ya'akov. Send for yourself men” (13; 2). Rashi points out the reason that the story of the spies follows immediately after the story of Miriam (at the end of Beha'alotecha), since they both speak about lashon hara. Moshe called Hoshea bin Nun - Yehoshua” (13; 16). We must point out that every time in the Torah and...
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parshat shavua shiurim: Tosefet Bracha - Chukat
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Parshat shavua divrei torah and parsha summaries from Rabbi David Sedley. Updated several times a week. Wednesday, June 20, 2007. Tosefet Bracha - Chukat. 8220;You should take for yourself a red heifer…” (19; 2). It is not exactly clear what the word(s) ‘for yourself’ mean. In Parshat Tetzaveh where it states “You shall take olive oil for yourself” the Sages explain what it means. Here there is no explanation. I found in the Yalkut here the following drasha:. There must be a reason for this. David Sedley...
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parshat shavua shiurim: Parshas Chukas (Rabbi Sedley)
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Parshat shavua divrei torah and parsha summaries from Rabbi David Sedley. Updated several times a week. Monday, June 18, 2007. Parshas Chukas (Rabbi Sedley). Love Peace, Love Each Other. And the Canaanite King of Arad heard and he waged war with Israel." (Numbers 21; 1). What did he hear that caused him to fight Israel now? The phrase "United we stand, divided we fall" is the lesson that we must learn from this Torah reading, and from history. It is as true today as it has ever been, but it becomes m...
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parshat shavua shiurim: Parshat Korach
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Parshat shavua divrei torah and parsha summaries from Rabbi David Sedley. Updated several times a week. Saturday, June 21, 2008. Not only Korach, but all those who followed him also openly espoused equality, but in reality were aiming for personal political power. This is why the Mishna (Ethics of the Fathers 5; 17) states: "What is an example of an argument that is not for the sake of heaven? Rav Yonasan Eibeschitz in his book Tiferes Yonasan takes this idea to the point where he writes that Korach's so...
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parshat shavua shiurim: Metzorah summary
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Parshat shavua divrei torah and parsha summaries from Rabbi David Sedley. Updated several times a week. Sunday, April 06, 2008. The Torah describes a type of male genital discharge called Zav. This renders him, or anything that he sits or lies on, tamei. Any person or utensil that he touches also becomes tamei. Once the discharge has ceased, he must count seven clean days. On the eighth day he immerses in a Mikva to purify himself, and brings a purification sacrifice. When a woman menstruates she becomes...
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parshat shavua shiurim: Parshat Devrarim
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Parshat shavua divrei torah and parsha summaries from Rabbi David Sedley. Updated several times a week. Sunday, August 03, 2008. Here is the summary of this week's parsha - Devarim. You can also find a d'var Torah by me here. And a translation of a section of Tosefet Bracha on the parsha here. Have a great week. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). David Sedley lives in Jerusalem with his wife and children. He teaches and tutors and continues writing, translating and editing books. He also gives a...Links...
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parshat shavua shiurim: Acharei Mos Summary
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Parshat shavua divrei torah and parsha summaries from Rabbi David Sedley. Updated several times a week. Sunday, April 13, 2008. G-d commands the Jews not to sacrifice any animals outside of the Temple or Tabernacle. They are forbidden from sacrificing to any idols or occult spiritual powers. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). David Sedley lives in Jerusalem with his wife and children. He teaches and tutors and continues writing, translating and editing books. He also gives a shiur on webyeshiva&...Click...
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parshat shavua shiurim: Behar Summary
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Parshat shavua divrei torah and parsha summaries from Rabbi David Sedley. Updated several times a week. Saturday, May 10, 2008. If a Jew is sold to a non-Jew as a slave he must be redeemed as soon as possible. We are obligated in all of these laws because G-d brought us out of bondage from the land of Egypt. We are commanded not to build idols or altars to false gods. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Support this web site: Shop online at HaSOFER.com. Rabbi Sedley's Main Page.
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parshat shavua shiurim: Parshat Acharei Mos
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Parshat shavua divrei torah and parsha summaries from Rabbi David Sedley. Updated several times a week. Sunday, April 13, 2008. By sending the goat into this desert at the hand of a “man of the moment” we show our commitment to a real and meaningful future, and accept the importance of process over time rather than the results of an instant. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). David Sedley lives in Jerusalem with his wife and children. He teaches and tutors and continues writing, translating and edit...
