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Vayikra: Where is the place? Likrat Shabbat 5781A pre-Passover encounter with the parashah (and book) of Vayikra/Leviticus
David M. Rosenberg•181 Views•March 18, 2021•Korbanot,Matza,Passover,Pesach,Offerings,Vaykira,Shelamim,Peace Offering
Wise Ones - Likrat Shabbat (Vayak'hel Pekudei HaChodesh) 2021"Wise" and "wisdom" have many applications in Tanach and in the Jewish tradition.
David M. Rosenberg•232 Views•March 10, 2021•Loyalty,Proverbs,Rosh Chodesh,Beit Midrash,Oral Torah,Mitzvot,Midwifery,Tabernacle,Piety,Skill,Chochmah,Written Torah,Kabbalah,Jeremiah,Sefer HaBahir,Understanding,Betzalel,Emanations,Prophets,Mishkan,Torah,Women,Keter,Ethics,Sefirot,Emotional Intelligence,Faith,Wisdom,Craftsmen,Mathematics,Prophecy
Ki Tissa - Face to Face - Likrat Shabbat - 2021David M. Rosenberg•186 Views•March 3, 2021•Middot,Rashi,Golden Calf,Prophecy,Chasidei Ashkenaz,Jeremiah,Moses,Maimonides
Likrat Shabbat 7/31/2020 NahamuAbout the Haftarah which gives "Shabbat Nahamu"
Strangers in a Familiar Land (Likrat Shabbat) - Va'era 2021Before God takes Israel out of Egypt; Israel must feel separate from Egypt
David M. Rosenberg•260 Views•January 13, 2021•Egypt,Goshen,The Ten Plagues,Land of Goshen,Moses,Parashat Vaera
Mistaking Sons Again? (Likrat Shabbat) VayechiDoes Jacob's blessing of his grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh replicate the experience of Jacob and Esau's conflict over their father's blessing?
Making the invisible, visible - Likrat Shabbat - MikketzJoseph models how to hold on to blessing even when it seems to disappear.
Keeping it Together (Likrat Shabbat-Vayishlach) 2020 12 03David M. Rosenberg•254 Views•December 2, 2020•Jacob,Parashat Vayishlach,Shalom,Integrity,Family,Wholeness,People
Believing our senses (Likrat Shabbat - Toledot) 2020 11 20The encounter of Jacob and his father Isaac in the tent - its meanings and aftermath
David M. Rosenberg•212 Views•November 18, 2020•Jacob,Eden,Isaac,Esau,Field of Apples,Deception,Blessing,Temple,Apples
The Place (Likrat Shabbat 11/5/2020 - Vayera)What do we know about the place to which God directs Abraham for the binding of Isaac?
David M. Rosenberg•263 Views•November 4, 2020•Abraham,Isaac,Mount Moriah,Jerusalem,Temple,Angels,Jacob,Aravnah,Ornan
Abraham R. (Likrat Shabbat 10/28/2020)Abraham Rex? King Abraham? Abraham is a kind of proto-king, as we learn in parashat Lech Lecha
David M. Rosenberg•222 Views•October 28, 2020•Kings,Melchizedek,Abraham,Pharaoh,Sarah,Avraham,Malkitsedek
The Tower of Babel (Likrat Shabbat Noach 10/22/2020)What does the story of the tower of Babel/Bavel come to teach us?
Likrat Shabbat 10/15/2020 BereishitWhy is it important to start with beginnings? How should we understand the very first verses of the Torah?
David M. Rosenberg•470 Views•October 14, 2020•Nachmanides,Ramban,Parashat Bereishit,Kabbalah,Binah,Nothing,Construct State (In Hebrew),Grammar,Sefirot (Kabbalah),Genesis,Chochmah,Creation,בריאת העולם,Ramban,Rashi,Sefirot,Rashi,Creation Ex Nihilo,Kabbalah,Ibn Ezra,בינה,Yesh Me-Ayin,Ibn Ezra,Ayin,Wisdom,Piel (Verb Form)
Likrat Shabbat 7/24/2020 DevarimAn introduction to the book of Devarim/Deuteronomy
Likrat Shabbat 9/11/2020 Nitzavim-VayelechExploring the meaning and role of books - the Book of the Torah and the Book of Life.
Likrat Shabbat 9/4/2020 Ki Tavo'The Parashah of Ki Tavo in Devarim dwells on the importance of declarations - thanksgiving, blessing, and more
David M. Rosenberg•272 Views•September 4, 2020•Curses,Tochecha,Bikkurim,Parashat Ki Tavo,First Fruits,Blessings
Likrat Shabbat 8/28/2020 Ki TeitzeiA class on Parashat Ki Teitzei, 'when you go out,' exploring boundary crossings that threaten the integrity of the family, community, and nation--and its covenant relationship with God--and require local leaders to preserve that integrity.
David M. Rosenberg•356 Views•August 27, 2020•Amalek,Drunkenness,Rebellious Son,Boundaries,Parashat Ki Teitzei,Captive Woman
Likrat Shabbat 8/21/20 ShofetimParashat Shoftim presents limits on the power of authorities including judge, priest, and king. What is the center of authority in the Torah's politics?
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