08. פרשת התמיד Class Eight. We learned the fifth Possuk of this paragraph and touched on the sixth Possuk. We started with a long introduction about: 1) Ratzo Vashov, using Korach and Tzitzis as the model 2) We quoted the Maamar Chazal that says that Krias Shma without tefillin is like a Korban without a…

07. פרשת התמיד Class Seven. We explored the third and fourth Possuk in the Perek this time. Here an actual korban is being discussed, so the issue of sacrificing and joining worldliness with God is emphasized. Two sheep, not one, 365 days (a solar year) one in the morning and the other at night, each…

פרשת התמיד .06 Class Six. PDF, This is for all the classes that will follow where we read the text inside, most of the ideas are culled from these sources. This class finally begins the reading of the paragraph inside. The word אמר has three meanings: 1) to speak softly’ 2) to favor like האמרת…

פרשת התמיד .05 Class Five. The third idea of a Korban that has no precedent before Mattan Torah is the idea that a Karbon is both a total sacrifice to Hashem and at the same time it is with a Shov, bringing God into the world, where we live a sacrifice. This has no connection…

פרשת התמיד Class Four. Parts of Karbanos are a continuation from before Mattan Torah while others are altogether new. The turning point is עולת תמיד העשוי’ בהר סיני. RaMbaM and RaMbaN and how they apply before Mattan Torah.

פרשת התמיד .03 Class Three.We continued the oral discussion about the link between before מתן תורה and after, as it relates to קרבנות. We explored the understanding of history from Torah’s point of view. The first man was the greatest, not the most primitive, and he understood the interface between oneness and division precisely. His…

פרשת התמיד .02 Class Two. This class was a lecture on the idea of קרבנות based on the רמב”ם and the רמב”ן. We talked about how the רמב”ם can be explained in spite of the fact that קרבנות predates idol worship. The point of the class was to divide this paragraph into two parts: A)…

01. Parshas Hatomid Short Version (Yeshiva 5781/ 2021), Class One.1) A day of creation (night first) and a day of Avoda (day first).2) Ma’amados, the Yisroel’s contribution. 3) אדם כי יקריב מכם the sacrifice of self.4) Korbanos after Moshiach כמצות רצוניך.

Terumas Hadeshen, Short (Yeshiva) version (5781/ 2020), Class One.This class is an excellent example of how Chassidus sheds light, meaning, and personal application to Jewish practices from the Temple period that can be difficult to relate to in the modern context.Ash (sadness) the good type (Koved Rosh before Tefilla) and the bad type (Atzvus, is…

Introduction to Korbanos (short Yeshiva version 5781/2021).This class given in Yeshiva Achei Temimim on Sunday 5 [Chamisha Bi]Teves 5781 has a significant introduction about Chamisha BiTeves; the Siddur part of the class introduces Korbanos and connects them to Asiya (Hioda’a) and action.