Parshas Shemos – Moshe Rabbeinu’s early life including detailed insights on the burning bush (sneh.)The Argument between the Ramban and the Rabbeinu Bechayey about Moshe’s early Nevuas.The issue of a Malach during Nevua, and the Malach at the burning bush, the Sneh. Length 37:40

Vayyshev Parsha – The Multicolored Coat  – Ksones Pasim (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020).Summary – An exploration of the various interpretations of Yosef’s multi-colored coat, its possible physical appearance as well as its spiritual meaning, reason for its existence and applications to the story of Yosef overall. The class includes an introductory discussion of what it meant that…

End of Vayishlach: 43 Pesukim dedicated to Aisav, his family, and their future: Edom, Seiir, (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020).The Torah tells Torah’s version of history that ends with Moshiach (and is not an endless cycle, though it so often appears so.) The history in the Chumash reflects this and it is in this spirit that so…

Rare opportunity to delve into the nature of the trafim that Lavan used for avodah zara.  Why did Rochel take and hide them and what were the consequences?I’m enclosing my notes for you to see my sources.Zohar, Yonasan Ben Uziel, Rashi, Ramban, Even Ezra, Daas Zkeinim, Tziyuni and more.The most unusual idea (from the Even…

Toldos 26:02 Yitzchak’s piety and removal from the world – Yeshiva (5781/ 2020).Yitzchak’s story is squeezed into Parshas Toldos between the stories of Avraham and Yaakov.    Yitzchak’s role was different than his father’s or his son’s – Firstly he had the most difficult of tasks, to secure the teachings of Avrohom Avinu beyond his…

Chayey Sara 25:01 Kiturah (Yeshiva 5721/ 2020)Who is Kiturah and why get married at so late an age, after having several children already.Argument if she is Hagar or someone else.

Noach (5781/ 2020) Yeshiva, three points.A series of short points on Parshas Noach on lesser known aspects of the parsha. A key theme is analysis of the interconnected nature of life in Hashem’s Creation and the tension between life under a body of man-made law versus internal natural morality.1) The fate of life was determined…

Parshas Bereishis, (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020), Insights into the first marriage – what can we learn from Adam and Chava?1) Created last and thought of first.2) First AND last, we can be close to G-d or lower than the lowest animal3) Our body is the lowest and our Soul the highest, so we can bridge the…

Ha’azinu, the story of the history of the world through the divine prism (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020).Ha’azinu is a deeply mysterious and powerful part of the Torah – Ha’azinu lays out the history of the Jewish people.  The Sages refer to it as one of the “songs” of the Torah.  The parsha says, Hashem exists and…

Parshas Nitzovim- Vayelech (5780/ 2020) How many times is Moshe going to warn us?This class presents and analyzes Moshe’s (i.e. the Torah’s) prophecy that is repeated SIX TIMES!!! and in hindsight has clearly been revealed in the painful and miraculous story of Jewish history.  The prophecy says in various ways between Parshios Vaeschanan, Nitzavim, Vayelech…