S5, E24 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 2, Chapter 18: Criticism of the Bible Critics
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Galus, Gerus, and Yemos HaMashiach: The Dynamic Relationship Between Yisrael l’Amim
What is the nature of the relationship between Yisrael and the nations? What does the Torah expect from the other nations? Is conversion a positive or a negative? What is the function of conversion to Judaism in the Torah's plan and in the destiny of Yisrael? Guest Shiur in Kodesh, North Woodmere
S5, E23 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 2, Chapter 17: Walking the Path: A Guide to Spiritual Perfection
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Will We Redeem Ourselves or Will We Be Redeemed?
0:00 Q: Is the Messiah something we generate or something that happens to us? 4:00 What the Messiah will do and how he will do it 7:15 Why do we study Torah these days if we don't truly have the Torah in exile? 8:30 What is the Torah about? 11:00 Why the Torah doesn't work […]
How to Make the Torah Come True, pt. 2: Finding Unity Between Good and Evil
4:50 Getting angry is akin to idolatry 6:00 Why is Judaism's vision so challenging to achieve? 7:00 God's unity is approached through 3 pathways, represented by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob 11:00 The problem of evil is the reason that humans can't weave all of being around one good principle 13:10 Isaac represents the problem of […]
S5, E22 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 2, Chapter 16: Man’s Crooked Heart and its Remedy
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How to Make the Torah Come True
1:00 Sh'ma is a constant guide to our lives 3:45 The meaning of the Sh'ma according to Rashi 4:30 The meaning of there being many gods 6:30 Metaphysics is not interesting to Tanach 8:15 Whether there are many gods or only one depends on people's behavior 10:00 When you say Sh'ma, you should envision redemption […]
S5, E21 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 2, Chapter 15: Baring the Soul before Hashem
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The Haggadah
1:15 “הא לחמא עניא”: our conversation centers around the meal; the 4 questions are all about food5:00 “עבדים היינו”: the answer to the son's question; the son's question is that the events of the past are not current events, so why is the night of Pesach treated as a unique time10:00 The significance of the […]
S5, E20 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 2, Chapter 14: Funding the Divine: The Moral Foundation of Temple Economics
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