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Explaining the Wisdom of Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l (Part 6), by Rav Moshe Taragin In light of the recent publication of the sefer לעולם יהא אדם, מתורותיו של הרב יהודה עמיטל, Rav Taragin discusses with his talmidim many of the issues brought up in his rebbe's sichot: The Value of Torah Study; Providing Spiritual Leadership for an Emerging Community; Practical Rather Than Ideological; The Importance of Intellect in the Modern Culture; Romanticizing "Ba'alei Batim" Who Learn  

Explaining the Wisdom of Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l (Parts 4-5), by Rav Moshe Taragin In light of the recent publication of the sefer לעולם יהא אדם, מתורותיו של הרב יהודה עמיטל, Rav Taragin discusses with his talmidim many of the issues brought up in his rebbe's sichot: 4. How Should The Holocaust Shape our Questioning of Hashem? How Does it Affect Our View of the State of Israel? How Does it Reshape our Feelings of Gratitude to Hashem? 5. A Message from Hashem That He Didn't Understand; A Conversation With Abba Kovner; Moral Lessons from The Holocaust; Representing Those Who Have Been Taken

Behaalotekha | Where was the Korban Pesach Brought? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Was the Pesach brought at the beginning of the 2nd year brought in people's homes?! Although we broadly assume that, once the Mishkan was constructed, any offerings would be brought there; especially in line with Vayikra 17 which prohibits שחוטי חוץ - animals slaughtered outside of the precincts of the Mishkan. Yet, there is sufficient evidence to suggest that perhaps the Pesach brought at the beginning of the 2nd year (the first anniversary of the Exodus) was brought in the people's homes/tents in the camp. We explore the textual evidence for each side, first proposing an explanation as to why there was (seemingly) only one Pesach offered during the forty years in the desert and subsequently exploring the possibility that the function of the Mishkan was more "Ohel Moed" ("Tent of Meeting") than the locus of offerings - until we entered the Land and, perhaps, until the Mishkan was established at Shilo (Yehoshua 18:1) - which is the first place that we ever hear of anyone bringing offerings at the Mishkan (1 Shmuel 1). Source sheet >>

Fusing Justice with Mercy: The Secret to Maintaining a Flourishing Society (Avot 1:18), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb Sharing Torah of Rav Asher Weiss How can we build a society that is both just and compassionate (hint: it's really hard)?

The Value of Peace and the Virtue of Being a "People Person" (Avot 1:12), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb Sharing Torah of Rav Asher Weiss How does peace enable all other berakhot? And how is Ahron HaKohen the ideal role model for educators and parents?

Behaalotekha | Ner Tamid, by Moreinu veRabbeinu Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l Divrei berakha to the talmidot of Beit Midrash leNashim Migdal Oz, June 2008 Take with you the the sense, the identification, with the Torah that you learned as something that is permanent, deeply engrained in your own being, not something that is marginal, peripheral, here and there, but fundamental, basic.

Explaining the Wisdom of Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l (Part 3), by Rav Moshe Taragin In light of the recent publication of the sefer לעולם יהא אדם, מתורותיו של הרב יהודה עמיטל, Rav Taragin discusses with his talmidim many of the issues brought up in his rebbe's sichot: Religious Coercion and the Case of Brit Milah; A Chassideshe Story Applied to the Issue of Secular Yeshivot; Calling Jews Post-Zionists; Removing Hashem from the Conversation; Three Core "Modern" Middot 

Explaining the Wisdom of Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l (Parts 1-2), by Rav Moshe Taragin In light of the recent publication of the sefer לעולם יהא אדם, מתורותיו של הרב יהודה עמיטל, Rav Taragin discusses with his talmidim many of the issues brought up in his rebbe's sichot: Should You Love Torah More Than Jews? Do People in Israel Suffer for Sins of Jews Abroad? Israel as the Anchor of Jewish Identity Jewish Identity Without Torah Observance Commitment to Jewish History Three Major Events of Modern Jewish History Should Israel Calibrate Policy Based on Attitudes of Overseas Jews?

Land and Legacy: Redemption in Megillat Ruth, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The notion of "Geula" is prominent throughout Megillat Ruth, reaching a crescendo in the final Rav Yitzchak Etshalom chapter. The redemption is not just about land, but about a person's memory - as exemplified by the curious structural relationship between the 7 uses of "שם" before chapter 4 and the corresponding 7 mentions in chapter 4.

Simcha - An Essential Component of Torah Study (Avot 6:6), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb Why is it so important that we find joy in our Torah study? Learning Pirkei Avot with the commentary of Rav Asher Weiss