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Divrei Chizuk, by Dr. Jacob Freedman, Psychiatrist and Trauma Specialist Special address to our Bnei Chul talmidim, during "Milchemet Charvot Barzel"

Trees and Consequences: עץ החיים ועץ הדעת, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The description of "the tree that is in the midst of the garden" is mysterious - to which tree does it refer? The text seems to conflate the two singular trees - the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. What are we to make of this confusion? Indeed - what is each of these trees about? Why is Hashem "suddenly" concerned about Adam eating from the Tree of Life only after he eats from the Tree of Knowledge? And what does any of this have to do with the timing of the birth of Kayin and Hevel? Rashi and R. Yosef Bekhor Shor disagree about whether they were born before the episode in the garden and subsequent expulsion - or before. We explore how all of these issues interrelate and propose a new understanding of the nature of the Trees - and how their purposes and characteristics intersect. This shiur was given in memory of the brutalized victims of the terrorist pogrom perpetuated against he citizens of the south on Shemini Atzeret. ה' יקום דמם. Source sheet >>

Ramban On The Torah | 15 | Bereishit, by Rav Eli Weber

The Evolution of Forgiveness, by Rabbi David Fohrman Shiur given at the Leil Hoshana Rabba event at Heichal Shlomo, Jerusalem, 5784

Chumra: Too Much of a Good Thing? by Rav Assaf Bednarsh Shiur given at the Leil Hoshana Rabba event at Heichal Shlomo, 5784

Rav Amital's Response to the Yom Kippur War: Reflections 50 Years Later, by Rav Moshe Taragin Shiur given at the Leil Hoshana Rabba event at Heichal Shlomo, 5784

Why is Sukkot the Holiday of Achdut? by Rav Dovid Gottlieb

Sukkot and the Secret of Happiness, by Rav Alex Israel What is particularly joyous about this festival?

Yom Kippur | Making Excuses or Taking Responsibility, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb Which kind of person are you?  

Ramban On The Torah | 14 | Ha'azinu, by Rav Eli Weber