Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein
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Rahav becomes a prostitute when she is a little girl, due to her family's circumstances. The senior authorities in Jericho all take advantage of her. When...
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein
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Why does the nation ask for a king? When is a judge preferable to a king, and when is a king the better option? The nation requests a king when Shmuel is...
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein
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Yiftah of Gilad is described between the era of saviors and the era of leadership. Yiftah could become a savior, having won the war for Israel, but he...
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein
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Micah's prophecy emphasizes the dependency on God and man's spiritual status as determining factors in our relationship with God. Balak understood the...
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein
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The haftara describes Jeremiah's initiation as a prophet. This lesson compares Jeremiah's initiation with Moshe's consecration. Moshe refuses his...
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein
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This lesson compares Yeshayahu and Yirmiyahu's prophecies of calamity. Yeshayahu's main concern is moral corruption, while in Yirmiyahu's time the nation...
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein
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The haftara of Behukotai reinforces the need to trust in God despite the troubles experienced by the nation, in two ways: 1. The trust in providence as...
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein
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Hosea is the first prophet to speak about the exile; he therefore needs to convey the message of an everlasting relationship between God and His nation. A...
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein
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Are the restrictions placed on the study of Ma'aseh Merkava based in the fear from error, or due to the immodesty of the subject? Does Ma'aseh Merkava...
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein
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Manoah and his wife appear to be passive characters, which don't even pray to God to resolve their infertility. On the other hand, Shimshon is a described...
