Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky
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Haggai and Zekharya, while radically different – Haggai is straightforward and political, Zekharya quasi-mystical and spiritual – can in fact be seen as...
Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky
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Haggai once again exhorts the community to remain committed to the building process. Although they had obeyed his first prophecy, they had apparently...
Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky
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As opposed to many other prophets, Haggai describes no visions. Instead, he conveys a plain, clear message to rebuild the Beit HaMikdash. This stands in...
Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky
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Ezra-Nehemya is sub-divided into three major sections: Each of the three major segments evinces a similar organizational structure: (a) aliya, (b) a...
Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky
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Having resettled in their homes, the Jews are ready to turn to the task of rebuilding the Temple. In the seventh month they construct the altar, and in...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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The Torah attaches great importance to the brief narrative concerning the Cushite woman, going so far as to exhort, "Remember that which the Lord your God...
Rabbi Yair Kahn
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According to Rebbi in Tractate Shabbat, the parasha of "Va-yehi binsoa" is the dividing point of Sefer Bamidbar. In fact, Rebbi goes even farther,...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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What is the subject of the story of Moshe, Aharon, Miriam and the "Kushite Woman" that concludes our parasha? The story contains so many elements that it...
Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky
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The chapter neatly captures the fundamental tension running throughout all the accomplishments of the Shivat Tzion community. While the people’s...
Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky
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As opposed to the conclusion of Sefer Melakhim, Divrei Ha-Yamim sees hope for the future of the Judean Commonwealth. The city can and will be rebuilt and...
