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Total Number of articles: 1579
Amalek
Rabbi Elchanan Samet Source:
Deuteronomy 25, 17 - 19
The mizvah of eradicating Amalek is mentioned twice; First in Exodus, and later in Parshat Ki Tetze. Why are the details of the mitzva found so much later...
Amalek
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Yirmiyahu 19-20
Matan Al Haperek
Rabbi David Sabato Source:
Jeremiah 19 - 20
One of Yirmiyahu's harshest prophecies of rebuke appears in perek 19, addressing the worshippers of Ba'al in the Valley of Ben-hinnom who sacrifice their...
Yirmiyahu's Prophecies of DestructionYirmiyahu's Prophetic VisionsYirmiyahu's Prophecies
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The Speech of the Torah
Rabbi Yair Kahn Source:
Deuteronomy 21, 10 - 14
The principle of "lo dibra Torah ela keneged yetzer ha-ra" (the Torah is speaking to counter the evil inclination) seems to imply that the Torah lowers...
Eishet Yefat To'ar
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For Your Eyes Only
Rabbi Yair Kahn Source:
Deuteronomy 8 - 11, 25
Throughout Sefer Devarim, and particularly in Parashat Ekev, an emphasis on what the "eyes" of the people of Israel had seen in Egypt and in the...
Remembering the DesertThe Journey Through the Desert
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“The Kohanim, the Levi’im”
Rabbi Dr. Tamir Granot Source:
Deuteronomy 18, 1 - 7
Parshat Shoftim details the system of authority and public administration, whereby we learn that the king is commanded to be subservient both to the Torah...
Kohanim and LevitesKohanimResponsibilities of the LevitesShevet Levi
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Yeshayahu 65-66 - Matan Al HaPerek
Rabbi David Sabato Source:
Isaiah 65 - 66
 Article Length: 3 Pages
The two concluding perakim of Yeshayahu include both rebuke of the nation’s sinners and discussion of the goodness bestowed on the righteous. The first...
universalismBeit HaMikdashProphecies of ConsolationYeshayahu
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Yeshayahu 61- 64 - Matan Al HaPerek
Rabbi David Sabato Source:
Isaiah 61 - 64
 Article Length: 4 Pages
Chapter 61 begins with the heralding of the redemption and continues with the transformation of all of Israel to Priests of God.  Chapter 62 depicts the...
YeshayahuProphecies of Consolation
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Yeshayahu 58-60 - Matan Al HaPerek
Rabbi David Sabato Source:
Isaiah 58 - 60
Chapter 58 deals with the question of the nature of Fast Days, and ends with the ideal characteristics of Shabbat.  Chapter 59 describes the redemption as...
RedemptionFastingShabbatSin and PunishmentYeshayahu
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Yeshayahu 56-57 - Matan Al HaPerek
Rabbi David Sabato Source:
Isaiah 56 - 57
 Article Length: 3 Pages
In Chapter 56, the sphere of redemption widens and comes to one of its highest peaks. The prophet prophesies about the idea that the redemption of Israel...
PrayeruniversalismBeit HaMikdashYeshayahu
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Yeshayahu 54-55 - Matan Al HaPerek
Rabbi David Sabato Source:
Isaiah 54 - 55
 Article Length: 3 Pages
In Chapter 54, the Prophet Yeshayahu continues to console and encourage Zion. This time, the consolation involves a dramatic, impossible, transformation:...
Prophecies of ConsolationYeshayahuTeshuvaComing Close to GodTeshuva and Redemption
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