Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Verse 16 concludes the first stage of Jerusalem’s first person account with a description of Jerusalem’s weeping eyes. In verse 17 The narrator enters to...
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
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What role does the Exodus play for the Latter Prophets? Why is it so rarely invoked in the waning days of the First Temple, and what can this tell us...
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
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When Amos invokes the Exodus and Wilderness narratives, what does he have in mind? Which other Later Prophets invoke these powerful historical events, and...
Rabbi Dr. Yoel Bin Nun
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In this shiur, we will compare and contrast a number of parallel passages in Parshiyot Misphpatim and Ki Tisa, focusing on the differences resulting from...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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In the first part of chapter 1, we observed Jerusalem from the outside, judging and censuring her. When Jerusalem begins to speak, she springs to life,...
Rabbi Dr. Yoel Bin Nun
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In this shiur, we will discuss a number of structural elements of Parashat Tetzaveh and how its content flows from Parashat Teruma, which precedes it....
Prof. Jonathan Grossman
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In chapter 4 of Megillat Esther, we leave the Persian setting of the Megilla and encounter the "Jewish dialogue" between Mordekhai and Esther. Through an...
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
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Amos in his oracle to Israel refers to the Amorites as trees. What is the significance of this simile? Why is this people, among the seven nations of...
Dr. Mordechai Sabato
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Upon examination of the book of Esther, we find that only after we have finished reading the entire book can we retroactively appreciate the significance...
Rabbi Baruch Gigi
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In reviewing the command to construct the menora, we discover an inherent tension in the verses. The command opens with the words:
“And you shall make a ...
