Rabbi Michael Hattin
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The geographical context of the kingdoms to the East of the Jordan River is presented as the background to the heroics of Ehud ben Gera.
Shamgar ben Anat...
Rabbi Michael Hattin
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Suffering the Canaanites to maintain their cultural presence in the land constituted an invitation to intermarry with them, for they were the dominant...
Rabbi Michael Hattin
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The messenger sent from Gilgal to the nation in Bokhim with tidings of defeat and setback is contrasted with the angel who appeared to Yehoshua carring a...
Rabbi Michael Hattin
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Sefer Shoftim, while it tends to revolve textually around a series of inspired regional leaders, really traces the story of Israel's tragic lethargy. The...
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
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Why are the borders of the Land of Israel not defined more clearly? Should they include everywhere from the Nile to Euphrates, or do they range from Dan...
Rabbi Michael Hattin
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This article adresses some of the major themes of Sefer Shoftim:
1) The limitations of the great conquest of Yehoshua and the need for ongoing...
Rabbi Michael Hattin
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This course on Sefer Shoftim shall grapple not only with textual difficulties and the intricacies of exegesis, but will also encounter many important and...
Eliyahu Lives On (VI) - The Tikkun of Eliyahu
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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Eliyahu – who formerly accuses Benei Yisrael of forsaking the covenant with God, causing a rift in the course of the generations – is responsible for the...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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Why is Eliyahu taken in this surprising manner, remaining alive in order to reappear many times throughout Jewish history, up until his coming as the...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
Eliyahu’s revelation in rabbinical literature is a contrast to the two previous revelations of Eliyahu after his ascent to heaven. Eliyahu is mentioned,...
