Hand of God

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  1. The Hand of Moshe and the Hand of God

    Rabbi Chanoch Waxman | 33 minutes

    Do Moshe’s hands really determine the battle outcome? This shiur offers a three part comparison among the events Amalek War, Masa u-Meriva, and Yam Suf. The people have a crisis of faith –will God save them again? At Yam Suf, the people were supposed to passively watch, but when they have to act, will they also recognize God’s Hand?

  2. Purim's Significance a Few Years Later: The Return to Zion

    Chazal's Preambles to Megillat Esther: Part 7

    Rabbi Moshe Taragin | 17 minutes

    This shiur explores linguistic and thematic parallels between Megillat Esther and the Book of Ezra. The two texts share similar events, motifs, and apparatus of recovery in situations of crisis - perhaps most significantly that of fasting. Ezra's confessional prayer seems to suggest that he derives inspiration and hope from God's Hand which, while hidden, is ever-present, as in the events of Megillat Esther.