This month is unto you

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  1. "This Month Shall Be For You..." – Jewish Dates

    Rabbi Yaakov Medan

    The Torah commands that the days of the week are counted to lead up to Shabbat, and the months and years from the Exodus. Today this is uncommon; instead we refer to months by Persian and Babylonian names, and years by the creation of the earth. Perhaps the time has come to return to Jewish reference of months and years?

  2. The Beit HaMikdash

    Rabbi Alex Israel

    The Mikdash is much larger than the Mishkan and is filled with a disproportionate number of vessels in comparison to the Mishkan. The dating of the commencement of the building of the Mikdash to Yetziat Mitzrayim defines the Mikdash as the pinnacle of the redemption of Egypt. The Cherubs and the windows have a unique role in the Mikdash. The different systems for counting the months of the year are evaluated.

  3. "This Month Shall Be For You..." – Jewish Dates (Audio)

    Rabbi Yaakov Medan | 18 minutes

    The Torah commands that the days of the week are counted to lead up to Shabbat, and the months and years from the Exodus. Today this is uncommon; instead we refer to months by Persian and Babylonian names, and years by the creation of the earth. Perhaps the time has come to return to Jewish reference of months and years?

  4. Ramban on Bo: HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem - This Month is for You

    Rabbi Ezra Bick | 36 minutes

    Parashat Bo features the first mitzvah given to the Nation of Israel: that of sanctifying the months. Ramban explains that the Torah is teaching us that the Jewish people should count the months from this month of redemption in order to remember God’s miracles for us, and that the Torah purposely does not use names for months or days – so that as we count, we remember God’s wonders.  Why, then, do we use the Babylonian month names for the “Jewish calendar” today?

    Ramban points us to a verse from Yirmiahu, which seems to suggest that the redemption from Babylonia will surpass that of the Exodus from Egypt. Is that really a justification for changing the calendar? And how can we say that anything erases the Exodus?

    The exodus from the Babylonian exile does not negate the Exodus from Egypt – it extends it with the amazing realization that God, after exiling Israel, is willing to redeem us again. 

  5. Parshat Bo Part 3: Preparing for the Final Plague and the Commandments to Israel

    Dr. Yael Ziegler | 33 minutes

    Why is there a pause in the plague narrative in chapters 11-12? An examination of the text and classical commentaries reveals the purpose of the commandments listed in these verses and the symbols of freedom that they represent.  

    Courtesy of www.tanachstudy.com

  6. Openness and Transferring the Keys

    Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky