Podcast (shiurim): Download (Duration: 33:06 — 15.2MB)
*00:00 – Why is Megillas Rus (The Book of Ruth) read on Shavuos?
07:02 – Orpha (the sister of Rus who returned to Moab) became the mother of the giant, Golias (Goliath).
*09:57 – The custom of lighting hilltop signal fires to proclaim Rosh Chodesh (the new lunar month) had to be changed when false fires were lit.
*12:04 – Pesach (Passover) – Why is chometz permissible during the rest of the year?
*18:35 – Parshas Yisro – Did Moshe Rabeynu really need the advice of Yisro (Jethro) to establish mishpat (judgment, a judicial system) in Am Yisroel? Yisro as the opposite of Amalek.
*20:57 – Where are Mordechai and Haman alluded to in the Chumash (Written Torah/Pentateuch). Chelbana, one of the ingredients of the ketores (incense offering in the Temple), is an aspect of rectifying evil.
*31:38 – Questions and responses. Hashem’s justice is deep. How can we temper our self-judgment?
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