Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld z”l. To hear the entire shiur from which this clip was excerpted: NACH 22 – Melachim 1 – Lesson 02 (Entire Shiur)
Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld ז”ל. Topics: Shlomo HaMelech Gathers Am Yisrael for Tefilah; Dispute Between Two Mothers; Supernatural Throne 05:16 – Hashem offered to grant Shlomo HaMelech (King Solomon) one special request. 08:23 – The days of the week correspond to the sefiros (spiritual conduits for Hashem’s light). 10:23 – Shlomo HaMelech requested “a Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld z”l. Shlomo HaMelech (King Solomon) was crowned while his father, Dovid HaMelech (King David), was still alive. A question of Torah law arises when Dovid HaMelech is nistalek (passes away) on Shabbos, when it is forbidden to move a dead body. How the expression “Better to be a live dog Continue Reading »
1 Melachim (1 Kings). Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld ז”ל. Topics: Dovid HaMelech Transfers the Kingship to His Son, Shlomo HaMelech (King Solomon). 00:00 – In his later years, Dovid HaMelech took Avishag as a concubine. He already had the permitted number of wives but he did not divorce any of his previous wives in Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld z”l. Dovid HaMelech (King David) endured many difficult trials but by transforming them all into tefilah, he composed the universally powerful words of Sefer Tehillim/Psalms (II Shmuel/Samuel 24).
Shmuel 2 – Dovid HaMelech – Census and Plague – The Power of Sefer Tehillim – Hashem’s Arrows – Purchase of Land for the Beis HaMikdash – Speaker: Rabbi Tzvi Aryeh Rosenfeld ז”ל. 05:07 – Benayahu ben Yehoyada – “He went down and killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day” (II Shmuel/Samuel Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld z”l. Based on II Shmuel/Samuel, 20.
Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld z”l. 00:00 – Sheva ben Bichri, a rebel against the monarchy of Dovid HaMelech (King David), takes refuge in the city where Serach bas Asher lives. She saves the city by delivering his head to Yoav, the general of Dovid’s army (II Shmuel/Samuel, 20). 32:38 – Dovid HaMelech is captured Continue Reading »
II Shmuel/Samuel 19. Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld z”l. Dovid HaMelech (King David) mourned the death of his son Avshalom with the words, “O’ my son Avshalom, my son, my son Avshalom! Would that I had died in your stead, O’ Avshalom my son, my son!” By using these specific words he rescued his son Continue Reading »
II Shmuel/Samuel 18-20. Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld ז”ל. Topics: Death of Avshalom; Slander About Mefiboshes ben Yonasan, Rebellion of Sheva ben Bichri. 00:00 – Review of Avshalom’s rebellion. 01:10 – Dovid HaMelech – King David – was forced to defend his kingdom against the rebellion of his own son, Avshalom. The death of Avshalom. Continue Reading »
