When Rosh Hashana Falls on Shabbat, by Eli Weber A topic which is obviously specific to this year, but also a topic with huge implications to the interplay between Deoraita and Derabbanan.
The Parasha Pod | 51 | Rosh Hashana, by Rav Menachem Leibtag and Rav Mordechai Rosenberg Rosh Hashana and Listening to the Shofar When we Can't Hear It 00:00 - What is Rosh Hashana without the shofar?…
Nitzavim - Vayelekh | "Sos Asis" - I Greatly Rejoice in God by Rav Eli Weber The last and sweetest of the seven haftarot of consolation — can love and awe of God actually be the same feeling?…
Rosh Hashana 5787 | Chana's Silent Prayer, by Rav Eli Weber Chana's silent tears at Shiloh became the model for Jewish prayer. Discover the story. Shmuel Alef 1:1 - 2:10 The Haftara of Chana, read on…
Rosh Hashana | How Did We Get To 30 Blasts? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Why do we blow 30 shofar blasts from one vague word in the Torah? The answer involves doubt, unity, and Caesarea. This shiur…
Ki Tavo | The Historical and Metaphysical Future, by Rav Eli Weber Why is the haftara for Ki Tavo so uniquely comforting? A look at divine light, historic redemption, and surprising echoes. Yeshayahu…
Ki Tavo | The Power of Mikra Bikkurim and Vidui Ma'asrot, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The final two Mitzvot in Moshe's presentation of the Law (נאום המצוות) are the "Bikkurim Declaration" and the…
Ki Tetze | Roni Akara: Hope That Transforms Present Pain, by Rav Eli Weber Yeshayahu 54: 1-10 The haftara "Roni Akara" consoles Israel not about the pain of the present but about despair over the…
The Special Celebration of טו באב - the Fifteenth of Av, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The happiest days of the year, Rabban Shim'on b. Gamliel tells us, were the 15th of Av and Yom haKippurim. On these…
Vaetchanan | Nachamu Nachamu Ami, by Rav Eli Weber Yeshayahu 40: 1-26 Is repentance required for redemption?
