Bible Studies
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Like Lebanon | Haftarah
This week’s Haftarah begins with the call, “Return, Israel, to your G-d, for you have failed with your sin” [Hosea…
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Darkness and Light
The redemption of Israel has consequences not only for the nation of Israel, which returns to freedom and to its…
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“Not in Haste”
The word “chipazon” – haste – appears only three times in the entire Bible. Two of the times are in…
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“I am Their Deeds” | Haftarah
(Written for those whose custom is to read the Haftarah of Rosh Chodesh even for the month of Elul.) The…
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G-d of All Gods | Haftarah
The belief in “yichud” – G-d as something unique and special, with nothing else that can be compared to Him…
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Like Sodom | Haftarah
The strong words in the prophecy of Isaiah, son of Amoz, which include the harshest phrases ever to be used…
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Half of the Tribe of Manasseh | Haftarah
The tribes of Reuben and Gad came to Moses and asked to get possession of the land on the eastern…
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A Sound of Silence | Haftarah
What is the meaning of the Divine revelation to the Prophet Elijah at Mount Horeb? The explanation given by Rav…
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Jephthah in his Generation | Haftarah
Jephthah is not considered an especially outstanding man, not in Torah wisdom and not as a public leader. The sages…
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British turbulence | Haftarah
What I’ve learned from the British decision: On Friday, Great Britain decided to leave the European Union. What a crisis!…
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“For we have Heard” | Haftarah
Rahab helps the two scouts that Joshua sent, even though she knows that they have come to conquer Jericho. At…
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Exception to the Rule | Haftarah
There have been a number of prominent people in the history of Israel who lived as a nazir, an ascetic…
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Rav Cherki – Messages for Shavuot
Shavuot as a Universal Holiday There are 620 letters in the Ten Commandments, corresponding to the 613 mitzvot of the…
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“We have not Lost our Hope” | Haftarah
The complaint by Jeremiah the Prophet about the scourge of idol worship which was practiced by the Children of Israel…
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What Did He Lack? | Haftorah
We read in the Haftorah this week, “And Adonijah Ben Haggith rose up and said, I will be king” [Kings…
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