Al HaRishonim

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Introduction: "Where is Hashem?!" A Yesod to understanding Selichos

Aug 25, 2025

11:13

Exploring a fundamental principle that illuminates our Yom Tov davening and deepens our understanding of the Selichos we recite.

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Making sense of Mishpatim

Feb 13, 2026

35:30

Why is slavery the first Mishpat in the Parsha? Why does he go free after specifically 6 years? Why was the first mitzvah in Mitzrayim about slavery? Is there any order to the Mitzvos in the ParshaWas everybody really a slave in Mitzrayim? Kelm on the Parsha Pshat in the song - עברי אנכי ואת ה' אלקי השמים אני ירא How do you read Rashi (psukim in Vayikra were said at Har Sinai/ leil Yetzias Mitzrayim?!)

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The Madreiga of Erev Pesach - Vayikra

Mar 20, 2026

35:17

Bring the Torah Temimah back into the Bais Midrash Is there a difference between כשב & כבש The Machlokes how to pronounce the name בתיה Why we should have said יהי רצון מלפני אבינו שבשמים this morning? The unbelievable Madreiga of Erev Pesach - revealed in Parshas Vayikra Why you could eat meat Erev Pesach (with no fear of it taking away your desire for the Korban that night)

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HaChodesh - Giluy Shechina

Mar 13, 2026

35:13

Why didn’t Moshe ever tell us “HaChodesh Hazeh” The number 5 and the Bais HaMikdash Feeling Hashem’s love in Vayakhel-Pekudei Actions to achieve the Geulah/Bais Hamikdash Rishonim quote a midrash which reveals the first Giluy Shechina

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Music to your ears

Mar 6, 2026

33:03

Why was serving with music in the Bais HaMikdash given as a reward to Shevet Levi for abstaining from (/taking revenge for) the Cheit Ha’Egel? What were the Tishbachos that saved Klal Yisrael on Purim? Why did Moshe not break the Luchos right when he heard about the sin of the Egel? Was Haman Deaf?

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The Rishonim Reveal Secrets of Adar

Feb 27, 2026

30:43

Did Haman not know anything about Mazal?! Which Jews will be the luckiest What “Adar” actually means What’s unique about the mazalos of Adar and Av Why are Teruma-Tetzaveh written out of place? What’s their connection to Purim? Why is it Matanos l’Evyonim if it’s really for any Aniyim?! How to receive the brachos of Purim

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Understanding Yisro: Who Was Ready for Sinai?

Feb 6, 2026

32:50

Why Parshas Yisro is intentionally out of order Why Moshe’s children’s names appear here—again Why the Torah keeps calling them “her children” Why did Moshe send Tzippora away? How could Moshe's wife and children miss Mattan Torah? What type of lawsuits did they have in the Midbar at this point?

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Thoughts on Parshiyos Shemos and Va’Eira

Jan 16, 2026

17:30

How was Moshe able to go in and out of Pharaoh’s palace? Also: Could anyone be shevet Levi in Mitzrayim? An interesting possibility to say in the Ramban.

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Dtzach Adash Bachav (?) - What do the words mean?

Jan 23, 2026

30:41

Is d’tzach a’dash b’achav just gibberish?How did the Rishonim actually pronounce דצ”ך עד”ש באח”ב?The lost pronunciation Rabbi Holzer “accidentally” uncoveredWhy was its pronunciation concealed? The one day all agree it can be pronouncedWhat does the mnemonic really mean?

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Adar - The Sound That Defeats Haman

Feb 20, 2026

32:05

How to donate to the Mishkan today (without spending any money) [Regarding the Midrash Tanchuma: my explanation is more like the nusach of the Menoras HaMaor (AlNekave) vol 3. p. 277] Why do Chazal make the joy of Adar connected to the sadness of Av? (כשם ש... כך משנכנס אדר) The Shitta Mekubetzes (... and his Klalei HaShas waiting to be published) Where the Arizal wrote his name in our Shitta Mekubetzes Was Rav Shmuel bar Shilas a Talmid Chacham Is “Shilas” the name of a man or a woman ? Understanding his name - and the yesod to battle Amalek

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