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By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin The Truest of Gifts Three years ago, when the Coronavirus was just beginning to disrupt normal life in different parts of the world, an article appeared in Lehrhaus by Dr. Jeremy […]
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By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin We’re All Connected When all the Mishkan components were finally completed, Moshe felt it necessary to do an inventory of all the materials that were used. After all, Bnei Israel had […]
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By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Moshe petitions God In his Guide for the Perplexed (1:54), the Rambam discusses an important dialogue between Moshe and Hashem in the aftermath of the Golden Calf. As the people sinned, […]
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Remembering the Wine and the Vinegar By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Longevity = Positive Attitude The Midrash records some thing very strange. When the Jewish people first heard the commandment of (Deut. 25:17) “Zachor!” – Remember […]
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By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Learning to Be Cherubic Usually when purchasing a container, one views the container’s cover as something ancillary to the container. But this doesn’t seem the case when it comes to Ark […]
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Parshas Mishpatim-Shekalim – Be The Angel By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Sending an angel Everything was beautiful. The Jews were gathered around Mount Sinai. They had just heard the Ten Commandments, and then were given additional […]
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By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Each Child is Number One We’ve gotten to know Moshe Rabbeinu over these last several parshiyos. We’ve seen his character as a man of great integrity who is sensitive to the […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Robert Lederman who changes lives through the specialty of optometric vision therapy. Robert […]
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Let the Angels Sing By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin The Exodus & Egypt’s pursuit The triumphant exodus was short-lived. Shortly after they journeyed into the desert, Bnei Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptian […]
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Parshas Bo – I Can See You By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Egypt’s admiration of the Jews The Egyptians were at the end of their rope. They really couldn’t withstand the Plagues much longer. Their agriculture […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Meir Lewis. Meir is an investment banker, having held senior roles at Morgan […]
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Tzimtzum and Pulling Ourselves Out of Exile By Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Tzimtzum – “Reduction” In his introduction to the Book of Exodus, the Ramban calls this section of the Torah the book of Galus and […]
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Blessings, Curses, and More By Sarah Rudolph In this week’s parsha, after 17 years in Egypt, Yaakov knows his death is approaching and he summons his sons: “Gather, and I will tell you what will […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Rabbi Yisrael Cohn. Yisrael works for the Jerusalem Municipality Aliyah department assisting new Olim […]
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Words and Feelings By Sarah Rudolph The story of Yosef and his brothers offers a particularly poignant window into the very real emotional lives of our biblical ancestors. These emotions are described in words, as […]
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The Tranquility of Trust By Sarah Rudolph We left Yosef at the end of last week’s parsha in prison – a “pit” he was naturally eager to leave. After correctly interpreting the dreams of his […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Rabbi Daniel Vinik. From Long Beach, NY, Daniel studied at Yeshivat Hamivtar his […]
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Perfect Heroes? By Sarah Rudolph In one of my favorite passages, Rav Shimshon Raphael Hirsch (on Bereishit 12:10 – when Avraham behaves surprisingly in Egypt, long before this week’s parsha) addresses the question of fallibility […]
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It’s the Little Things By Sarah Rudolph After sending a gift ahead for Esav, in advance of their anticipated reunion, Yaakov returns to the task of moving his family – no simple matter, with four […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Rahel Berkovits, senior faculty member at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in […]
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A Pair, But Not the Same By Sarah Rudolph After Yaakov meets Rachel, the Torah (re)introduces us to Rachel and Leah as a pair – “And Lavan had two daughters” (Bereishit 29:16). From the very […]
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A rose among thorns – but did she pick up a few? By Sarah Rudolph Rivka, the second of our Matriarchs, is, interestingly, not traditionally criticized for pushing her son Yaakov to deceive his father. […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Ilana Goldstein Saks. She has taught Tanach for many years and is also […]
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Don’t Worry! By Sarah Rudolph When Avraham tasks his servant with traveling “to my land, to my birthplace” (Bereishit 24:4) to find a wife for Yitzchak, the servant expresses a fairly reasonable concern about what […]
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Where’s Sarah? By Sarah Rudolph When three “men” show up at Avraham’s tent-step while he’s recuperating from circumcision (Bereishit 18:1), one of their tasks is to foretell the birth of Yitzchak, which will occur a […]
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What’s the word? By Sarah Rudolph As Parshat Lech Lecha begins, it looks very much, at least on a superficial reading, like the story of Avraham (then called Avram); his wife Sarah (then Sarai) is […]
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WebYeshiva was proud to be invited to Limmud Budapest, which took place October 28-30 and held at the The European Youth Centre in Budapest (EYCB). The conference was attended by over 300 people, from Hungary […]
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Light in the Darkness of the Flood By Sarah Rudolph What are the important features on a survival ark? At the beginning of this week’s parsha, God informs Noach of His plan to destroy the […]
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Well, this is weird By Sarah Rudolph Among the most difficult verses in the Torah’s account of the earliest generations of humanity (which, of course, has no shortage of puzzling verses to puzzle over), Bereishit […]
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Moshe, Father of the Prophets By Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman Parashat VeZot HaBracha is the conclusion of the Torah. The parshah ends with God burying Moshe Rabbeinu and eulogizing him with these words: Never again […]
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Studying History By Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman Parshat Ha’azinu is God’s review of our nation’s history. It describes our past, our present and future. The Ramban himself praises the parsha with these words: Now, if […]
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A Future of Crises By Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman This week’s parsha contains God’s warning about the future of the Jewish people: God said to Moses: You are soon to lie with your ancestors.This people […]
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Not in Heaven? Then Where? By Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman In this week’s parsha (Devarim 30:11-12) we learn one of the fundamental and remarkable concepts of Judaism. כי המצוה הזאת אשר אנכי מצוך היום לא־נפלאת […]
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Is Everyone Happy? By Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman Anyone who has ever read even a most superficial work on Jewish history is familiar with the history of the Hassidic movement. Historians emphasize the aspect of […]
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On Human Dignity By Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman One of the fundamental ideas in Halacha is kavod ha-beriyot which can be understood (if not actually literally translated) as human dignity. The Halacha views the protection […]
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Mazal Tov to Rabbi Noah Tile who recently received semicha from Rabbi Brovender at WebYeshiva.org. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Noah Tile. I live in Toronto, Canada, with […]
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Do You Believe in Magic? By Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman In this week’s parsha there is a long list of magical practices in which we are forbidden to engage (Devarim 18: 9-12). It is not […]
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Permission to eat meat By Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman Elsewhere in the Torah we are taught the rules for eating meat as part of the system of animal sacrifices but in this week’s parsha the […]
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Old, But Not in the Way By Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman One of my favorite musicians is Jerry Garcia. Jerry Garcia acquired his fame as the leader of the Grateful Dead, but he worked and […]
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Divine Consolation – On Shabbat “Nachamu” By Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman This Shabbat is the Shabbat after the fast of Tisha b’Av. It is traditionally referred to as “Shabbat Nachamu”- the “Shabbat of Being Consoled.” […]
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Elevated by words of Torah By Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman How Chasidut Studies the Chumash The weekly Torah portion can and ought to be studied on many levels. The Torah portion of the week (the […]
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Cities of Refuge – Being Responsible for One Another By Rabbi David Sedley In this week’s Torah reading of Masei, Moshe is commanded to tell Yehoshua to set aside cities of refuge. Someone who kills […]
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Half the Tribe of Menashe PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Matot is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rabbi David Sedley Grazing […]
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Sin offering for God PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Pinchas is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rabbi David Sedley Parshat Pinchas […]
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Moshe wrote the Torah PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Balak is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rabbi David Sedley The Talmud […]
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Red Heifer – a statute PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Chukat is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rabbi David Sedley Parshat […]
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Stubborn isn’t always right PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Korach is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rabbi David Sedley Having the […]
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Mazal Tov to Rabbi Brian Sopher who recently received semicha from Rabbi Brovender and Rabbi Fink at WebYeshiva.org. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? I was born in 1954 in Glasgow, Scotland […]
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Feelings of inadequacy PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Shlach is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rabbi David Sedley When I was […]
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‘We want meat’ PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Beha’alotecha is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rabbi David Sedley In Parshat Beha’alotecha, […]
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Gifts of Princes PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Naso is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rabbi David Sedley The second half […]
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Where are you from? PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Bamidbar is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rabbi David Sedley When I’m […]
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Just Say No to Evaluating People PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Behukotai is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rav Uri C. […]
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Mazal Tov to Rabbi Daniel Rose who recently received semicha from Rabbi Brovender and Rabbi Fink at WebYeshiva.org. Daniel has been a Jewish educator for over thirty years, working in the world of informal and […]
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Don’t Be Hurtful, Be Flexible PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Behar is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rav Uri C. Cohen […]
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Seeing the Disabled as People PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Emor is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora. By Rav Uri C. Cohen […]
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Dan Le-Khaf Zekhut: Two Practical Tips PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Kedoshim is the Parasha this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora By Rav Uri C. […]
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Chukim & Mishpatim: A Perspective PLEASE NOTE: Because of the timing of the end of Pesach, Acharei Mot is the Parashah this week in Israel and next week in the Diaspora By Rav Uri C. […]
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What If: Alternate History and Dayenu By Rav Uri C. Cohen What if? This is a question which can spark the imagination. By imagining what might have been, we can better appreciate what is, both […]
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Get Off Your High Horse By Rav Uri C. Cohen In my MythBusting course, one of the topics I addressed was the mistaken idea that “Tzara’at was a punishment for lashon hara only!” While that […]
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Tumah: How is Birth Like Death? By Rav Uri C. Cohen While the Torah presents extensive rules of tumah (impurity), it gives no reasons for them. This should not stop us from speculating, though. One […]
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Silence Says So Much By Rav Uri C. Cohen When Moshe tried to comfort Aharon after the death of his sons Nadav and Avihu (Leviticus 10:3), Aharon was silent (va-yidom). What was the nature of […]
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By Rav Uri C. Cohen Last week, we presented an approach to justify korbanot. Just as someone madly in love is frustrated with a platonic relationship and wants to express the love physically, so to […]
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By Rav Uri C. Cohen We believe that God is beyond gender and sex, so it is startling to see rabbinic sources use sexual terms to depict the kirvah (closeness) that is the ideal result […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Rabbi Shlomo Katz. Born in New Jersey and having grown up between Los […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Rabbi Ian Pear. Almost 20 years ago Rabbi Pear founded Shir Hadash, an […]
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By Rabbi Jeffrey Saks “When you take the sum of the children of Israel according to their numbers… This they shall give, everyone who goes through the counting: half a shekel according to the holy […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Mrs. Mali Brofsky. Mali has held numerous academic and administrative positions at educational […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Rabbi Josh Ross. After receiving an advanced double BA in History and Philosophy […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Rabbi Yehudah Potok, who has worked in a variety of Jewish educational […]
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WebYeshiva is proud to announce its new Winter Zman 2022 launches this week. The zman will run for ten weeks until Purim and features more than 40 different live, interactive, online series on a variety […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. During his long career he had the privilege of working alongside many distinguished colleagues. This week we introduce you […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Rabbi Michael Sunshine. After receiving semicha through Yeshivat Hamivtar, Rabbi Sunshine worked at […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Jeffrey Schrager, a Jewish educator who teaches with several different organizations around the […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to pollster, strategic communicator, and procreator Mitchell Barak. Throughout his 30-year career living in […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Chaplain (Captain) David Ruderman of the U.S. Armed Forces. When did you first […]
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For over 50 years Rabbi Brovender has taught thousands of students from all around the world. This week we introduce you to Rabbi Todd Berman, Director of Institutional Advancement and a Ra”m at Yeshivat Eretz […]
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