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The Haftarot: How to Profit from the Prophets (Parshat Behaaloscha)

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

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Ruth Kelman Memorial Lecture 2003

Rabbi Moshe Taragin

Ruth Kelman Memorial Lecture 2003
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Beha'alotcha: Selective Memory

Rabbi Jay Kelman

It is amazing how selective our memory can be. People often yearn for the good old days: days full of poverty, pogroms and peddling. The ability to forget the difficulties of the past is a necessary tool for our mental well-being. It is that which…
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Beha'alotcha: Out of Order

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“And G-d spoke to Moshe in the Sinai desert in the second year of the Exodus from Egypt, in the first month” (Bamidbar 9:1). Pesach Sheni presents a second chance, the opportunity for those who were unable to bring the pesach sacrifice…
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Behalotcha: Running Away

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"The Israelites marched for a three day journey “mei'har Hashem”, from G-d's mountain (Bamidbar 10:33). The Torah has been received, the Mishkan built and the gifts of the leaders brought. All that remains to…
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Behalotcha: Mr. Humble

Rabbi Jay Kelman

It is the rare occasion when the Torah actually characterizes an individual. Rather through an analysis of the Biblical narrative, we are meant to draw appropriate conclusions, nuanced as they may be. It is, for example, the actions of Yosef and his…
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Beha'alotcha: What Goes Up Must Come Down

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"It was in the second year, on the 20th day of the second month, that the cloud [of glory] rose from the Tabernacle of Testimony" (Bamidbar 10:11). It was on the previous Rosh Chodesh Sivan that the Jewish people arrived at Sinai, spending a…
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Beha'alotcha: Moshe's Helpers

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Like many a great leader, Moshe—the greatest of all leaders—had difficulty delegating authority. Knowing you can do the job better than others, it is not easy to watch as subordinates are not quite up to the level of their superiors.…
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Beha'alotcha: It's Good to Complain

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the causes for disappointment with the generation that left Egypt was their constant complaining.  Each week, as we study Sefer Bamidbar, we witness another complaint, often more than one per week. Whether it's the food, the drinks,…
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