Shemot

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Pekudei: Timing is Everything

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“In the first month of the second year on the first of the month, the Tabernacle was erected” (Shemot 40:2). Sefer Shemot concludes with the building of the Mishkan. As the Ramban notes (Introduction to Shemot), the Mishkan was the…
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Pekudei: From Nisan to Nisan

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we disuss the Biblical schedule on the first of Nisan. 
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Vayakhel: A Different Time Zone

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“And G-d spoke to Moshe to say to the Jewish people: Ach, however: my Sabbaths you are to keep! For it is a sign between me and you, throughout your generations, to know that I, the Lord your G-d, who sanctifies you” (Shemot 31:12-13). This verse…
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Vayakhel: Return of the Covenant

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss how the "second" Mishkan differs from the first. 
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How to Study Chumash; One Book at a Time (Part 23)

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

How to study Chumash- One book at a time   
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How to Study Chumash; One Book at a Time (Part 25)

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

How to study Chumash- One book at a time   
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How to Study Chumash; One Book at a Time (Part 24)

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

How to study Chumash- One book at a time   
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How to Study Chumash; One Book at a Time (Part 22)

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

How to study Chumash- One book at a time   
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Ki Tisa: Perfect Timing

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss the many links between Ki Tisa and Purim. 
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Tetzaveh: Pursuing Justice

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an efod, and a robe, and a quilted undercoat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aharon thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the…
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