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    King David and the "Moabitess Issue." Even after he became king?

    Was David worried that the halachic שְׁאֵלָה of מוֹאָבִי וְלֹא מוֹאָבִית would be raised against him in future generations, who might choose to pasken גַּם מוֹאָבִי וְגַם מוֹאָבִית לֹא יָבוֹאוּ בִּקְהַל הַשֵּׁם and retroactively disqualify his entire dynasty?

    18 May 2026, 9:44 pm
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    More on Rambam and נְבוּאָה: The "physical process"

    The רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם sends a message from the Active Intellect to the rational faculty (hopefully to filter out error) and from thereto the imaginative faculty.


    But what does this mean?

    18 May 2026, 2:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 4 seconds
    Milchigs on Shavuos - Historical background

    Was this a reaction to the concentrated Christian theological attack on Judaism and its nomianism that reached its peak in the 13th century?

    17 May 2026, 3:02 pm
  • 42 minutes 13 seconds
    The Controversy over the Rambam's Real Opinion of נְבוּאָה

    The Left-Wingers vs. the (non extreme) Right Wingers among the "מְפָרְשֵׁי הַ"מוֹרֵה נְבוֹכִים

    13 May 2026, 9:05 pm
  • 28 minutes 24 seconds
    From the Memoirs of מֵאִיר בַּר אִילָן: A visit to "The Frum German shul" in Baltimore in 1913

    The Rabbi preaches about Zionism but the (anti-Zionist) בַּעֲלֵי בַּתִּים hear what they want to hear

    12 May 2026, 8:20 pm
  • 27 minutes 52 seconds
    פָּרָשַׁת בַּמִּדְבָּר תשפ"ו - The Beginnings of Bureaucracy in Jewish History

    Who were the member of Moshe's secretariat? Who kept the records of the Jewish People's vital statistics?

    11 May 2026, 9:13 pm
  • 28 minutes 53 seconds
    הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת בַּמִּדְבָּר ("מָחָר חֹדֶשׁ") - Reading the Bible through the lenses of Talmudic Halachah

    How could the women of Israel SING the praises of Saul and David as they passed by in triumph, what about אִסּוּר קוֹל בְּאִשָּׁה עֶרְוָה?

    11 May 2026, 8:01 pm
  • 33 minutes 29 seconds
    Does נְבוּאָה require הֲכָנָה (as per the מוֹרֵה נְבוֹכִים)? The Abarbanel's interpretation of the "Burning Bush" Account

    A brilliant explication of the Tannaic dispute re: whether or not Moses did the right thing when he "hid his face" rather than look at God.

    7 May 2026, 4:53 pm
  • 25 minutes 38 seconds
    הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת בְּהַר-בְּחֻקּוֹתַי תשפ"ו - Jeremiah on the difference between Israel and the nations re: repentance

    What is the meaning of the statement of חֲזַ"ל that the בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ pre-existed the physical-universe?

    6 May 2026, 4:25 pm
  • 27 minutes 15 seconds
    Parshas Behar-Bechukosai: The incredible stubbornness of the Jewish People

    They are punished but do not repent. By the end of the תּוֹכֵחָה the punishments have been ratcheted-up 2400 times (7x7x7x7)!

    5 May 2026, 5:30 pm
  • 40 minutes 21 seconds
    An "Old Baltimore" Angle on the Controversy re: the Kashrus of Coca Cola

    A tale from the era of problematic הֶכְשֵׁרִים from leading רַבָּנִים וְתַלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים

    5 May 2026, 2:08 am
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