- 34 minutes 6 secondsKing 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 - 33 minutesMore 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 secondsMilchigs 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 secondsThe 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 secondsFrom 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 secondsפָּרָשַׁת 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 secondsהַפְטָרַת 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 secondsDoes 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 secondsהַפְטָרַת 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 secondsParshas 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 secondsAn "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
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