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Rabbanei Yeshivat Har Etzion

A 30-40 shiur on a Torah topic, every working day, from Yeshivat Har Etzion and the VBM.

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Mourning Our Lost Selves and the Emotions of Repentance

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2025/09/03

Rav Soloveitchik on Teshuva (8): Mourning Our Lost Selves and the Emotions of Repentance, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb Eighth in a series of mini-shiurim on R Soloveitchik's approach to Teshuva based on his famous and incredible sefer Al HaTeshuva. What are the primary emotions associated with teshuva and how do they motivate us to repent?

21:59

Shoftim | 5785 | Appointing a King

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2025/08/28

Shoftim | 5785 | Appointing a King, by Rav Tzvi Chaim Kaye Is it an option or a commandment?

29:12

Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 37 | Shoftim

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2025/08/28

Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 37 | Shoftim, by Rav Eli Weber What is the role of the magistrate in the Torah?

29:40

Rav Soloveitchik on Teshuva (7): Appreciating the...

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2025/08/28

Rav Soloveitchik on Teshuva (7): Appreciating the Different Motivations for Repentance, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb Seventh in a series of mini-shiurim on R Soloveitchik's approach to Teshuva based on his famous and incredible sefer Al HaTeshuva. Sometimes we're moved emotionally to change direction, and other times our motivations are more intellectual - does it matter why we chose to change? In what sense can sin be compared to illness or disease?

18:57

Ekev | 5785 | The Ark of War

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2025/08/14

Sefer Devarim | Ekev | 5785 | The Ark of War, by Rav Alex Israel Rashi suggests that there is not one Aron but two - one Ark is in the Mikdash and the second Aron is for the war-front. Why is there a necessity for a special war Aron? What does it contain? What does it symbolize?

29:27

Devarim | Birkat HaMazon: Sources and Development (2)

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2025/08/14

Devarim | Birkat HaMazon: Sources and Development (2), by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Following up from our last shiur, we investigate several observations and proposals made by the Rishonim to discover how Birkat haMazon may have evolved over time. One key question that we address is how all 3 ברכות (at least!) are דאורייתא, if, as some Rishonim suggest, they weren't said at all for a significant period. Source sheet >>

35:15

Devarim | Birkat HaMazon (1)

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2025/08/14

Devarim | Birkat HaMazon (1), by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom A ubiquitous prayer, one of the few commanded in the Torah, is sourced in this week's parasha. Devarim 8:10 - "When you eat and are satisfied you shall bless Hashem, your God, for the good Land which he has given you." - this is known as Birkat haMazon. In this shiur, we explore the textual sources for the three (or four, or five) Berakhot that are mandated by the Torah as part of Birkat haMazon and examine some core Talmudic passages which

18:15

Vaetchanan | 5785 | Children, Identity, and Hope

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2025/08/07

Sefer Devarim | Vaetchanan | 5785 | Children, Identity, and Hope, by Rav Alex Israel What does it mean to care for your parents? Why is it so important? Rav Alex Israel '85 is an author, Tanakh teacher and international lecturer. He is a teacher at Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi and at Midreshet Lindenbaum, and records a daily 929 podcast - The Tanakh Podcast.

19:31

Devarim | 5785 | Lessons of Empowerment

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2025/08/07

Sefer Devarim | Devarim | 5785 | Lessons of Empowerment, by Rav Alex Israel How are we to view the way that Moshe retells episodes of the past in new ways with fresh details, different from accounts earlier in the Torah? We shall discover a common message in Moshe's opening stories in Devarim ch.1. Rav Alex Israel '85 is an author, Tanakh teacher and international lecturer. He is a teacher at Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi and at Midreshet Lindenbaum, and records a daily 929 podcast - The Tanakh

25:30

Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 36 | Matot-Masei

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2025/07/24

Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 36 | Matot-Masei, by Rav Eli Weber What is the meaning of living in Eretz Israel?

34:15

Matot - Masei | 5785 | War of Midian, War of Vengeance

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2025/07/24

Sefer Bamidbar | Matot - Masei | 5785 | War of Midian, War of Vengeance, by Rav Ezra Bick What is the difference between the vengeance of Israel and the vengeance of God? What does it actually mean to avenge the Midianites? Why did the people go out to do this in the name of Moses?

29:45

Eikha Rabbati: Rachel's Tears

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2025/07/24

Eikha Rabbati: Rachel's Tears, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom How are we to understand the Midrash about Rachel's tears saving Am Yisrael? The Midrash Rabba collection on Megilat Eikha includes some of the most moving literature in the canon. A brief introduction to Midrash Agada, followed by a briefer introduction to Midrash Eikha, is followed by a study of a famous proem ("Petichta") involving the unsuccessful intervention by the Avot and Mosheh Rabbenu to defend the people - until Rachel speaks up and

27:55

Divrei Hesped for Mori V'Rebbi HaRav Yehuda Amital on...

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2025/07/23

Divrei Hesped for Mori V'Rebbi HaRav Yehuda Amital on his 15th Yahrzeit, by Rav Moshe Taragin Empowering talmidim; Personalizing religion vs. submitting to religion; Life and religion are Complex; The cry of the baby or the roar of the wicked For more shiuirim by Rav Taragin on Harav Amital zt"l: https://etzion.org.il/en/search?subjects=6103&contentTypes=&authors=5753&series=&tags=&organizations=&lang=en

28:53

Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 35 | Pinchas

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2025/07/17

Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 35 | Pinchas, by Rav Eli Weber Why do the daughters of Zelophehad say how he died? Why does Moshe appoint Yehoshua in front of all of Israel? Why are the musafim written in the end of our parasha?

31:08

Sefer Bamidbar | Pinchas | 5785 | The Meaning of Family

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2025/07/17

Sefer Bamidbar | Pinchas | 5785 | The Meaning of Family, by Rav Ezra Bick Forty years later, the Jewish People are counted a second time. What is the difference in the census this time? One word makes all the difference.

42:35

Bein HaMetzarim 5785

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2025/07/17

Bein HaMetzarim 5785, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom. In memory of my father - הרב אשר אהרן בן אברהם בנימין ז"ל -Tammuz 21 Why do chakhamim set up a parallel between the events that befell our ancestors on each of 17 beTammuz and 9 beAv? The Mishna in Ta'anit presents a literary parallel between the events that befell our ancestors on 17 of Tammuz and those that happened on 9 beAv. We explore the lists and identify three types of events on each list - and the common features which all of the items on

30:00

Sefer Bamidbar | Balak | 5785 | The Stature of...

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2025/07/10

Sefer Bamidbar | Balak | 5785 | The Stature of Bilam's Prophecy, by Rav Ezra Bick

29:09

Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 34 | Balak

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2025/07/10

Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 34 | Balak, by Rav Eli Weber Who is Bilam?

38:51

Balak | Mah Tovu Ohalekha Yaakov

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2025/07/10

Balak | Mah Tovu Ohalekha Yaakov, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom What motivated Bil'am to bless as he did? Following the progression of Bilam's blessings. The lyrical, uplifting blessings with which Bil'am blessed Bnei Yisrael are among the most elegant and moving series of passages in Tanakh. What motivated Bil'am to bless as he did - was he simply a mouthpiece of Hashem, or did he, at some point, identify with the mission to bless God's people? A careful look at the text of his blessings, along with the

28:02

Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 33 | Chukat

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2025/07/03

Ramban on the Torah | 5785 | 33 | Chukat, by Rav Eli Weber What was the sin of Moshe and Aharon?

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