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What is the significance of the courts and judges being spread out between Jerusalem and all the various individual cities? What are some of the main ideas behind the series of commandments found in this week's parsha in setting up a just society? All this and more in this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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A special episode about the ideas behind the month of Elul!
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What does Moshe mean when he says "Re'eh- See..."? What is the meaning of the various Kashruth laws? Plus a run-through of the various commandments in the Parsha. All this and more on this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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What is the meaning of the word "Eikev"?, the kabbalistic meaning of the 7 fruits, Shabbat Nachamu and more on this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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What is the meaning of the word ' Va'etchanan'? What is the difference Shamor and Zachor in the two versions of the ten commandments? What can we learn from Moshe calling Israel a "good" land? All this and more on this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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What is the deep meaning of Isaiah's words in the Haftarah? Is there a pattern repeating itself of going from deep sadness to hope and rejuvenation? All this and more on Ponderings on the Parsha!
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What is the meaning of this minor holiday? What can it teach us for our day in age?
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What is the main point of the 5th book? What is the significance of the number 5 and what can we learn from Moshe's transformation from someone afraid to speak to a master orator? PLUS The intimate connection between Devarim and Tisha Bav. All this and more on this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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What is the meaning of the word 'Matot' which means both tribes and staffs? Why was Aharon mourned so heavily? Why are all of the journeys that Jewish people took in the desert listed? All this and more in this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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What is the connection between Pinchas and Eliyahu? Why, in the opinion of one Sage, are the verses about the daily offerings the most important in the Torah? What do the daughters of Zelophehad teach us about the role of women? All this and more on this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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Who was Balaam? What is the meaning of the famous blessing he uttered, "How great are your tents, Jacob..." ? All this and more in this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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What is the meaning of the Red Heifer law? Why was Moshe punished so harshly for hitting the rock? All this and more on Ponderings on the Parsha!
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What can we learn about arguments from Korach's rebellion? What was wrong with Korach's argument "We are all holy"? Why is On Ben Pelet not mentioned again in the people that died? All this and more on this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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What was the real mission of the spies? What is the real difference between the spies and Caleb and Joshua? Was there anything really false about what the spies said? All this and more on this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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What is the meaning of the opening word of the Parsha "When you cause to light up"? Why does it repeat twice that the Levites were "given over"? And what does this "Book within a book" come to teach us? All this and more on this week's Ponderings on the Parsha.
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What is the connection between the seemingly disparate commandments in the Parsha? What is the true meaning of the word 'Shalom'? All this and more in this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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The holiday of Shavuot is intrinsically connected to counting, but we don't actually count the 50th day. Why? Also, the pattern and meaning of megillot and chagim. All this and more on this week's Ponderings on the Parsha!
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Why is counting so important in Judaism? Why are the Leviim counted differently? All this and more on Ponderings on the Parsha!
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What is the meaning behind the apparent numerical mistake in the beginning of Bechukotai?
All this and more on this week's Ponderings on the Parsha
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Why does the Torah mention Har Sinai at the beginning of this week's Parsha? What are the multitude of meanings behind the Shemita laws?
All this and more on this week's Ponderings on the Parsha1
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