Monday, August 29, 2022

Audio Shiurim on Nach in Machashava (I will add links here as I upload more of these "Oldies but Goodies")


Audio Shiurim on

Nach in Machashava

(I will add links here as I upload more of these "Oldies but Goodies")

 

Sefer Shoftim:

NB 1.       Chap. 1: Failing to Conquer

NB 2.       Chap. 2: Overview of the Period

NB 3.       Chap. 3: Ehud & Eglon

NB 4.       Chap. 4: Yavin, Sisra, Devora, Barak, Yael

NB 5.       Chap. 5: Shiras Devora p 1

NB 6.       Chaps. 5-6: Shiras Devora p 2 & Gidon p 1

NB 7.       Chaps. 6-7: Gidon p 2

NB 8.       Chaps. 7-8: Gidon p 3

NB 9.       Chaps. 8-9: Yeruba’al & Avimelech p 1

NB 10.     Chap. 9: Avimelech p 2

NB 11.     Chap. 10: Yair, Thirties, & a New Nadir

NB 12.     Chap. 11: Yiftach p 1

NB 13.     Chaps. 11-12: Yiftach p 2 & Ivtzan

NB 14.     Chap. 13: The Birth of Shimshon

NB 15.     Chaps. 13-14: Shimshon’s Dual Personality: Yehuda & Dan

NB 16.     Chap. 15: Shimshon’s Revenge

NB 17.     Chap. 16: Delila

NB 18.     Chap. 17: Pesel Micha p 1

NB 19.     Chap. 18: Pesel Micha p 2

NB 20.     Chap. 19: Pilegesh Ba’Giv’a p 1

NB 21.     Chap. 20: Pilegesh Ba’Giv’a p 2

NB 22.     Chaps. 20-21: Bringing Binyamin Back

NB 23.     Chap. 22: The Dances

NB 23a.   The Siyum (Recorded on Purim)

 

Megillas Ruth:

NB 24.     Chap. 1: The Efrasim from Beis Lechem

NB 25.     Chap. 1: Naomi, Ruth & Orpah

NB 26.     Chaps. 1-2: Marah, Leket & Boaz (slightly defective for first few minutes)

NB 27.     Chaps. 2-3: Ruth & Boaz

NB 28.     Chaps. 3-4: In the “Barn”

NB 29.     Chap. 4: Conclusions

 

Sefer Yonah:

NB 30.     Chap. 1: The Flight Down to Sea

NB 31.     Chap. 2: In the Big Fish

NB 32.     Chap. 3: Yonah & Ninveh

NB 33.     Chap. 4: Under the Tree


 Sefer Shmuel I:

NB 34.     Chap. 1: Elkana & Chana

NB 35.     Chaps. 1-2: Transitions & Chana’s Song p 1

NB 36.     Chap. 2: Chana’s Song p 2 & Eli’s Sons’ Sins

NB 37.     Chaps. 2-3: The Doom of the House of Eli & Shmuel’s Initiation

NB 38.     Chaps. 3-4: Rise of Shmuel & Plishtim War

NB 39.     Chaps. 4-5: Death of Eli & Aron in Captivity

NB 40.     Chap. 6: Return of the Aron

NB 41.     Chap. 7: Shmuel’s Reign

NB 42.     Chap. 8: Judaism & Monarchy p 1

NB 43.     Chap. 8: Judaism & Monarchy p 2

NB 44.     Chaps. 8-9: Rights of Kings & Shaul’s Rise p 1

NB 45.     Chaps. 9-10: Shaul’s Rise p 2

NB 46.     Chap. 10: Anointing the King

NB 47.     Chaps. 10-11: Shaul’s Coronation & Gilad p 1

NB 48.     Chaps. 11-12: Gilad p 2 & Shmuel’s Valedictory p 1

NB 49.     Chaps. 12-13: Shmuel’s Valedictory p 2 & Cryptic Pasuk

NB 50.     Chaps. 13-14: Shaul’s First Fatal Error & Plishtim War

NB 51.     Chap. 14: Plishtim War Continued

NB 52.     Chap. 15: Shaul’s Final Fatal Error & Amalek War p 1

NB 53.     Chap. 15: Amalek War p 2

NB 54.     Chap. 15: Amalek & Pesach

NB 55.     Chap. 15: Shaul’s Mercy & Hashem’s Regret

NB 56.     Chap. 15: Sorcery & Sin

NB 57.     Chap. 15: Netzach Yisroel & Agag

NB 58.     Chap. 16: Finding Dovid

NB 59.     Chap. 16: Magen Dovid

NB 60.     Chap. 16: Ruach HaKodesh & Goliath

NB 61.     Chap. 17: Goliath, Yehuda & Binyomin

NB 62.     Chap. 17: Dovid & Goliath

NB 63.     Chaps. 17-18: Dovid, Goliath & Yehonasan

NB 64.     n/c Chap. 18: Dovid & Yehonasan; Yirah & Ahava

NB 65.     Chaps. 18-19: Pursuing Dovid

NB 66.     Chap. 19: Nayos & Nevua

NB 67.     n/c Chaps. 19-20: Shaul & Prophecy

NB 68.     n/c Chap. 20: Dovid & Yehonasan’s Agreement

NB 69.     Chap. 20: Dovid & Rosh Chodesh

NB 70.     Chap. 21: The Lechem HaPonim

NB 71.     Chap. 21: Doeg HaEdomi

NB 72.     Chaps. 21-22: Dovid’s Insanity

NB 73.     Chap. 22: The Annihilation of Nov

NB 74.     Chaps. 22-23: The Urim veTumim

NB 75.     Chap. 23: “Half Hallel”

NB 76.     Chap. 24: Clothing

NB 77.     Chap. 24: “Gemul”

NB 78.     Chaps. 24-25: Names, Shmuel & Sheep

NB 79.     Chap. 25: Kaf HaKela: The Catapult

NB 80.     Chap. 25: Kaf HaKela, Gehinnom & Reward

NB 81.     Chap. 25: Kaf HaKela & Planes of Existence

NB 82.     Chap. 25: Rememberance, Palti ben Layish

NB 83.     Chap. 26: Significance of Dovid’s Hideout

NB 84.     Chap. 26: The Water Jug

NB 85.     Chaps. 27-28: Dovid in Chutz La’Aretz

NB 86.     Chap. 28: Shaul: The Beginning of the End

NB 87.     Chap. 28: The Ov Episode p 1

NB 88.     Chap. 28: The Ov Episode p 2

NB 89.     Chap. 28: The Ov Episode p 3

NB 90.     Chap. 28: Shame & Teshuva

NB 91.     Chaps. 29-30: Plishtim & Yirah

NB 92.     Chap. 30: Amalek & Tomorrow

NB 93.     Chaps. 30-31: The Distribution of Loot

NB 94.     Chap. 31: Shaul & Suicide

 

Sefer Shmuel II:

NB 95.     Chap. 1: Why Did Dovid Kill Him?

NB 96.     Chap. 1: Lamentation over Shaul & Yehonasan

NB 97.     Chap. 1: The Ralbag’s “To’aluyos”

NB 98.     Chap. 2: Dovid in Chevron

NB 99.     Chaps. 2-3: The Game

NB 100.   Chap. 3: Palti ben Layish

NB 101.   Chap. 3: The Assassination of Avner

NB 102.   Chap. 3: Dovid’s Curse

NB 103.   Chaps. 3-4: Lamentation & Murder

NB 104.   Chap. 4: Olam HaBa

NB 105.   Chap. 5: Dovid

NB 106.   Chap. 5: Yerushalayim

NB 107.   Chap. 5: Dovid in Yerushalayim (cross linked with tape TY 63, missing several minutes)

NB 108.   Chap. 6: Keruvim

NB 109.   Chap. 6: Uzza: Physical Fusion with Spiritual Concepts

NB 110.   Chap. 6: Michal & Maidservants

NB 111.   Chaps. 6-7: The Will to Build the Beis HaMikdosh

NB 112.   Chap. 7: Dovid & the Beis haMikdosh

NB 113.   Chap. 7: Permanent Sanctity

NB 114.   Chap. 7: Malchus & Shechina

NB 115.   Chap. 7: Havaya”h & Adnu”s

NB 116.   Chap. 7: Havaya”h & Elokim

NB 117.   Chaps. 7-8: Elokim, Tzevako”s, Adnu”s

NB 118.   Chap. 8: Aram & Aramaic

NB 119.   Chap. 8: Edom & Yirah

NB 120.   Chap. 8: Tzedaka vs. Chesed

NB 121.   Chaps. 8-9: Mefiboshes

NB 122.   Chap. 10: Beards

 

Special Series: Dovid & Bas-Sheva:

NB 123.   Chap. 11: To be “Elokei Dovid?”

NB 124.   Chap. 11: Too Great a Test?

NB 125.   Chap. 11: The Test

NB 126.   Chap. 11: The Eyes of G-d

NB 127.   Dovid & Chanuka

NB 128.   Chaps. 11-12: Tanach vs. Chazal

NB 129.   Chap. 12: The Poor Man’s Sheep

NB 130.   Chap. 12: The Sun & Dovid


NB 131.   Chap. 12: Shlomo & Yedidya

NB 132.   Chaps. 12-13: Amnon & Tamar p 1

NB 133.   Chaps. 12-13: Amnon & Tamar p 2

NB 134.   Chap. 13: Amnon & Avshalom

NB 135.   Chap. 14: The Teko’ite Woman’s Parable

NB 136.   Chap. 14: “Nidach”

NB 137.   Chap. 14: Avshalom’s Eye

NB 138.   Chaps. 14-15: Avshalom’s Hair

NB 139.   Chap. 15: The Rebellion Begins

NB 140.   Chap. 15: Flight from Yerushalayim

NB 141.   Chap. 15-16: Dovid’s Groundwork

NB 142.   Chap. 16: “Rosh” and Crown

NB 143.   Chap. 16: Anava and Ta’ava

NB 144.   Chaps. 16-17: Achitofel’s Advice

NB 145.   Chap. 17: Intellect

NB 146.   Chap. 17: Achitofel’s Demise

NB 147.   Chaps. 17-18: The Forest of Efraim

NB 148.   Chap. 18: The Elah Tree

NB 149.   Chap. 18: Avshalom’s Death

NB 150.   Chaps. 18-19: Taking Avshalom Out of Gehinnom p 1

NB 151.   Chap. 19: Taking Avshalom Out of Gehinnom p 2

NB 152.   Chap. 19: Embarassments

NB 153.   Chap. 19: Shim’i ben Geira

NB 154.   Chap. 19: Tzimtzum p 1

NB 155.   Chap. 19: Tzimtzum p 2

NB 156.   Chap. 19: Mefiboshes

NB 157.   Chap. 19: Barzilai

NB 158.   Chaps. 19-20: Sheva ben Bichri

NB 159.   Chap. 20: Amasa’s Death

NB 160.   Chap. 20: Serach bas Asher

NB 161.   Chaps. 20-21: The Givonim

NB 162.   Chap. 21: Famine, Disaster and Mazel

NB 163.   Chap. 21: Kiddush Hashem in Shaul’s Children’s Death

NB 164.   Chap. 21: Burial

NB 165.   Chap. 21: The Ralbag’s “To’aluyos” p 1

NB 166.   Chap. 21: The Ralbag’s “To’aluyos” p 2

NB 167.   Chap. 22: Tehillim 18 p 1

NB 168.   Chap. 22: Tehillim 18 p 2 Tamim/Nogah

NB 169.   Chap. 22: Tehillim 18 p 3: Teva

NB 170.   Chap. 22: Tehillim 18 p 4: RSRH vs. Artscroll

NB 171.   Chap. 23: The Warriors of David

NB 172.   Chap. 23: Risking Life for Torah

NB 173.   Chaps. 23-24: Census p 1

NB 174.   Chap. 24: Census p 2: Malbim & Tzitz Eliezer

NB 175.   Chap. 24: Census p 3: Michtav Me’Eliyahu

NB 176.   Chap. 24: Census p 4

NB 177.   Chap. 24: 288 Nitzotzos

NB 178.   Chap. 24: The Plague

NB 179.   Chap. 24: Aravna

NB 180.   Chap. 24: Beis HaMikdosh: A Neck

NB 181.   Chap. 24: Conclusion

 

Melachim Chap. 1:

NB 182.   Introduction and Avishag Ha’Shunamis p 1

NB 183.   Avishag Ha’Shunamis p 2

NB 184.   Adoniyahu

NB 185.   Es vs. Im

NB 186.   The Throne of Dovid and Shlomo

NB 187.   Beauty

NB 188.   The Mule

NB 189.   Shlomo and Chanukah

NB 190.   Conclusion

 

Koheles:

NB 191.   Introduction-1:1

NB 192.   1:1-2

NB 193.   1:3

NB 194.   1:4

NB 195.   1:5-7

NB 196.   1:8-9

NB 197.   1:9-10

NB 198.   1:11-13

NB 199.   1:14-15

NB 200.   1:15

NB 201.   1:16

NB 202.

NB 203. 2:1-2 Rosh HaShanah

NB 204.

NB 205. 2:4 Rosh HaShanah

NB 206.

Added Recordings to https://rygb.blogspot.com/2022/06/audio-shiurim-on-emunah-and-hashkafah.html #2

 



EH 26.    These & Those are the Words of the Living G-d p 2

EH 27.    Our Relationship with Previous Generations

EH 28.    The Impact of Kabbala on Machashava


Special Series: Denominational Attitudes

EH 31.    Definition of Categories

EH 32.    Relevant Halachos p 1

EH 33.    Relevant Halachos p 2

EH 34.    Sinners Within & Ahavas Yisroel


EH 36.    Missing Years: Chronologies of the 2nd

Beis HaMikdosh Period p 1

EH 37.    Missing Years: Chronologies of the 2nd

Beis HaMikdosh Period p 2

EH 38.    Brazenness & Bashfulness

EH 39.    Exploring Chutzpa

EH 40.    What is True Yiras Shomayim

EH 47.    Bein Yisroel L’Amim: Judaism & Christianity p 1

EH 49.    What is Kedusha & How is it Achieved

EH 97.    The Plishtim

EH 123.  Ta’amei HaMitzvos: Challa


Special Series: Tanya for Misnagdim

EH 124.  Overview & Chap. 1

EH 125.  Chap. 2

EH 126.  Chaps. 2-3

EH 127.  Chap. 3

EH 129.  Conclusion

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CH 23.       Gelatin

CH 24.       Organized Labor & Strikes

in Jewish Institutions (slightly defective)

CH 152.     Borei Pri HaGafen, Arba Kosos & Hefsek Berachos p 1

CH 153.     Borei Pri HaGafen, Arba Kosos & Hefsek Berachos p 2


Special Series: Shabbos & Electricity

CH 154.     The Chazon Ish

CH 155.     Reb Shlomo Zalman

CH 156.     Reb Shlomo Zalman; Electronics

CH 157.     Electronics

CH 158.     Telephones


Special Series: Halacha at 35,000 Feet: Airplane Travel Issues

CH 159.     Dishonesty in Ticketing (and Related

Ethical Issues) & Davening On Board

CH 160.     Tefillas HaDerech, Berachos on Things

to See & Landing on Shabbos


























Thursday, August 11, 2022

Story Sanz Klausenburg Rebbe in Auschwitz - And Beyond

I am not going to debate whether he was justified in turning down the treif or not. It is a very moving clip regardless.

The nekudah that dejected me the most was how our generation missed the boat of heroism that the Rebbe zy"a displayed after the War rebuilding the She'eris HaPleitah.

אנן קטלי קניא באגמא אנן

Sunday, August 07, 2022

Rischa D'Araisa Season 5 Finale, Episode 15: פצו עלינו פיהם Listeners' Critiques and Our Responses

 

Rischa D'Araisa Season 5 Finale, Episode 15:

פצו עלינו פיהם
Listeners' Critiques and Our Responses

Transitioning from Tisha B'Av: Chacham Adif Me'Navi

The end of Eichah and the transition from Churban to Nechamah.
Given at Cong. Anshei Palisades at the end of Tisha B'Av 5782/2022.

Kinnos 5782

Kinnos
at Cong. Anshei Palisades. Tisha b'Av 5782/2022.

Much of the presentation was based on Rabbi Soloveitchik zt"l's presentation on Tisha b'Av 5740/1980 in Boston, at which I was zocheh to be present.

Friday, August 05, 2022

The Jerusalem Talmud: Complete Edition (Studia Judaica): Guggenheimer, Heinrich W.: 9783110687972: Amazon.com: Books



I didn't know until a few minutes ago that he wrote a vast work on the Yerushalmi! I was at what I think was his first siyum on Yerushalmi back in the 70s at the Young Israel of West Hempstead and it was an inspiration for me ever since!

The Jerusalem Talmud: Complete Edition (Studia Judaica): Guggenheimer, Heinrich W.: 9783110687972: Amazon.com: Books

I see his notes are available at
and hope to incorporate some of them in my commentary on the Yerushalmi.