וידבר אלקים Why is the name Elokim the one which is employed for the aseres ha’dibros? Wouldn’t it have made more sense for it to have been the sheim Havayah? Rashi brings from Chazal that the implication of the name Elokim is dayan lipara, a judge who can exact punishment. In the sefer, Pischei Shearim, […]

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3 reasons why 2 Sivan called Yom Hameyuchas and the connection to Parshat Bamidbar, which is read before Shavuot. Why is our yichus enough for us to merit receiving the Torah? Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

On Shavuot, the Amora Rav Yosef would make a large meal and say, were it not for this day, I would be just like any other Yosef on the street. Why doesn’t that make him sound arrogant? Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

Delivered by her daughter, Elisheva Rosenthal Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event

How could a people enslaved for two centuries transform into a nation in only 49 days and merit to hear directly from God? How were they able to transform themselves? We are given the same opportunity every year during Sefirat HaOmer. Download the mekorot here Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event

Download the mekorot here Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event

According to the Midrash, the daughters of Lot seemed to have been trying to orchestrate the ancestry of Mashiach by having a child with him. Why did God bring about Moshiach in a profane way? Download the mekorot here Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

The five minhagim of Shavuot and how minhagim, in general, protect the Torah. What is the common denominator among the minhagim? Why is there no mitzvah on Shavuot that represents its theme as there is on other holidays (e.g. Shofar on Rosh Hashana)? We can’t take one commandment from the Torah and give it intrinsic […]

 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein             Among all our holidays, Shavuot has the unique distinction of not having any specific positive commandment associated with its observance. While Pesach has the eating of matzah, for example, and Sukkot has the lulav and etrog, we have no symbolic mitzvah associated with Shavuot. True, […]