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In most years, Shabbat Zachor coincides with Parshat Tetzaveh. What is the connection between them? What is the logic behind the order of the topics in parshiyot Terumah and Tetzaveh?

Why do we specifically fulfill the commandment to remember what Amalek did (zachor) on the Shabbat before Purim? Why not on a different day, for example, on Taanit Esther? Delivered in...

Even from our first encounter with Haman, we see that the only way he can be satisfied is by killing, not just overcoming, his competitor. A discussion of the difference between...

The message of Shushan Purim is that we aim not just to survive, but also to move the world forward for tomorrow. This is the deeper message behind Esther’s request for a...

Chazal say: Were not for Haman & Achashverosh sending out the letter that each man should rule in his own home the Jews wouldn’t have survived.

In Megillat Ruth which we read on Shavuot we are introduced to 2 halachic concepts: kinyan chalipin and geulah (redeeming a relative’s field). Delivered in 1969. For part 1 click here.

In Megillat Ruth which we read on Shavuot we are introduced to 2 halachic concepts: kinyan chalipin and geulah (redeeming a relative’s field). Delivered in 1969. For part 2 click here.

Rav Soloveitchik discusses the mitzvah of tekiat shofar on Rosh Hashanah in this shiur delivered at the Boston Yarchei Kallah, August 27th, 1980. For part 1 click here. For part 2 click...

Rav Soloveitchik discusses the mitzvah of tekiat shofar on Rosh Hashanah in this shiur delivered at the Boston Yarchei Kallah, August 27th, 1980. For part 1 click here. For part 3 click...

Rav Soloveitchik discusses the mitzvah of tekiat shofar on Rosh Hashanah in this shiur delivered at the Boston Yarchei Kallah, August 27th, 1980. For part 2 click here. For part 3 click...