The tantalizing Biblical account of the Tree of Knowledge may very well be about Man’s ability to discern the difference between Good and Evil. What if the Biblical command is a denial of Man’s ability and privilege to set standards of behaviour? The philosophers of the Eighteenth Century Enlightenment posited that Man has the ability to set his own standards. Men can rely on their moral sense. However, […]
Hillel and Shammai The Beginning of the Babylonian Community (incomplete)
Zm12a Zm12b Zm13a Time Constraints for Tefillin Zm13b – Time Constraints for Tefillin Zm14a – Eruvin 96a Tefillin Zm14b -Eruvin 96a Tefillin Zm 16 Hilchos Birchos HaShachar Zm17a Zm17b Zm18a Tefillin (continued) Zm18b Zm20a S’firat Ha Omer Zm20b S’firot Ha Omer Zm21
ZM3 re: Shabbat 34b and 35a ורב יוסף אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל: הכי קתני: משתשקע החמה כל זמן שפני מזרח מאדימין – יום, הכסיף התחתון ולא הכסיף העליון – בין השמשות, הכסיף העליון והשוה לתחתון – לילה. ו (תלמוד בבלי מסכת שבת דף לד עמוד ב The methodology of Rav Avraham Kook,ztz’l in designing the format for his Halacha B’rura was to present the reader with the […]
01a. The Failure of Leadership 01b. The Failure of Leadership 02a.The Failure of Leadership 02b. The Failure of Leadership 03. The Failure of Leadership 04a. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av 04b. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av 05a. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av 05b. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av 06. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av 07a. Kiddush HaShem […]
AK19. Rav Kook, The Lights of Chanukah part 3 AK20. The Rogotchover and the Rambam, part 1 AK20, The Rogotchover and the Rambam, part 2 AK21. The Concept of Avrhaham Avinu, part one AK21. The Concept of Avrhaham Avinu, part two AK22. The Mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisroel, part one AK22. The Mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisroel, part two
AK10. Prayer, Avenue of Access Part 1 AK10. Prayer Avenue of Access Part 2 AK11. Transcending the Ego part 1 AK11. Transcending the Ego part 2 AK12. On Prayer, part 1a AK12. On Prayer, part 1b AK13. On Prayer, part 2a AK13. On Prayer, part 2b AK14. Shemitta in Eretz Yisroel, part 1 AK15. Shemmita in Eretz Yisroel, part 2a AK15. Shemitta in Eretz […]
