| The Meaning of Shavuot |
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l | Why Was Coercion Necessary in the Giving of the Torah? |
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l | "He Held the Mountain Over Them" |
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l | Two Essential Lessons Before Receiving the Torah |
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l | Shavuot and Soulsearching |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | Torah of Fire and Water |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | On Conversion |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | Accepting the Torah - Then and Now |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | "The Day that You Stood before the Lord at Chorev" |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | "Lest You Forget What You Have Seen" |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | Remembering the Revelation at Sinai |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | The Challenges of Accepting the Torah |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | Shavuot and the Golden Calf |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | Master and Beloved |
Harav Yoel Bin-Nun | The Meaning of Shavuot and its Unique Offering |
Rav David Brofsky | The Customs of Shavuot |
Rav Elaykim Krumbein | Shavuot: Learning to Say No |
Rav Elaykim Krumbein | "Greater is One Who is Commanded and Fulfills" |
Rav Elaykim Krumbein | Compulsory Love: Free Will and our Acceptance of the Torah |
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein | The Marriage of God and Israel - The Haftara for Shavuot |
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein | Shavuot and the Mitzva of Charity |
Rav Asher Meir | The Medium and the Message |
Rav Binyamin Tabory | The Kingdom of the House of David |
Rav Moshe Taragin | Torah Reading and Mount Sinai |
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| Torah Study |
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l | Torah Study in the Modern World |
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l | The Importance of In-Depth Torah Study |
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l | Torah Values and Torah Commandments |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | Vitality in the Service of God |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | Hunger for the Word of God |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | Torah and Life |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | The Nature and Value of Torah Study |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | Reflections Upon Birkot HaTorah |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | "Make Your Torah Permanent:" The Centrality of Torah Study |
By Dr. Aharon Ahrend | R. Yehuda Amital on Torah Study |
Rav Yair Kahn | Birkat Ha-Torah: The Highest of Blessings |
Rav Moshe Taragin | Maintaining the Boundaries of Written and Oral Law |
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| Standing at Sinai |
Harav Yaakov Medan | To Whom Did God Speak at Sinai |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | "Moshe Hid His Face, For He Was Afraid to Look at God" |
Rav Itamar Eldar | "And All the People Saw the Sounds" |
Rav Tamir Granot | The Dual Revelation at Sinai |
Rav Yonatan Grossman | The Shofar of Sinai |
Rav Alex Israel | How to Divide the Ten Commandments |
Rav Yair Kahn | Moshe and the Giving of the Torah |
Rav Menachem Leibtag | Matan Torah - Parshat Yitro |
Rav Menachem Leibtag | Study Questions for Tikun Leil Shavuot |
Rav Menachem Leibtag | Shavuot and Matan Torah |
HaRav Yaakov Medan | When Were the 3 Days of Preparation for Matan Torah? |
Rav Jonathan Mishkin | "Examine it Through and Through - For All is Contained Therein" |
Rav Avraham Shama | God's Descent unto Mt. Sinai |
Rav Elchanan Samet | The Tenth Commandment: "You Shall Not Covet" |
Rav Moshe Taragin | A Desert Gift |
Rav Chanoch Waxman | The Covenant at Sinai |
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| Bikkurim |
Rav Michael Hattin | The Bringing of the First Fruits |
Rav Moshe Taragin | The Sacrifices of Shavuot: Shtei ha-Lechem and Kevasim |
Rav Moshe Taragin | The Essential Nature of Bikkurim |
Rav Moshe Taragin | Bikkurim Brought by A Convert |
Rav Moshe Taragin | Bikkurim as a Sacrifice |
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| Megillat Ruth |
Rav Amnon Bazak | A Comparison of Ruth and Iyov |
Harav Yaakov Medan | Redemption in Megillat Ruth |
Rav Mordechai Sabato | The Night at the Threshing Floor: Uncovering the Motives of Naomi, Ruth and Boaz |
Rav Moshe Taragin | The Process of Geirut |
Dr. Yael Ziegler | Ruth and Boaz: Mirror Characters |
Dr. Yael Ziegler | Three Forms of Redemption in Megillat Ruth |
Dr. Yael Ziegler | Megillat Ruth: Whats in a Name? |
Dr. Yael Ziegler | The Roots of Megillat Ruth: Lot and Avraham |
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| Sefirat Ha-Omer: Halakha |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | Two Aspects of the Mitzva of Counting the Omer |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l | Shaving in Honor of Shabbat during the Omer |
Rav Shlomo Brin | Sefirat HaOmer at Night |
Rav David Brofsky | Sefirat Ha-Omer: Mourning Practices During the Omer |
Rav David Brofsky | Sefirat Ha-Omer: The Reasons and the Scope of the Mitzva |
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon | Sefirat HaOmer: A Biblical or Rabbinic Obligation |
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon | Sefirat HaOmer: Miscellaneous Issues |
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon | Sefirat HaOmer: Practices of Mourning During Sefira |
Rav Elchanan Samet | "From the Day Following Shabbat" |
Rav Doniel Schreiber | Forgetting to Count the Omer |
Rav Moshe Taragin | Counting Days and Weeks of the Omer |
Rav Moshe Taragin | Counting Days and Weeks of the Omer Part 2 |
Rav Moshe Taragin | Sefirat Ha-Omer Without Beit Ha-Mikdash |
Rav Moshe Taragin | Sefirat Ha-Omer and the shita of the Behag |
Rav Moshe Taragin | Is Sefirat Ha-omer a Time-Bound Mitzva? |
Rav Moshe Taragin | Methods of Performing Sefirat Ha-omer |
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| Sefirat Ha-Omer: Jewish Thought |
Rav Yitzchak Etshalom | Understanding the Rambam's Approach to Sefirat HaOmer |
HaRav Yaakov Medan | The Agricultural and Historical Significance of Sefirat HaOmer |
Rav Shlomo Levy | Days of Tikkun Ha-middot |
Rav Asher Meir | Lag Ba-Omer and the "Sefirat Ha-Omer Jew" |
Rav Yehuda Rock | The Waving of the Omer, the Counting of the Omer, and the Festival of Shavuot |
Rav Zvi Shimon | The Counting of the Omer |
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