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Shavuot Journal

 
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Why Learn Gemara? 
By Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l
 
 
Rashi as a Teacher of Values 
By Dr. Avigail Rock
 
The Purpose of Talmud Torah 
By Rav Tzvi Sinensky
 
Audio shiurim on Megillat Ruth 
By Dr. Yael Ziegler
 
 The Meaning of Shavuot
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"lWhy Was Coercion Necessary in the Giving of the Torah?
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l"He Held the Mountain Over Them"
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"lTwo Essential Lessons Before Receiving the Torah
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"lShavuot and Soulsearching
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lTorah of Fire and Water
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lOn Conversion
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lAccepting 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"lRemembering the Revelation at Sinai
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lThe Challenges of Accepting the Torah
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lShavuot and the Golden Calf
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lMaster and Beloved
Harav Yoel Bin-NunThe Meaning of Shavuot and its Unique Offering
Rav David BrofskyThe Customs of Shavuot
Rav Elaykim KrumbeinShavuot: Learning to Say No
Rav Elaykim Krumbein"Greater is One Who is Commanded and Fulfills"
Rav Elaykim KrumbeinCompulsory Love: Free Will and our Acceptance of the Torah
Harav Mosheh LichtensteinThe Marriage of God and Israel - The Haftara for Shavuot
Harav Mosheh LichtensteinShavuot and the Mitzva of Charity
Rav Asher MeirThe Medium and the Message
Rav Binyamin TaboryThe Kingdom of the House of David
Rav Moshe TaraginTorah Reading and Mount Sinai
  
 Torah Study
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"lTorah Study in the Modern World
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"lThe Importance of In-Depth Torah Study
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"lTorah Values and Torah Commandments
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lVitality in the Service of God
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lHunger for the Word of God
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lTorah and Life
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lThe Nature and Value of Torah Study
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lReflections Upon Birkot HaTorah
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l"Make Your Torah Permanent:" The Centrality of Torah Study
By Dr. Aharon AhrendR. Yehuda Amital on Torah Study
Rav Yair KahnBirkat Ha-Torah: The Highest of Blessings
Rav Moshe TaraginMaintaining the Boundaries of Written and Oral Law
  
 Standing at Sinai
Harav Yaakov MedanTo 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 GranotThe Dual Revelation at Sinai
Rav Yonatan GrossmanThe Shofar of Sinai
Rav Alex IsraelHow to Divide the Ten Commandments
Rav Yair KahnMoshe and the Giving of the Torah
Rav Menachem LeibtagMatan Torah - Parshat Yitro
Rav Menachem LeibtagStudy Questions for Tikun Leil Shavuot
Rav Menachem LeibtagShavuot and Matan Torah
HaRav Yaakov MedanWhen Were the 3 Days of Preparation for Matan Torah?
Rav Jonathan Mishkin"Examine it Through and Through - For All is Contained Therein"
Rav Avraham ShamaGod's Descent unto Mt. Sinai
Rav Elchanan SametThe Tenth Commandment: "You Shall Not Covet"
Rav Moshe TaraginA Desert Gift
Rav Chanoch WaxmanThe Covenant at Sinai
  
 Bikkurim
Rav Michael HattinThe Bringing of the First Fruits
Rav Moshe TaraginThe Sacrifices of Shavuot: Shtei ha-Lechem and Kevasim
Rav Moshe TaraginThe Essential Nature of Bikkurim
Rav Moshe TaraginBikkurim Brought by A Convert
Rav Moshe TaraginBikkurim as a Sacrifice
  
 Megillat Ruth
Rav Amnon BazakA Comparison of Ruth and Iyov
Harav Yaakov MedanRedemption in Megillat Ruth
Rav Mordechai SabatoThe Night at the Threshing Floor: Uncovering the Motives of Naomi, Ruth and Boaz
Rav Moshe TaraginThe Process of Geirut
Dr. Yael ZieglerRuth and Boaz: Mirror Characters
Dr. Yael ZieglerThree Forms of Redemption in Megillat Ruth
Dr. Yael ZieglerMegillat Ruth: Whats in a Name?
Dr. Yael ZieglerThe Roots of Megillat Ruth: Lot and Avraham
  
 Sefirat Ha-Omer: Halakha
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lTwo Aspects of the Mitzva of Counting the Omer
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"lShaving in Honor of Shabbat during the Omer
Rav Shlomo BrinSefirat HaOmer at Night
Rav David BrofskySefirat Ha-Omer: Mourning Practices During the Omer
Rav David BrofskySefirat Ha-Omer: The Reasons and the Scope of the Mitzva
Rav Yosef Zvi RimonSefirat HaOmer: A Biblical or Rabbinic Obligation
Rav Yosef Zvi RimonSefirat HaOmer: Miscellaneous Issues
Rav Yosef Zvi RimonSefirat HaOmer: Practices of Mourning During Sefira
Rav Elchanan Samet"From the Day Following Shabbat"
Rav Doniel SchreiberForgetting to Count the Omer
Rav Moshe TaraginCounting Days and Weeks of the Omer
Rav Moshe TaraginCounting Days and Weeks of the Omer Part 2
Rav Moshe TaraginSefirat Ha-Omer Without Beit Ha-Mikdash
Rav Moshe TaraginSefirat Ha-Omer and the shita of the Behag
Rav Moshe TaraginIs Sefirat Ha-omer a Time-Bound Mitzva?
Rav Moshe TaraginMethods of Performing Sefirat Ha-omer
  
 Sefirat Ha-Omer: Jewish Thought
Rav Yitzchak EtshalomUnderstanding the Rambam's Approach to Sefirat HaOmer
HaRav Yaakov MedanThe Agricultural and Historical Significance of Sefirat HaOmer
Rav Shlomo LevyDays of Tikkun Ha-middot
Rav Asher MeirLag Ba-Omer and the "Sefirat Ha-Omer Jew"
Rav Yehuda RockThe Waving of the Omer, the Counting of the Omer, and the Festival of Shavuot
Rav Zvi ShimonThe Counting of the Omer

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