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A live class on various topics in Torah, exploring the rich wisdom of Judaism, from biblical stories to Talmud, from Maimonides to Chasidic thought. Class is given by Rabbi Yosef Marcus, director of Chabad NP and editor of the Kehot editions of the Pirkei Avot, Haggadah, Psalms, and Megillat Esther. Visit www.chabadnp.com for more info and to support the class. For questions or comments, email rabbi@chabadnp.com.
Episodes

Wednesday May 26, 2021
Behalotcha part 1 - Raising up the flames
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Wednesday May 26, 2021
What is the inner meaning of lighting the menorah in a way that the flames arise on their own? What does it mean that “Ahron did not deviate”?

Wednesday May 26, 2021
Behalotecha part 2 - Consecration of the Levites
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Wednesday May 26, 2021
We’re not in Leviticus anymore, yet the Levites are taken up a lot of the ink. As Rambam taught, anyone can choose to live life like a Levite.

Sunday May 30, 2021
Shlach Part 1 - Free Choice is Given
Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
G-d leaves it up to Moshe to decide whether or not to send the spies. He does, and tells them what to look for and what to bring back.

Sunday May 30, 2021
Behaltocha Part 6 - The "Ahm" Starts Kvetching Again
Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
Was there anything positive that came out of all the kvetching and challenging of G-d and Moses that went on in the desert?

Sunday May 30, 2021
Behalotcha Part 5 - On the Move
Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
After 10 days shy of a year, on the 20th of Iyar, we move from Sinai on (what could have been) a three-day journey to the promised land; 2) Moshe asks Yisro to stay

Sunday May 30, 2021
Behalotcha Part 4 - Hashem's In Charge...
Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
...and don't wait till you're "settled" to "set up shop." Every day and every moment is a whole world.

Sunday May 30, 2021
Behalotcha Part 3 - Second Chances
Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
The people who were impure and couldn’t offer the Pesach offering are offered a second chance. And so are we.

Monday May 31, 2021
Shlach Part 2: "We were like grasshoppers"
Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
The spies circle the land over 40 days. They return with the mammoth fruits and defeatist report. Caleb and Joshua fight for the truth: if the Creator gives you a job in His world, no giant is tall enough to stop you.

Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Shlach Part 3: "No reason to fear"
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Kalev argues against fear but the Israelites don't buy it. Moses argues with G-d about their fate, which, in end, is that the generation of the Exodus will not enter the Land of Israel, whereas Kalev will inherit Chevron.

Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Shlach Part 4: The Verdict
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Why is the source of ten for a minyan derived from the spies? Two reasons.
What is the "gateway talk" that leas to lashon hara?
Forty years in the desert for the Israelites (except Caleb and Joshua, the Levites, and the women, who all get to enter the Land).