A Midrash for Chukat: 3 Lessons from Parah Adumah- Becoming Less Pure While Inspiring Others; Multi-Tasking and Single-Mindedness; Titles and Honor Aren't Eternal
Reclaiming Redemption for Korach: Inevitable Futures Lead Us Astray; The Beast in the Jungle; Hatred and Strife Are Always the Doorway to Exile; The Alternate Ending of Shelach; A 2500 Year Old Earthquake
A Neziv for Korach: Conspiracy Theories and Projecting Our Faults on Others; Discriminating Between Personal Insults and Questioning Authority; Why Does Moshe Ask Hashem to Deny Their Tefillot?
10 Minute Rashi for Shelach: When Was the "Second Shabbat"; The Sin of Shabbat and the Sin of the Spies; 13 Middot or Avoiding a Chillul Hashem?; Moshe Has Become a Rebbe For The Wicked
What I Learned From My Two Roshey Yeshiva: Rav Aharon Lichtenstein and Rav Amital : Aspiration Vs. Accepting Limits; Preserving Values and Adjusting Opinions; Prophetic Zionism and Practical/Halachik Zionism
A Midrash for Shelach: Was the "Mekosheish" A Tragic Hero?; We Don't Condone "Righteous" Sins; Israel as a Mitzvah Multiplier; No One is Irredeemable; Shabbat is Timeless
Reclaiming Redemption for Behaalotecha: Messianism Can Becomes Escapism; The Popularity of Dystopianism in Modern Culture: Moshiach Can Arrive Without Wars
10 Minute Rashi for Naso: The Hardest "Chore"; Chumrot and Religious Exhibitionism; Two Forms of "Mesirat Nefesh" - Understanding Deeply and Transmitting Accurately
Rav Amital's Views on the State of Israel- Part 3: Redemption is Gradual; The Universality of Guelah; Human-Powered Redemption; Setbacks Are Part of the Process
10 Minute Rashi for Behaalotecha: Altering the Torah for Ahavat Am Yisrael; Seeking Change While Preserving the Masorah; Delivering a "Command" to Hashem; Were We Too Close?
10 Minute Rashi for Shavuot: Establishing "Middot' of Hashem at Sinai; Valuing Torah Even Without Learning; A Rainy Day; Return to Ma'aseh Bereishit; Distracting The Heavenly Opposition
Prepare for Yom Yerushalayim #4: Three Days Folded Into One: Celebrating The Military Miracles; Returning to the Land of Tanach: the World Shuddered; How Did 1967 Affect Russian Jewry?; How Did It Affect Western Jewry?
Prepare for Yom Yerushalayim #1: A City of Two Names; The Fateful Encounter Between Avraham and the "Other" Monotheist; The Supernatural Return in 1967
Rav Amital's Views on the State of Israel- Part 2: Our Return To Yerushalayim Makes the World "Shudder"; Seeing Geulah in the Mundane; Three Reasons to Celebrate Yom Yerushalayim
10 Minute Rashi for Bechukotai: Will We Work During The Era of Moshiach; Restoration of Nature When Man Serves Hashem; Will "AI" Alter the Productivity Paradox; October 7th and Protecting the Land, Not Just People; Walking "Alongside" Hashem