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Torat Rav Elon
Rav Mordechai Elon, Shlit'a, is one of the most engaging and sought after personalities in Israel. But his teachings and Torah remain largely inaccessible to an English speaking audience. In "Torat Rav Elon", Rabbi Yehuda Leonard Oppenheimer, an avid student of Rav Elon and rabbi of the Young Israel of Forest Hills, presents Rav Elon's shiurim in English for your enjoyment. To listen to the original shiur and learn more about Rav Elon, visit www.elon.org. |
Breaching the Walls of Jerusalem: Good or Bad?
In this shiur, Rav Elon focused on the 17th of Tammuz as the beginning not only of the three weeks, but of the entire season of Teshuva, through Yom Kippur and culminating in Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah. Breaking the walls is sometimes a neccesary precursor to a rebuilding a broken building, or a human or national life. Click here to download source sheet.
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Bil’am: Our source for Moshiach??
The strange story of the hired sorcerer who fails to curse the jewish people seems to be getting far more "screen time" than he deserves -- until we note that he is our primary source for our belief in the coming of Moshiach. In this beautiful shjiur, Rav Elon explains why Bil'am, of all people, is our Moshiach Rebbe. Click here to download source sheet.
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Shlach: Why Spy?
An analysis of the Haftorah reveals a deeper understanding of the entire Parshat Shlach that is so very relevant to our relationship to Eretz Yisrael today, which is all too often decided by "What will the Goyim say???" Click here to download source sheet.
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Shavuot/Behaalotcha: Bringing The Torah Down to this world
An analysis of the two most difficult moments in Moshe's career illuminates a striking contrast in relating the Torah to the realities of this world. The light of the Zohar helps us find our balance between keeping our spiritual quest fresh and the realities of the physical world we live in. Click here to download source sheet.
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The Glory of the Young and The Glory of the Elders
The Glory of the Young is their strength, While the Glory of the Elders is their Old Age - In this shiur on Parshat Kedoshim, Rav Elon discusses the centrality of the mitzvah to honor our elders, as a society that does not have the voice of traditional moral authority at its core cannot but descend into corruption. Click here to download source sheet.
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The Seder Night: Learning to Live as Brother and Sister, Children of Our Patriarchs
Through an analysis of two mitzvot unique to the Seder night, and a deep inquiry into the lack of brotherhood between Joseph & his brothers, we see the roots of the problems that led to the Exile in Egypt and what we must do to eventually overcome it. Click here to download source sheet.
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Cows, Crying & Cups: Parshat Para, Parshat HaChodesh, Shmini & The Four Cups
Famously enigmatic, the law regarding the purity achievable only through the Red Cow is intimately connected to the death of the Sons of Aharon and the Four cups of the Pesach Seder. We learn about the true importance of sacred objects, and what is the real meaning of Tahara - Spiritual Purity. Click here to download source sheet.
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