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I’m sorry for the delay in uploading all these recording. Click here for recordings of the past few months’ classes: mosheb.posterous.com
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MB
The recording from this past Wednesday’s class is now available at this link: http://mosheb.posterous.com/vayakhel-5772-double-portion-and-repetition-o
We discussed the occasional doubling up of Portions and some background info on the Jewish calendar. Then we moved on to the opening paragraph of this week’s reading, which is a restatement of Shabbat, and its relationship to the rest of the portion.
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MB
The recording of this week’s class is now available. Follow this link to listen and/or download: http://mosheb.posterous.com/faith-vs-doubt-remember-or-forget-on-zachor-p
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Purim!
The recording of last night’s class can be found here: http://mosheb.posterous.com/teruma-5772-a-blueprint-for-sanctity
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MB
The recording of last night’s class on Parshat Mishpatim is available here: http://mosheb.posterous.com/mishpatim-5772-the-torahs-legal-system
The audio and handout from this week’s “Your Weekly Portion” is now available. Follow the link to listen online and/or download: http://mosheb.posterous.com/yitro-5772-who-is-yitro-and-why-does-he-get-h
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This week’s session on Parshat Beshalach ‘The Jews At the Sea: Confronting Challaenge’ is now available at the following link: http://mosheb.posterous.com/beshalach-5772-the-jews-at-the-sea-confrontin
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The audio and handout from this past Wednesday are available here: Vayigash
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MB
For those of you who couldn’t make it last night to our Wednesday night class, the recording and handout are available here: http://mosheb.posterous.com/vayishlach-5772-who-is-jacob.
We learned the story of Yaakov’s encounter with a figure who wrestled with him all night long. At the end of their fight, the adversary is revealed to be an angel who gives Yaakov his new name – Yisrael. The name characterizes a new state of being the Yaakov has achieved.
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Rabbi Moshe Becker
The handout and audio recording from last night’s class are now available here: Sons of Jacob or People of Israel?
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Shabbat Shalom
MB
Last night’s ‘Your Weekly Portion’ recording and handout have been uploaded! Click here to listen and/or download.
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MB
To listen to and/or download the audio and handout from last night’s class, please follow the link: http://mosheb.posterous.com/vaera-5772-themes-and-lessons-of-the-ten-plag
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MB
The recording and handout from last night’s class are now available. Click here to view and listen and/or download.
We examined a strange phrase in Jacob’s instructions to his sons. He blesses them that the Almighty should ‘grant them mercy’, implying that they should have the trait of mercy. We would have expected his blessing to reflect a wish that be treated mercifully, not that they should acquire the trait of mercy. Jacob seemed to have understood that the brothers could only have been treated cruelly if they themselves were deficient in the area of mercy. He thus instructs them to work on their own mercy, in the hopes that the reciprocal effect of that will be merciful treatment at the hand of the ruler in Egypt.
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Chanuka
MB