Parshat Yitro: Riveting Reminders
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In this class (shiur) Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Yitro and the message contained in the names Moshe gave his sons, Gershom and Eliezer.
Silencing the Supplicant: Parshat Beshalach
Posted onIn this class (shiur) on Parshat Beshalach, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the dynamics of prayer and why Hashem silenced the Jews’ supplication at the Yam Suf.
Darkness Deciphered: Parshat Bo
Posted onIn this class (shiur) on Parshat Bo, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the plague of darkness.
Why was this plague necessary? What purpose did it serve? What was the nature of this darkness that made it different from our standard definition of darkness as the absence of light?
Shevet Levy
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Rebbetzin Leah Kohn Dicusses Shevet Levy.
Careful Consideration: Parshat Va’eira
Posted onIn this Torah shiur (class) on Parshat Va’eira, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the seventh plague and why some Egyptians disregarded the warning to save their livestock by bringing them in.
Names Of Nobility: Parshat Shemot
Posted onIn this class (shiur) on Parshat Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Pinchas
Directed Dispersion: Parshat Vayechi
Posted onIn this class (shiur) on Parshat Vayechi, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the dispersion of the tribes of Shimon and Levi.
Chariots Consideration: Parshat Vayigash
Posted onIn this class (shiur) on Parshat Vayigash, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the wagons Yosef sent back to Yaakov and the message of the eglah arufah.
Eliyahu At Nachal Krit
Posted onCamping In The Dessert
Posted onIn this class (shiur) Rebbetzin Leah Kohn discusses the Jews camping in the dessert
The Decree Of No Rain
Posted onThe Connecting Thread of Chumash Bamidbar
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In this class (shiur) Rebbetzin Leah Kohn discusses the connecting thread throughout Chumadh Bamidbar
Psalm 83
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Image Of Inspiration: Parshat Vayeishev
Posted onIn this class (shiur) on Parshat Vayeishev, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the test of Yosef with Potifar’s wife and what Yosef actually saw when he saw the image of his father.
Healed Hip: Parshat Vayishlach
Posted onIn this class Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Vayishlach
Long Lasting Luz: Parshat Vayeitzei
Posted onIn this class (shiur) on Parshat Vayeitzei, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the place where
Yaakov stopped off to pray on his way to Charan. The Torah enigmatically relates that the original name of this place was Luz. What is the significance of this detail, and what is the symbolism in the name?
Manifest Mockery Parshat Toldos
Posted onIn this class (shiur) Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Toldos
Introduction
Posted onSleepy Sermon: Parshat Chaya Sarah
Posted onIn this class (shiur) on Parshat Chaya Sarah, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the lives of Sarah Imeinu and Esther Hamalka and Rabbi Akiva’s enigmatic comparison of these great women.
Zechus Of Zoar Parshat Vayeira
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Surrendering The Spoils: Parshat Lech Lecha
Posted onIn this Torah shiur on Parshat Lech Lecha, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the intriguing episode of Avraham refusing to accept any of the spoils he gained in the war he joined in order to save his nephew Lot.
Lions Lesson: Parshat Noah
Posted onIn this class (shiur) on Parshat Noach, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the incident of Noach and the lion and the significance of doing acts of chesed.
Acquisition And Affirmation: Parshat Ki Tavo
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In this class (shiur) on Parshat Ki Tavo, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses what Moshe told the Jewish people, “Hashem did not give you a heart to know or eyes to see or ears to hear until this day.” Did Hashem refuse to give them the ability to understand what these miracles meant to His relationship to Bnei Yisroel? What was different on this day that changed the present dynamic?
Core Character Parshat Ki Teitsei
Posted onIn this class (shiur) Rebbetzin Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Ki Teitsei
Donkeys Directive Parshat Korach
Posted onIn this class (shiur) Rebbetzin Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Korach
Gigantic Grasshopers
Posted onIn this class (shiur) Rebbetzin Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Shlach
Respect: Part II #14
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In this class (shiur)Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller continues to discuss from the book Ohel Rachel and in this class Rebbetzin Heller discusses the issue of Respect in the home.
Experiencing Escape: Parshat Behaalotecha
Posted onIn this class (shiur) on Parshat Behaaloscha, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the verse describing how the Jewish people left Har Sinai on which the Ramban cites the Midrash that they fled like children escaping from school.
Respect #13
Posted onIn this class (shiur)Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller continues to discuss from the book Ohel Rachel and in this class Rebbetzin Heller discusses the issue of Respect in the home.
Beloved Beginning: Parshat Bamidbar
Posted onIn this class (shiur) on Parshat Bamidbar Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the counting of the tribe of Levi and the significance of inspiring our children to love Hashem