Classes

Class 10 Wednesday 11 Teves 5776/ December 23 2015. Parshas HaTamid

פרשת התמיד Class One. Introduction. This class began by reading the text inside. Korbanos are part of the Siddur as from way back. The idea is to say the Korban that we cannot physically bring. (There are other reasons as well). Korbanos are קדשים, where the day comes before the night. It is an illuminated…

Class 13 Wednesday 3 Shvat 5776/ January 13 2016

פרשת התמיד Class Four. Parts of Karbanos are a continuation from before Mattan Torah while others are altogether new. The turning point is עולת תמיד העשוי’ בהר סיני. RaMbaM and RaMbaN and how they apply before Mattan Torah.

Class 12 Wednesday 25 Teves 5776/ January 6 2016. Parshas HaTamid

פרשת התמיד Class Three. We continued the oral discussion about the link between before מתן תורה and after, as it relates to קרבנות. We explored the understanding of history from Torah’s point of view. The first man was the greatest, not the most primitive, and he understood the interface between oneness and division precisely. His…

Class 14 Wednesday 17 Shvat 5776/ January 27 2016. Parshas HaTamid

פרשת התמיד Class Five. The third idea of a Korban that has no precedent before Mattan Torah is the idea that a Karbon is both a total sacrifice to Hashem and at the same time it is with a Shov, bringing God into the world, where we live a sacrifice. This has no connection to…

Class 18 Wednesday 15 Adar 1, 5776/ February 24 2016. Parshas Hatamid

פרשת התמיד Class Nine. The פסוק עולת תמיד references the timeless idea of a Korban that always was and always will be, it is about sacrifice. But at Mattan Torah a new idea is added, to have a return from a Korban, this idea is novel.

Class 15 Wednesday 24 Shvat 5776/ February 3 2016. Parshas HaTamid

פרשת התמיד Class Six. PDF, this is for all the classes that will follow where we read the text inside, most of the ideas are culled from these sources. This class finally begins the reading of the paragraph inside. The word אמר has three meanings: 1) to speak softly’ 2) to favor like האמרת האמירך,…

Class 11 Wednesday 18 Teves 5776/ December 30 2015. Parshas HaTamid

פרשת התמיד Class Two. This class was a lecture on the idea of קרבנות based on the רמב”ם and the רמב”ן. We talked about how the רמב”ם can be explained in spite of the fact that קרבנות predates idol worship. The point of the class was to divide this paragraph into two parts: A) Something…