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In 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?
Rebbetzin Leah Kohn Dicusses Shevet Levy.
In 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.
In this class (shiur) on Parshat Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Pinchas
In this class (shiur) on Parshat Vayechi, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the dispersion of the tribes of Shimon and Levi.
In this class (shiur) on Parshat Vayigash, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the wagons Yosef sent back to Yaakov and the message of the eglah arufah.
In this class (shiur) Rebbetzin Leah Kohn discusses the Jews camping in the dessert
In this class (shiur) Rebbetzin Leah Kohn discusses the connecting thread throughout Chumadh Bamidbar
In 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.
In this class Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Vayishlach
In 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?
In this class (shiur) Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Toldos
In 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.
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In 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.
In 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.
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?
In this class (shiur) Rebbetzin Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Ki Teitsei
In this class (shiur) Rebbetzin Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Korach
In this class (shiur) Rebbetzin Shira Smiles discusses Parshat Shlach
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.
In 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.
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.
In 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
In this class (shiur) on Parshat Bechukotai, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the concept of confession
In this class (shiur) on Parshat Behar Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the idea of slavery and freedom and how it applies to us today
