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Hebrew In Israel | Sukkot – Learn Torah

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“We were taken out of Egypt to make sure we receive the promise to Abraham of the good land…  The days of Sukkot are actually a celebration of the gift and the goodness that God gives us by allowing us to sit on the land.”  Yoel and Jono Vandor discuss the textual evidence and traditional opinions of what 

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Hebrew In Israel | Nehemiah 8:15 and Sukkot – Learn Torah

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I have for many years dealt with the subject of the four species of Leviticus 23:40, and how they are understood in rabbinic interpretation.  This discussion is closely tied to Nehemiah 8:15, a verse that some argue means that the four species mentioned in Lev 23 are to be used for building the sukkah.  This is the Karaite and Samaritan understanding, but I want to point out some things before people reject the traditional rabbinic interpretation.  I will admit that there are problems with the rabbinic opinion, but there are fewer issues with it than the Karaite/Samaritan opinion.
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Hebrew In Israel | Hoshea Part 2 – Learn Torah

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Yoel and Jeff Gilbert continue in Hosea with the significance of the names Jezreel,  Lo-ruhamah and Lo-ammi, whether Israel is being divorced, as well as the concept of loyalty, consequences of disloyalty, and the gathering of Israel.

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Hebrew In Israel | Yom Kippur – Learn Torah

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How do we know we are to fast?  What constitutes afflicting the soul in the Rabbinic world?  Is Blood Required For All Atonement?  Yoel answers these questions as well as

Hebrew In Israel | Yom Hakippurim – Learn Torah

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What is this day called, what is our attitude to be, and who/what is Azazel?

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Hebrew In Israel | A Note On Two Words Of The Seventh Month – Learn Torah

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Yom Teru’ah

One of the interesting discussions which exists is what does זִכְרוֹן תְּרוּעָה-Zikhron Teru’ah mean (Vayiqra/Leviticus 23:24).  Many identify this as being a memorial of some sort.  Rabbinic Judaism interprets that when the day falls on Shabbat we only commemorate the sounding of the Shofar, but not actually sound it.  This is in opposition to the term יום תרועה “Yom Teru’ah” (Bamidbar/Numbers 29:1), which is understood as a day where we actually use the Shofar. 

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Hebrew In Israel | Hoshea Part 1 – Learn Torah

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Yoel and Jeff Gilbert begin the study of the book of Hosea with a discussion of the times that Hosea lived and saw.  Hosea was a contemporary of several of the other “Major Prophets”, but the only “Prophet” that was of the northern Kingdom.

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Hebrew In Israel | Yom Teruah – Learn Torah

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Every year when we come to the time of Yom Teruah (aka Rosh HaShanah), I get into the discussion of what is the תרועה– Teruah which the Torah is speaking of.  Though for many the argument has never been settled, I want to suggest a possible argument.

Hebrew In Israel | Torah Throughout the Ages Part 22 – Learn Torah

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In this final episode, Yoel and Jeff wrap up the Oral Torah series with a discussion of modern Judaism and the Judaisms that make up Judaism;  from the Neologs to the Ultra Orthodox; from the emancipation of the mind in the 1700’s to our current world.

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Hebrew In Israel | Elul And The Seventh Month – Learn Torah

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In this special podcast Yoel explains the historical background of the practices of the 6th month of Elul.

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