It's Genius

It's Genius

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It's Genius episodes

  • המדרש והמעשה - בראשית

    Why is it important for people to want luxuries As part of living in society? Adaptation of Hamidrash Vhamaaseh - by R. Yechezkel Libschitz on Parashas Bereisheis

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    22 min
  • Succot: Shaking Two Lulavs

    Discussion of the Rambam's view that it's prohibited to use 2 lulavs or etrogs at the same time

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    43 min
  • Yom Kippur Timeline

    Two major views as to the timeline of the original historical Yom Kippur and the significance of that for what Yom Kippur means nowadays

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    59 min
  • Lotteries on Yom Kippur

    Discussion of the debate whether there were lotteries for the service of Yom Kippur, and how this is reflected in the poems we recite in our davening

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    29 min
  • Confession Before Yom Kippur

    Discussion of 3 major approaches - Rashi, Rambam and Ramban - to understanding the confession on Erev Yom Kippur 

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    41 min
  • Rosh Hashana: Shofar as Remembrance

    Rashi and Ramban debate the meaning of the phrase in the Torah (Vayikra 23:24) that Rosh Hashana is a day of 'remembering blowing'

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    35 min
  • Rav Soloveitchik - Two Insights on Rosh Hashana

    Two pieces from Rav Soloveitchik about Rosh Hashana. A) Blowing Shofar on Shabbos Rosh Hashana nowadays. B) Keeping two days of Rosh Hashana in Israel nowadays

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    45 min
  • Rosh Hashana: Shofar on Shabbos

    Some discussion regarding the suspension of Shofar blowing when Rosh Hashana falls out on Shabbos

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    46 min
  • Travel Effort to do a Mitzvah

    Discussion of Maharal's view that there is reward for traveling to shul (Sotah 22a) but not to do other mitzvahs, and the explanation and outcomes of that. 

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    34 min
  • Haggadah: Rambam on Charoset

    Discussion of the Rambam's expansive view of Charoset and the broader role it plays throughout the Seder compared to our practices

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    43 min

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The great Talmudic commentators of the past century have produced some of the most profound and penetrating Talmudic analyses in history. These writings offer us a window into the profound depth…