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Explanation of Shir Hashirim chapter one with Rashi's commentary
Introduction to Rashi's commentary on Shir Hashirim, versus Rambam's approach, and the question of why Shir Hashirim is connected to Pesach.
Explanation of Ramban - 40:2, 40:17, Vayikra 8:2 - debate between Rashi/Ramban vs. Ibn Ezra what date the Mishkan was inaugurated, and debate between Rashi vs. Ibn Ezra/Ramban when Shemos ch. 40 happened
Explanation of Ramban - 31:13, 35:2 - debate between Rashi and Ramban how we know it's forbidden to build the Mishkan on Shabbos, and Meshech Chochma's explanation as to why in Ki Tisa the Mishkan precedes Shabbos, and in Vayakhel it's reversed.
Explanation of Ramban - 32:1, 32:4, 32:5, 32:6, 32:21, 32:22 - reconstruction of the views of Rashi, Ibn Ezra and Ramban about what the sin of the golden calf was and what Ahron's role in it was.
Explanation of Ramban - 33:7, 34:28 - debate between Rashi/Tosafos versus Ramban/Vilna Gaon whether Moshe lived in Heaven two or three times, and discussion of the Vilna Gaon's revolutionary view of what Yom Kippur celebrates.
Explanation of Ramban - 28:2, 28:31, 39:24, 39:28 - debates between Rashi vs. Rambam vs Ramban and other commentators about the specific details of the Kohen Gadol's cloak and hat.
Explanation of Ramban - Introduction to Terumah - discussion of the Rambam/Ramban debate about the purpose of the Mishkan, and the debate between Rashi versus Ibn Ezra/Ramban whether the Mishkan preceded the golden calf or came afterwards.
Explanation of Ramban - 21:1, 21:2, 21:15 - the approaches of Rashi, Ibn Ezra, and Ramban to explain the placement, theme and order of Mishpatim
Explanation of Ramban - 24:1 - the debate between Rashi versus Ibn Ezra/Ramban whether naaseh vnishma happened before Matan Torah or after
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