By special request, I’m reposting this class on the Akeidah — recorded back in 2020. This version presents a different approach to the Akeyda: a deeper and more midrashic look at what really happened on Har HaMoriah. Many people have asked for it again, and here it is — unchanged.

This class explores a bold Midrashic theme: that at the Akeidah, Yitzchak experiences a form of death and resurrection. Drawing from four Midrashic sources, the shiur shows how Chazal describe Yitzchak’s soul leaving him as the knife reaches his neck and returning when the angel calls out. From this moment, Yitzchak himself declares the blessing “Baruch… Mechayeh HaMeitim.” 

For another presentation, you can scroll back in your podcasts toNovember 2024, where I delivered another version of the same class at the Safra synagogue. This class works for Vayera and Chaye Sara and if you would like the notes, please let me know.