R' David Swidler's weekly class connecting the Haftorah to the Torah portion. If you want more of this Torah you can find it at www.sulamyaakov.com/ or by signing up for our newsletter here - madmimi.com/signups/175480/join

Herod the Wicked or Herod the Great? In this episode Rav Mike talks about Herod's kingdom, the final phase of Judea preceding the destruction of the Second Temple. Herod's complex personality matched the fragmented nature of his kingdom, but the state he built was strong enough to hold off the disaster to come.

Rav Mike talks about Hevron, the short comings of religion and the messiness of life. If you want more of this Torah you can find it at www.sulamyaakov.com/ or by signing up for our newsletter here - madmimi.com/signups/175480/join

Rav Mike's ongoing history class looks at why the smile went out of Ashkenazi Jewry in the Crusades. If you want more of this Torah you can find it at www.sulamyaakov.com/ or by signing up for our newsletter here - madmimi.com/signups/175480/join

R' David Swidler's weekly class connecting the Haftorah to the Torah portion. If you want more of this Torah you can find it at www.sulamyaakov.com/ or by signing up for our newsletter here - madmimi.com/signups/175480/join

Rav Mike speaks about the awesome trial of the binding of Yitzchak, and what Avraham saw there.

Rav Mike speaks about the origins of Ashkenaz textual, feudal and historic. If you want more of this Torah you can find it at www.sulamyaakov.com/ or by signing up for our newsletter here - madmimi.com/signups/175480/join

R' David Swidler's weekly class connecting the Haftorah to the Torah portion. If you want more of this Torah you can find it at www.sulamyaakov.com/ or by signing up for our newsletter here - madmimi.com/signups/175480/join

Rav Mike speaks about going into oneself in order to bring a world into being and how Avraham is a turning point in creation. If you want more of this Torah you can find it at www.sulamyaakov.com/ or by signing up for our newsletter here - madmimi.com/signups/175480/join

Rav Mike discusses the rise and fall of the Hasmonean dynasty, from a kingdom of priests to Hellenestic king. Also hear how Judean society began to tear along lines which will define things for some time to come. If you want more of this Torah you can find it at www.sulamyaakov.com/ or by signing up for our newsletter here - madmimi.com/signups/175480/join