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This morning's shiur (12/18/20 at Lomdeha) was an adventure in "tefilah archaeology" focusing on a curious addition to the end of Al ha'Nissim involving a request for miracles. After surveying the evidence which establishes that this is the authentic version of Al ha'Nissim, we investigate the reason why most Ashkenazim don't include this request. We then analyze the ideas behind each of these approaches and conclude with practical tefilah advice for how to frame our davening during the last tefilah of Chanukah 2020/5781, when our need for miracles is great.
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מקורות:
על הנסים - נוסח אשכנז
על הנסים - נוסח הרמב"ם
על הנסים - סדר רב עמרם גאון
על הנסים - סידור רס"ג
מסכת סופרים כ:ז
שולחן ערוך אורח חיים סימן תרפ"ב: עם משנה ברורה וערוך השולחן
ספר המנהיג הלכות מגילה עמוד רמז
מהר"ם מרוטנבורג - תשובות פסקים ומנהגים חלק א' סימן תרי"ב
תלמוד בבלי ברכות דף לד עמוד א
אבודרהם - חנוכה
תוספות מדילה דף ד עמוד א
טור אורח חיים תרפב:ג
רמב"ם: משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ג:א
רמב"ם: משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ט:ב
בכור שור שבת דף כא עמוד א
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In tonight's Tehilim shiur (12/17/20 at YBT) we began learning Tehilim 113, the first perek of Hallel. We identified the pivot point and answered Adler's first question (What is this perek about as a whole?), and then we started to address Adler's second question (What is each part of this perek saying, and how does it fit into the whole?) by reading through the Radak's commentary. Next time we'll try to answer Adler's third question (Is it true, in part or in whole?) and fourth question (What of it?).
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מקורות:
תהלים קיג
רד"ק - תהלים קיג
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If you missed the crash-course on "How to Learn Tehilim," here are links to the YouTube video, the podcast episode, and the written version.

Here's another article I wrote entitled How TO and How NOT to Apply Tehilim to Your Life.

Lastly, here's an article I wrote entitled How to Say Tehilim for the Sick Without Violating Halacha.
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com 
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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In tonight's Tehilim shiur (12/10/20 at YBT) we began continued learning Tehilim 36 based on a combination of our own analysis and the commentary of the Meiri. I'd say we came away with around 90% of a complete understanding, but I still think we need to sharpen the idea. We'll see if that happens!
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מקורות:
תהלים לו
מאירי - תהלים לו
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If you're interested in my take on Tehilim 36:11 OUT of context, here's a link to the shiur on YouTube and on my Rambam Bekius podcast.

If you missed the crash-course on "How to Learn Tehilim," here are links to the YouTube video, the podcast episode, and the written version.

Here's another article I wrote entitled How TO and How NOT to Apply Tehilim to Your Life.

Lastly, here's an article I wrote entitled How to Say Tehilim for the Sick Without Violating Halacha.
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com 
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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In our third Tehilim shiur (12/8/20 at YBT), we began learning Tehilim 36 - a chapter I chose because it's the source of the Rambam's "crowning pasuk" of Sefer ha'Mada (36:11), and I wanted to learn the pasuk in its context. Tonight we read and translated the perek, and then focused on analyzing the first half based on the commentary of the Meiri. 

It should be noted that I've now depleted my storehouse of Tehilim lessons. From here on out, we'll be figuring everything out TOGETHER. The pace will be slower (covering one perek in 2-4 sessions instead of in 1-2) and the results less predictable. In other words, this is now officially a chavurah rather than a shiur.
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מקורות:
תהלים לו
מאירי - תהלים לו
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If you're interested in my take on Tehilim 36:11 OUT of context, here's a link to the shiur on YouTube and on my Rambam Bekius podcast.

If you missed the crash-course on "How to Learn Tehilim," here are links to the YouTube video, the podcast episode, and the written version.

Here's another article I wrote entitled How TO and How NOT to Apply Tehilim to Your Life.

Lastly, here's an article I wrote entitled How to Say Tehilim for the Sick Without Violating Halacha.
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com 
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/

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In our fourth Tehilim shiur (12/3/20 at YBT), we continued our analysis Tehilim 146, developing the ideas we had last time and bringing them to a polished state.
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מקורות:
תהלים קמו
ירמיהו יז:ה-ח
ירמיהו - תהלים קמו
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If you're interested in a written version of this shiur, check out this article.

If you missed the crash-course on "How to Learn Tehilim," here are links to the YouTube video, the podcast episode, and the written version.

Here's another article I wrote entitled How TO and How NOT to Apply Tehilim to Your Life.

Lastly, here's an article I wrote entitled How to Say Tehilim for the Sick Without Violating Halacha.
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com 
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/

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In our third Tehilim shiur (12/1/20 at YBT), we applied our "Adler's Four Questions" and "Pivot Point" methods to Tehilim 146. This, too, should be a familiar perek, since we say it after Ashrei every morning. But in all of your recitations, have you noticed the pivot point? And if you did, have you thought about its implications? In this first shiur we develop a general approach to the perek. Next time we will refine it and bring it hope, God willing.
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מקורות:
תהלים קמו
ירמיהו יז:ה-ח
ירמיהו - תהלים קמו
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If you missed the crash-course on "How to Learn Tehilim," here are links to the YouTube video, the podcast episode, and the written version.

Here's another article I wrote entitled How TO and How NOT to Apply Tehilim to Your Life.

Lastly, here's an article I wrote entitled How to Say Tehilim for the Sick Without Violating Halacha.
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com 
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/

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In our second Tehilim shiur (11/24/20 at YBT), we applied our "Adler's Four Questions" and "Pivot Point" methods (discussed in our "How to Learn Tehilim Crash Course") to Tehilim 23. Although this is a familiar perek, it proved to be a surprisingly difficult to crack. The smoothest approach I've found is that of the Ibn Ezra - albeit slightly modified, with help from the Rambam.
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מקורות:
תהלים כג
אבן עזרא - תהלים כג
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:יב
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For a write-up of the shiur, which went further than the shiur itself, here's a link to the article.

If you missed the crash-course on "How to Learn Tehilim," here are links to the YouTube video, the podcast episode, and the written version.

Here's another article I wrote entitled How TO and How NOT to Apply Tehilim to Your Life.

Lastly, here's an article I wrote entitled How to Say Tehilim for the Sick Without Violating Halacha.
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com 
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/

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Tonight, in our first official Tehilim shiur (11/19/20 at YBT), we applied our "Adler's Four Questions" and "Pivot Point" methods (discussed in our "How to Learn Tehilim Crash Course") to the familiar Tehilim 92. We emerged with a nice idea, and saw the methodology in action.

For a write-up of the shiur, which went further than the shiur itself, check out my blog post: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2018/06/tehilim-92-mizmor-shir-lyom-hashabbos.html

If you missed the crash-course on "How to Learn Tehilim," here are links to the YouTube video, the podcast episode, and the written version.

Here's another article I wrote entitled How TO and How NOT to Apply Tehilim to Your Life.

Lastly, here's an article I wrote entitled How to Say Tehilim for the Sick Without Violating Halacha.
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מקורות:
תהלים צב
רד"ק - תהלים צב
כוזרי ג:יא:כב-כה
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com 
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/

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Tonight (11/17/20) in YBT I gave the introductory session of a shiur in Tehilim I'll be giving on Tuesday and Thursday nights, instead of my Koheles class. In this "crash course" I go over some introductory points about Tehilim and present an overview of the three methods I use when learning Tehilim. Note that this is just a "crash course." The real learning begins on Thursday!

For a written version of this shiur, check out this article I wrote on my blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2018/06/how-to-learn-tehilim-psalms.html
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com 
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/

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Tonight's tefilah shiur (11/16/20 at YBT) was different. I found out last night that my great-aunt - Sister Susan, a Catholic nun - died from COVID-19 at the age of 93. Half an hour before the shiur my mom sent me a newspaper clipping from when Sister Susan retired after 44 years of service with the Sisters of Social Service (a convent which, during World War II, is credited with saving the lives of over a thousand Jews from Nazi persecution). This clipping contained a short quotation from Sister Susan about prayer. I decided to start our tefilah shiur tonight by discussing that quotation and its implications. This turned into a whole discussion about how we can improve our davening, and the discussion was very productive. I barely knew Sister Susan, but I am grateful that her words led to tonight's shiur.
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com 
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/