Time for Torah: By Rabbi Elimelech Kohn Zt"l

Shiur from Rabbi Elimelech Kohn Ztl on פרשת לך לך. 

Discussed: 

• The difference in child rearing between someone observant by rote versus someone who chose it through their own conviction. 
• Why do we list the Avos in ascending order? Furthermore, why do we delineate them separately at the beginning of the first Bracha of Shmonei Esrei and then conclude only with Avroham? 
• R’ Shimon Shkup’s incredible prediction, that right before Moshiach we will see an abundance of Balei Teshuva.

Shiur from Rabbi Elimelech Kohn Ztl on פרשת לך לך. Discussed:

• What type of journey was Avrohom Avinu commanded to take? Did he go altruistically or to receive reward? 
• How to understand Lot? Was he a Tzadik, who attached himself to Avrohom, following him through thick and thin, or a Rasha who unhesitatingly abandoned Avrohom and embraced Sodom?
• R' Shimon Schwab and R’ Eliyahu Meir Bloch discuss where Lot went wrong, and what caused him to become entrapped by Sodom.

Shiur from Rabbi Elimelech Kohn Ztl on פרשת לך לך.Discussed:

• Understanding the argument between Yitzchok and Yishmael regarding the ideal way to perform Mitzvas Bris Milah. Is it better to perform the Mitzvah as an intelligent thirteen-year-old or an innocent baby?
• Understanding the story of אחר (R' Elisha Ben Avuya), a great sage who went off the Derech. The Gemara cites the Pasuk טוב אחרית דבר מראשיתו, ascribing the father's wrong Kavanah during the Bris, which affected אחר later in life.

Shiur from Rabbi Elimelech Kohn Ztl on פרשת נח. 

Discussed: 

• What is the connection between the Mitzvah to build the Taivah and the Mitzvah to build the Mishkan, and how the function of Yeshivos have evolved over the years from being just a Mishkon to serving a dual purpose of a Taivah & a Mishkan.
• Rabbi Chaim Dov Keller Zt”l had a Vort, that you can’t be a Bar Mitzva without being a Ben Torah. 
• R’ Elya Meir Bloch explains that the rainbow is the symbol that Hashem won’t destroy the world because just as a single ray of light pushes away all the darkness so too Hashem promised that as long as there is even just one ray of light (a Noach) he likewise won’t destroy the world.

Shiur from Rabbi Elimelech Kohn Ztl on פרשת נח. 

Discussed: 

• What is the significance of the animals becoming deviant?
• How can man affect the animal kingdom, and why would animals be punished for their moral failings if they only operate on instinct? 
• The Beis Halevi explains why the Tzadik gets the Rasha's portion of his merits and vice versa.   What is the difference between Din and Cheshbon?