Rabbi Yitzchak Alfasi - Nov 8, 2023 - Part of our Month of Sephardic Judaism at Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park. Who was Rabbi Yitzchak Alfasi, and why was he so important?

Medical Treatment on Shabbat 15b: Sprained Ankle and Wrist, Part 1 - Nov 8, 2023 - Starting to look at how to treat a sprained ankle or wrist on Shabbat.

Medical Treatment on Shabbat 15a: Pain Relief and Cough Relief - Nov 8, 2023 - Medication that is purely for pain relief, and Cough drops, on Shabbat

Yehoshua Mini-Shiur Part 26: Perek 5:13-15 - Moshe, Yehoshua and Malachim - Nov 7, 2023 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Yehoshua, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages, wounded and everyone in the line of fire. Today's installment concludes Chapter 5, asking why Moshe seemed to accept an assisting malach in Shemot 23 but protested in Shemot 33, and how those malachim - and Yaakov's malach - might link with ours.

Yehoshua Mini-Shiur Part 25: Perek 5:13-15 - Yehoshua's View of the Malach - Nov 7, 2023 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Yehoshua, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages, wounded and everyone in the line of fire. Today's installment sees Yehoshua meet and interact with a malach, apparently before the attack on Yericho. Did Yehoshua know this was a malach? What was the point of the malach's visit?

Medical Treatment on Shabbat 14: Pain Relief - Nov 6, 2023 - Does the decree against medication on Shabbat include medicine which is solely for pain relief?

Yehoshua Mini-Shiur Part 24: Perek 5:11-15 - Mun stops, a Malach arrives - Nov 6, 2023 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Yehoshua, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages, wounded and everyone in the line of fire. Today's installment asks whether the mun (manna) stopped when Moshe died, and when a malach visited Yehoshua.

Yehoshua Mini-Shiur Part 23: Perek 5:9-12 - Removing the shame of Egypt - Nov 5, 2023 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Yehoshua, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages, wounded and everyone in the line of fire. Today's installment sees Hashem declare that He has removed the shame of Egypt - but what is that? And the Jews begin to eat "the produce of the land".

Kah Ribon and Sefer Daniel - Nov 3, 2023 - A short thought describing the origin of Kah Ribon, its textual link to the book of Daniel, and its relevance for Rav Yisrael Najjara and the Kabbalists of 16th century Tzfat.

Derashah: Vayera 5784 - The Tzaddik's Responsibility for the World - Nov 3, 2023 - Rav Chaim ibn Attar's explanation that Hashem told Avraham about Sdom because of Avraham's responsibility for them, and his broad philosophy of צדיק יסוד עולם, that the tzaddik bears responsibility for the world. With clear limits, such that Avraham stops davening for Sdom.