Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 3: 1:1-3 - The Great Elkanah? - Aug 19, 2025 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shoftim, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. How do Chazal know that Elkanah is great, and even a navi? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

Rav Kook on Tefillah #6 - The (Guaranteed) Impact of Our Carved Words - Aug 18, 2025 - A weekly chabura based on עולת ראי"ה, Rav Kook on the Siddur. What is the (guaranteed) impact of the מלה הנגזרת, the words we form in our tefillah?

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 2: Chanah is #1? - Aug 16, 2025 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shoftim, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Concluding our introduction. And asking: Why is Chanah introduced as "one" and not "the one" or "the first"? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 1: Introduction - Aug 10, 2025 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shoftim, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Introducing the book of Shemuel - don't the events of this book belong in Shoftim and Melachim? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

Our Olim Will Lead the Mezuman - Aug 8, 2025 - Derashah for Parshat Vaetchanan/Nachamu (Shabbat Aliyah) 5785. Why did Moshe decline to lead the mezuman? What is the difference between seeing and entering Eretz Yisrael?

Shoftim Mini-Shiur Part 136: 21:22-25 - The Conclusion - Aug 8, 2025 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shoftim, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Concluding the book: There is no king in Israel. To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washoftim.

Is Shema Yisrael Only for Jews? - Aug 7, 2025 - According to the Sefer haChinuch (#417), we learn from the pasuk of Shema Yisrael that shituf - joining Hashem with something else - is prohibited. Does this prohibition apply to non-Jews as well? Or is just "Shema Yisrael"?

Shoftim Mini-Shiur Part 135: 21:19-21 - The Festival in Shiloh and Tu b'Av - Aug 7, 2025 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shoftim, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. They did WHAT to find the last 200 wives? And how does this connect to Tu b'Av? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washoftim.

Shoftim Mini-Shiur Part 134: 21:13-18 - What do we do for the remnant of Binyamin? - Aug 5, 2025 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shoftim, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. We have found wives for 400 men of Binyamin, but what will we do for the other 200? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washoftim.

Rav Kook on Tefillah #5 - Making up for time without tefillah - Aug 4, 2025 - A weekly chabura based on עולת ראי"ה, Rav Kook on the Siddur. How tefillah "demands of the neshamah its responsibility," and how to recover from a period without tefillah with kavvanah.