claude-pipeline Listen to this shiur · 9 min A Paraphrased Shiur of Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky The whole inyan of Sefer Devarim is Divrei Moshe Rabbeinu. The Midrash Tanchuma says that Klal Yisrael came to Moshe Rabbeinu with a tayna: אתמול אמרת לא איש דברים אנכי, ועכשיו אתה מדבר כל כך?! This is bizarre tayna. Moshe was … Read more
Listen to this shiur · 6 min Pinchas 5780 – Mo’ado – Connecting with Fixity and Spontaneity A Paraphrased Shiur of Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky We have the korbanos of the mo'adim. את קרבני לחמי לאשי ריח ניחחי תשמרו להקריב לי במועדו. But, interestingly, amongst these korbanos is the Korban Tamid, which is brought daily. Which … Read more
Listen to this shiur · 9 min Balak 5776 – Tikkun HaMidos: The Separation of Yisroel and the Nations A Paraphrased Shiur of Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky Parshas Balak. Parshas Balak contains within it a yichud of Klal Yisrael versus Umos Haolam. It’s one of the defining parshiyos — maybe the defining parsha — of zeh … Read more
Listen to this shiur · 12 min A Paraphrased Shiur of Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky We have the Machlokes of Korach, which the psukim say, and Chazal point out, it was a sichsuch between kehunah and leviyah. רב לכם בני לוי, ובקשתם גם כהונה . What is this distinction between Kohen and Levi? leviyah is not … Read more
Listen to this shiur · 12 min The Avodos of Yedi’ah and Bechira A paraphrased shiur of Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky In the history of Klal Yisrael, we have the two great aveiros: Cheit Ha'Egel and the Cheit HaMeraglim. One gave us Shiva Asar B'Tammuz; the other, Tisha B'Av. They both needed the yud-gimmel middos to … Read more
Listen to this shiur · 11 min A paraphrased shiur of Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky In Parshas Beha'aloscha we have a parsha that is me'ikrei hadas mitsad yesodei hatorah and also very shoreshdike mitsad avoda. We have the tayna of Aharon and Miriam regarding Moshe Rabbeinu being poreish minishto. Why should Moshe be poresh, they tayna’ed. … Read more
Listen to this shiur · 8 min There’s a small parsha among the larger parshios, and that is Shevuos HaPikadon. If a person denies that he owes a debt and swears falsely about it, he is obligated to repay the principal, add a chomesh, and bring a korban. It’s a repeat of a parsha in … Read more
Listen to this shiur · 12 min In Parshas Bechukosai, we have the brachos, and the pinnacle of the brachos is והתהלכתי בתוככם. “I will walk amongst you.” Sounds nice, but what does that mean? Even before we know what it means, it’s not hard to hear the והתהלכתי בתוככם is a zeh l'umas zeh … Read more
Listen to this shiur · 11 min Parshas Emor. The Parsha starts with אמור אל הכהנים בני אהרן ואמרת אליהם לנפש לא יטמא בעמיו. The mitzvah is given as a double-lashon, Emor v’Amarta. Rashi says on Emor v’amarta: להזהיר גדולים על הקטנים. The Gedolim need to look out for the ketanim. Seemingly the p’shat is … Read more
Listen to this shiur · 11 min We have the parsha of Arayos, and one can’t help notice the term Giluy Erva. The Aveira is Giluy Arayos. I mean the whole relationship is inappropriate, but the terminology used to describe the issur is giluy. We find this by Noach, too, with the incident with Cham. … Read more