Torah for Pesach

Torah for Pesach

Lectures and Essays for Pesach and the Omer

Lectures:

Transcending Time

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/791150/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Transcending_Time

Torah Readings for Pesach
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/811555/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Torah_Readings_for_Pesach

The Evolving Haggada 

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/811551/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_Evolving_Haggada

Crossing the Sea; a people divided

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/788832/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Crossing_the_Sea;_a_people_divided

The wickedness of the wicked son; a textual analysis

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/788592/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_wickedness_of_the_wicked_son;_a_textual_analysis

Parshat Bshalach According to the Vilna Gaon

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/771877/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Parshat_Bshalach_According_to_the_Vilna_Gaon

Parshat Bo - Did Leaving Egypt Include Deception?

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/768778/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Parshat_Bo_-_Did_Leaving_Egypt_Include_Deception

Rebbi Yehuda gave Simanim

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/768261/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Rebbi_Yehuda_gave_Simanim

Around Midnight

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/768265/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Around_Midnight

The Plague of "Frogs" and Kiddush Hashem

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/768099/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_Plague_of_'Frogs'_and_Kiddush_Hashem_

The Haftorah for Vaera - the exile of Knowledge

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/768102/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_Haftorah_for_Vaera_-_the_exile_of_Knowledge

The Four Expression of Redemption and the Brit Bein Habitarim

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/768103/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_four_Expression_of_Redemption_and_the_Brit_Bein_Habitarim

The Omer - Linking Pesach and Shavuot

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/760375/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_Omer_-_Linking_Pesach_and_Shavuot

Pesach - Four Sons - Four Questions

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/759364/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Pesach_-_Four_Sons_-_Four_Questions

Pesach matzah maror; biblical antecedents.

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/759366/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Pesach_matzah_maror;_biblical_antecedents

The Redeemers

Those who helped the Jews leave Egypt - including the righteous women and Moshe.

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/827056/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_Redeemers

Miracles and Song

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/828113/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Miracles_and_Song

Eclipsing the Sun God

The political and theological significance of the plagues

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/827720/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Eclipsing_the_Sun_God

The Moment of Freedom

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/827736/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_Moment_of_Freedom

Kitavo -bikurim and history

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/748187/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Kitavo_-bikurim_and_history

The Idea of Counting

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/774309/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_Idea_of_Counting

The Exodus and Elusive Perfection

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/768101/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_Exodus_and_Elusive_Perfection#

The Leadership Of Moshe

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=394

Shmot - a Brief Overview What Is FREEDOM

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=404

Parshat Shmot / A Sign Of Redemption

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=541

Knowledge In Exile

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=366

The Staff

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=400

Parshat Vaeira / Deserving Freedom (Why did things need to get worse before they got better - before leaving Egypt. The Role of Am Yisrael in the Exodus)

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=543

Parshat Bo / Polemic Against Egyptian Beliefs

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=375

Parshat Bo / Transcending Time Space And Matter

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=401

Parshat Beshalach / Pharaoh's Responses to the Plagues

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=545

Did we Leave Egypt too Soon

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=35

Matzah of Lot

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=38

Seder Night

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=46

Shira

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=47

Losing Our Religion

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/827422/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Losing_Our_Religion

Parshat Hachodesh

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/759365/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/tazria-Parshat_Hachodesh

Pesach

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=44

Stringencies on Pesach (good or bad?)

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/759080/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Stringencies_on_Pesach_(good_or_bad)

Sale of Chametz - "Legal Fiction"?

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/773777/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Sale_of_Chametz_-_'Legal_Fiction'

Mourning of the Omer

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/760367/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Mourning_of_the_Omer

The Law of Chadosh in the Diaspora

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/752069/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_Law_of_Chadosh_in_the_Diaspora

One or two days Yom Tov for visitors to Israel?

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/748708/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/one_or_two_days_Yom_Tov_for_visitors_to_Israel

Chametz (not) fit for man and dog

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/811164/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%A5_%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D

חייב אדם לעסוק בהלכות הפסח כל הלילה

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/791351/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%90%D7%93%D7%9D_%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A7_%D7%91%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%97_%D7%9B%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94

Essays

Of Matzot and Mitzvot

http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48965136.html

Shabbat HaGadol

http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48942426.html

Collecting Straw

http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2010/01/parshat-shmot-5770-collecting-straw.html

The Fifth Cup

http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2010/01/parshat-vaera-5770-fifth-cup.html

Frogs

http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2009/01/vaera-5769-frogs.html

Pharaoh's Heart

http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48937417.html

Around Midnight

http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/Around-Midnight.html

Time for Freedom

http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48910302.html

The First Born

http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48937697.html

Rabbi Yehuda gave them Signs

http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2009/01/parshat-bo-5769-rav-yehuda-gave-them.html

The Eleventh Plague

http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48960031.html

The Wicked Son in the Passover Haggadah

 http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2009/04/wicked-son-in-passover-haggadah.html

A New Book, An Old Story - Parshat Shmot

http://echoesofeden.rabbiarikahn.com/pdf/parashat_shmot_a_new_book_an_old_story

Pharaoh's Conundrum - Parshat VaEra

http://echoesofeden.rabbiarikahn.com/pdf/parashat_vaera_5774_pharaohs_conundrum

  

The Dignity of Mitzvot - Parshat Bo

http://echoesofeden.rabbiarikahn.com/pdf/parashat_bo_5774_the_dignity_of_mitzvot

The Long Shortcut - Parshat B'Shalach

http://echoesofeden.rabbiarikahn.com/pdf/parashat_bshalach_the_long_shortcut

Parashat B'shalach - Winds of Salvation

http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2015/01/parashat-bshalach-winds-of-salvation.html

Parashat Shmot 5775 Redemption Song

http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2015/01/parashat-shmot-5775-redemption-song.html

Parashat Bo 5775 It’s the Children

http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2015/01/parashat-bo-5775-its-children.html

Haggadah based on the teachings of Rav Soloveitchik

http://www.slideshare.net/arikahn1/ss-17375163

Regarding Chametz and Kitniot in Israel on Shabbat Isru Chag

http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2012/04/regarding-chametz-and-kitniot-in-israel.html

Parashat Vaikra 5775 - Regrets

Vayikra Audio and Essays

Vayikra Audio and Essays

Echoes of Eden Vayikra

http://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Eden-Vayikra-Ari-Kahn/dp/9652295922

https://www.ou.org/oupress/product/echoes-of-eden-sefer-vayikra/

http://www.gefenpublishing.com/product.asp?productid=1024

New Essay:
http://arikahn.blogspot.com/2015/03/parashat-vaikra-5775-regrets.html

Lectures on Vayikra-

Introduction to Vayikra; Whither Korbanot?

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/791463/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Introduction_to_Vayikra-_Whither_Korbanot-

An Endearing Scent

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/809958/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/An_Endearing_Scent

An Awakening from Below

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/793194/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/An_Awakening_from_Below

Making Space for Holiness

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/757463/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Making_Space_for_Holiness

A Covenant of Salt

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/773825/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/A_Covenant_of_Salt

Essays Vayikra

To Elevate The Physical

http://www.rabbiarikahn.com/ToElevateThePhysical.html

VAYIKRa - Making Space for Holiness

http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2010/03/parshat-vayikra-5770.html

Vayikra 5769 - Angelic Speech

http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2009/03/vayikra-5769-angelic-speech.html

Parashat Vayikra 5774 Intimacy

http://echoesofeden.rabbiarikahn.com/pdf/parashat_vayikra_5774_intimacy

Parshiot Vayekhel – P’kudei 5775 An Accounting

Audio and Essays Parashiot Vayakhel & Pikudei

Audio and Essays Parashiot Vayakhel & Pikudei

New Echoes of Eden Project:

Vayakhel:

Audio:

Inadequacy

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/809086/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Inadequacy

Shabbat; Spiritual Rehabilitation - Why was Shabbat the first law taught after the sin of the Golden Calf

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=398

The Holy Am Haaretz - 5773-The laws of Shabbat as understood by the ignorant and how this crept into Jewish practice according to the Netziv

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/791117/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_Holy_-Am_Haaretz-

Shabbat Creation Kabbala and Infinity - explores the relationship between building the Mishkan and Shabbat

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=456

Vayakhel Pikudei

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=403

Essays:

Creativity

http://echoesofeden.rabbiarikahn.com/pdf/creativity_parshat_vayakhel

The Seventh Day

http://rabbiarikahn.com/writing?id=109

Shabbat: Spiritual Rehabilitation

http://rabbiarikahn.com/writing?id=111

Video:

Parshat Vayakhel

http://rabbiarikahn.com/video?id=16

Pikudei:

Audio:

The Role of Dan - past present and future

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/809560/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_Role_of_Dan_-_past_present_and_future

A prayer of Moshe – (the complexity involved in humans trying to build something holy)

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=344

Making the Ark, Building the Mishkan – (The only job Betzalel did himself was the Ark - why?)

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=461

Vayakhel Pikudei

http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=403

Essays:

A Happy Ending
http://rabbiarikahn.com/pdf/parashat_pkudei_5774_a_happy_ending.pdf

http://echoesofeden.rabbiarikahn.com/

A Prayer of Moshe

http://rabbiarikahn.com/writing?id=110

Bringing Down the Shechina

http://rabbiarikahn.com/writing?id=112

The Architect

http://rabbiarikahn.com/writing?id=113

Video:

Parshat Pikudei

http://rabbiarikahn.com/video?id=17

Parashat Ki Tisa – Purim 5775 Knowing Tomorrow