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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Audio and Essays Parashat B’chukotai

Audio and Essays Parashat B’chukotai
Audio and Essays Parashat B’chukotai

New Echoes of Eden Project:

Audio:
Bechukotai-Rebuke – (not) Keeping Shabbat and Shmitta
http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=287

Parshat Bechukotai / Mikveh Yisroel Yom Haatzmaut
http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=308

Parshat Bechukotai / To Walk Upright Yom Haatzmaut
http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=355

Parshat Bechukotai / Walking with God
http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=358

Parshat Bechukotai / An Awakening from Below
http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=437


Essays:
Coming Home

Standing Tall

The Omer
http://rabbiarikahn.com/writing?id=154

The Great Rebuke
http://rabbiarikahn.com/writing?id=155


Sunday, May 3, 2015

Audio and Essays Parashiot B’har & Bechukotai

Audio and Essays Parashiot B’har & Bechukotai

New Echoes of Eden Project:
There is no place Like Home (Bhukotai)
http://www.slideshare.net/arikahn1/parashat-bhukotai-5775-theres-no-place-like-home
or
http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2015/05/parashat-bhukotai-5775-theres-no-place.html

Dayenu! (B’har)
http://arikahn.blogspot.co.il/2015/05/parshiot-bhar-bhukotai-dayenu.html

special: Yom Yerushalayim
Yom Yerushalayim -The Vilna Gaon's mystical doctrine - the beginning of the end of days...
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/735258/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Yom_Yerushalayim_-The_Vilna_Gaon's_mystical_doctrine_-_the_beginning_of_the_end_of_days

Essay:
The 28th of Iyar - Yom Yerushalyim (excerpt from Emanations)
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/761465/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/The_28th_of_Iyar_-_Yom_Yerushalyim_(excerpt_from_Emanations)


ולירושלים עירך
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/793744/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/'%D7%95%D6%B0%D7%9C%D6%B4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D6%BC%D7%A9%D6%B8%D7%81%D7%9C%D6%B7%D7%99%D6%B4%D7%9D_%D7%A2%D6%B4%D7%99%D7%A8%D6%B0%D7%9A%D6%B8_%D7%91%D6%B0%D6%BC%D7%A8%D6%B7%D7%97%D6%B2%D7%9E%D6%B4%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%AA%D6%B8%D6%BC%D7%A9%D7%81%D7%95%D6%BC%D7%91'

special (in Hebrew) The Shabbat Switch Grama vs Melacha
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/836276/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Shabbat_Switch_part_one_Grama_or_Melacha

Audio:
new
Eliyahu's Missing "Vav"
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/836274/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Eliyahu-s_Missing_-Vav-

new
Why Two Rebukes?
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/836280/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Why_Two_Rebukes-#

Shemitah Shabbat and Exile
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/835817/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Shemitah_Shabbat_and_Exile#

Shemitah Shabbat and Exile (long version)
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/835818/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Shemitah_Shabbat_and_Exile_-long_version-

Behar
http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=290

Parshat Behar / Lag Baomer- Guard my Sabbaths
http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=294

Parshat Behar / Shmittah (Matan)
http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=335

Parshat Behar / Shmittah
http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=337

Parshat Behar / The Age Of The World
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/835567/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Age_of_the_Universe

Parshat Behar / Were the Details Given at Sinai?
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/793385/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Were_the_Details_Given_at_Sinai

Bechukotai-Rebuke – (not) Keeping Shabbat and Shmitta
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/835566/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Guard_my_Sabbaths

Parshat Bechukotai / Mikveh Yisroel Yom Haatzmaut
http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=308

Parshat Bechukotai / To Walk Upright Yom Haatzmaut
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/835563/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Standing_Tall

Parshat Bechukotai / Walking with God
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/835568/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Walking_with_God
Parshat Bechukotai / An Awakening from Below
http://rabbiarikahn.com/audio?id=437

Shemitah, Torah and Har Sinai
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/835556/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Shemitah_Torah_and_Har_Sinai

 Shemita and Sinai
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/835559/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Shemita_and_Sinai

Shemita Sinai and Gan Eden
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/835562/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Shemita_Sinai_and_Gan_Eden

Creating God Consciousness
http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/835569/Rabbi_Ari_Kahn/Creating_God_Consciousness

Essays:
Living and Loving

A Time to Trust
http://rabbiarikahn.com/writing?id=151
Audio and Essays Parashat B’chukotai

You CAN get Satisfaction

Coming Home

Standing Tall

The Omer
http://rabbiarikahn.com/writing?id=154

The Great Rebuke
http://rabbiarikahn.com/writing?id=155


Tuesday, May 3, 2016

(And God Said…) I am Sorry

Echoes of Eden

(And God Said…) I am Sorry

Rabbi Ari Kahn

Every spring, a number of days of commemoration are observed.  Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron, established by the government of Israel, are days in which we honor the memory of the fallen – first for the victims of the Holocaust and then for those who gave their lives to create and defend the State of Israel. On these solemn days, we remember the fallen as individuals, just as we attempt to transmit the lessons learned from tragic loss to the next generation.
Yom HaAtzmaut immediately follows Yom HaZikaron, marking the establishment of the State of Israel and celebrating our continued freedom and sovereignty in our homeland. These three days, clustered together in a very intensive sequence, create a period of national introspection and stock-taking in which we consider, on the one hand, our many achievements and the unprecedented success of the Jewish nation-state, while on the other hand, the extreme sacrifices that were made to achieve our freedom. By creating the juxtaposition between Remembrance Day and Independence Day, this was the underlying message Israel’s founders hoped to convey  - a lesson they apparently learned from the juxtaposition of the solemn fast of Esther and the celebratory holiday of Purim: Our victory, our survival, was made possible by almost-unthinkable sacrifice.
Similarly, the darkness of the Holocaust is contrasted with the dawn of the emerging Jewish state – not to insinuate a correlation or “barter” of six million souls for the establishment of the State, but to help us appreciate the contrast between these two eras through their juxtaposition. The Holocaust and the creation of the State of Israel should be seen as polar opposites – not only in the political or physical sense, but also, as Rabbi Soloveitchik encouraged us to understand them, in terms of their theological implications.
The Holocaust is an archetypical example of darkness, of the hester panim (literally “hidden face”) mentioned in the book of D’varim: “I will surely hide my face on that day…” (31:18). Conversely, the establishment of the modern State of Israel is a revelation of God’s presence and active involvement in Jewish history, a dazzling gilui panim (revelation) in which God’s hand is unmistakable. The contrast between the darkness that we experienced and the emergence into the light and warmth of modern Israel is almost startling.
In a very real sense, the relationship between God and the Jewish people may be likened to the cycle of the moon, which disappears and then reappears, at first as a sliver, and eventually as a full moon. A brief rabbinic comment regarding the new moon may help us reframe this strange shift from darkness to light from a theocentric perspective: On each holiday, we are commanded to sacrifice a sin-offering, just as a sin-offering is brought on the eve of every new month. However, the biblical passage that describes the sin-offering on Rosh Hodesh – the new moon – differs from all the others. In all other instances, the Torah refers simply to the “sin-offering.” Only the sacrifice brought on Rosh Hodesh is described as “a sin-offering for God” (B’midbar 28:15). The Talmud (Hullin 60b) offers a philosophical explanation for this anomaly: God asks that a sin offering be brought each month to atone for His own sin – the sin of diminishing the moon.
The implications of this teaching are extraordinary, and they speak to the very core of our reality.  The world was created with a delicate balance between light and darkness, between clarity and obscurity, between revelation and hester panim. Presumably, this balance is necessary in order to create an atmosphere in which man can retain free will, which is the very foundation of our independent existence.  In a world in which God’s constant, active involvement in human history is always apparent, free will is eclipsed, and man cannot thrive. Ultimately, the periods of darkness, the terrible bouts of existential loneliness, are as spiritually beneficial for us as the periods of light. The waves of hester panim, as they are juxtaposed with gilui panim, sharpen our awareness of the Divine and encourage us to seek out the spiritual message contained in the darkness, in the silence, in the pain that precedes the appearance of that sliver of moon. It is the struggle with the darkness that allows us to grow.
And yet, God expresses remorse for inflicting upon us the hours, days, even years of darkness and doubt. God takes responsibility for the pain we must experience. “Pray for Me,” He says. “Bring an offering to atone for My sin. Forgive Me.” By commanding us to bring this offering, God says “Forgive Me for the pain you have experienced.” We might consider this the flip-side of the coin of the human condition: We all, unavoidably, sin. When we do, we turn to God, we desperately pray and plead for forgiveness. Once each month, the proverbial shoe is on the other foot, and God seeks our forgiveness for the pain inherent in the human condition. Can we rejoice in the loving reunion that ensues as the light overcomes the darkness and we realize that the pain was an indispensable stage in our spiritual growth? Do we have the moral fortitude to forgive God?


This essay originally appeared in the Times of Israel, April 28th 2014





Thursday, April 11, 2013


Here are some Lectures and Essays on Parshiot Tazria Metzora

May Everyone have a Shabbat Shalom, meaningful Yom Hazikron and festive Yom Haatzmaut

***NEW***
Iyov Yona Eliyahu - Iyov Yona and Eliyahu Prophets and Non-Prophets
Metzora
Commandments as a replacement for Holiness
Tumah/Hyssop/Korban Pesach
Tazria
Separation Leading To Holiness
Ritual Separation To Create Holiness
Parshat Tazria And Metzorah

Essays
http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48923217.html
http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48965351.html
http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48923507.html
http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/48918152.html
http://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/90565754.html

Monday, November 14, 2022

Audio and Essays Archive Rabbi Ari Kahn

 


EXPLORATIONS

Rabbi Ari Kahn

Audio and Essays Archive

 

Genesis

Bereishit

 

Exodus

Shmot

 

Leviticus

Vayikra

 

Numbers

Bamidbar

 

Deuteronomy

Devarim

 

Holidays

Bereishit

 

Shmot

 

Vayikra

 

Bamidbar

 

Devarim

 

Rosh Hashanah

 

Noach

 

Va'eira

 

Tzav

 

Naso

 

V'etchanan

 

Yom Kippur

 

Lech Lecha

 

Bo

 

Shmini

 

Be'halot'cha

 

Ekev

 

Sukkot

Vayeira

 

Beshalach

 

Tazria

 

Shlach

 

Re'eh

 

Chanuka

Chayei Sarah

 

Yitro

 

Metzora


Tazria-Metzora

Korach

 

Shoftim

 

Tu Bshvat

Toldot

 

Mishpatim

 

Acharei Mot

 

Chukat

 

Ki Tetzei

 

Purim

Vayetzei

 

Trumah

 

Kedoshim

 

Balak

 

Ki Tavo

 

Parshat Zachor

 

Vayishlach

 

Tetzaveh

 

Emor

 

Pinchas

 

Nitzavim

 

Shabbat HaGadol

 

Vayeshev

 

Ki Tisa

 

Behar

 

Matot

 

Vayelech

 

Pesach

Mikeitz

 

Vayakhel

 

Bechukotai

 

Masay

 

Ha'azinu

 

Omer/

Yom Haatzmaut

Vayigash

 

Pekudei

 

 Behar  & Bechukotai 

  Matot & Masai

V'Zot HaBracha

 

Shavuot

Vayechi

 

 

 

 

 

3 weeks

Tisha Bav

 

 

 

 

 

Elul/Teshuva

 

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