Tzfunot
by Hosted by Rabbi Binyomin Bitton
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Netitzat Even: Removing Sanctity or Creating a Pesul?
Netitzat Even: Removing Sanctity or Creating a Pesul?
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Making in-depth Torah study accessible, engaging, relevant, and geshmak.
Insights from the Talmud, Rogatchover, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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Episodes
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- Netitzat Even: Removing Sanctity or Creating a Pesul? · 49 minWhat is the nature of the prohibition against removing a stone from the Beit HaMikdash—is it the removal of the stone’s sanctity, or creating a deficiency in the Mikdash itself?…
- Shotrim: Executing Judgment or Compelling Compliance? · 1 h 14 minThis shiur explores the Rebbe's novel analysis of the two gedarim of shotrim, revealing the basis for the two approaches in Likkutei Sichos regarding the Rambam's shita, based on…
- Reshimos Al HaTanya: Standing Before an Osek B’Mitzvah · 22 minAn in-depth exploration of the Rebbe’s Reshimos Al HaTanya on the Alter Rebbe’s ruling that one must stand before an osek b’mitzvah. Through a careful analysis of the Rebbe’s…
- Yom T’voach: Technicality or Principle? · 45 minWhat lies behind the observance of יום טבוח after Shavuos? Is it simply due to a lack of time to bring the korbanos on Yom Tov—or does it reflect a deeper halachic position? The…
- Two Models of Giving: For the Giver or the Recipient? · 1 h 21 minThrough a novel analysis of the Rebbe, this shiur uncovers two fundamentally different models of giving: one centered on the refinement of the giver, and the other on the needs…
- Korban Metzora for Another: Neder or Kaparah? · 1 h 18 minWhen one undertakes to bring a korban metzora on behalf of another, what is the nature of that obligation: a personal neder, or a din in the metzora’s kaparah? Through a focused…
- Melech ben Melech: Inheriting the Crown · 42 minWhen a king’s son succeeds him, no new anointing is required—but why? Is it merely an inheritance, or does the father’s original meshicha extend to the son? Explore a…
- What Is the Definition of Writing the Megillah? · 47 minWhat Is the Definition of Writing the Megillah? Reading, Ketuvim, or an Inherent Act of Writing Is the Megillah just for reading — or something more? The Rebbe and the…
- עיונים בלקוטי שיחות: חצאי עיגול – עיון ומשמעות · 1 h 6 minלעיתים, מילים מסוימות בפסקה של השיחה מופיעות בתוך סוגריים — וכך מתקבלת משמעות כפולה למשפט, הן עם הסוגריים והן בלעדיהם. בשיעור זה ננתח מגוון דוגמאות של סוגריים בשיחה, נחשוף את…
- Meshukadim: A Law of the Menorah or a General Hiddur Mitzvah? · 47 minIs meshukadim an integral law of the Menorah itself, or a general expression of hiddur mitzvah? This shiur analyzes the Rebbe’s chiddush through the pnim of the sicha together…
- Is Conversion Today Complete? · 1 h 43 minFour Approaches to Defining Conversion Then and Now The Rebbe, the Rogatchover Gaon, and the Avnei Nezer on giyur: its structure, the roles of milah, tevilah, and korban, and the…
- The Rogatchover on Ben Noach and Ger Toshav · 1 h 9 minMust sustaining a Ben Noach depend on formal acceptance of the Seven Mitzvot before a beit din, or is voluntary acceptance enough? In a letter to the Rebbe, the Rogatchover…
- Rambam: Purpose and Methodology of Mishneh Torah · 41 min · Season 21 Episode 1In this episode we will explore and analyze the purpose and methodology of Rambam's Mishneh Torah.
- Ger Toshav: Gentile, Convert, or Something in Between? · 29 minThis shiur explores the unique status of the Ger Toshav through the lenses of the Rogatchover Gaon and Reb Yosef Engel. We will examine how this intermediate category explains a…
- Bar Mitzvah before Pesach Sheni: The Korban Pesach Dilemma · 1 h 30 minA lomdishe analysis of the status of a Korban Pesach offered for a minor who attains bar mitzvah between Pesach Rishon and Pesach Sheni, through the approaches of the Rebbe, Reb…
- Rashi’s Methodology | Ep. 48: The Mitzvah of Challah · 13 min · Season 56 Episode 48What is unique about Rashi’s commentary to the Torah? What is the meaning of 'Peshuto shel Mikrah'? What is the Rebbe’s novel method in studying Rashi? A new course exploring the…
- Rashi’s Methodology | Ep. 47: Yaakov and Esav · 8 min · Season 56 Episode 47What is unique about Rashi’s commentary to the Torah? What is the meaning of 'Peshuto shel Mikrah'? What is the Rebbe’s novel method in studying Rashi? A new course exploring the…
- ‘Leshitatei’ Methodology | Episode 15: Rabban Gamliel and the Rabbanan · 15 min · Season 26 Episode 15This series will explore the Talmudic methodology of ‘Leshitatei’ — a unique method of study, commonly found in the Talmud and its commentaries. Specifically, we will discover…
- ‘Leshitatei’ Methodology | Episode 14: Quantity or Quality? · 18 min · Season 26 Episode 14This series will explore the Talmudic methodology of ‘Leshitatei’ — a unique method of study, commonly found in the Talmud and its commentaries. Specifically, we will discover…
- ‘Leshitatei’ Methodology | Episode 13: Torah Study, Prayer and Monetary Claims · 37 min · Season 26 Episode 13This series will explore the Talmudic methodology of ‘Leshitatei’ — a unique method of study, commonly found in the Talmud and its commentaries. Specifically, we will discover…
