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KMTT - the Torah Podcast
A 30-40 shiur on a Torah topic, every working day, from Yeshivat Har Etzion and the VBM.
Episodes
KMTT - the Torah PodcastVayakhel | A Defiant Act of Contrition
Vayakhel | A Defiant Act of Contrition, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The unusually lengthy description of the construction of the Mishkan, which occupies the last…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastKibud Av V'em: What, Why, and How
Kibud Av V'em: What, Why, and How, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela
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Ki Tisa | The Luchot of...Testimony? Covenant?
Ki Tisa | The Luchot of...Testimony? Covenant? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The most vital component of the Mishkan is, without a doubt, the Aron - and the Aron's…
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Parshat Ki Tisa with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parshat Ki Tisa with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - "The Sin of the Golden Calf" - How Could They Do It? #2 - Contemporary Commentators -…
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Tetzaveh | B'nei Yisrael's Presence in the Mishkan
Tetzaveh | B'nei Yisrael's Presence in the Mishkan, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The first two pesukim in Parashat Tetzaveh - the last two in chapter 27 of Shemot…
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Parshat Tetzaveh + Purim with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parshat Tetzaveh + Purim with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Moshe's Missing Name: A Powerful Explanation from the Alshich #2 - Modern…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastMordechai and Esther
Mordechai and Esther, by Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein What makes Purim a special yom tov and why is it a day of festivity and celebration? Why is Purim unique as…
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Why Isn't It Almost Purim?
Why Isn't It Almost Purim? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom A shiur in advance of Purim Katan.
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Teruma | Mishpat and Mishkan
Teruma | Mishpat and Mishkan, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The Divine commands concerning the construction of a Mishkan are curiously juxtaposed and intertwined…
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Anger - Avoid at All Costs
Anger - Avoid at All Costs, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela Companion shiur to last week's installment on Anava.
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Parshat Teruma with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parshat Teruma with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - The Symbolism of Mishkan: What's The Deeper Message? #2 - Modern Commentators - Torah…
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Anava: Balancing Ego and Self-Confidence Part 1
Anava: Balancing Ego and Self-Confidence Part 1, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela
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Parshat Mishpatim with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parshat Mishpatim with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - The Mysterious and Mystical End of Parshas Mishpatim #2 - Modern Commentators -…
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Mishpatim | Moshe's Encounters Read As Prologue
Mishpatim | Moshe's Encounters Read As Prologue, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Moshe's three encounters after his adoption into the palace are rife with internal…
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Parshat Yitro with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parshat Yitro with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - The Danger of Getting Too Close to the Mountain #2 - Contemporary Commentators - "Curious…
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Yitro | What Inspired Yitro?
Yitro | What Inspired Yitro? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The opening passage of פרשת יתרו is full of riddles - why are we given detailed information about Moshe's…
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Tefillah: Appreciating and Improving Our Davening Part 2
Tefillah: Appreciating and Improving Our Davening Part 2, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela
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Beshalach | From Marah to Masah
Beshalach | From Marah to Masah, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The brief interlude at Marah, immediately following Shirat haYam, includes two challenging phrases -…
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Tefillah: Appreciating and Improving Our Davening Part 1
Tefillah: Appreciating and Improving Our Davening Part 1, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela
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Parshat Beshalach with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parshat Beshalach with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - The Manna (מן): Blessing or Challenge? #2 - Contemporary Commentators - Rav Kook's…
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Parshat Bo with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parshat Bo with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - The Nature of Miracles and the Miracle of Nature #2 - Modern Commentators - The Source of the…
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Bo | "What Is This Service...To You?" Reevaluating the "Wicked Son's" Question
Bo | "What Is This Service...To You?" Reevaluating the "Wicked Son's" Question, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The famous interaction between a son and his father…
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Gender Differences in Halakha Part 2
Gender Differences in Halakha Part 2, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela
KMTT - the Torah PodcastContemporary Educational Challenges
Contemporary Educational Challenges, a panel discussion with Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein, Rav Eli Weber and Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg, held at the Melave Malka Nov…
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Gender Differences in Halakha Part 1
Gender Differences in Halakha Part 1, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela
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Parshat Vaera with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parshat Vaera with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Did Hashem Really Take Away Pharaoh's Free Will? #2 - Contemporary Commentators - There's…
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Vaera | Brotherhood at Last
Vaera | Brotherhood at Last, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The opening section of Parashat Vaera includes several seemingly tangential and/or redundant passages…
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Parshat Shemot with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parshat Shemot with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Moshe: What's in a Name? #2 - Contemporary Commentators - The Message Behind the Mystery…
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Shemot | The Roots of Subjugation
Shemot | The Roots of Subjugation, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The opening chapter of Shemot details the oppression, mandated infanticide and overall enslavement…
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Vayechi | Menasheh and Ephraim: More Than Just a Hand-Switch
Vayechi | Menasheh and Ephraim: More Than Just a Hand-Switch, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom. The description of Yaakov's deathbed blessing of Yosef/Ephraim-Menasheh…
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Parshat Vayechi with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parshat Vayechi with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Why Was Rachel Not Buried in Me'arat Ha-Machpela? #2 - Contemporary Commentators - The…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastSpecial Sicha with Rav Aharon Lopiansky
Special sicha with Rav Aharon Lopiansky, a dvar Torah for Parashat Vayechi as well as a Question & Answer session with the Overseas Talmidim. Dec 13, 2021…
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Vayigash | Of Farmers and Ranchers
Vayigash | Of Farmers and Ranchers, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom In the Egyptian narratives, there are several references to תועבת מצרים For Egyptians to break…
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Miketz | Dreams and Interpretations
Miketz | Dreams and Interpretations, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom An inquiry into the development of Yosef's dreams. There are three dream-sets in the Yosef…
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Parashat Vayeshev with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parashat Vayeshev with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentaries - Who Sold Yosef? It's Not As Simple As You Might Think #2 - Contemporary Commentaries -…
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Vayeshev | Yosef's Dreams
Vayeshev | Yosef's Dreams by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Yosef's Dreams begin the narrative cycle we refer to as "the Yosef Story" - and these dreams impact through…
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Vayishlach | Revisiting Shkhem
Vayishlach | Revisiting Shkhem, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The "rape of Dina" and the bloody aftermath, which comprise all of chapter 34 and the middle of…
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The Inner Beauty of Chanukah
The Inner Beauty of Chanukah, shiur by Rav Dovid Gottlieb, part 1 of a 2-part series on Chanukah, given to the weekly women's group in Kehilat Ha'Ela
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Parashat Vayishlach with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parashat Vayishlach with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentaries - Shimon and Levi Slaughter Shechem: Righteous Justice or Unethical Vengeance? #2 -…
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Vayishlach | The Mysterious Wrestling Match
Vayishlach: ויאבק איש עמו - The Mysterious Wrestling Match, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Yaakov's encounter with the mysterious "man" which lasts until dawn, is "a…
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Empathy: Learning About Ourselves By Connecting With Others
Empathy: Learning About Ourselves By Connecting With Others, the second of a 2-part series on Mitzvot and Middot Bein Adam LeChaveiro, given as part of the…
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Parashat Vayetze with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parashat Vayetze with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Did Yaakov Really Place a Condition on His Commitment to Hashem? #2 - Contemporary…
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Chesed - The Gift of Giving
Chesed - The Gift of Giving, the first of a 2-part series on Mitzvot and Middot Bein Adam LeChaveiro, given as part of the weekly women's shiur in Kehilat…
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Vayetze | The "Duda'im" Story: A Janus Narrative?
Vayetze | The "Duda'im" Story: A Janus Narrative? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom In the midst of the "birth narrative" of Yaakov's family in Haran, the Torah…
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Parashat Toldot with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parashat Toldot with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Why Did Yitzchok Want to Bless Esav and not Yaakov? #2 - Contemporary Commentators -…
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Birkat HaMazon - Why, What, Where and When Part 2
Birkat HaMazon - Why, What, Where and When Part 2, given as part of the weekly women's shiur in Kehilat Ha'Ela, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
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Toldot | Toldot: Your Curse, My Son, Be Upon Me
Toldot | Your Curse, My Son, Be Upon Me, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom What did Rivka mean? When Yaakov expressed concern over his being caught by his father when…
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Birkat HaMazon - Why, What, Where and When Part 1
Birkat HaMazon - Why, What, Where and When Part 1, given as part of the weekly women's shiur in Kehilat Ha'Ela, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
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Shabbat Candles, Why, Who, What and When Part 2
Shabbat Candles, Why, Who, What and When Part 2, given as part of the weekly women's shiur in Kehilat Ha'Ela, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
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Parashat Chayei Sara 5782 with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parashat Chayei Sara 5782 with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Avraham's Marriage Advice: Bad Midos Are Worse Than Avodah Zara #2 -…
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Chayei Sara | Place your Hand under my Thigh - Solving a Bereishit Riddle
Chayei Sara | Place your Hand under my Thigh - Solving a Bereishit Riddle, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom When Avraham prepares to send his slave to find a wife for…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThoughts about Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Thoughts about Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks - based on the Netziv's profile of Sara Imenu, by Rav Moshe Taragin For more in tribute to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt"l >>
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Parashat Vayera 5782 with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parashat Vayera 5782 with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - What Event Led to Akeidas Yitzhak? #2 - Sparks of Chassidus - The Secret to…
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Vayera | "If There Are Fifty": Why Fifty, Why Ten...Why Not One?
Vayera | "If There Are Fifty": Why Fifty, Why Ten...Why Not One?, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Avraham's famous negotiations with God to spare the city of Sodom…
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Parashat Lekh Lekha with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parashat Lekh Lekha with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Did Avraham Sin By Leaving Eretz Yisroel and Putting Sarah in Danger? #2 - Sparks of…
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Lekh Lekha | Who is Avraham's Future?
Lekh Lekha | Who is Avraham's Future, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom When we are first introduced to Avra(ha)m, he is married to Sara(i)h - and the first thing we…
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Shabbat Candles, Why, Who, What and When Part 1
Shabbat Candles, Why, Who, What and When Part 1, given as part of the weekly women's shiur in Kehilat Ha'Ela, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
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Noach | Avraham and Terach: A Midrashic Take
Noach | Avraham and Terach: A Midrashic Take When Hashem charged Avraham with his mission, He directed him to leave his father's house. This could easily be…
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Tidbits for VeZot HaBerakha and Sukkot
Tidbits for VeZot HaBerakha and Sukkot Appreciating Eretz Yisrael - Important Mussar from Rav Yerucham Understanding the Deeper Message of Sukkos Through Prism…
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Vayelech-Ha'azinu-Special Yom Kippur Vort with Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Parsha Tidbits with Rav Dovid Gottlieb, Vayelech-Ha'azinu-Special Yom Kippur Vort Vayelech #1 - Sparks of Chassidus - An Inspiring Teaching from R. Tzadok…