Ki Tisa
מרצה Title תקציר סידרה
Rav Meir Shpiegelman Parashat Ki Tisa Guest sicha of Rav Meir Shpiegelman Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Yaakov Medan "You Shall See My Back" Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein The Shattering of the Tablets Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Yehuda Amital The "Half Shekel": Individuality and Community in Am Yisrael Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Yehuda Amital Desire and Fulfillment in the Purim Story If you wish to defeat your enemies, fulfill their every wish. Only in such a state, when they are satiated, will you be able to lead them to their demise. Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein The Half-Shekel Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein Moshe's Leadership Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein Torah Study and Forgetfulness Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein Eliyahu and Ovadia – Contrasting Attitudes towards Involvement with the Jewish People In this week's haftara we encounter the two radically different attitudes of Eliyahu and Ovadyahu - the former isolating himself from the sinful nation and the latter remaining involved with them, even when it entailed compromising his principles. Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Yaakov Medan Aharon’s Part (and Ours) in the Episode of the Golden Calf How could the pious Aharon sin with the Golden Calf and still become Kohen Gadol? What does his personality have to do with the educational philosophy of the School of Hillel? Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein Eliyahu and Ovadyahu – Contrasting Attitudes Toward the Jewish People The haftara of Ki Tisa presents the famous story of Eliyahu upon Mount Carmel, but the little-known figure of Ovadyahu is a hero in his own right -- in some ways, greater than Avraham. What does this tell us about the episode of the Golden Calf in the day's Torah reading? Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein “That There Be No Plague among Them When You Number Them” The question of relating to a mass of people vs. relating to an individual comes to a head in this week's parasha, when the Jewish people are counted in a census. Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein The Haftara of Ki Tisa The haftara of Parashat Ki Tisa (Melakhim I 18:1-39) recounts one of the most famous stories in the Early Prophets – the prophet Eliyahu's contest with the prophets of Ba'al on Mount Carmel. Sichot Roshei Yeshiva
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein Exile and Redemption Sichot Roshei Yeshiva