Bereishis 2020/5781: The Power of Creation that was Given to Man (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (10/13/20)
Sources: HaRav Moshe Schapira, Noach 5773 and MiMaamakim by HaRav Mandelbaum
Bereishis
The Three Mitzvos of Sefer Breishis and their significance to a Jew, Part 1: Be Fruitful and Multiply (Mrs. Marcy Stern) (11/3/21)
Noach 2022/5783: Is Creation “very good” or to be reconsidered? (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (10/24/22)
(Sources: Netivot Shalom, Sfat Emet)
Noach 2021/5782 The Sign of the Keshet (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (10/05/21) (Sources: Rashi, Ramban, Sforno, Nachalat Yaakov, HaRav Hirsch)
Noach 2020/5781: The Generations of the Flood and the Haflaga: Leading to Avraham as Chosen (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (10/20/20)
Sources: HaRav Moshe Shapira, Noach 5763
Lech Lecha 2022/5783: Avrohom is encouraged and helped to actualize his full potential and the spiritual potential of the Land of Israel (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/1/22)
Sources: Kli Yakar
Lech Lecha 2021/5782: The Covenant Between the Parts (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (10/12/21) Sources: Rashi, Ramban, Radak, Ohr Hachaim, HaRav Hirsch
Lech Lecha 2020/5781: Why didn’t Hashem tell Avraham where he should go? (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (10/27/20)
Sources: The Bais Yisroel, Moreshes Gad by HaRav Godel Eisner
The Three Mitzvos of Sefer Breishis and their significance to a Jew, Part 2: Bris Mila (Mrs. Marcy Stern) (11/10/21)
Vayera 2022/5783: The Story of Avimelech – When there is no fear of G-d (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/08/22)
(Sources: Lev Shalom by HaRav Shalom Schwadron)
Vayera 2021/5782: “Shall I conceal from Avraham what i do?” (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (10/19/21) (Sources: Classic Commentaries, HaRav Hirsch)
Vayera 2020/5781: Avrohom Avinu Paving the Way for Overcoming Obstacles and Making Good Choices (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/03/20)
Sources: Bais Yisroel, Harav Yisrael Alter zy”a, Gerrer Rebbel, Midrash Tanchuma
Chayei Sara 2022/5783: What Avrohom instilled in us via the negotiations with Bnei Chet (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/15/22)
Sources: HaRav Moshe Schapira
Parashas Chayei Sara 2021/5782: How could it be that “All the days of Sara’s life were equally good”? (Mrs. Leah kohn) (10/26/21)
Sources: Classic Commentaries 23:1,2 (commentaries detailed in class)
Chayei Sara 2020/5781: Growing by Overcoming Resistance and Deepening our Knowledge and Commitment (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/10/20)
Sources: Sfat Emet, Shem MiShmuel, Moreshet Gad
Toldot 2022/5783: The Brachas of Yitzchok to Yaakov and Eisav (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/22/22)
(Sources: Lev Shalom by HaRav Shalom Schwadron)
Toldot 2021/5782: The connection between Yitzchak’s attribute of gevura and laughter (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/02/21) (Sources: Classical commentaries and Be’er Maim Chaim by the Rabbi of Tzernowitz)
Toldot 2020/5781: Confronting External and Internal Evil (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/17/20)
Sources: Bais Yisroel, Harav Yisrael Alter zy”a, Gerrer Rebbel
Vayetzei 2022/5783 Hashem’s presence with Yaakov and the Jewish Nation while in Exile (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/29/22)
(Sources: The Chatam Sofer, Lev Eliyahu by R’ Lopian)
Vayishlach 2022/5783 (Rabbi Eliyahu Bergstein) (12/6/22)
(Audio only)
https://www.jewishrenaissance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/120622_vayishlach_eb.mp3
Vayeitzei 2021/5782: Yaakov Avinu’s Example of How to Survive and Even Thrive in Exile (Rabbi Eliyahu Bergstein) (11/09/21)
Vayeitzei 2020/5781: Yaakov – The Attribute of Truth (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/24/20)
Sources: Sifsei Chaim on Breishis by HaRav Chaim Friedlander
Vayishlach 2021/5782 Yaakov’s Fear of Eisav and the Preparation for Meeting him (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/16/21)
Why would Yaakov, who was promised by Hashem he would be protected, be afraid of meeting Eisav and prepare so thoroughly?
Vayishlach 2020/5781: Creating Harmony Between Two Opposites (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/31/20)
Sources: Sifsei Chaim by HaRav Chaim Friedlander
Vayeishev 2022/5783: The Beauty of Zion vis-a-vis the Beaty of the Greeks (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (12/13/22)
Sources: HaRav Moshe Schapira Vayeishev 5745, Aspaklaria Vol. 10
Vayeishev 2021/5782: Turning a Physically and Spiritually Low Point into a New Beginning (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/23/21)
Sources: Netivot Shalom by the Rebbe of Slonim
Vayeishev 2020/5781: Why Would Yosef be the One to Overcome Amalek? (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (12/07/20)
Sources: Sifsei Chaim by HaRav Chaim Friedlander
Miketz 2022/5783 (Rabbi Eliyahu Bergstein) (12/20/22)
Miketz 2021/5782: The Delicate Balance Between trust in G-d and Human Effort (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (11/30/21)
Sources: Sources: Avnei Bareket by Rabbi Kilav, Shem MiShmuel
Miketz 2020/5781: Yosef’s Strategy and Purpose (Rabbi Eliyahu Bergstein) (12/14/20)
Vayigash 2021/5782: The Meeting between Yehuda and Yosef in Egypt and at the End of Time (12/08/21)
(Sources: Ramban, Shem MiShmuel)
The Three Mitzvos of Sefer Breishis and their significance to a Jew, Part 3: The Non-Kosher Part of a Kosher Animal (Mrs. Marcy Stern) (11/17/21)
Vayechi 2023/5783: Why are we told that Yaakov wanted to reveal the end of time if it was concealed from him? (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (01/03/23)
Vayechi 2021/5782: The Contributions of Rachel Imeinu to Klal Yisroel (Rabbi Eliyahu Bergstein) (12/14/21)
What the Division of the Torah into Five Books Reveals to us about the way Hashem Leads the World, the Jewish Nation and our own Life Journey, Part 1 (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (12/08/21)
(Unfortunately the camera malfunction, so there is no video. However, you can still listen to the class by clicking on the link)
What the Division of the Torah into Five Books Reveals to us, Part 2: Covenants in Bereishis and Their Meaning for us Today (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (12/22/21)
What the Division of the Torah into Five Books Reveals to us, Part 3: Bereishis – An Outline of Jewish History (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (01/05/22)
What the Division of the Torah into Five Books Reveals to us, Part 4: Sforno’s Preface to Bereishis (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (01/19/22)
To Be Blessed and To Be a Blessing: Discovering the Essence of a Blessing by Examining those in Sefer Bereishis (Mrs. Leah Kohn) (12/21/21)
Seeing Yourself the Way G-d Sees You: An Analysis of the 3 Versions of the Creation of Man in Breishis, Part 1 (Mrs. Esther Wein) (10/14/20)
Seeing Yourself the Way G-d Sees You: An Analysis of the 3 Versions of the Creation of Man in Breishis, Part 2 (Mrs. Esther Wein) (10/21/20)
Seeing Yourself the Way G-d Sees You: An Analysis of the 3 Versions of the Creation of Man in Breishis, Part 3 (Mrs. Esther Wein) (10/28/20)