Parsha:

Re'eh 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: Jewish Heritage Tour of France

Description

Lecture given on a bus in France. Rabbi Schachter discusses Parshas Re'eh. From which pasuk in this parsha do we learn that one prays towards Israel? Why is Erev Pesach, after chatzos, batel shiva? Does Ir Hanidachas apply to non avoda zarah aveiros? Do the yamim noraim cancel shiva? Are women commanded in simchas yom tov? Why do synagogues hold appeals and recite yizkor on yom tov? Why does a chasan get an aliya? If a Ir Hanidachas never was and never will be, why was it written in the torah? Can humans understand the essence of Hashem? From which pasuk is the source that one requires to recite a bracha before learning torah? Which three mitzvos are not fulfilled through action, but rather through learning its laws?