Parsha:

Balak 

Collections: R' Schachter Jewish Heritage Tour of Lita/Poland

Description

Shiur given during a meal, and on a bus. What do we learn from the prophesy of Bilaam? Does G-d perform miracles for no reason? Is the concept of the resurrection of the dead, explicit in the torah? On which days, will mashiach not come? Who wrote sefer Bilaam? How does the prophesy of Moshe differ from Bilaam? Was Bilaam as great a Moshe? Who is part of klal yisrael? Why does the mishnah distinguish between the students of Bilaam and Avraham, but not between Bilaam and Avraham themselves? Why would the Gra paskin against what is written in the shulchan aruch? Why would Rav Moshe argue on R Chaim Ozer? Why did the Gra not use the concept of tzeiruf hashitos? Why do we paskin like Beis Hillel, if Beis Shamai had the smarter students?