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Personal Protection, National Permanence, Extraordinary Potential: Deeper Meanings of Yaacov's Ladder [Ramban on Vayeitzei]

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: November 24 2025

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Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Gemara:

Aggadeta, Chullin

Machshava:

Galut, Geulah, History, Israel, Non-Jews, Prophecy, Ramban, Spirituality, The Avos

Nach:

Daniel, Tehillim, Zecharia

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Ramban al haTorah

References: Chullin: 91B

Description

A shiur on Ramban al ha-Torah for the 11th- and 12th-grade talmidim of the Wrubel BMK (Beis Midrash Katan) at MTA/YU.

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Personal Protection, National Permanence, Extraordinary Potential: Deeper Meanings of Yaacov's Ladder [Ramban on Vayeitzei]

Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Gemara:

Aggadeta, Chullin

Machshava:

Galut, Geulah, History, Israel, Non-Jews, Prophecy, Ramban, Spirituality, The Avos

Nach:

Daniel, Tehillim, Zecharia

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Ramban al haTorah

References: Chullin: 91B

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Personal Protection, National Permanence, Extraordinary Potential: Deeper Meanings of Yaacov's Ladder [Ramban on Vayeitzei]

Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Gemara: Aggadeta, Chullin Machshava: Galut, Geulah, History, Israel, Non-Jews, Prophecy, Ramban, Spirituality, The Avos Nach: Daniel, Tehillim, Zecharia

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Ramban al haTorah

References: Chullin: 91B

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Gemara:

Aggadeta, Chullin

Machshava:

Galut, Geulah, History, Israel, Non-Jews, Prophecy, Ramban, Spirituality, The Avos

Nach:

Daniel, Tehillim, Zecharia