Venue: Nofei HaShemesh Nofei HaShemesh

Parsha:

Va'era 

References: Berachot: 5a ,  Berachot: 3a ,  Shulchan Aruch: Yora Deah 179:6  

Description

a. The Steipler on tzfardeia and the destructive power of anger.<br> b. Rav Zevin's explanation of "v'lakachti eschem mitachas sivlos mitzrayim": the power of doing things by rote. c. Rav Melech Schachter on the machlokes Rav Yochanan and Reish Lakish in Brachos 5a on the source that yesurim cleanse a person in this world.<br> d. The Machlokes between the Ibn Ezra and Radbaz about whether the first 3 plagues affected the Jews, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe's support for the Ibn Ezra.<br> e. Why Pharoh hardened his heart after the plague of pestilence, according to Rav Leib Chasman and the Malbim.<br> f. Rav Yaacov Kaminetsky's defense of the Rambam's opinion that there's no such thing as magic.