YUTorah Online

Aggada, Halacha and Meta: How the First 5 Pesukim Unlock the Entire Sefer Devarim (Gra & Ha-Kesav ve-ha-Kabbala)

00:00 / 00:00

1.0x

speed

Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.

What IS Sefer Devarim all about? What does "Mishneh Torah" mean? How about "Ba'er Heitev"?

More from this:

Why the Makkos? Learning to Notice Hashem's Subtle Purposes
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jan 13, 2026
- Series: Five Minute Parsha
  Venue: Yeshivat Sha'alvim
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Avoda Zara
  
  Halacha:
  
  Torah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Chinuch, Hashem, Ikkarei Emunah, Mesilas Yeshorim, Prophecy, Ramban, Spirituality
  
  Parsha:
  
  Bo, Noach, Va'era
- Duration: 8 min
Four Geulos, Four Cups: Lessons for the Seder Night ... and for Everyday
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jan 12, 2026
- Series: Ten Minute Torah
  Venue: Yeshivat Torat Shraga
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Avoda Zara, Pesachim
  
  Halacha:
  
  Minchas Chinuch, Pesach
  
  Machshava:
  
  Chassidut, Geulah, Hashem, History, Mesilas Yeshorim, Middot, Philosophy of Halacha, Prophecy, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality
  
  Midrash:
  
  Midrash Rabbah - Torah
  
  Parsha:
  
  Va'era
  
  Yerushalmi:
  
  Pesachim
- Duration: 9 min
Of Frogs and Rambams: Kiddush Hashem, Inside and Out
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jan 12, 2026
- Series: Ten Minute Torah
  Venue: Yeshivat Hakotel
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Berachot, Pesachim
  
  Halacha:
  
  Kiddush Hashem
  
  History:
  
  8th - 10th Centuries CE
  
  Machshava:
  
  Ahavat Hashem, Mesilas Yeshorim, Philosophy of Halacha, Prophecy, Rambam, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality
  
  Midrash:
  
  Sifri
  
  Nach:
  
  Daniel
  
  Parsha:
  
  Va'era
  
  Yerushalmi:
  
  Pesachim
- Duration: 9 min

Becoming a Bar Da'as, Creating Kinyanei Torah: From Lomdus to Machshava in Masseches Kiddushin
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jan 12, 2026
- Series: Five Minute Mussar
  Venue: Yeshivat Yishrei Lev
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Kiddushin
  
  Halacha:
  
  Business, Family & Ishut, Weddings
  
  Machshava:
  
  Mesilas Yeshorim, Philosophy of Halacha, Spirituality, Torah
  
  Mishna:
  
  Avot
  
  Personalities:
  
  Rambam
- Duration: 7 min
How to "Water" Your Own Roots: Three Tools of National and Personal Geula
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jan 11, 2026
- Series: Fifteen Minute Parsha
  Venue: Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Taanit
  
  Halacha:
  
  Mikvaot
  
  Machshava:
  
  Bein Adam L'Chaveiro, Galut, Geulah, Mesilas Yeshorim, Middot, Rambam, Ramban, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality
  
  Nach:
  
  Yeshayahu
  
  Parsha:
  
  Bo, Shemot, Va'era
  
  Personalities:
  
  Rav Aharon Lichtenstein
- Duration: 17 min
Moshe's Questions, Hashem's Answers: Uncovering the Arc of Galus and Growth
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jan 11, 2026
- Series: Ten Minute Torah
  Venue: Yeshivat Sha'arei Mevaseret Zion
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Avoda Zara
  
  Halacha:
  
  Torah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Galut, Geulah, Hashem, History, Mesilas Yeshorim, Prophecy, Rambam, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality, The Avos, Torah
  
  Parsha:
  
  Bereishit, Ki Tisa, Shemot, Va'era, Vayigash
- Duration: 11 min

Oker Harim and Sinai (1)
- Speaker: Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
- Date: Jan 15, 2026
- Venue: Yeshivat Migdal HaTorah
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Horayot
  
  Halacha:
  
  Rules of Psak
- Duration: 48 min
Hearing the Call of G-d: The Mantle of Leadership & Responsibility in Every Generation
- Speaker: Mrs. Michal Horowitz
- Date: Jan 14, 2026
- Venue: Cong. Shaaray Tefila (Lawrence, NY)
  
  Machshava:
  
  Leadership, The Avos
  
  Midrash:
  
  Midrash Rabbah - Torah
  
  Nach:
  
  Shmuel
  
  Parsha:
  
  Shemot
- Duration: 45 min
The Non-Nesiim Part II: Akavya Ben Mahalalel
- Speaker: Rabbi Elliot Schrier
- Date: Jan 14, 2026
- Venue: Cong. Bnai Yeshurun (Teaneck, NJ)
  
  Machshava:
  
  History, Mesorah
- Duration: 15 min

Why the Makkos? Learning to Notice Hashem's Subtle Purposes
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jan 13, 2026
- Series: Five Minute Parsha
  Venue: Yeshivat Sha'alvim
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Avoda Zara
  
  Halacha:
  
  Torah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Chinuch, Hashem, Ikkarei Emunah, Mesilas Yeshorim, Prophecy, Ramban, Spirituality
  
  Parsha:
  
  Bo, Noach, Va'era
- Duration: 8 min
Four Geulos, Four Cups: Lessons for the Seder Night ... and for Everyday
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jan 12, 2026
- Series: Ten Minute Torah
  Venue: Yeshivat Torat Shraga
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Avoda Zara, Pesachim
  
  Halacha:
  
  Minchas Chinuch, Pesach
  
  Machshava:
  
  Chassidut, Geulah, Hashem, History, Mesilas Yeshorim, Middot, Philosophy of Halacha, Prophecy, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality
  
  Midrash:
  
  Midrash Rabbah - Torah
  
  Parsha:
  
  Va'era
  
  Yerushalmi:
  
  Pesachim
- Duration: 9 min
Of Frogs and Rambams: Kiddush Hashem, Inside and Out
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jan 12, 2026
- Series: Ten Minute Torah
  Venue: Yeshivat Hakotel
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Berachot, Pesachim
  
  Halacha:
  
  Kiddush Hashem
  
  History:
  
  8th - 10th Centuries CE
  
  Machshava:
  
  Ahavat Hashem, Mesilas Yeshorim, Philosophy of Halacha, Prophecy, Rambam, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality
  
  Midrash:
  
  Sifri
  
  Nach:
  
  Daniel
  
  Parsha:
  
  Va'era
  
  Yerushalmi:
  
  Pesachim
- Duration: 9 min

Comments
0 comments Leave a Comment