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

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: July 19 2020

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Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Gemara:

Aggadeta

Machshava:

Leadership, Mesorah

Parsha:

Devarim

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Parsha Burst

References: Gra: quoted by Ha-Kesav ve-ha-Kabbala on Devarim 1:1

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

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

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Gemara:

Aggadeta

Machshava:

Leadership, Mesorah

Parsha:

Devarim

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Parsha Burst

References: Gra: quoted by Ha-Kesav ve-ha-Kabbala on Devarim 1:1

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

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Gemara: Aggadeta Machshava: Leadership, Mesorah Parsha: Devarim

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Parsha Burst

References: Gra: quoted by Ha-Kesav ve-ha-Kabbala on Devarim 1:1

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Gemara:

Aggadeta

Machshava:

Leadership, Mesorah

Parsha:

Devarim