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Moshe's Donkey: Antisemitic Canard or Aspirational Consistency?

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: January 10 2023

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Series: Fifteen Minute Parsha

Venue: Yeshivat Kerem B'yavneh Yeshivat Kerem B'yavneh

Gemara:

Aggadeta, Megillah

Machshava:

Anti-Semitism, Assara B'Tevet, Geulah, History, Middot, Non-Jews, Spirituality, Torah U'Madda

Midrash:

Midrash Rabbah - Torah

Nach:

Zecharia

Parsha:

Pinchas, Shemot, Vayechi

Personalities:

Rabbi Shamshon Refael Hirsch

References: Megilla: 9A

Description

Avoiding and Valuing Moshe's Donkey in parshas Shemos - Rav Yaacov Kaminetsky utilizes Josephus to understand a Rashi in Megilla.

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Moshe's Donkey: Antisemitic Canard or Aspirational Consistency?

Series: Fifteen Minute Parsha

Venue: Yeshivat Kerem B'yavneh Yeshivat Kerem B'yavneh

Gemara:

Aggadeta, Megillah

Machshava:

Anti-Semitism, Assara B'Tevet, Geulah, History, Middot, Non-Jews, Spirituality, Torah U'Madda

Midrash:

Midrash Rabbah - Torah

Nach:

Zecharia

Parsha:

Pinchas, Shemot, Vayechi

Personalities:

Rabbi Shamshon Refael Hirsch

References: Megilla: 9A

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Moshe's Donkey: Antisemitic Canard or Aspirational Consistency?

Series: Fifteen Minute Parsha

Venue: Yeshivat Kerem B'yavneh Yeshivat Kerem B'yavneh

Gemara: Aggadeta, Megillah Machshava: Anti-Semitism, Assara B'Tevet, Geulah, History, Middot, Non-Jews, Spirituality, Torah U'Madda Midrash: Midrash Rabbah - Torah Nach: Zecharia Parsha: Pinchas, Shemot, Vayechi Personalities: Rabbi Shamshon Refael Hirsch

References: Megilla: 9A

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Gemara:

Aggadeta, Megillah

Machshava:

Anti-Semitism, Assara B'Tevet, Geulah, History, Middot, Non-Jews, Spirituality, Torah U'Madda

Midrash:

Midrash Rabbah - Torah

Nach:

Zecharia

Parsha:

Pinchas, Shemot, Vayechi

Personalities:

Rabbi Shamshon Refael Hirsch