{"teacherID":80453,"teacherPhotoURL":"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816","recentlyAddedLecturesHTMLSnippet":"<ul class=\"recently-added\"><li> <div class=\"post\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" ><div class=\"alignleft\"><div class=\"img-holder\"><img itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816\" alt=\"Rabbi Hanan Balk\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"textbox\"><strong itemprop=\"name\" class=\"title\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/865026\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/the-donkey-of-avraham-avinu-unparalleled-symbol-of-repentance-and-redemption\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=865026\" data-type=\"audio\" data-id=\"865026\">The Donkey of Avraham Avinu:  Unparalleled Symbol of Repentance and Redemption <\/a><\/strong><ul><li class=\"speaker-li\"><span class=\"speaker-icon\">Speaker:<\/span> <span itemprop=\"performer\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"teacher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/teacher\/80453.html\"><span class=\"speaker-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Rabbi Hanan Balk<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"posted-li\"><span itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"TBD\"><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"TBD\"><\/span><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Holidays:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/moadim-u-zmanim\/holidays\/aseret-y-mei-teshuvah\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234728.html\">Aseret Y'mei Teshuvah<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Machshava:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/yamim-noraim\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/235167.html\">Yamim Noraim<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Parsha:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/shemot\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234000.html\">Shemot<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/vayeira\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234012.html\">Vayeira<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"duration-li\"><span>Duration:<\/span> <small itemprop=\"duration\">1 hr 10 min<\/small><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"slide-box\"><ul class=\"add\"><li class=\"download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/download.yutorah.org\/2016\/1067\/865026\/the-donkey-of-avraham-avinu-unparalleled-symbol-of-repentance-and-redemption.mp3\" title=\"Download this shiur\" download target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/li><li class=\"queue\"><a href=\"#\" data-id=\"865026\" title=\"Add to queue list\">Play Later<\/a><\/li><li class=\"play\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/865026\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/the-donkey-of-avraham-avinu-unparalleled-symbol-of-repentance-and-redemption\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=865026\" data-type=\"audio\" title=\"Play this shiur\">Play Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li> <div class=\"post\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" ><div class=\"alignleft\"><div class=\"img-holder\"><img itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816\" alt=\"Rabbi Hanan Balk\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"textbox\"><strong itemprop=\"name\" class=\"title\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/842652\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/%d7%a2%d7%98%d7%99%d7%a4%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%a9\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=842652\" data-type=\"text\" data-id=\"842652\">עטיפת הראש<\/a><\/strong><ul><li class=\"speaker-li\"><span class=\"speaker-icon\">Speaker:<\/span> <span itemprop=\"performer\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"teacher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/teacher\/80453.html\"><span class=\"speaker-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Rabbi Hanan Balk<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"posted-li\"><span itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"TBD\"><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"TBD\"><\/span><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Halacha:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/halacha\/jewish-law\/tefillah\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234081.html\">Tefillah<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"slide-box\"><ul class=\"add\"><li class=\"download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.yutorah.org\/viewer\/1987\/1053\/842652.pdf\" title=\"Download this shiur\" download target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/li><li class=\"queue\"><a href=\"#\" title=\"Add to article list\">Read Later<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li> <div class=\"post\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" ><div class=\"alignleft\"><div class=\"img-holder\"><img itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816\" alt=\"Rabbi Hanan Balk\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"textbox\"><strong itemprop=\"name\" class=\"title\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/814281\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/the-soul-of-a-jew-and-the-soul-of-a-non-jew-an-inconvenient-truth-and-the-quest-for-an-alternative\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=814281\" data-type=\"text\" data-id=\"814281\">The Soul of a Jew and the Soul of a Non-Jew:  An Inconvenient Truth and the Quest for an Alternative<\/a><\/strong><ul><li class=\"speaker-li\"><span class=\"speaker-icon\">Speaker:<\/span> <span itemprop=\"performer\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"teacher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/teacher\/80453.html\"><span class=\"speaker-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Rabbi Hanan Balk<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"posted-li\"><span itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"TBD\"><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"TBD\"><\/span><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Machshava:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/non-jews\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234956.html\">Non-Jews<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/rambam\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234726.html\">Rambam<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/spirituality\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234889.html\">Spirituality<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Parsha:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/bereishit\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/233975.html\">Bereishit<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"slide-box\"><ul class=\"add\"><li class=\"download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.yutorah.org\/viewer\/2014\/814281.pdf\" title=\"Download this shiur\" download target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/li><li class=\"queue\"><a href=\"#\" title=\"Add to article list\">Read Later<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li> <div class=\"post\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" ><div class=\"alignleft\"><div class=\"img-holder\"><img itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816\" alt=\"Rabbi Hanan Balk\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"textbox\"><strong itemprop=\"name\" class=\"title\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/794811\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/episodes-in-shoftim-xi-pilegesh-b-givah-and-s-dom\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=794811\" data-type=\"audio\" data-id=\"794811\">Episodes in Shoftim XI:  Pilegesh B'givah and S'dom                                                    <\/a><\/strong><ul><li class=\"speaker-li\"><span class=\"speaker-icon\">Speaker:<\/span> <span itemprop=\"performer\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"teacher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/teacher\/80453.html\"><span class=\"speaker-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Rabbi Hanan Balk<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"posted-li\"><span itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"TBD\"><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"TBD\"><\/span><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Nach:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/nach\/shoftim\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234870.html\">Shoftim<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"duration-li\"><span>Duration:<\/span> <small itemprop=\"duration\">43 min<\/small><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"slide-box\"><ul class=\"add\"><li class=\"download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/download.yutorah.org\/2013\/1067\/794811\/episodes-in-shoftim-xi-pilegesh-b-givah-and-s-dom.mp3\" title=\"Download this shiur\" download target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/li><li class=\"queue\"><a href=\"#\" data-id=\"794811\" title=\"Add to queue list\">Play Later<\/a><\/li><li class=\"play\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/794811\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/episodes-in-shoftim-xi-pilegesh-b-givah-and-s-dom\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=794811\" data-type=\"audio\" title=\"Play this shiur\">Play Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li> <div class=\"post\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" ><div class=\"alignleft\"><div class=\"img-holder\"><img itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816\" alt=\"Rabbi Hanan Balk\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"textbox\"><strong itemprop=\"name\" class=\"title\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/794810\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/episodes-in-shoftim-x-pesel-mikha-ii-recalling-moshe-rabbeiniu\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=794810\" data-type=\"audio\" data-id=\"794810\">Episodes in Shoftim X:  Pesel Mikha II--Recalling Moshe Rabbeiniu                                                                          <\/a><\/strong><ul><li class=\"speaker-li\"><span class=\"speaker-icon\">Speaker:<\/span> <span itemprop=\"performer\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"teacher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/teacher\/80453.html\"><span class=\"speaker-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Rabbi Hanan Balk<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"posted-li\"><span itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"TBD\"><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"TBD\"><\/span><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Nach:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/nach\/shoftim\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234870.html\">Shoftim<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"duration-li\"><span>Duration:<\/span> <small itemprop=\"duration\">34 min<\/small><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"slide-box\"><ul class=\"add\"><li class=\"download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/download.yutorah.org\/2013\/1067\/794810\/episodes-in-shoftim-x-pesel-mikha-ii-recalling-moshe-rabbeiniu.mp3\" title=\"Download this shiur\" download target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/li><li class=\"queue\"><a href=\"#\" data-id=\"794810\" title=\"Add to queue list\">Play Later<\/a><\/li><li class=\"play\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/794810\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/episodes-in-shoftim-x-pesel-mikha-ii-recalling-moshe-rabbeiniu\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=794810\" data-type=\"audio\" title=\"Play this shiur\">Play Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul>","teacherPhotoURL_o":"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk_o.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816","searchURL":"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/search\/?teacher=80453","teacherLastName":"Balk","teacherPriority":"","teacherPosition":"","topLecturesHTMLSnippet":"<ul class=\"top-lectures\"><li> <div class=\"post\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" ><div class=\"alignleft\"><div class=\"img-holder\"><img itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816\" alt=\"Rabbi Hanan Balk\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"textbox\"><strong itemprop=\"name\" class=\"title\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/744882\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/the-torah-perspective-of-an-army-and-warfare\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=744882\" data-type=\"audio\" data-id=\"744882\">The Torah Perspective of an Army and Warfare<\/a><\/strong><ul><li class=\"speaker-li\"><span class=\"speaker-icon\">Speaker:<\/span> <span itemprop=\"performer\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"teacher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/teacher\/80453.html\"><span class=\"speaker-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Rabbi Hanan Balk<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"posted-li\"><span itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"TBD\"><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"TBD\"><\/span><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Holidays:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/moadim-u-zmanim\/holidays\/yom-yerushalayim\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234196.html\">Yom Yerushalayim<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Machshava:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/israel\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234145.html\">Israel<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Halacha:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/halacha\/jewish-law\/adar-ii\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234023.html\">Adar II<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/halacha\/jewish-law\/war\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234691.html\">War<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Parsha:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/bamidbar\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234548.html\">Bamidbar<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"duration-li\"><span>Duration:<\/span> <small itemprop=\"duration\">41 min<\/small><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"slide-box\"><ul class=\"add\"><li class=\"download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/download.yutorah.org\/2010\/1067\/744882\/the-torah-perspective-of-an-army-and-warfare.mp3\" title=\"Download this shiur\" download target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/li><li class=\"queue\"><a href=\"#\" data-id=\"744882\" title=\"Add to queue list\">Play Later<\/a><\/li><li class=\"play\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/744882\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/the-torah-perspective-of-an-army-and-warfare\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=744882\" data-type=\"audio\" title=\"Play this shiur\">Play Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li> <div class=\"post\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" ><div class=\"alignleft\"><div class=\"img-holder\"><img itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816\" alt=\"Rabbi Hanan Balk\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"textbox\"><strong itemprop=\"name\" class=\"title\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/744713\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/-accept-the-truth-regardless-of-its-source-what-about-sinners-and-heretics-\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=744713\" data-type=\"audio\" data-id=\"744713\">\"Accept the Truth Regardless of Its Source\" :  What About Sinners and Heretics?<\/a><\/strong><ul><li class=\"speaker-li\"><span class=\"speaker-icon\">Speaker:<\/span> <span itemprop=\"performer\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"teacher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/teacher\/80453.html\"><span class=\"speaker-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Rabbi Hanan Balk<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"posted-li\"><span itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"TBD\"><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"TBD\"><\/span><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Holidays:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/moadim-u-zmanim\/holidays\/shavuot\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234181.html\">Shavuot<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Machshava:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/modern-orthodoxy\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234629.html\">Modern Orthodoxy<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/non-jews\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234956.html\">Non-Jews<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/torah-u-madda\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234885.html\">Torah U'Madda<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Gemara:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/gemara\/avoda-zara\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234546.html\">Avoda Zara<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Halacha:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/halacha\/jewish-law\/non-jews\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234792.html\">Non-Jews<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/halacha\/jewish-law\/pat-akum\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234786.html\">Pat Akum<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Parsha:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/yitro\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234019.html\">Yitro<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"duration-li\"><span>Duration:<\/span> <small itemprop=\"duration\">44 min<\/small><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"slide-box\"><ul class=\"add\"><li class=\"download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/download.yutorah.org\/2010\/1067\/744713\/-accept-the-truth-regardless-of-its-source-what-about-sinners-and-heretics.mp3\" title=\"Download this shiur\" download target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/li><li class=\"queue\"><a href=\"#\" data-id=\"744713\" title=\"Add to queue list\">Play Later<\/a><\/li><li class=\"play\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/744713\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/-accept-the-truth-regardless-of-its-source-what-about-sinners-and-heretics-\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=744713\" data-type=\"audio\" title=\"Play this shiur\">Play Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li> <div class=\"post\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" ><div class=\"alignleft\"><div class=\"img-holder\"><img itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816\" alt=\"Rabbi Hanan Balk\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"textbox\"><strong itemprop=\"name\" class=\"title\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/744571\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/the-soul-of-a-jew-the-soul-of-a-non-jew-two-views\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=744571\" data-type=\"audio\" data-id=\"744571\">The Soul of a Jew, the Soul of a Non-Jew:  Two Views<\/a><\/strong><ul><li class=\"speaker-li\"><span class=\"speaker-icon\">Speaker:<\/span> <span itemprop=\"performer\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"teacher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/teacher\/80453.html\"><span class=\"speaker-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Rabbi Hanan Balk<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"posted-li\"><span itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"TBD\"><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"TBD\"><\/span><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Machshava:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/kabbalah\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234718.html\">Kabbalah<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/non-jews\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234956.html\">Non-Jews<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/rambam\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234726.html\">Rambam<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Parsha:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/bereishit\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/233975.html\">Bereishit<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/noach\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/233996.html\">Noach<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"duration-li\"><span>Duration:<\/span> <small itemprop=\"duration\">33 min<\/small><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"slide-box\"><ul class=\"add\"><li class=\"download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/download.yutorah.org\/2010\/1067\/744571\/the-soul-of-a-jew-the-soul-of-a-non-jew-two-views.mp3\" title=\"Download this shiur\" download target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/li><li class=\"queue\"><a href=\"#\" data-id=\"744571\" title=\"Add to queue list\">Play Later<\/a><\/li><li class=\"play\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/744571\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/the-soul-of-a-jew-the-soul-of-a-non-jew-two-views\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=744571\" data-type=\"audio\" title=\"Play this shiur\">Play Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li> <div class=\"post\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" ><div class=\"alignleft\"><div class=\"img-holder\"><img itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816\" alt=\"Rabbi Hanan Balk\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"textbox\"><strong itemprop=\"name\" class=\"title\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/729441\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/kohelet-v-no-sequence-to-the-events-in-the-torah-focus-on-the-mikdash\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=729441\" data-type=\"audio\" data-id=\"729441\">Kohelet V: \"No Sequence to the Events in the Torah\"--Focus on the Mikdash <\/a><\/strong><ul><li class=\"speaker-li\"><span class=\"speaker-icon\">Speaker:<\/span> <span itemprop=\"performer\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"teacher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/teacher\/80453.html\"><span class=\"speaker-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Rabbi Hanan Balk<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"posted-li\"><span itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"TBD\"><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"TBD\"><\/span><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Holidays:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/moadim-u-zmanim\/holidays\/shavuot\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234181.html\">Shavuot<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/moadim-u-zmanim\/holidays\/shiva-asar-b-tamuz\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234688.html\">Shiva Asar b'Tamuz<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Nach:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/nach\/kohelet\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234871.html\">Kohelet<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Machshava:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/beit-hamikdash\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234108.html\">Beit HaMikdash<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/rambam\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234726.html\">Rambam<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/ramban\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234754.html\">Ramban<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/tanya\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/235157.html\">Tanya<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Parsha:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/bamidbar\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234548.html\">Bamidbar<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/ki-tisa\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/233989.html\">Ki Tisa<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/pekudei\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234514.html\">Pekudei<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/teruma\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234004.html\">Teruma<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/tetzaveh\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234005.html\">Tetzaveh<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/vayakhel\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234010.html\">Vayakhel<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"duration-li\"><span>Duration:<\/span> <small itemprop=\"duration\">40 min<\/small><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"slide-box\"><ul class=\"add\"><li class=\"download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/download.yutorah.org\/2008\/1067\/729441\/kohelet-v-no-sequence-to-the-events-in-the-torah-focus-on-the-mikdash.mp3\" title=\"Download this shiur\" download target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/li><li class=\"queue\"><a href=\"#\" data-id=\"729441\" title=\"Add to queue list\">Play Later<\/a><\/li><li class=\"play\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/729441\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/kohelet-v-no-sequence-to-the-events-in-the-torah-focus-on-the-mikdash\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=729441\" data-type=\"audio\" title=\"Play this shiur\">Play Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li> <div class=\"post\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" ><div class=\"alignleft\"><div class=\"img-holder\"><img itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816\" alt=\"Rabbi Hanan Balk\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"textbox\"><strong itemprop=\"name\" class=\"title\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/722767\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/the-torah-is-not-for-angels-or-is-it-\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=722767\" data-type=\"audio\" data-id=\"722767\">The Torah Is Not for Angels--Or Is It?<\/a><\/strong><ul><li class=\"speaker-li\"><span class=\"speaker-icon\">Speaker:<\/span> <span itemprop=\"performer\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"teacher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/teacher\/80453.html\"><span class=\"speaker-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Rabbi Hanan Balk<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"posted-li\"><span itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"TBD\"><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"TBD\"><\/span><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Holidays:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/moadim-u-zmanim\/holidays\/shavuot\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234181.html\">Shavuot<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Machshava:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/ikkarei-emunah\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234649.html\">Ikkarei Emunah<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/rambam\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234726.html\">Rambam<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/ramban\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234754.html\">Ramban<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/revelation\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234769.html\">Revelation<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/span><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/machshava\/jewish-thought\/torah\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234612.html\">Torah<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Gemara:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/gemara\/shabbat\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234221.html\">Shabbat<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"category-group-name\">Parsha:<\/div><div class=\"posted-indent\"><span><a class=\"postedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/parsha\/yitro\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/cache\/category\/234019.html\">Yitro<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"duration-li\"><span>Duration:<\/span> <small itemprop=\"duration\">51 min<\/small><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"slide-box\"><ul class=\"add\"><li class=\"download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/download.yutorah.org\/2008\/1067\/722767\/the-torah-is-not-for-angels-or-is-it.mp3\" title=\"Download this shiur\" download target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/li><li class=\"queue\"><a href=\"#\" data-id=\"722767\" title=\"Add to queue list\">Play Later<\/a><\/li><li class=\"play\"><a class=\"shiur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/722767\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/the-torah-is-not-for-angels-or-is-it-\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=722767\" data-type=\"audio\" title=\"Play this shiur\">Play Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul>","teacherAlbumURL":"_default.jpg","teacherEmail":"rabbibalk@fuse.net","teacherPhotoURL_lp":"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/missingpicture.png?rev=201805017-2000003816","dataCacheTimeSpan":-1,"topLectures":[{"shiurMediaLengthInSeconds":2470.0,"shiurDateSubmittedText":"May 10, 2010","shiurDateSubmitted":"May, 10 2010 18:50:13","shiurMediaLengthIsUpdated":1,"postedInLocations":[],"shiurID":744882,"shiurNeedsToBeEmbed":0,"shiurIsNew":0,"shiurTitle":"The Torah Perspective of an Army and Warfare","shiurIsFileMissingOnServer":0,"shiurDuration":"41 min","shiurDateSubmittedUTC":"2010-05-10T18:50","downloadURL":"https:\/\/download.yutorah.org\/2010\/1067\/744882\/the-torah-perspective-of-an-army-and-warfare.mp3","shiurDateSubmittedFormatted":"2010-05-10","shiurDateSubmittedText2":"May 10, 2010","shiurDataHref":"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/sidebar\/getLectureDataJSON.cfm?shiurID=744882","shiurLecturePageURL":"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/lectures\/lecture.cfm\/744882\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/the-torah-perspective-of-an-army-and-warfare\/","postedInLocationsIDList":"","shiurMediaLength":"January, 01 1900 00:41:10","postedInSeries":[],"targetURL":"mms:\/\/media.yutorah.org\/yuriets\/2010\/1067\/744882.MP3","dataCacheTimeSpan":-0.020833333333333332,"shiurTeachers":[{"teacherEmail":"rabbibalk@fuse.net","teacherPhotoURL_lp":"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/missingpicture.png?rev=201805017-2000003816","teacherID":80453,"landingPageURL":"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/rabbi-hanan-balk\/","teacherPhotoURL":"https:\/\/cdnyutorah.cachefly.net\/_images\/roshei_yeshiva\/hanan_balk.jpg?rev=201805017-2000003816","teacherFullName":"Rabbi Hanan Balk","searchURL":"https:\/\/www.yutorah.org\/search\/?teacher=80453","teacherBio":"Hanan Balk is the rabbi emeritus of Congregation Agudas Israel\/Golf Manor Synagogue in Cincinnati, Ohio.  He received his  B.A. in Ancient Studies from Columbia University, his M.A. In  Religion and Education from Columbia's Teachers' College, and his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University.  For many years he taught Torah on the radio, hosting “Religion on the Line,” a two hour talk show on Cincinnati's CBS affiliate.  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