THE GEOMETRIC EFFECT OF YAVNEH
Rabbi Dunner shares a strange anecdote from Talmud Yerushalmi, referencing a pasuk in Parshat Chukkat. How does Rabbi Yehoshua ben Kabsoi resolve a lifelong difficulty with this pasuk via the yeshiva in Yavneh that was established by Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai? Rav Meir Shapira of Lublin offers a beautiful explanation.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In this richly layered shiur on Megillat Ruth, Rabbi Dunner explores Ruth’s journey from Moabite outsider to matriarch of the Davidic dynasty. Through Chazal,... Read More