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  • Negev – lecture 17

    Negev – lecture 17

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  • Negev – lecture 16

    Negev – lecture 16

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  • Negev – lecture 15

    Negev – lecture 15

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  • Negev – lecture 14

    Negev – lecture 14

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    The land of the Negev you have given me, Achsa said to her father. We see 2 interesting interpretations: one – she means her husband – Othniel! called “Negev” – because he has only Torah! And does not worry about earning a living. And the second: she means herself! She has become like the Negev,…

  • Negev – lecture 13

    Negev – lecture 13

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    In this lecture, we will analyze another story related to the Negev – the story of the wedding of Achsa, the daughter of Caleb, to Othniel, who would become the first judge of Israel. Caleb promises his daughter to whoever conquers “Kiryat Sefer”. Why? The daughter – Achsa – theatrically falls off the donkey and…

  • Negev – lecture 12

    Negev – lecture 12

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    In this lecture, we will answer all the questions we asked about the story of the King of Arad. The connection between the death of Aaron, the war against the King of Arad, and the surprising and tragic journey of the Israelites south. Tragic, because the Israelites adopt “the way of the spies” – they…

  • Negev – lecture 11

    Negev – lecture 11

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    We will delve deeper into the question from the previous lecture – why did the Israelites move south from “Kadesh” towards Eilat and not north – into the land of Canaan? According to the maps, this doesn’t make sense, and according to the Torah, it doesn’t make sense: They had already defeated the king of…

  • Negev – lecture 10

    Negev – lecture 10

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    We will examine maps of the Negev and ask – why didn’t the Israelites go through the Negev, but instead took a detour through Edom? And why is the story of the King of Arad so important? The Torah teaches us that the Israelites not only followed the path of the spies, but also followed…

  • Negev – lecture 9

    Negev – lecture 9

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    After all the explanations we saw for Moshe’s instruction – “Go up to the Negev”, we understand that the Negev is a place of preparation, progress and dealing with difficulties towards reaching a goal. I will share my family’s story of immigrating, which also began in the Negev! The next stage in the “Book of…

  • Negev – lecture 8

    Negev – lecture 8

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    Three beautiful explanations for Moshe’s command to the spies – “Go up to the Negev”. The first is based on the Gemara, which says that the goal was to follow in the footsteps of Avraham. Can we follow in Avraham’s footsteps today? The second – the goal was to tour – to see the beauty…