Shavuot Journal

Shavuot 5781

Great Figures of Modern Torah Study

Rav Hutner on Joy of Torah Study, by Rav Yitzchak Blau

Rav Kook on the Ethical Foundations of Torah Study, by Rav Elyakim Krumbein

Rav Lichtenstein on Woman and Torah Study, by Rabbanit Tonya Mittelman

Rav Breuer’s Methodology of Tanakh Study, by Rav Yehuda Rock

Rav Soloveitchik on Intellect and Experience in Torah Study, by Rav Reuven Ziegler

	The Meaning of Shavuot
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l	Why Was Coercion Necessary in the Giving of the Torah?
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l	"He Held the Mountain Over Them"
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l	Two Essential Lessons Before Receiving the Torah
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l	Shavuot and Soulsearching
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Torah of Fire and Water
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	On Conversion
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Accepting the Torah - Then and Now
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	"The Day that You Stood before the Lord at Chorev"
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	"Lest You Forget What You Have Seen"
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Remembering the Revelation at Sinai
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	The Challenges of Accepting the Torah
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Shavuot and the Golden Calf
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Master and Beloved
Harav Yoel Bin-Nun	The Meaning of Shavuot and its Unique Offering
Rav David Brofsky	The Customs of Shavuot
Rav Elaykim Krumbein	Shavuot: Learning to Say No
Rav Elaykim Krumbein	"Greater is One Who is Commanded and Fulfills"
Rav Elaykim Krumbein	Compulsory Love: Free Will and our Acceptance of the Torah
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein	The Marriage of God and Israel - The Haftara for Shavuot
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein	Shavuot and the Mitzva of Charity
Rav Asher Meir	The Medium and the Message
Rav Binyamin Tabory	The Kingdom of the House of David
Rav Moshe Taragin	Torah Reading and Mount Sinai

	Torah Study
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l	Torah Study in the Modern World
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l	The Importance of In-Depth Torah Study
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l	Torah Values and Torah Commandments
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Why Learn Gemara?
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Vitality in the Service of God
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Hunger for the Word of God
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Torah and Life
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	The Nature and Value of Torah Study
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Reflections Upon Birkot HaTorah
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	"Make Your Torah Permanent:" The Centrality of Torah Study
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein	Beit Mikdash and Beit Midrash
Dr. Aharon Ahrend	R. Yehuda Amital on Torah Study
Rav Elyakim Krumbein	Torah Lishmah – In the Mind or in the Heart?
Rav Yair Kahn	Birkat Ha-Torah: The Highest of Blessings
Dr. Avigail Rock	Rashi as a Teacher of Values
Rav Tzvi Sinensky	The Purpose of Talmud Torah
Rav Moshe Taragin	Maintaining the Boundaries of Written and Oral Law

	Standing at Sinai
Harav Yaakov Medan	To Whom Did God Speak at Sinai
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	"Moshe Hid His Face, For He Was Afraid to Look at God"
Rav Itamar Eldar	"And All the People Saw the Sounds"
Rav Dr. Judah Goldberg	Conversion at Sinai
Rav Dr. Judah Goldberg	The Covenant of the Avot and the Covenant of Sinai
Rav Tamir Granot	The Dual Revelation at Sinai
Rav Yonatan Grossman	The Shofar of Sinai
Rav Alex Israel	How to Divide the Ten Commandments
Rav Yair Kahn	Moshe and the Giving of the Torah
Rav Menachem Leibtag	Matan Torah - Parshat Yitro
Rav Menachem Leibtag	Study Questions for Tikun Leil Shavuot
Rav Menachem Leibtag	Shavuot and Matan Torah
HaRav Yaakov Medan	When Were the 3 Days of Preparation for Matan Torah?
Rav Jonathan Mishkin	"Examine it Through and Through - For All is Contained Therein"
Rav Avraham Shama	God's Descent unto Mt. Sinai
Rav Elchanan Samet	The Tenth Commandment: "You Shall Not Covet"
Rav Moshe Taragin	A Desert Gift
Rav Chanoch Waxman	The Covenant at Sinai

	Bikkurim
Rav Michael Hattin	The Bringing of the First Fruits
Rav Moshe Taragin	The Sacrifices of Shavuot: Shtei ha-Lechem and Kevasim
Rav Moshe Taragin	The Essential Nature of Bikkurim
Rav Moshe Taragin	Bikkurim Brought by A Convert
Rav Moshe Taragin	Bikkurim as a Sacrifice

	Megillat Ruth
Rav Amnon Bazak	A Comparison of Ruth and Iyov
Harav Yaakov Medan	Why Was Elimelekh Punished?
Harav Yaakov Medan	Redemption in Megillat Ruth
Rav Mordechai Sabato	The Night at the Threshing Floor: Uncovering the Motives of Naomi, Ruth and Boaz
Rav Moshe Taragin	The Process of Geirut
Dr. Yael Ziegler	Ruth and Boaz: Mirror Characters
Dr. Yael Ziegler	Three Forms of Redemption in Megillat Ruth
Dr. Yael Ziegler	Megillat Ruth: Whats in a Name?
Dr. Yael Ziegler	The Roots of Megillat Ruth: Lot and Avraham
Dr. Yael Ziegler	Audio shiurim on Megillat Ruth

	Sefirat Ha-Omer: Halakha
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Two Aspects of the Mitzva of Counting the Omer
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l	Shaving for Shabbat during Sefira
Rav Shlomo Brin	Sefirat HaOmer at Night
Rav David Brofsky	Sefirat Ha-Omer: Mourning Practices During the Omer
Rav David Brofsky	Sefirat Ha-Omer: The Reasons and the Scope of the Mitzva
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon	Sefirat HaOmer: A Biblical or Rabbinic Obligation
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon	Sefirat HaOmer: Miscellaneous Issues
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon	Sefirat HaOmer: Practices of Mourning During Sefira
Rav Elchanan Samet	"From the Day Following Shabbat"
Rav Doniel Schreiber	Forgetting to Count the Omer
Rav Moshe Taragin	Counting Days and Weeks of the Omer
Rav Moshe Taragin	Counting Days and Weeks of the Omer Part 2
Rav Moshe Taragin	Sefirat Ha-Omer Without Beit Ha-Mikdash
Rav Moshe Taragin	Sefirat Ha-Omer and the shita of the Behag
Rav Moshe Taragin	Is Sefirat Ha-omer a Time-Bound Mitzva?
Rav Moshe Taragin	Methods of Performing Sefirat Ha-omer

	Sefirat Ha-Omer: Jewish Thought
Rav Yitzchak Etshalom	Understanding the Rambam's Approach to Sefirat HaOmer
HaRav Yaakov Medan	The Agricultural and Historical Significance of Sefirat HaOmer
Rav Shlomo Levy	Days of Tikkun Ha-middot
Rav Asher Meir	Lag Ba-Omer and the "Sefirat Ha-Omer Jew"
Rav Yehuda Rock	The Waving of the Omer, the Counting of the Omer, and the Festival of Shavuot
Rav Zvi Shimon	The Counting of the Omer

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