Chumash - Sefer Vayikra

Shiurim

• 001 - Parashat Vayikra (2005)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  To start out this book, which is primarily about sacrifices (korbanot), Rav Binny asks: What is the value of sacrifice in our lives? He also explores the connection between the korbanot, idol worship, and tefillah (prayer).

• 003 - Parashat Tzav (2008)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Rav Binny takes a look at a very unusual and seemingly mundane task in the Yom Kippur service of the Temple: the taking out of the ashes. What does it mean to ‘take out the garbage’ in our lives, and what can we learn from doing so? He conc

• 007 - Parashat Emor (2008)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 007 - Parashat Emor (2008) by Rav Binny Freedman, from Chumash - Sefer Vayikra.

• 011 - Parashat Behukotai (2008)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Rav Binny explores the reasons for all of the blessings and curses with the help of Rashi, a midrash, the Birkat HaMazon (Blessing After Meals), and a beautiful perspective from Rav Kook. How do you change the way that you look at the world

• 008 - Parshiot Behar & Behukotai (2006)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  What is the connection between these two parshiot? What is the shmittah (the sabbatical year) and why do we need an entire year to let the land rest? How is shmittah the secret recipe for being tuned into time?

• 002 - Parashat Vayikra (2008)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  This class is dedicated to the eight boys who fell in the attack at Mercaz HaRav last week, and includes a brief story of a friend of Rav Binny’s who was there at the time. Rav Binny introduces the central theme of the Book of Vayikra, whic

• 004 - Parashat Shemini (2007)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Could there possibly be a conceptual relationship between the deaths of Nadav and Avihu and the mitzvah of Kashrut? After hearing Rav Binny explain it, you will answer a resounding ‘Yes!’, but why?

• 006 - Parshiot Tazria & Metzorah (2007)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  In this class, Rav Binny touches upon Mashiach’s coming, the difference between tzaarat and its English mistranslation ‘leprosy’, and the role of the Kohanim in treating this most famous biblical disease.

• 005 - Parshiot Tazria & Metzorah (2006)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Why does the tzaarat punishment for lashon hara (evil speech) lead to being isolated outside of the encampment? Through this parasha, Rav Binny explores both the destructive role of evil speech and slander in the history of the Jewish peopl

• 009 - Parshiot Behar & Behukotai (2007)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 009 - Parshiot Behar & Behukotai (2007) by Rav Binny Freedman, from Chumash - Sefer Vayikra.

• 010 - Parashat Behar (2008)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 010 - Parashat Behar (2008) by Rav Binny Freedman, from Chumash - Sefer Vayikra.