Chanukah in the Thought of the Maharal
JLE 26/11/13
Abarbanel's Torah Commentary: Rationalism, Creativity and Systematic Analysis in the Pursuit of Truth
JLE Oct - Dec 2013
Session 1: Introduction
Sessions 2-5: Sin in the Garden
Session 4 was misrecorded
Sessions 6-8: Blessings and the Rainbow
Exile and the Sukkah
JLE 17/09/13
Zichronot: When God Remembers Us
JLE 03/09/13
Ibn Ezra's Torah Commentary: Textual Fidelity, Interpretative Brilliance and Grammatical Triumph
JLE Apr - Jul 2013
Sessions 1-2: Introduction
Sessions 3-4: Early BeReishit Narratives
Session 5: Other Early Narratives
Session 6: Added Verses?
Session 7: Approach to the Text
Sessions 8-9: Asseret HaDibrot
The Haggadah with Rabbi Y.I. Chover's Commentary
JLE March 2013
Seforno’s Torah Commentary: Renaissance Brilliance, Human Sensitivity and Narrative Fidelity
JLE January – March 2013
Sessions 1 & 2: Introduction to Seforno's Commentary
Session 3: BeReishit
Session 4: Universalism
Session 5: Approach to the Mishkan
Sessions 6 & 7: The Story of Yosef and Narrative Continuity
Rashbam’s Torah Commentary: Creativity, Literalism and Peshat
JLE October – December 2012
Session 1: Introduction and BeReishit
Session 2: Rashbam and Peshat
Session 3: When Rashi opts for Derash
Session 4: Yishmael, Yitzchak and Akeidah
Session 5: Chevron and Yitzchak
Session 6: Adventures in Parashat Toldot
Session 7: The Avot and Mitzvot
Time and People: Rav Hutner on the World of Creativity
JLE 11/09/12