Bamidbar - Counting the Uncountable

How does counting the Jewish people express Hashem’s love for us? How can we be counted if we are ‘uncountable?’ Why are there different analogies for this uncountability - stars, sand, dust? Who refers to us in each of these ways? How are we both in this world and above it? How does the reality of the Jewish people parallel the Oneness of Hashem? What are the different types of being uncountable?

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Running time: 29:06

Mishpatim - Borrowing Power

Why does the Torah ask us not to charge interest when we lend money? What does the midrash mean when it says that all of Hashem's creations 'lend to each other?' Why does the midrash choose the many symbols it does, amongst them - moon and stars, day and night? What is the concept of money and lending of one's money?

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Running time: 22:58

Devarim & Tisha b'av - Stars and Fire

What is the difference between the light of stars and the light of fire? Why does the verse mean when it says that we will be like the stars and also numerous? How will the Jewish people be like Hashem in the future, and how do we access that light now? What is the central theme of Tisha B'av? Is its purpose to look at all the times that we have been victims, or to build from the ashes?

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Running time: 22:50