25 episodes
Midrash 101 Course - Rabbi Haim Ovadia Rabbi Haim Ovadia
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- Religion & Spirituality
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Course Objective- "To understand the historical and social context and identify the message or hidden message". In this series, he analyzes select sections from Midrash.
This is the full Academic Course on Midrash and all its facets taught by Rabbi Haim Ovadia in the summer of 2016 at the Academy of Jewish Religion in Los Angeles, CA.
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Midrash and rashi 1
This is the first session in a series which will analyze Rashi's use of Midrashic material in his torah commentary. We discuss the unique characteristics of Rashi and what made his commentaries on the Talmud and the Torah stand out. We also discuss the nature of Midrash, its categories, and its historical development.
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Midrash and rashi 2
Analysis of the Midrashim used by Rashi in his commentary on the first chapter of Bereshit
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0.4: Intro: Versatility, broad horizons, secular studies
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0.2: Intro: Intricate Parables and dialectic nature of Torah
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0: Intro: Power of Story Telling and Communication