The Forward Female Prophet - The Talmud on the Megillah, Lesson 35

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The Forward Female Prophet: The Talmud on the Megillah, Lesson 35

A Torah class is on Talmud tractate Megillah page 14a-b.

The Virtues and Vices of Female Prophecy

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the Spiritual Leader and Executive Director of Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, serving one of Canada’s most dynamic Jewish communities. He also serves as Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service. He is an active member of Toronto’s Vaad HaRabbanim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis), and a voting member of the COR Kashruth Council of Canada’s executive rabbinical board. Rabbi Kaplan is featured regularly on many local television and radio shows. He is a sought after speaker, with hundreds of lectures on Chabad.org. He and his wife, Faygie, are blessed with eight children. Artistically endowed, the rabbi enjoys drawing, sketching and creating charcoal portraits.

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Fang Tio Indonesia June 21, 2024

Rabbi Kaplan,

Thank you for this lovely shiur.
I'm a Noahide from Indonesia. Why Avigail's descendant didn't inherit David's throne? Reply

Deborah March 27, 2023

Great lesson! I enjoyed the niddah part, that was scientifically and torahfully interesting haha. Looking forward to watching more of this particular series when time permits! Reply

Rita Forbes Clinton February 23, 2021

Rabbi Kaplan,

Thank you for today's study on women prophets of the Torah. By the prophetic you mean an utterance of the moment that can have significant future revelation, and not the office of the prophet that Isaiah, Samuel, Elijah, Ezekiel, and Jeremiah [to name a few] was anointed to operate in where they were led by the voice of G-d.

I must have missed you speaking about Queen Esther. You spent a great deal of time on Abigail and some on Bathsheba. Nevertheless, I look forward to hearing a more indepth study of Huldah. I would like a more indepth study on Bathesheba as well. I thought of Bathesheba as a victim whose Uncle Ahitophel tried to avenge when he joined forces with Absalom to overthrow King David's monarchy. What do the sages say about this? Anyways, each of these women Esther, Abigail, Huldah, Bathesheba, Deborah, deserves full focus. And I would love to hear the sages interpretation of these events chronicled in the Tanakh. A very interesting lesson.

Thank you! Reply

Mendel Kaplan Thornhill March 28, 2023

in response to Rita Forbes:

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The Forward Female Prophet: The Talmud on the Megillah, Lesson 35

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