Rabbi Gordon - Lech-Lecha: 1st Portion
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Thank you Dear Rabbi Yehoshua B. Gordon of blessed memory , for all your recorded lectures and teachings. May the Torah learned from your lectures be one of the great sources of your uplifting neshama. Thank you. Reply
How do we hear a previous lecture if we missed them? The back button doesn't work more than once but I missed a lecture 4 days ago and I want to go back to it. Reply
On the right side of the screen there is a window with the previous and next lectures in the series of the weekly Torah portion classes. Reply
What book is rabbi Gordon reading from besides the Chumash @4:20 Reply
"The Pentateuch and Rashi's Commentary: A Linear Translation into English: Genesis" Reply
Lech lecha tells of a lie that Sarah tells about being Abraham's sister not his wife. Are there Rabbis who argue that it is never allowed to lie no matter the reason? How can I find these opinions Reply
Sarai and Abram had the same father, but different mothers. So, they were not lying. Reply
lying is allowed to save an innocent life from harm, and save someone from embarrassment. All brides are beautiful is an example. Reply
Toda Thanks for teaching me things I value:) Reply
avram the wanderer I found it so profound of Avram being a wanderer and no longer having an identity or reputation of his own as Rabbi Gordon explained. In dealing with the homeless, I can see where such a thing still exist yet I know that G-d is and always will be the true foundation of every being's existence on this earth. We all are significant to G-d, regardless of circumstances. Thank you Rabbi Gordon for sharing such profound revelations. Reply
In 12:3 there is the statement that Hashem will Bless them that Bless you, yet this seems to contradict what happened to Balaam. It seems as if he may have been telling the Midianite women to go and learn how goodly it was to live as those women in the tents of the exiles, not persuade the men to turn away, yet he was put to death.
Good question! While Balaam ended up blessing the Jewish People, that was not his intention. He planned on cursing them, and G-d counted that intention against him. And his advice, as recorded, was to use idolatry to ensnare the Jews, not to learn from them.