Category: Judaïsme et Torah

Lag BaOmer explained: the counting of the Omer, the students of Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the Zohar, the bonfires and Meron, with the lectures of Rav Benizri.

Shavuot explained: the counting of the Omer, Sinai, the night of study, dairy foods, the first fruits and Ruth, with the teachings of Rav Raphaël Benizri.

Yom Kippur explained: teshuvah, kapparah, the five prohibitions, Kol Nidre, Ne’ilah, the Book of Yonah and forgiveness between people, with Rav Benizri.

Rosh Hashanah explained: judgment, kingship, shofar, prayers, the symbolic foods of the meal, Tashlikh and the ten days of teshuvah, with the lectures of Rav Raphaël Benizri.

What is the weekly parashah? The 54 parashiyot, the Shabbat reading, the haftarah, Simchat Torah, Israel and the Diaspora, and how to study it.

Bereshit Rabbah: the great Midrash on Genesis, its era, Rabbi Hoshaya, its parashiyot, its method and its texts, as read by Rav Raphaël Benizri.

Rabbi Akiva, Saadia Gaon, Rashi, Rambam, Ramban, Maharal, Ramchal, the Baal Shem Tov, Rav Kook: their works and ideas, as read by Rav Benizri.

Jewish thought explained: Written and Oral Torah, Talmud, Midrash, philosophy, Kabbalah, mussar, Hasidism, its great questions and how to study it.

Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah and Hoshana Rabbah: the eighth day, Israel and the Diaspora, hakafot, the prayer for rain, and Rav Benizri's teaching.

Why we eat unleavened bread on Pesach: the verses, the bread of affliction and of freedom, matzah at the Seder, and what Rav Raphaël Benizri teaches.