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   <title>В чём секрет заработка?</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=1da9f0445</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/1da9f0445-1.jpg"  /></p>Рав Ифраим Якубов<br />
на русском]]></description>
   <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:51:35 -0400</pubDate>
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   <media:title>В чём секрет заработка?</media:title>
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на русском]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
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   <title>The Feet Of David Hamelech That Carried Him To The Beis Medrash</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=28ba07f78</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/28ba07f78-1.jpg"  /></p>Rabbi Daniel Glatstein <br />
in english]]></description>
   <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:40:39 -0500</pubDate>
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   <media:title>The Feet Of David Hamelech That Carried Him To The Beis Medrash</media:title>
   <media:description>&amp;lt;![CDATA[&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/28ba07f78-1.jpg&quot;  /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;Rabbi Daniel Glatstein &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
in english]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
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   <title>Глава Торы: Бегар - Бехукотай</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=70360113e</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/70360113e-1.jpg"  /></p><p>Chabad Russian Center Torah Club<br />на русском</p>]]></description>
   <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:09:42 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>Nothing Happens by Chance</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=ae87c4981</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/ae87c4981-1.jpg"  /></p>Rabbi Chaim Richman <br />
<br />
Parashat Bechukotei features the admonitions, the 'tochacha' in Hebrew, one of the most difficult portions of Torah. These verses detail an escalating series of fearful punishments.  How can such a frightening vision come from a loving God?  But the secret of these 'curses' is not retribution, but  the expression of the Divine pain evoked by the consequences we trigger, when we choose to ignore and deny God in our lives.  <br />
in english]]></description>
   <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 14:23:46 -0400</pubDate>
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   <media:title>Nothing Happens by Chance</media:title>
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&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Parashat Bechukotei features the admonitions, the &apos;tochacha&apos; in Hebrew, one of the most difficult portions of Torah. These verses detail an escalating series of fearful punishments.  How can such a frightening vision come from a loving God?  But the secret of these &apos;curses&apos; is not retribution, but  the expression of the Divine pain evoked by the consequences we trigger, when we choose to ignore and deny God in our lives.  &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
in english]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
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   <title>Parshas Bechar &amp; Bechukotai Shmuz 5785</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=f45b23a8f</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/f45b23a8f-1.jpg"  /></p><p>Thursday Shmuezzen given at Yeshivas Ruach HaTorah by the Rosh Yeshiva Harav Menachem Mark Shlit"a.<br /><br /><br />For any questions or requests , Please reach out to <a href="mailto:ruachhatorahuploads@gmail.com">ruachhatorahuploads@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>in English&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 17:46:23 -0400</pubDate>
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   <media:title>Parshas Bechar &amp;amp; Bechukotai Shmuz 5785</media:title>
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&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;in English&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
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   <title>Гордость или скромность?</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=17a4a5a69</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/17a4a5a69-1.jpg"  /></p>раввин Пинхас Вышедски<br />
<br />
В этом видео раввин Пинхас Вышедски расскажет, как на примере Моше-рабейну сочетать в себе гордость и скромность. Как правильно оценивать свои таланты, реализовывать их в жизни, но при этом не упустить самое главное ?..<br />
Вот об этом важнейшем элементе Вы узнаете в этом уроке.<br />
на русском]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 22:32:45 -0400</pubDate>
   <media:content medium="video" duration="901"  type="video/x-flv"  height="401" width="638" >
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   <media:title>Гордость или скромность?</media:title>
   <media:description>&amp;lt;![CDATA[&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/17a4a5a69-1.jpg&quot;  /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;раввин Пинхас Вышедски&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
В этом видео раввин Пинхас Вышедски расскажет, как на примере Моше-рабейну сочетать в себе гордость и скромность. Как правильно оценивать свои таланты, реализовывать их в жизни, но при этом не упустить самое главное ?..&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Вот об этом важнейшем элементе Вы узнаете в этом уроке.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
на русском]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
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   <title>С каким инструментом Б-г создал мир?</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=8a475ed76</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/8a475ed76-1.jpg"  /></p>Раввин Барух Бабаев<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
на Русском, на Бухарском]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 21:32:17 -0400</pubDate>
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   <media:title>С каким инструментом Б-г создал мир?</media:title>
   <media:description>&amp;lt;![CDATA[&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/8a475ed76-1.jpg&quot;  /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;Раввин Барух Бабаев&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
на Русском, на Бухарском]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
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   <title>Что считается коридором?</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=62a909300</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/62a909300-1.jpg"  /></p>Раввин Барух Бабаев<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
на Русском, на Бухарском]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 21:06:26 -0400</pubDate>
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   <media:title>Что считается коридором?</media:title>
   <media:description>&amp;lt;![CDATA[&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/62a909300-1.jpg&quot;  /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;Раввин Барух Бабаев&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
на Русском, на Бухарском]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
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   <title>Властвование только с сочувствием</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=a306439bc</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/a306439bc-1.jpg"  /></p>Раввин Барух Бабаев<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
на Русском, на Бухарском]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 21:06:26 -0400</pubDate>
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   <media:title>Властвование только с сочувствием</media:title>
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&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
на Русском, на Бухарском]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
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   <title>How to Overcome our Enemies?</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=478150031</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/478150031-1.jpg"  /></p>Rabbi Israel Yakobov<br />
in english]]></description>
   <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:17:27 -0500</pubDate>
   <media:content medium="video" duration="3465"  type="video/x-flv"  height="401" width="638" >
   <media:player url="https://shiur.com/players/flowplayer2/flowplayer.swf" />
   <media:title>How to Overcome our Enemies?</media:title>
   <media:description>&amp;lt;![CDATA[&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/478150031-1.jpg&quot;  /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;Rabbi Israel Yakobov&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
in english]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
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   <title>Be blessed, eat less</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=997b77903</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/997b77903-1.jpg"  width="375"  height="360"  /></p><p>Rabbi Joseph Levy Benyaminov</p>
<p>in English</p>]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2024 23:10:23 -0500</pubDate>
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   <media:title>Be blessed, eat less</media:title>
   <media:description>&amp;lt;![CDATA[&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/997b77903-1.jpg&quot;  width=&quot;375&quot;  height=&quot;360&quot;  /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Rabbi Joseph Levy Benyaminov&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;in English&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
   <media:thumbnail url="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/997b77903-1.jpg"  width="375"  height="360" />
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   <title>Передаю вашу судьбу в ваши руки</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=d52951b01</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/d52951b01-1.jpg"  /></p>Рав Бенцион Зильбер<br />
<br />
- А если мои законы отвергнете.<br />
- Если пойдете со мной «как случайность».<br />
- А вас Я развею среди народов… И опустошу Я землю.<br />
- Но также и это когда они находятся в стране их врагов Я их не презрел и не погнушался ими… ибо Я Б-г их Б-г.<br />
- Законы Йом това.<br />
на русском]]></description>
   <pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2024 22:01:16 -0500</pubDate>
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   <media:player url="https://shiur.com/players/flowplayer2/flowplayer.swf" />
   <media:title>Передаю вашу судьбу в ваши руки</media:title>
   <media:description>&amp;lt;![CDATA[&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/d52951b01-1.jpg&quot;  /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;Рав Бенцион Зильбер&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
- А если мои законы отвергнете.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
- Если пойдете со мной «как случайность».&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
- А вас Я развею среди народов… И опустошу Я землю.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
- Но также и это когда они находятся в стране их врагов Я их не презрел и не погнушался ими… ибо Я Б-г их Б-г.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
- Законы Йом това.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
на русском]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
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   <guid>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=d52951b01</guid>
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   <title>The Order of Things</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=0b2c2257c</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/0b2c2257c-1.jpg"  /></p>Harav Avraham LevyHayim]]></description>
   <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 22:40:07 -0400</pubDate>
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   <media:title>The Order of Things</media:title>
   <media:description>&amp;lt;![CDATA[&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/0b2c2257c-1.jpg&quot;  /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;Harav Avraham LevyHayim]]&amp;gt;</media:description>
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   <title>The Physical and Spiritual Process of Germination</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=7135fac7f</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/7135fac7f-1.jpg"  /></p>The Earth, the Fruit, and the Seed: The Infinite, Heavenly, and Earthly Torah<br />
<br />
For Source Sheets: https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/9345<br />
<br />
This class was presented on Monday, Parshas Behar, 12 Iyar, 5784, May 20, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.<br />
in english]]></description>
   <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 23:34:24 -0400</pubDate>
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   <media:title>The Physical and Spiritual Process of Germination</media:title>
   <media:description>&amp;lt;![CDATA[&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/7135fac7f-1.jpg&quot;  /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;The Earth, the Fruit, and the Seed: The Infinite, Heavenly, and Earthly Torah&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
For Source Sheets: https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/9345&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
This class was presented on Monday, Parshas Behar, 12 Iyar, 5784, May 20, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
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   <title>The couple decided to get divorced</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=b7c62aba8</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/b7c62aba8-1.jpg"  /></p>Rabbi YY Jacobson<br />
<br />
This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Behar, 13 Iyar, 5784, May 21, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.<br />
<br />
With Your Spouse and with G-d: It’s the Relationship Itself that Matters Most<br />
<br />
The Midrash recounts that in the second century, in the famous seaport town of Sidon, on the coast of Lebanon, there lived a married couple blessed with wealth and an honored position in the community. There was, however, a great void in their lives. Although they were married for ten years, they had no children. The couple decided to get divorced.<br />
<br />
They turned to the great Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai for advice. He looked at the couple for a long time, and then he said to them, “I ask only one thing of you both: If you must part, then just as you wed with celebration, so should you part from each other with celebration.”<br />
<br />
They took his advice and arranged a great feast. During the evening, the husband raised his cup and said to his wife, who would soon leave, “True, this is the last meal we shall share. Before you go, look around at the treasures of this house, choose the most precious jewel your heart desires, and take it back with you to your parents’ house.”<br />
<br />
The wife did not respond to his offer. Instead, she mixed and spiced the wine, and they drank a lot. The candles burned low in the room, and the husband fell asleep, overcome by heavy drowsiness. While he was asleep, the wife told her servants to lift him on a bed and carry him to her parents’ house. As dawn broke, the husband opened his eyes in a daze and discovered he was in unfamiliar surroundings. Astonished, he asked, “Where am I?” “In the house of my parents,” she said. “Why?” he asked.<br />
<br />
“This is where you asked to be taken. Did you not say to me last night, ‘Take with you the most precious thing your heart desires?’ To me, dear husband, there is nothing in the world more precious than you.<br />
<br />
They had found each other again. They now fully realized how strongly they loved each other. The next day, the couple of Sidon appeared again before Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. He prayed for the couple, and after a joyful year, they were blessed with a child.<br />
<br />
What is the message of this story? And why didn’t Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai pray for them in the first place? The story of the couple of Sidon, says the Alter Rebbe, is not only about them; it tells an eternal truth about every marriage and the enduring power of love.<br />
<br />
When the couple first came to Bar Yochai, their love for each other was conditional and goal-oriented. If the marriage was not producing a child, there was ultimately no point in it. But then as they were about to part, they discovered how deeply they loved each other. They began to celebrate the intrinsic value of love. So, the couple returned to visit the rabbi, not because they had a solution, but because they knew they wanted to be together. Paradoxically, when the couple began to understand the purity of love that has no ulterior motive, their relationship bore fruit.<br />
<br />
The class explores how our first marriages must morph into second marriages, even with the same partner, and how the setbacks and betrayals we experience are often cries of the soul for a deeper, more authentic, and more vulnerable relationship. We can grow from a superficial relationship to one in which the very relationship means more than anything else. The same is true also in our relationship with Hashem.<br />
<br />
We tell a story of the Lubavitcher Rebbe saving a marriage, even after divorce, when the husband discovered he was not a Kohen.<br />
<br />
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&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Behar, 13 Iyar, 5784, May 21, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
With Your Spouse and with G-d: It’s the Relationship Itself that Matters Most&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
The Midrash recounts that in the second century, in the famous seaport town of Sidon, on the coast of Lebanon, there lived a married couple blessed with wealth and an honored position in the community. There was, however, a great void in their lives. Although they were married for ten years, they had no children. The couple decided to get divorced.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
They turned to the great Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai for advice. He looked at the couple for a long time, and then he said to them, “I ask only one thing of you both: If you must part, then just as you wed with celebration, so should you part from each other with celebration.”&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
They took his advice and arranged a great feast. During the evening, the husband raised his cup and said to his wife, who would soon leave, “True, this is the last meal we shall share. Before you go, look around at the treasures of this house, choose the most precious jewel your heart desires, and take it back with you to your parents’ house.”&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
The wife did not respond to his offer. Instead, she mixed and spiced the wine, and they drank a lot. The candles burned low in the room, and the husband fell asleep, overcome by heavy drowsiness. While he was asleep, the wife told her servants to lift him on a bed and carry him to her parents’ house. As dawn broke, the husband opened his eyes in a daze and discovered he was in unfamiliar surroundings. Astonished, he asked, “Where am I?” “In the house of my parents,” she said. “Why?” he asked.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
“This is where you asked to be taken. Did you not say to me last night, ‘Take with you the most precious thing your heart desires?’ To me, dear husband, there is nothing in the world more precious than you.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
They had found each other again. They now fully realized how strongly they loved each other. The next day, the couple of Sidon appeared again before Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. He prayed for the couple, and after a joyful year, they were blessed with a child.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
What is the message of this story? And why didn’t Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai pray for them in the first place? The story of the couple of Sidon, says the Alter Rebbe, is not only about them; it tells an eternal truth about every marriage and the enduring power of love.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
When the couple first came to Bar Yochai, their love for each other was conditional and goal-oriented. If the marriage was not producing a child, there was ultimately no point in it. But then as they were about to part, they discovered how deeply they loved each other. They began to celebrate the intrinsic value of love. So, the couple returned to visit the rabbi, not because they had a solution, but because they knew they wanted to be together. Paradoxically, when the couple began to understand the purity of love that has no ulterior motive, their relationship bore fruit.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
The class explores how our first marriages must morph into second marriages, even with the same partner, and how the setbacks and betrayals we experience are often cries of the soul for a deeper, more authentic, and more vulnerable relationship. We can grow from a superficial relationship to one in which the very relationship means more than anything else. The same is true also in our relationship with Hashem.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
We tell a story of the Lubavitcher Rebbe saving a marriage, even after divorce, when the husband discovered he was not a Kohen.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
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   <title>Self Care Is Not a Crime Its a Mitzvah</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=d58958808</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/d58958808-1.jpg"  /></p>Rabbi YY Jacobson<br />
<br />
The Great Talmudic Debate: Two People Stuck in a Desert with One Canteen, Who Gets the Water?<br />
For Source Sheets: https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/9332<br />
<br />
This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Kedoshim, 29 Nissan, 5784, May 7, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.<br />
<br />
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   <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:22:11 -0400</pubDate>
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&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
The Great Talmudic Debate: Two People Stuck in a Desert with One Canteen, Who Gets the Water?&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
For Source Sheets: https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/9332&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
This class was presented on Tuesday, Parshas Kedoshim, 29 Nissan, 5784, May 7, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
To sponsor or dedicate an upcoming class click here: https://www.theyeshiva.net/donate&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
To watch more classes &amp; to read Rabbi YY&apos;s articles visit: https://www.theyeshiva.net&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Follow Rabbi YY Jacobson:&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
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   <title>Bread in the Basket</title>
   <link>https://shiur.com/watch.php?vid=284d57e67</link>
   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/284d57e67-1.jpg"  /></p>Rabbi Dovid Kaplan<br />
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   <pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:32:15 -0400</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://shiur.com/uploads/thumbs/83c177fa0-1.jpg"  /></p>Rabbi Dovid Kaplan<br />
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