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Daily Dose on the DafAvodah Zara 17Avodah Zara 17 – Shabbat – 9 TammuzBy Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Centerעבודה זרה דף יז, דף יומי2025-07-0403 minDaily Dose on the DafShevuot 46Shevuot 46 – Monday – 20 SivanBy Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Centerשבועות דף מו, דף יומי2025-06-1604 minDaily Dose on the DafShevuot 27Shevuot 27 – Wednesday – 1 SivanBy Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Centerשבועות דף כז, דף יומי2025-05-2802 minDaily Dose on the DafShevuot 6Shevuot 6 – Wednesday – 9 IyarBy Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Centerשבועות דף ו, דף יומי2025-05-0703 minDaily Dose on the DafSanhedrin 107Sanhedrin 107 – Thursday – 5 NissanBy Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Centerסנהדרין דף קז, דף יומיToday's Daily Dose is sponsored in honor of the recovery from the recent hospitalization of Baruch Avner ben Sarah Feigel2025-04-0303 min
JUDAISM DEMYSTIFIED | A Guide for Today's Perplexed: Confronting the Challenges of This GenerationEpisode 119: Rabbi Menachem Leibtag "The Case for the Gush Tanakh Method"In this episode, we’re joined by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, a leading educator in the Gush (Yeshivat Har Etzion) Tanakh methodology—a literary-contextual approach to the study of Tanakh that emphasizes peshat, structure, and thematic development, while reading the text in its historical and narrative context. Rabbi Leibtag lays out the foundations of this method and responds to some of the critiques raised in our previous conversations with J.J. Kimche and Rabbi Yaakov Beasley. We explore concerns that anchoring the Torah in its historical setting may risk weakening its eternal relevance, versus the argument that understanding the text in i...2025-04-011h 04Daily Dose on the DafSanhedrin 83Sanhedrin 83 – Monday – 10 AdarBy Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Centerסנהדרין דף פג, דף יומי2025-03-1003 min
R Yitzchak Shifman Torah ClassesParshat Teruma- When was Commandment to Build Mishkan?Framework of debate between Rashi (related to Eigel)/Ramban (ma'amad Har Sinai) regarding when Jews were commanded to build the Mishkan, and the ordering of the Parshiyot- see Terumah: The Mishkan - Before or After Chet HaEgel? By: Rabbi Menachem Leibtag on outorah.org2025-02-2741 minDaily Dose on the DafSanhedrin 61Sanhedrin 61 – Sunday – 18 ShevatBy Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Centerסנהדרין דף סא, דף יומי2025-02-1603 min
The Greatest Parasha PodcastBo: Rabbi Menachem Leibtag on the ExodusRonnie Hidary, Robyn Beyda, and Linda Cohen interview Rabbi Menachem Leibtag on the true meaning of the peshat of the parasha and the timeline of the Exodus narrative2025-01-3024 minDaily Dose on the DafSanhedrin 38Sanhedrin 38 – Friday – 24 Tevet
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
סנהדרין דף לח, דף יומי
Today’s Daily Dose is sponsored in celebration of the birthday of Yocheved F by her two sisters.
2025-01-2403 minDaily Dose on the DafSanhedrin 17Sanhedrin 17 – Friday – 3 Tevet
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
סנהדרין דף יז, דף יומי2025-01-0302 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Batra 167Bava Batra 167 – Monday – 8 Kislev
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא בתרא דף קסז, דף יומי2024-12-0903 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Batra 141Bava Batra 141 – Wednesday – 12 Marcheshvan
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא בתרא דף קמא, דף יומי2024-11-1304 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Batra 121Bava Batra 121 – Thursday – 22 Tishrei
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא בתרא דף קכא, דף יומי2024-10-2302 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Batra 97Bava Batra 97 – Monday – 27 Elul
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא בתרא דף צז, דף יומי2024-09-3003 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Batra 71Bava Batra 71 – Wednesday – 1 Elul
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא בתרא דף עא, דף יומי2024-09-0402 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Batra 17Bava Batra 17 – Friday – 6 Tammuz
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא בתרא דף יז, דף יומי2024-07-1203 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Metzia 116Bava Metzia 116 – Sunday – 17 Sivan
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא מציעא דף קטז, דף יומי2024-06-2303 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Metzia 96Bava Metzia 96 – Monday – 26 Iyar
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא מציעא דף צו, דף יומי2024-06-0303 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Metzia 77Bava Metzia 77 – Wednesday – 7 Iyar
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא מציעא דף עז, דף יומי2024-05-1502 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Metzia 56Bava Metzia 56 – Wednesday – 16 Nissan
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא מציעא דף נו, דף יומי2024-04-2403 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Metzia 37Bava Metzia 37 – Friday – 26 Adar 2
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא מציעא דף לז, דף יומי
2024-04-0503 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Kama 114Bava Kama 114 – Shabbat – 15 Adar 1
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא קמא דף קיד, דף יומי2024-02-2302 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Kama 95Bava Kama 95 – Monday – 26 Shevat
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
Today's Daily Dose is sponsored anonymously for the safe return of Daniel Shimon ben Sharon.
בבא קמא דף צה, דף יומי2024-02-0503 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Kama 73Bava Kama 73 – Sunday – 4 Shevat
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא קמא דף עג , דף יומי2024-01-1402 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Kama 54Bava Kama 54 – Tuesday – 14 Tevet
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
בבא קמא דף נד, דף יומי2023-12-2602 min
The Memorial Lectures at DrishaThe Prophet Who Stole Chanukah: The Biblical Roots of a Rabbinic HolidayThis Renee and Alexander Bohm Memorial Lecture, taught by Rabbi menachem Leibtag, is sponsored by Elissa Shay Ordan and Daniel J. Ordan in honor of their grandparents, Renee and Alexander Bohm z"l. It was originally recorded on 12/15/2014.
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Around the Calendar with DrishaRosh HaShanah 5772: ”Making Sense Out of Musaf: Using Tanakh to Explain Our Rosh Hashana Makhzor” with Rabbi Menachem LeibtagIt can be difficult enough just to follow the prayer service on Rosh Hashana, let alone to understand what is going on in the Makhzor. We will explain the basic biblical concepts that lay behind our special High Holiday prayers, focusing primarily on the structure and basic themes of the lengthy Musaf service.
2023-12-111h 20Around the Calendar with DrishaHigh Holidays 5770: ”Prayer as a ”Transformative” Experience: From Daily Kriyat Shema to Yom Kippur Neilah” with Rabbi Menachem LeibtagOur High Holiday prayers assume that each individual is judged by God on Rosh Hashana, and that judgment is then sealed on Yom Kippur. Hence, the goal of our prayers is to "transform" the Judge's opinion in our favor. By distinguishing between "comprehension" and "intention" we will undertake a closer examination of prayer in both the siddur and machzor to show how its primary goal may focus much more on the "transformation" of the petitioner.
2023-12-111h 01Around the Calendar with DrishaPurim 5769: ”Megillat Esther - a Story of Survival or Revival?: A Prophetic Perspective” with Rabbi Menachem LeibtagIs the prophetic message of Megillat Esther timeless, or does its author assume that the reader is familiar with 'current events' as well as the relatively recent prophecies of Jeremiah and Zechariah? We will examine this issue to determine how it may affect, and change, our very understanding of the basic message of one of the most popular books of the Bible.
2023-12-111h 24Around the Calendar with DrishaHigh Holidays 5769: ”Can Sacrifice Atone a Sin: The Biblical Connection Between ”Rite” and ”Wrongs”” with Rabbi Menachem Leibtag2023-12-111h 06Around the Calendar with DrishaRosh HaShanah 5768: ”Centrality of Aleinu on Rosh Hashana: A Biblical Perspective on the Concept of Malchiot in Musaf” with Rabbi Menachem LeibtagMalchiot, declaring God's Kingdom, emerges as one of the central themes of our prayers on Rosh Hashana. We will begin by tracing the concept of malchiot in the Bible and its relation to the Covenant between God and His People. We will then study the malchiot section of musaf, which is introduced by Aleinu Leshabayach
2023-12-101h 12Daily Dose on the DafBava Kama 34Bava Kama 34 – Wednesday – 23 Kislev
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
Today's Daily Dose is sponsored anonymously for the safe return of Daniel Shimon ben Sharon.
בבא קמא דף לד, דף יומי
2023-12-0603 minDaily Dose on the DafBava Kama 12Bava Kama 12 – Tuesday – 1 Kislev
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
Today's Daily Dose is sponsored anonymously for the safe return of Daniel Shimon ben Sharon.
בבא קמא דף יב, דף יומי
2023-11-1402 min
The Memorial Lectures at DrishaHolidays and Theology in the Biblical Calendar: From a ’Holy Land’ to a ’Holy People’This Renee and Alexander Bohm Memorial Lecture, taught by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, is sponsored by Elissa Shay Ordan and Daniel J. Ordan in honor of their grandparents, Renee and Alexander Bohm z"l.
It was originally recorded in 2018.
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The Memorial Lectures at DrishaGuiding Lights: Illuminating the Distinctions of the Chanukiah and the MenorahThis Renee and Alexander Bohm Memorial Lecture, taught by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, is sponsored by Elissa Shay Ordan and Daniel J. Ordan in honor of their grandparents, Renee and Alexander Bohm z"l.
It was originally recorded on 12/02/15.
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The Memorial Lectures at DrishaUnderstanding Our Selichot Service: A Rabbinic Tapestry of Biblical Themes and VersesThis Stanley Rudoff Memorial High Holidays Lecture, taught by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, is sponsored by the extended Rudoff family in memory of Stanley Rudoff z'''l.
It was originally recorded on in September 2011.
2023-10-251h 01Daily Dose on the DafKiddushin 73Kiddushin 73 – Wednesday – 10 Marcheshvan
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
קידושין דף עג, דף יומי
2023-10-2502 minDaily Dose on the DafKiddushin 56Kiddushin 56 – Sunday – 23 Tishrei
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
קידושין דף נז, דף יומי
2023-10-0802 minDaily Dose on the DafKiddushin 33Kiddushin 33 – Friday – 29 Elul
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
קידושין דף לג, דף יומי
2023-09-1502 minDaily Dose on the DafKiddushin 10Kiddushin 10 – Wednesday – 6 Elul
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
קידושין דף י, דף יומי
2023-08-2302 minDaily Dose on the DafGittin 79Gittin 79 – Thursday – 16 Av
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
גיטין דף עט, דף יומי
2023-08-0302 minDaily Dose on the DafGittin 51Gittin 51 – Thursday – 17 Tammuz
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
גיטין דף נא, דף יומי2023-07-0604 minDaily Dose on the DafGittin 33Gittin 33 – Sunday – 29 Sivan
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
גיטין דף לג, דף יומי2023-06-1802 minDaily Dose on the DafGittin 16Gittin 16 – Thursday – 12 Sivan
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
גיטין דף טז, דף יומי2023-06-0102 min
Congregation KINS presents Daytime DialoguesKINS presents Daytime Dialogues with Rabbi Menachem Leibtag S3 E36Rabbi Menachem Leibtag is one of the premier teachers of Tanach. His "Tanach Study Center" www.tanach.org, and his weekly insights into parsha and nach have changed the way Tanach is taught in America and Israel. Join Rabbi Matanky for a discussion about the way to study Tanach, the mistakes people make when approaching the sacred texts, and even how he became the great teacher that he is today.2023-05-1730 min
Rabbi Zvi EngelGuest Shiur by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag - Eliyahu and Achav: Who is the Hero and Who is the Villain?
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2023-05-1000 minDaily Dose on the DafSotah 42Sotah 42 – Wednesday – 19 Iyar
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
סוטה דף מב, דף יומי2023-05-1002 minDaily Dose on the DafSotah 16Sotah 16 – Friday – 23 Nissan
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
סוטה דף טז, דף יומי2023-04-1403 minDaily Dose on the DafNazir 63Nazir 63 – Monday – 5 Nissan
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
נזיר דף סג, דף יומי2023-03-2702 minDaily Dose on the DafNazir 37Nazir 37 – Wednesday – 8 Adar
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
נזיר דף לז, דף יומי2023-03-0103 minDaily Dose on the DafNazir 25Nazir 25 – Friday – 26 Shevat
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
נזיר דף כה, דף יומי2023-02-1702 min
The Jewish Education Experience Podcast79: Teaching Students How to Think On Their Own with Rabbi Menachem LeibtagRabbi Menachem Leibtag is the founder of the Tanach Study Center www.tanach.org. He is an internationally acclaimed bible scholar and pioneer of Jewish Education on the internet. Rabbi Leibtag teaches at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Israel. He is best known for his ability to teach students how to study Tanach. Rabbi Leibtag also teaches at Matan, Midreshet Lindenbaum, & Yeshivat Shaalavim; and routinely lectures around the globe, primarily as a Scholar in Residence in communities in North America.Gems:Gap program shapes the community.Give students the tools to take ownership of their learning.Teach...2023-02-0930 minDaily Dose on the DafNazir 13Nazir 13 – Sunday – 14 Shevat
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
נזיר דף יג, דף יומי2023-02-0502 minDaily Dose on the DafNedarim 85Nedarim 85 – Wednesday – 25 Tevet
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
נדרים דף פה, דף יומי2023-01-1802 minDaily Dose on the DafNedarim 65Nedarim 65 – Thursday – 5 Tevet
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
נדרים דף סה, דף יומי2022-12-2902 minDaily Dose on the DafNedarim 46Nedarim 46 – Shabbat – 16 Kislev
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
נדרים דף מו, דף יומי2022-12-0902 minDaily Dose on the DafNedarim 30Nedarim 30 – Thursday – 30 Marcheshvan
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
נדרים דף ל, דף יומי2022-11-2402 minDaily Dose on the DafNedarim 11Nedarim 11 – Shabbat – 11 Marcheshvan
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Lecturer and Founder of the Tanach Study Center
נדרים דף יא, דף יומי
Today's Daily Dose is sponsored
לעילוי נשמות צבי בן משה בונים ויצחק אברהם בן מרדכי ברלובץ ז"ל
by their children Sara and Daniel Berelowitz.2022-11-0402 min
Rav Joe's 929 Tanakh PodcastEp. 99: Vayikra Ch. 18 by Rabbi Menachem LeibtagRabbi Menachem Leibtag introduces the second half of Vayikra. Hebrew and English text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Leviticus.18?lang=bi&aliyot=0'2022-07-0504 min
The Koren PodcastSeder SchmoozeJoin Aryeh, Alex, and the inimitable Dr. Daniel Rose as they share tips, tricks, ideas, and memories to enhance your seder this Pesah.
Dr. Daniel Rose is the mastermind behind the Magerman Edition Koren Educational Siddur Series and the Magerman Edition Koren Youth Haggada. Aryeh and Alex, as well as being co-hosts of your favorite podcast and part of the Koren machine, are both experienced educators.
The three sit down to swap ideas, pedagogy, dos and don'ts for the seder and swap memories and minhagim from sedarim past.
Useful links:
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Ohr Torah Stone: Torah For Our TimeThe Warnings of Jeremiah: Have Jewish Organizations Strayed from their Mission?This week’s shiur, “The Warnings of Jeremiah: Have Jewish Organizations Strayed from their Mission?”,” was delivered by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Senior Lecturer at Midreshet Lindenbaum.2020-07-1551 min
KMTT - the Torah PodcastFrom our Siddur to the Seder 6From our Siddur to the Seder 6: The Four Sons, Answering the Question or Answering the Child, by Rav Menachem Leibtag In the shiur we study the famous Midrash that we quote in our Haggada, showing how the Midrash intentionally 'borrows' the questions from Chumash, but totally changes the answers - to teach how to relate the personality of each child based on his needs. Click here for the source sheet. 2020-03-3150 minKMTT - the Torah PodcastFrom our Siddur to the Seder 5From our Siddur to the Seder 5: Rosh Chodesh Nisan – the Busiest Day in the Bible, by Rav Menachem Leibtag In this shiur, we trace the key events in the Torah from rosh chodesh Nisan in Egypt until rosh chodesh Nisan in the second year, when the Mishkan is assembled & God's shechina returns to the camp of Israel. Click here for sourcesheets.2020-03-3044 minKMTT - the Torah PodcastFrom our Siddur to the Seder 4From our Siddur to the Seder 4: Remembering the Exodus, Once a Year or Once a Day, by Rav Menachem Leibtag The thematic background for why the primary goal of our yearly celebration of the Exodus, is to enhance the practical meaning of our daily mention of the Exodus when we recite the shema in the morning and evening. Click here for sourcesheets.2020-03-3042 minKMTT - the Torah PodcastFrom our Siddur to the Seder 3From our Siddur to the Seder 3: Ha Lachma Anya and the Jewish Home, by Rav Menachem Leibtag The Biblical connection between the very first 'pesach' in Egypt and our own Seder, with a focus on the centrality of the Jewish home ["bayit"] in the very first commandment that Am Yisrael receives (in Shemot chapter 12). Click here for sourcesheets.2020-03-2944 min
KMTT - the Torah PodcastFrom our Siddur to the Seder 2Shiur #2 Kriat Shema and the Shemoneh Esrei, and their Connection to Yetziat Mitzrayim, by Rav Menachem Leibtag This shiur will discuss the logic behind the first three blessings of the "bakasha" section of the Amida - and afterward the connection between kriat shema and the shemoneh esrei, with a focus on the third parsha of kriat shema, and how it connects to the theme and purpose of "Yetziat Mitzrayim." Click here for sources. 2020-03-2338 minKMTT - the Torah PodcastFrom our Siddur to the Seder 1From our Siddur to the Seder, a new series by Rav Menachem Leibtag, Part 1 Given the current Corona situation, we will begin this series with a discussion of the Biblical roots of the famous machloket between the Rambam & Ramban in regard to the nature of our obligation to pray; and the thematic connection between "tefilla" and "teshuva". Click here for sources.2020-03-2043 minKMTT - the Torah PodcastOn Parshat ToldotOn Parshat Toldot with Rav Menachem Leibtag, shiur given during the Bnei Chul Mishmar - Nov 28th, 2019, at the yeshiva2019-12-1047 minKMTT - the Torah PodcastWhen Politics and Religion Clash: A Crash Course on Sefer YirmiyahuWhen Politics and Religion Clash: A Crash Course on Sefer Yirmiyahu, by Rav Menachem Leibtag This shiur was given during the 2019 Tanakh Study Days at Herzog College / Yeshivat Har Etzion.2019-08-151h 04
Deuteronomy (Messianic) Vol. I - The Harvest44 D’varim - Words - Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22Welcome to a most wonderful book in Moshe's set of five: Deuteronomy, or D'varim ("D-var-eem") as we say in Hebrew! The literal word "d'varim" is the plural form of the word "d'var", which means, "word". I won't go into each detail of this parashah, which actually serves as a recap of the major events of B'midbar, much like the last parashah of B'midbar (please recall Parashat Masa’ei). The title of the first portion takes its name from the title of the book, just like every other opening parashah of the Torah. This first parashah will function primarily as an in...2015-07-1200 min