Rabbi David Fohrman is director and co-founder of the institute for text study at the Hoffberger Foundation for Torah Studies. He teaches Biblical themes in a number of diverse settings: bookstores, home groups, and synagogues, and is also an adjunct professor the the Johns Hopkins University. In recent years, Rabbi Fohrman authored and edited several volumes of the Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud.
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Adam, Eve and the Serpent are familiar to us from childhood, yet the meaning of their story seems maddeningly elusive. For example, why did God prohibit our eating of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil? Did He really not want mankind to be able to distinguish right from wrong? In this series of lectures, Rabbi Fohrman takes us back to the Eden story, revealing progressively deeper layers of meaning. In the end, listeners gain an experience in the richness and depth of Torah, and a profound confrontation with concepts that define the core of what it means to be a Jew.
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In this two-part series, Rabbi Fohrman leads us back through the Chumash to explore in detail the lives of both Moses and Miriam, culminating in this fateful incident. The elegant structure that emerges sheds new light on both Moses and Miriam -- and their mysterious connection to the waters of Mei Merivah.
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In these live recordings from a course at the Johns Hopkins University, Rabbi David Fohrman examines a number of figures who questioned, debated, evaded, or protested some form of Divine plan for their lives. The question he raises is a pressing one: Is it "kosher" to argue with God? And can the act of struggle be a positive force in our lives? By probing the nuances of key Biblical stories, Rabbi Fohrman unravels some of the deeper meanings of these narratives, and in so doing, develops a rich understanding of human confrontation with the Divine.
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Every year on Yom Kippur, Jews the world over read an astounding Biblical narrative: The story of a prophet who receives an explicit directive from God, but then desperately seeks to evade it. What accounts for Jonah's inexplicable attempt to flee from God? Did he really believe he could succeed? And why was this puzzling story the one to be selected by the Sages to be included in the Yom Kippur prayer service. In this series, Rabbi Fohrman takes you on a journey of discovery within the Book of Jonah. The listener, in the end, emeerges with a fresh view of the book's meaning and a surprising new perspective on Jonah's relevance tothe Yom Kippur holiday on which it is read.
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