Charles SheerCharles Sheer
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Riverdale, NY - USA•Yeshiva university: BA, MA, Ordination; Kollel Fellow
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Defining the Command to Study Torah; Are Women Included?300 Views•July 25, 2023
Prayer: the Concept, the Prayers and the Development of the Siddur - I248 Views•April 13, 2023
Why Do We Recite Psalm 30 on Hanukka?106 Views•December 14, 2023
Why the Mishkan - for Humans or for God? The Grand Debate between Rambam and the Ramban428 Views•February 22, 2023
Incense in Tanakh: Its Uses and Purposes712 Views•June 22, 2023
What Is "Parshat Mishpatim" Doing in the Humash?80 Views•February 17, 2025•Sequence of Laws in Mishpatim,Law,Nature of the Brit Between Israel and God
Who is Being Addressed by the Laws/Ethics in Parshat Mishpatim?144 Views•February 15, 2023
Making Sense of Parshat Mishpatim719 Views•January 27, 2022
Torah tziva lanu Moshe - Who are the Laws of Mishpatim for?444 Views•February 7, 2024
A T'shu va of the Ramah; He Performed a Wedding on Shabbat - Reform and Orthodox Perceptions133 Views•January 27, 2025•Rabbinic Ordinances,Rabbinical Shabbat Prohibitions,Marriage,Halakhah,Weddings
Is There a Central Theme to Sh'mot ? The Introductions of Ramban and the Netziv581 Views•January 17, 2023
The Humash Calls the Midwives "God-Fearers;" What Does that Term Mean in Tanakh ?37 Views•January 14, 2025•Midwives as God-Fearing,Yirat Elohim,God-Fearing in Tanakh,Abimelech,God-Fearing in Job
The Testament of Ya'akov: Ibn Ezra, Ramban, Sarna and Others71 Views•January 8, 2025
Debating Judah's Long Speech: Rashi, Ramban, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra and Alter55 Views•January 1, 2025
Should We Observe Hanukkah Differently Post-October 7th?106 Views•December 26, 2024
Why Hanukka?: A Review of Sources522 Views•December 21, 2022
Love in the Bible52 Views•November 26, 2024
Finding a Proper Shidukh for Yitzhak - Not So Easy!169 Views•November 18, 2024•Order of Events in Humash,Shadal's Understanding of Genesis 24,Mission of Abraham's Servant,Lavan
Interpreting the First Quintet: Avraham, Sara, Hagar, Yishmael and Yitzhak154 Views•November 12, 2024
A Biography of Lot283 Views•November 5, 2024
Interpreting Hamas - Targum, Rashi and Isaiah261 Views•October 29, 2024
Images of God, Man and Woman in B'reishit , chapters 1-3118 Views•October 23, 2024
Two Yamim Noraim Psalms - #27 and#130; What Do They Convey about Human Nature and Hope?58 Views•September 23, 2024
The Ethical Dilemma of the Rebellious Son - Rabbinic Responses and Josephus271 Views•September 12, 2024
"Walk not in their ways" - The Threat of Assimilation: Rambam, Shulhan Arukh, and Rav Yehiel Yaakov Weinberg124 Views•August 28, 2024
Mishley - Structure, Themes, Selections - Part II99 Views•July 24, 2024
Mishley - Structure, Themes, Selections - Part I346 Views•July 16, 2024
A Final Word about Ruth185 Views•June 10, 2024
Identifying the Protagonist in Ruth386 Views•May 26, 2024
The Development of a Concept: Kiddush HaShem/Hillul HaShem : Part II305 Views•May 19, 2024
Kiddush HaShem/Hillul HaShem ; The Development of the Concept - Part I: Tanakh Sources, Talmud and Rambam391 Views•May 15, 2024
The Inauguration of the Mishkan223 Views•April 3, 2024
Who is Exempt from Warfare? Biblical, Talmudic and Maimonidean Sources457 Views•March 8, 2024
Explaining the Tiny "Aleph" in V ayikra: Rashi, Ba'al HaTurim and Kedushat Levi.171 Views•March 19, 2024
Shabbat in Nehemiah and Mishnah: Contrast and Similarity72 Views•March 13, 2024
Interpreting the Priestly Garments: Royal, Inspirational, or Mystical?370 Views•February 22, 2024
Does God "Visit the Guilt of the Parents upon the Children?"63 Views•February 12, 2024•How Jewish Thought Changes Over Time,God Visits the Sins of Parents on the Children
Miriam in Humash : A Complex, Strong, Yet Shadowy Character369 Views•January 24, 2024•Miriam's Strength,Feminism,Miriam,Women Chanting at the Splitting of the Sea
Free Will and Pharaoh's Heart: Rambam, Seforno and Cassuto470 Views•January 17, 2024
Interpreting the Torah by a Different Lens273 Views•January 10, 2024
Interpreting Sh'mot Chapter 3: Rashi, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra and Sarna432 Views•January 3, 2024
Does Our Parsha Describe Two Burials for Ya'akov?107 Views•December 27, 2023
The Great Reconciliation: Joseph, His Brothers and Their Father; Did Jacob Know About the Brothers' Sale of Joseph?335 Views•December 20, 2023
Interpreting the Yehuda/Tamar Sequence in Context243 Views•November 24, 2021
The Thirteen Attributes of God543 Views•September 1, 2021
Dreams in Tanakh; Who, What and Why?120 Views•November 22, 2023
Genesis 18: God Justified the Punishment of the Wicked; Why and How?114 Views•November 2, 2023•Innocent Victims,Abraham Versus God in the Sodom-Gemorrah Debate,The Ultimate Virtue of Self-Defense
The Redemption of Captives: Talmud, Rambam and R.Shlomo Luria734 Views•October 18, 2023
The Last Two Mitzvot of the Torah: Hakhel and Writing a Torah Scroll - How and Why?227 Views•September 20, 2023
The Akeida: Its Connection to Bereishit and Its Interpretation in Commentaries, Jewish and Christian, and in Classical Art409 Views•September 6, 2023
Psalm 90: A Prayer of Moshe?413 Views•August 16, 2023
Minhat Hinukh and Hizkuni: : Their Understanding of the Prohibition Against Adding to the Torah445 Views•August 7, 2023
What's In a Name? Is Lamentations Eikha or Kinot ?203 Views•July 20, 2023
"Thou Shalt Not Kill" - The Rashbam and the Debate Regarding the Proper Understanding of לא תרצח524 Views•July 13, 2023
Why Choose Joshua?175 Views•July 5, 2023
The Debate Regarding Moshe's Great Sin341 Views•June 28, 2023
The Book of Job: A Radical Book within Tanakh - Part II187 Views•June 13, 2023
The Book of Job: A Radical Book within Tanakh295 Views•June 8, 2023
Interpreting "Reprove Your Kin" - Two Conflicting Talmudic Sugyot, Rashi, Rashbam and Hinukh; A Very Complex Mandate270 Views•May 3, 2023
The Psalms in P'sukai-D'Zimra535 Views•April 27, 2023
Prayer - the Concept, the Prayers, and the Development of the Siddur - Part II234 Views•April 17, 2023
A New Understanding of the Korban Pesah422 Views•March 29, 2023
Interpreting the Golden Calf Incident459 Views•March 9, 2023
The Megillah and the Yosef Narratives197 Views•March 1, 2023
What Does the Humash Tell Us about Tziporah - According to the Ibn Ezra?164 Views•February 7, 2023
The Song at the Sea: Its Images and Themes; and How It Became a Part of Our Siddur174 Views•February 2, 2023
Moshe's Staff and Hazal's Approach to Miracles188 Views•January 26, 2023
Interpreting the Second Book of the Torah685 Views•January 11, 2023
"What a Beautiful Bride!" - Is Fabrication/Lying Ever Morally Acceptable?207 Views•January 4, 2023
How Did Yosef Get to Egypt?372 Views•December 15, 2022
"Thanksgiving" in Jewish Texts179 Views•November 22, 2022
Genesis 24 - The Longest Chapter in the Book: Finding a Wife for Isaac473 Views•November 16, 2022
The Words Make the Man: What Does Avraham Say in Genesis? - Part II302 Views•November 11, 2022
The Words Make the Man: What Does Avraham Say in Genesis? - I and II231 Views•November 2, 2022
Interpreting the Flood Story - God's Response(s) to Human Depravity.287 Views•October 27, 2022
Procreation in Parshat B'reishit - Who, When and Why?134 Views•October 20, 2022
Kohelet - A Fresh (Unusual) Voice in Tanakh - Part II136 Views•October 12, 2022
Kohelet - a Fresh (Unusual) Voice in Tanakh - Part II419 Views•October 12, 2022
Kohelet - a Fresh (Unusual) Voice in Tanakh - Part I112 Views•October 4, 2022
Four Remarkable Kol Nidrei S'lihot456 Views•September 28, 2022
Rosh HaShanna - God is King; versus the Skeptical Vision of the Monarch in Humash .575 Views•September 21, 2022•Origins of Rosh Hashanna,A Study in the Development of a Festival From Its Biblical Origins to Its Rabbinic Form
Women and Tefillin342 Views•August 9, 2022
What Brought about the Destruction... according to Aicha ?572 Views•August 1, 2022
The Case of Zelofhad's Daughters390 Views•July 22, 2022
What Does God Want from Man? - Micah's Definition in the Haftorah to Parshat Balak321 Views•July 14, 2022
Hanina ben Dosa: His Image in Aggadic Texts and His Challenging Teachings in Avot1397 Views•June 16, 2022
Sources for the Haggada - in Mishna, Talmud and "Tradition"380 Views•April 7, 2022
Sh'fokh Hamatkha : "Cast Your Rage on the Gentiles...."851 Views•March 30, 2022
V'hi she-Amda La'avoteinu v'Lanu1430 Views•March 15, 2022
Interpreting the Seven Psalms for the Week359 Views•March 10, 2022
Bezalel: A Portrait of the Artisan who Constructed the Mishkan1555 Views•February 23, 2022•Role of Bezalal,Artistic and Leadership Skills of Bezalel,God's Role in the Selection of Bezalel
Is Cleanliness Next to Godliness? Interpreting the Ki'or , the Copper Laver782 Views•February 17, 2022
Gematria - Interpreting Tanakh by Its Letters5807 Views•February 9, 2022
Talmudic Sources on the Great Sage Hillel1329 Views•February 2, 2022•Hillel's Core Values,Hillel's Relationship to His Pupils,Hillel's Virtues,Hillel's Patience and Humility
Sh'mot 12:36 (and 3:22): "And they despoiled Egypt" - a Moral Blemish on Israel?617 Views•January 5, 2022
Classical Commentators and Egyptology: Interpreting Pharoah's Nile Visit407 Views•December 30, 2021
The Passing of the Patriarchs515 Views•December 16, 2021•Passing of Rachel,Death of the Three Avot,Terminologies to Express Death in Humash
The Denouement in Genesis 45: Joseph Reveals His Identity to His Brothers383 Views•December 8, 2021
Kissing in the Bible824 Views•November 9, 2021
Psalm 104: Borkhi Nafshi731 Views•October 26, 2021
Sarah, Lot's Daughters and Wife; The Women of Parshat Va-Yera, Chs. 18-19250 Views•October 20, 2021
Are the Mitzvot Obligatory Outside the Holy Land? The Position of the Ramban1424 Views•July 27, 2021
Diverse Images of Moshe - in Humash, Commentaries and Midrash317 Views•July 20, 2021•"Va-Ethanan"-Meaning,Moshe's Strength and His Weakness,Moshe's Communications to God
The Image of God in Eikha: Tears and Weeping - Who Cries and Comforts in the Text and Midrash764 Views•July 13, 2021•Image of God in Eikha,Midrash as a Corrective to Tanakh',Divine Wrath in Eikha
Pinchas: Saint or Sinner?449 Views•June 29, 2021
Balaam: Saint or Sinner?456 Views•June 23, 2021
The Compilation of the Mishna; Part I: Introduction to the Concept of Oral Law and the Various Opinions regarding the character of Rebbe's Mishna; Part II: Selections from Shekalim478 Views•June 15, 2021
Those Complaining Israelites: Who and Why; and How Might We Understand the Responses of Moshe, Aharon and the Almighty?520 Views•June 8, 2021
Miriam (and Aharon) Speak against Moshe: A Leadership Challenge or Sibling Rivalry?400 Views•May 26, 2021
Shavu'ot - The Centrality of Torah?589 Views•May 5, 2021
The Development of a Holiday: Sources about Lag B'Omer166 Views•April 29, 2021
K'doshim Tihiyu - "You Shall be Holy" - So, What Does That Mean? Three Interpretations998 Views•April 19, 2021
Interpreting Shir Ha-Shirim: P'shat and Drash868 Views•March 25, 2021