YUTorah on parashat Vaera

Download the YUTorah Parsha Reader for Va'era 5774  Audio Shiurim on Va'era Rabbi Hanan Balk: The Staff, the Snake, and the Creation of An Eved Hashem Rabbi Eli Belizon: How a bunch of frogs can teach us how to daven Rabbi Yedidya Berzon: Let's Do It! Rabbi Josh Blass: Yahareg V'al Yaavor Rabbi Chaim Brovender: The Exodus Miracles Rabbi Zevulun Charlop: The Names That Weren't Given Rabbi Avishai David: The Dialectic Between Din and Rachamim Rabbi Dovid Ebner: Hakarat Hatov and Tefilla Rabbi Ally Ehrman: Soldiers In G-d's Army Rabbi Chaim Eisenstein: Anger - A lesson from the frogs Rabbi Aaron Feigenbaum: Hashem Responds Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: 4 Cups and 4 Redemptions Rabbi Joel Finkelstein: The Real Revelation Rabbi David Fohrman: Did God Take Away Pharoah's Free Will? Rabbi Barry Gelman: Did God Afflict The Jews As Well? Rabbi Beinish Ginsburg: You're judged by the efforts Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Patience is not A virtue, it is THE root of all virtue Rabbi Eric Goldman: Bechira Rabbi Yehuda Goldschmidt: Three Steps to Curb Anger Rabbi Ephraim Greene: Knowing Hashem on all Levels Rabbi Shalom Hammer: Longing for Eretz Yisrael Rabbi Jesse Horn: Why Hashem took his time in taking the Jews out of Egypt Rabbi Shimon Isaacson: Getting through the Tough Times Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky: Hashem's Mussar to Moshe Rabeinu Rabbi Binyamin Kwalwasser: We're All In This Together Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz: Tapping Into God's Mercy Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz: The Names of God Rabbi Aaron Leibtag: Pharaoh's Heart: What Happened in the Last Five Plagues Rabbi Eliezer Lerner: Feeling the Pain of Others Rabbi Ben Leybovich: Fighting Yourself Ms. Adina Luber: From Reluctant Leader to Impassioned Advocate: Moshe Rabbeinu Dr. Rebecca Press Schwartz: What Was the Purpose of the Plagues? Rabbi Dani Rapp: Physician Assisted Suicide Rabbi Hershel Reichman: Understanding the Will of G-d Rabbi Zev Reichman: Geula: Reaching Out To Others Rabbi Yonason Sacks: Kidush Hashem and Yahareg ve'al ya'avor Mrs Ilana Saks: The Rule of Bending Rabbi Hershel Schachter: Eretz Yisrael is a morasha, not a yerusha Rabbi Shay Schachter: In Galus, We Are All Held Accountable Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Schnall: Positive Psychology & Hakaras Hatov, in Sefer Shemos & in our Daily Lives Rabbi Avi Schneider: Two Sides of the Same Coin Rabbi Ezra Schwartz: Moshe Rabbeinu, Infectious Diseases and Kidney Donations Rabbi Aaron Segal: My name Hashem not known Rabbi Baruch Simon: "Hu Moshe vi'Ahron": A Lesson for the Times Mrs. Shira Smiles: Hail to the Hail Rabbi Chayim Soloveichik: Earning a yerusha Rabbi Reuven Spolter: The Steps of Redemption Rabbi Moshe Taragin: The Secret Version of Va'era Rabbi Michael Taubes: Voluntary Kiddush Hashem Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg: Guided by Hashem's Hand: A Close Look at Hashgacha Peratis Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank: Can a nation lose free will? Rabbi Andi Yudin: Preparing for and Appreciating Tefilah Rabbi Ari Zahtz: Was Paroh Doomed to Fail Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler: Out of Order Articles on Va'era Judy Alkoby: Biblical Plagues in Modern Times Dr. Harvey Babich: Wild Animals, Pestilence, and Boils Rabbi Etan Moshe Berman: Pharoah and the First Blackberry Rabbi Ozer Glickman: Words of the Prophets Written on Virtual Walls Rabbi Shmuel Goldin: Belated Introductions Rabbi Meir Goldwicht: The Pattern of the Makkot Rabbi Avraham Gordimer: You are bringing sorcery to Egypt! Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb: The Golden Years Rabbi Maury Grebenau: Jewish Legacy Rabbi Mordechai Greenberg: ושמי ה' לא נודעתי להם Rabbi David Horwitz: The Antinomy of Free Will and God’s Predestination Dana Lotan: Anthrax in Biblical Egypt Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl: Emunat Chachamim Rabbi Meir Orlian: Whoever Feared the Word of Hashem Rabbi Nosson Slifkin: Behold the Predator Rabbi Moshe Stav: אמונה כגורם לגאולה Chana Stern: Plague 3: More Than Just Head Lice Parsha Sheets on Va'era YU-Torah miTzion Toronto Beit Midrash: Toronto Torah YULA Boys High School: Likutei Ohr Shiurim on the Haftorah of Va'era Rabbi Ari Kahn: The exile of Knowledge Rabbi Philip Moskowitz: They are All the Tools of Hashem Rabbi Avraham Rivlin: התנים הגדול הרובץ בתוך יאוריו Rabbi Zvi Romm: The Prophesy of Exile Rabbi Jeremy Wieder: Laining for Parshat Va'era See all shiurim on YUTorah for Parshat Va'era

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