Past Shiurim

• Shiur From January 31st: Is identification as a gay man a sin? Is homosexual conduct a sin? Is identification as a lesbian a sin? Is lesbian conduct a sin? Defining the parameters of what we will discuss and the reasons these topics are of particular contemporary importance.

• Click here to watch Scott Forbus' first shiur on Decoding the Jewish Calendar, or why Yom Kippur can never fall out on Tuesday.
  ~Part I: How calendars work – Leap Years Months and Lengths of Years
  ~Part II: A deep delve – the first dechiya, Jewish calendar nomenclature, and the 14 types
• Click here to watch Scott Forbus' second shiur on Decoding the Jewish Calendar, or why Yom Kippur can never fall out on Tuesday.
  ~Part III: Moladim: Tishrei BaHaRad and Tohu
  ~Part IV: The other three Dechiyot
• Click here to watch Scott Forbus' third shiur on Decoding the Jewish Calendar, or why Yom Kippur can never fall out on Tuesday.
  ~Part V: Interesting Calendar Tidbits

Companion PDF: Decoding the Jewish Calendar by Scott Forbus

• Lech Lecha: Holy Smokes! The War of the Kings and the Bris at Har Eval are connected?
• Chayei Sarah: Outsiders & Insiders: Avraham's Charge to his Slave.
• Toldot: Yitzchak as a Foil? A Timeline of his Life.
• Vayetzei: Was Lavan really all that bad? A closer look at Vayetzei.
• Vayishlach: Why is Ya'akov acting so strangely? A closer look at the beginning of Vayishlach.
• Vayeishev: Yehudah and Tamar: Why have it at all?  A look at leadership models.
• Vayigash: Who Knows 70? 
• Vayechi: Looking at a Cryptic Phrase: A Survey of Parshanut and a New Approach 

• Perek 1: Introduction to Sefer Shmuel and Shmuel
• Perek 2: The Downfall of the House of Eli HaCohen
• Perek 3: Shmuel's Inauguration
• Perek 4: The Ill-Fated Pelishti War
• Perek 5: The Aron's Trail of Destruction
• Perek 6: The Aron's Return
• Perek 7: The Good-Fated Pelishti War & Wrap-Up of Shmuel's "Book of Shmuel"