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Lekh Lekha: Responsibility by Rabbi Avi Harari

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• Bava Kama 38a (1)
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• Bava Kama 38b (1)
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• Bava Kama 38a (2)
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• Berakhot 26b (1)
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• Bava Kama 36b (1)
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• Bava Kama 36a (1)
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• Bava Kama 35b (2)
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• Bava Kama 35b (1)
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• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Poke'ah Ivrim"
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• Bava Kama 34b (1)
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• Bava Kama 34a (2)
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• Bava Kama 32b (1)
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• Bava Kama 32a (2)
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• Bava Kama 32a (1)
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• Bava Kama 31b (2)
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• Bava Kama 31b (1)
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• Bava Kama 31a (2)
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• Bava Kama 30b (2)
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• Bava Kama 30b (1)
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• Bava Kama 30a (2)
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• Bava Kama 29b (2)
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• Legends & Halakhah
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• Bava Kama 29b (1)
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• Bava Kama 29a (2)
• Pesah Sheni - History, Minhagim & Meaning
• Bava Kama 29a (1)
• Berakhot 23b (2)
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• Bava Kama 28b (3)
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• Bava Kama 28b (2)
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• Pirkei Avot 1:4 "The House as a Foundation"
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• Bava Kama 28b (1)
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• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Saying "Ha-Rahaman" After Counting
• Bava Kama 28a (4)
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• Sefirat Ha-Omer - If You Forgot to Count a Day, Should You Continue to Count the Weeks?
• Bava Kama 28a (3)
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• Bava Kama 28a (2)
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• Bava Kama 28a (1)
• Emor: Noticing the Other (1)
• Pirkei Avot 1:3 "Living Connected"
• Sefirat HaOmer: Gratitude
• Bava Kama 27b
• R. Akiva's Students & Receiving the Torah
• Sefirat Omer - How to Answer "What Day Are We Up To?"
• Bava Kama 27a (3)
• Moreh Nevukhim #41 - 3.48 (1)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Remembering the Mikdash
• Bava Kama 27a (2)
• Berakhot 23b (1)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Why Don't We Say "She-Heheyanu"?
• Bava Kama 27a (1)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer: Standing or Sitting?
• Bava Kama 26b (2)
• Sefirat HaOmer: Finding Kedushah in All Places
• Pirkei Avot 1:2 "Get Over Yourself!"
• Sefirat HaOmer: The Unique Missvah of "Counting"
• Bava Kama 26b (1)
• Pirkei Avot 1:1 - Carefully Finding "Your Torah"
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - The Earliest Time to Count
• Bava Kama 26a (2)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Saying "La-Omer" or "Ba-Omer"
• Bava Kama 26a (1)
• Pesah: Seeing the Whole Picture
• Pirkei Avot - Introduction
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Women
• Beginning and Final Stages of Damage (2)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer Today - From the Torah or the Rabbis?
• Beginning and Final Stages of Damage (1)
• Bava Kama 25b (2)
• Pesah: The Partnership
• Pesah - The Responsibilities of Freedom
• Pesah: Law & Order
• Bava Kama 25b (1)
• Bava Kama 25a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #40 - 3.34
• Shabbat Ha-Gadol - Haftarah
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• Berakhot 23a (2)
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• Bava Kama 24b (2)
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• Birkat Ha-Ilanot - On Shabbat or Yom Tov
• Bava Kama 24b (1)
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• Bava Kama 24b (1)
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• Bava Kama 24a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #39 - 3.31 & 48
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