Q&A #34: Shir ha'Shirim, Yitzchak's Blindness, Teaching the Derech, Knife Yod, "Right" Use of Time

Length: 50 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (11/17/23), in our surprise Q&A, we took up six questions: (1) How should one go about learning Shir ha'Shirim? (2) Why didn't Yitzchak realize what was going on with his sons? (3) What is the best way to teach YBT's derech ha'limud, and to get people interested in ideas? (4) What is your view on the photo circulating around about the IDF soldier using a knife as a yod for Krias ha'Torah? (5) Is there always a "right" way to use your time? If so, how does one determine this? If not, what is an alternative model? (6) Unrecorded questions, for which I recorded one full source and one partially explained source.

Rabbi Yaakov Trachtman's shiur on Shir ha'Shirim
Rabbi Yaakov Trachtman's follow-up series on Shir ha'Shirim
Rabbi Joshua Maroof's shiurim on Shir ha'Shirim
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ז:א
משלי ל:לג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:ד
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