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The Rabbi Fohrman Collection -- 50 lectures on a single CD [Mp3 Format]
Take advantage of this fantastic offer: Get all the lectures currently available on Rabbi Fohrman's tapes and CDs, packaged together on a single CD, in MP3 format. With this special, pre-publication discount, you'll get 50 fascinating recordings in all, spanning eleven different lecture series. And it all comes on a single disc, compressed in MP3 format. When you get the disc, just load it onto your computer and start listening -- or transfer it in a snap to your iPod or other MP3 player, and take Rabbi Fohrman's lectures with you on the go.
If you purchased each of these recordings separately on traditional tape or CD fprmat, you'd have to pay about $345; you can get it on mp3 now for only $199.
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Serpents of Desire: Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden -- 6 Audio Cassettes
Adam, Eve and the Serpent are familiar to us from childhood, yet the meaning of their story seems maddeningly elusive. For example, why did God prohibit our eating of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil? Did He really not want mankind to be able to distinguish right from wrong? Rabbi Fohrman takes us back to the Eden story, revealing progressively deeper layers of meaning.
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Coming to Grips with the Binding of Isaac -- 7 Audio Cassettes
In this series of live recordings, Rabbi Fohrman examines the "Akeidah" story in detail. What stands revealed is a story of surpassing beauty and depth, with eternal relevance to our quest to forge a relationship with the Creator.
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Is it Kosher to Argue with God? Five Biblical Narratives -- 8 Audio Cassettes
In these live recordings from a course at the Johns Hopkins University, Rabbi David Fohrman examines a number of figures who questioned, debated, evaded, or protested some form of Divine plan for their lives.
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Exodus from Egypt: The Hidden Agenda -- 6 Audio Cassettes
In this series of lectures, Rabbi Fohrman addresses several intriguing questions, among them: Did God really need to engage Pharaoh in protracted bargaining sessions over who could leave Egypt? Why, both morally and tactically, would God work to "harden" Pharaoh's heart once the Egyptian king finally consented to allow the Jews to go? And how do we understand God's sudden insistence on the use of particular names for Himself - YHVH and "I Will Be That Which I Will Be" - within the context of the Exodus?
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Hagar, Ishmael and the Birth of the Palestinian Israeli Conflict -- 5 Audio Cassettes
In recent years, the escalation of a violent and ugly Palestinian intifada has placed before the Jewish People some stark and difficult questions: How does one battle a faceless terrorism and a stateless enemy? How do we cope with the painful realities of suicide bombers and a broader propaganda onslaught against Israel? And as Jews, how do we somehow extract these very real and painful events from the arena of mere media and politics, and seek a context for them through Torah study?
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Lest it Come to Scandal: The Genesis of Kingship, from Lot & His Daughters to Judah &Tamar and Ruth -- 7 Audio Cassettes
Two main stories occupy the lion's share of the Book of Genesis: The Abraham saga, and the story of Joseph and his brothers. Strangely, though, each of these narratives finds itself rudely interrupted by a chapter or two that seems entirely out of place. The first of these side-trips details the story of Lot and his daughters, and the second tells us the tale of Judah and Tamar. Why are these apparently scandalous narratives in the Bible at all? In this series of lectures, Rabbi Fohrman explores these peculiar episodes, revealing a fascinating web of connections that link them deeply with the rest of the Book of Genesis - and, intriguingly, with one another as well.
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Divine Lottery: Fate, Chance and the Book of Esther -- 3 Audio Cassettes
The Megillah we read on Purim is an enigma. Laced with irony, it deigns that our holiday is to be named "Lots" -- Purim -- after the lots that Haman threw in his attempt to wipe out the Jews. But why name the holiday after the designs of our mortal enemy? And why name it for the very notion of chance and happenstance that our tradition seems to reject?
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Miriam and the Mysterious Waters of Mei Merivah -- 2 Audio Cassettes
In this two-part series, Rabbi Fohrman leads us back through the Chumash to explore in detail the lives of both Moses and Miriam, culminating in the fateful incident at Mei Merivah n which Moses strikes a rock -- and shockingly, is denied entrance to the Land of Israel. The elegant structure that emerges sheds new light on both Moses and Miriam -- and their mysterious connection to the waters of Mei Merivah.
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Paradise Lost: From Eden to the Great Flood -- 2 Audio Cassettes
In this series of lectures, Rabbi Fohrman picks up where he left off in "Serpents of Desire: Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden", showing how the stories of the Tree of Knowledge and Cain and Abel reach their climax in the narrative of the Flood. The tapes will transform your view of these stories, illuminating a great world of richness and depth that lies just below the surface of the Biblical text.
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Prophet on the Run: Jonah and Yom Kippur -- 3 Compact Discs
Every year on Yom Kippur, Jews the world over read an astounding Biblical narrative: The story of a prophet who receives an explicit directive from God, but then desperately seeks to evade it. What accounts for Jonah's inexplicable attempt to flee from God? Did he really believe he could succeed? And why was this puzzling story the one to be selected by the Sages to be included in the Yom Kippur prayer service? Join Rabbi Fohrman as he explores these questions and more in this fascinating series.
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The Hidden Structure of the Ten Commandments -- 1 Compact Disc
We instinctively revere the Ten Commandments as the core symbol of Judaism - but honestly, how many of us turn to this document for guidance or inspiration in our daily lives? In this lecture, Rabbi Fohrman builds a surprising picture of the Ten Commandments, revealing core principles of human conduct necessary for building lasting relationships with those around us and the Divine.
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Entire Library of Rabbi Fohrman Tapes and CDs
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Now you can own the entire library of Rabbi Fohrman's tapes and CDs at a substantial discount -- $100 off the regular retail price. You'll get 51 fascinating recordings in all, spanning eleven different lecture series. |
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