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Ovadiah – Part I_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Trei Asar – An introduction to Ovadiah_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Shoftim X – Yiftach Part I – Chapters 10- 11 – The Appointment of an Unlikely Leader_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Shoftim VII – Gideon – Part II – Overcoming Fears and Omens_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Shoftim IX – Avimelech – the Self-Appointed King_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Shoftim VI – Gideon Part I_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Shoftim VIII – Gideon Part III_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Shoftim I – An Introduction to a New Era_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Shoftim II – From Inspired Leader to Lone Wolf_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Shoftim III -Devorah – Prophetess and Judge_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 78 – Part II – The Perils of Ignoring History_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 78 – Part I – The Lessons of History_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 148 – A Symphony – Harmonizing Heaven and Earth_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 147 – Hashem knows the names of all the Stars_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 114 – בימים ההם בזמן הזה – The Past as an Omen of the Future_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  76 – In the Wake of the Assyrian Siege_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 146 – אל תבטחו בנדיבים_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 139 – G-d’s Servant – Predetermined or Free to Choose_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 134 and 135 – The Linkage between Psalm 134 and 135 – The End of Shir HaMaalot – A Sequel to Hallel_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 128 – A Life Well-Lived_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 133 – Brotherhood without Rivalry_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Asher Yatzar_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  69 – Drowning in Diaspora_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 140 – Condemnation of the Cruel Persecutor_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  85 – Shivat Zion – Then and Now_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  65 – In Praise of Silence_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  86 – Begging for Forgiveness_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 109 – The Curses of the Persecuted_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 104 – ברכי נפשי_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 103 and the 13 Midot of Chesed_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  63 – My Soul Thirsts for You_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  45_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  53 and 14 – Comparison of Unidentical Twins_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  58 – Epigram Poem_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  42 –  43 One Song_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  36 – Evil Flourishes When Language is Perverted_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  39 – The Silent Cry of the Suffering Mortal_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  30 – למען יזמרך כבוד ולא ידום – Reviving – A Song for Chanuka_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  33 – An Anonymous Song – Natural Law vs. Miracles_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  88 – The Hidden Hand of G-d_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  24 – מלך הכבוד_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  19 – The Illumination of the Sun and of the Torah_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  12- The Perilous Power of Perverting Language_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  10 – A Lamentation for a Corrupt World_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim   8 – What is the Human Being? A Little Less Than Angels_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim   6 – The Power Gift of Tears_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim   5 – A Prayer in the Darkness_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
The Matriarchs IV – Rachel_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
The Matriarchs III – Rachel and Leah Intertwined_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
The Matriarchs II – Rivka_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
The Matriarchs I – Sarah_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  49 – Contemplating Death_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Haftarot of Repentance IV – The Book of Yonah_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Haftarot of Repentance III – Shacharit of Yom Kippur_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Haftarot of Repentance II – Shabbat Shuva_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Haftarot of Repentance I – The Conundrum of Teshuva – Taanit Tzibur and Tzom Gedalyah (Yeshayahu 55 – 56)_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Haftarot of Calamity – Part III – Chazon Yeshayahu_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Destruction and Exile – Reflected in Tehillim_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Haftarot of Calamity – Part II – Haftarat Masaei_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Haftarot of Calamity – Part I – Haftarat Matot – זכרתי לך חסד נעוריך_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 136 – Hashem’s Love is Eternal and Universal_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 149-150 – A Symphony of Praise at the Final Redemption_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 145 – תהילה לדוד – G-d’s Goodness_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  93 – The Image of Crashing Waves Parallels in Tanakh_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  91 – יושב בסתר עליון – Under G-d’s Wing.mp3_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  90 – תפילה למשה – The Eternal Human Soul in a Frail Body_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  87 – Zion and Jerusalem – Geography or Ideals_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  70 – A Cry for Help – לעזרתי חושה_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 100 – A Song of Thanksgiving_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  99- Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh – Hashem’s Kingdom in Zion_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  98 – Universal Celebration of Divine Revelation_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  97 – The Fiery Battle Between Good and Evil_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  96 – A New Song for the Holy Nation_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  95 – לכו נרננה- Opening Kabbalat Shabbat_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 110 – My Lord, the King_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  67 – The Menorah – A National and Universal Symbol.mp3_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  61 – Promises Made and Kept – A Prayer for an Aging King.mp3_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 138-Chesed v’Emet_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 141 – Between a Rock and A Hard Place – Navigating the Moral Minefield_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  54 – Betrayal By One’s Kinsmen_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Bereishit – Lesson VII – Kayin – the First Murder_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Bereishit – Lesson VI – Kayin and Hevel_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  75 – Echoes of Shirat Chana (Shmuel I, Chapter 2)_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Bereishit – Lesson V – Good and Evil – In the Aftermath of The Sin in the Garden of Eden_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Bereishit – Lesson IV – The Serpent and Tree of Knowledge_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 127 – The Gift of Children_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Bereishit – Lesson III – Let Us Make HaAdam_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Bereishit – Lesson II – Six Days of Creation_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 131 – לא גבה לבי – The Humility of the Heroic Simple Jew_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 129 – We Have Prevailed_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Bereishit – Lesson I – Creation Ex Nihilo – Being from Nothingness_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 123 – כשפחה על יד גבירתה – The Handmaiden near her Mistress_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 117 – A bridge to Psalm 118 – Universal or Nationalistic Praise_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 116 – חנון ה׳ – Out of the Clutches of Death_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Theodicy – Iyov Part II_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Ruth – Chapter 3 – On the Threshing Floor_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 112 – במצוותיו חפץ מאד – The Legacy of the Righteous_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  64 – Living in Fear of Ever-Increasing Slander_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Why Sarah Laughed – למה צחקה שרה – A study of Parshat VaYera_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Theodicy – Suffering of the Innocent – Kohelet and Iyov_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Theodicy – Divine Justice in the Torah and Neviim.mp3_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 118 – מן המיצר – The Survivor’s Celebration_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  83 – אל דמי לך – A Prayer for Times of War_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  61 – The Fugitive and the Victor_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  60 – A Soldier’s Plea: At the Brink of Disaster_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  52 – Who is Doeg HaEdomi? – Tehilllim 52 in light of the Book of Shmuel_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  48 – Jerusalem: The Eternal City_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  79 – נקמת דם עבדיך השפוך – The Recurring Specter of the Oldest Hatred_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  62 – אך דומיה נפשי – Victory or Vengeance: Facing Slander & Sycophants_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  46 – ה’ צבא-ות עמנו – Even in Political Upheaval and Natural Disasters_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  35 – A Song in the Face of Eternal Hatred and Persecution_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  32 – Transformative Teshuva_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  28 – מחלוקת – David’s Prayer in the Eye of the Storm_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  26 – Dare We Be Judged?_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  72 – The Benevolent King: David’s Charge to Shlomo – לב שומע_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  32 – אשרי נשוי פשע -Confession of the Baal Teshuva_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  23 – For You Are with Me–In Life and In Death_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  21 – Coronation Anthem – The Idealized King_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  11 – Faith in the Face of Evil_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 107 – They Cried Out in Their Troubles – the Gratitude of the Redeemed_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  80 – Assaf the Psalmist Prophet: Siege of Jerusalem – Past is Prologue_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  71 – David’s Life – A Paradigm for a Nation Reborn_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  50 – Divine Judgment – A Mockery of Hypocrisy_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  47 – Coronating the King of Kings – A Universal Mission_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  20 – In Times of Trouble – A Prayer for Victory_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  17 – The Confessional Prayer of the Guilt-ridden_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim   9 – מלחמה בעמלק – A Call for Vengeance and Vindication of Victims_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim   7 – In light of Samuel I – Chapter 24 – Evil Begets Evil_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  40 – You Lifted Me Up – Expressions of Gratitude_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Thirteen Attributes of Mercy: The Bonds of Love Between G-d and Israel_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  27 and Parallels in Dvarim_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Interpersonal Mitzvot: A Litmus Test for Genuine Tshuva_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Why Good People Suffer – Biblical Perspectives -Pre-Tish’a B’Av Lecture_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 113 – יהי שם ה’ מבורך- Convocation or Evocation_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 102 – תפילה לעני – A Nation Reborn from the Ashes_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 101 – The Tenets of a Benevolent Ruler_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
All Jews are Guarantors for One Another_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 115 – Hallel: Praise of the Living_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 105 – ושבועתו לישחק – The Exodus as a Promise to the Patriarchs_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 106 – A Historic Retrospective from Galut_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim   3 – David’s Triumphs and Tragedies leading to Avshalom’s Rebellion_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Human Obligations vs Human Rights – The Mistake of Talmidei Rabbi Akiva_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Of the Haggadah’s Four Sons, Who is the Rasha, What is his Question, and What is our Response_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Human Logic VS Jewish Morals – Part 3 – Interpersonal Mitzvot_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Human Logic VS Jewish Morals – Part 2 – Chanukah_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 111-112 – Twin Psalms: Two Sides of a Coin: G-d and the Tzaddik_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim   1 &  2 – The Virtues of the Individual and of the Nation_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 144 – War and Peace_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  37 – The Righteous Inherit the Earth_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 143 – Rising Above the Pain and Anger_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 132 – The Divine Promise to the Davidic Dynasty_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 122 & 125 – Memories of Jerusalem_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 120 & 124 – Song of Ascents_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 108 – Awakening the Dawn: A Montage Foretelling the Future_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  66 – Menashe the Evil (King of Judea) as a Repentant_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  56 – Michtam: A Prayer for the Persecuted_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  38 – The Agony and Loneliness of Dying_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Human Logic VS Jewish Morals – Part 1 – Lessons from Sefer Breishis_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 121- I Lift My Eyes_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  92 – ‘טוב להודות לה – Structure and Mystical Meaning_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  13-14 – Struggling with Faith_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Megillat Ruth – What’s In a Name_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Simchat Chatan and Kallah_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Hachnasat Orchim Part 1_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
The Meaning of Suffering – a Biblical Perspective_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 126 – From Galut to Geula_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Study of Eicha – Lamentations – איכה ישבה בדד_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim 137 – On the Rivers of Babylon_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  94 – Struggling with Evil and Injustice_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  89 Part B – Chesed and Emet – The Eternal Covenant_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  89 Part A – Chesed and Emet – The Eternal Covenant_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  84 – A Homeless People After the Churban_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  81 – Rejoicing on the Somber Day of Judgment_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  77 – The Hidden Hand of G-d_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  73 – The Little Job – Suffering of the Innocent_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  29 – Voice of G-d in the Storm_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim   4 – A Prayer of the Persecuted_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Honoring Your Wife Part I_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
The Story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  88 – Facing Deathly Suffering – A Metaphor_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  82 – The Divine Charge to Judges_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  74 – Witness to the Churban_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  59 – Michtam – David on the Run_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  57 – Shaul’s Persecution of David_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  55 – Absalom and David – Betrayal_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  51 – David Confesses_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  44 – Foreseeing the Galut Calamities_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
David, the King and Poet_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  41 – Bikur Cholim and the Terminally Ill_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  25 – Mizmorei Teshuva_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  22 – Ayelet HaShachar_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
אהבה ללא מיצרים_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, Hebrew
How to Speak to Our Children: Lessons from the Hagaddah_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Being a Mentch_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Ahavat Chinam and Sinat Chinam I_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Ahavat Chinam and Sinat Chinam II_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  31 – David Flees from His Enemies_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  34 – Hashem Is Close to the Persecuted_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim  18 – Song of the Rescued_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Tehillim   1 & 15 – Ashrei.mp3_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Religious Stringency and Ethical Leniency Part I_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Religious Stringency and Ethical Leniency Part II_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Rachel Finds Her Voice_Dr Esther Shkop, Audio Library, English
Honest Business Dealings_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English
Crown of a Good Name – Shem Tov_Rabbi Yitzchak Shkop, Audio Library, English