5783

Episodes

• Vezos Haberacha – A Mission For Everyone (5783) 2025-10-06
  At the very end of Moshe’s life, he, like Jacob before him, blesses the tribes. When Jacob was about to pass, he blessed his sons, now Moshe…
• Haazinu – Antidote to Vacuousness (5783) 2025-09-30
  On the final day of Moshe’s life, he conveys the Song of Haazinu to the nation. In this masterful prophetic Song, the Torah overviews Jewish…
• Nitzavim Vayeilech – Pro Choice (5783) 2025-09-16
  On the final day of Moshe’s life, he gathers the entire nation for a parting message. After forging another covenant between the nation and…
• Ki Savo – Dial of Joy (5783) 2025-09-09
  The Torah has a surprising view on joy and how to attain it. The prevailing attitude in our society is that a person’s state of joy is…
• Ki Seitzei – The Upside of Laziness (5783) 2025-09-02
  Our parsha begins with the unusual law of the marriage of a Jewish warrior and an enemy captive woman. When a Jewish warrior spots a prisoner of war…
• Shoftim – Crisper Genes (5783) 2025-08-26
  The nation is on the doorstep of Canaan. In our Parsha, the people are instructed in how they must treat the Canaanite inhabitants of the land.…
• Reeh – Making Dough (5783) 2025-08-19
  The Parsha ends with a delineation of the festivals. When discussing Passover, the verse notes that for 7 days we eat matzah because we left Egypt…
• Eikev – Longevity Pill (5783) 2025-08-12
  A ubiquitous feature in Jewish homes, the Mezuzah contains a scroll with two paragraphs from the Torah, one from this week’s Parsha and one…
• Vaeschanan – Jordan Rules (5783) 2025-08-05
  As a result of Moshe’s sin of striking the rock, he was barred from crossing over the Jordan River and entering the Land of Canaan. In…
• Devarim – Middling East (5783) 2025-07-29
  In his speech to the Nation, Moshe revisits the episode of the Spies that occurred 39 years prior. When the nation was on the verge of entering the…
• Mattos & Masei – 49-Step Program (5783) 2025-07-22
  What did the nation do over the course of the 40 years in the wilderness? What was their objective? In our parsha we read that the nation stopped in…
• Pinchas – Sons of Anarchist (5783) 2025-07-15
  Korach’s rebellion claimed many victims: Some of the perpetrators were swallowed up in a miraculous sinkhole; some were consumed by a divine…