5784

Episodes

• Nitzavim Vayeilech – Like Clockwork (5784) 2026-09-01
  We are not machines. We are humans. And that’s messy. We have all sorts of struggles doing the right thing. We are influenced by a myriad of…
• Ki Savo – Gaze from Heaven (5784) 2026-08-25
  Blessings and curses. That is the dominant theme of our Parsha. We read the admonition of Deuteronomy – 98 bone-chilling curses that will…
• Ki Seitzei – Conscience Cleanser (5784) 2026-08-18
  Of the motley potpourri of subjects featured in Parshas Ki Seitzei are several fascinating mitzvos that we address in this week’s Parsha…
• Shoftim – Government-in-Exile (5784) 2026-08-11
  In this Parsha Podcast we share two fascinating and deep insights from our Parsha. The first relates to the method by which capital punishment must…
• Reeh – Idle Tree, Idle Warship, and Falls Profits (5784) 2026-08-04
  The Torah spends a lot of time cautioning us against idolatry. As the nation is about to cross over the Jordan and enter Canaan, they are repeatedly…
• Eikev – Shock and Awe (5784) 2026-07-28
  Flashy achievements make the news. Great triumphs, awesome deeds, transcendent moments grab our attention and seize our imagination. Humdrum acts…
• Vaeschanan – Get a Life (5784) 2026-07-21
  Moshe was Joshua’s teacher. By any measure, Moshe was a greater leader of the nation than Joshua was. Moshe was the sun to Joshua’s…
• Devarim – Citizen of Heaven (5784) 2026-07-14
  A year after the Exodus Moshe dispatched a contingency of dignified men to scout the land of Canaan prior to the Nation’s invasion. It was a…
• Mattos & Masei – Order of Sisters (5784) 2026-07-07
  The Book of Bamidbar ends on a bit of a surprising note. The final chapter of our book revisits the somewhat technical narrative relating to the…
• Pinchas – Eggs Not Cheese (5784) 2026-06-30
  Pinchas, Aaron’s grandson, did a valorous and zealous act of bravery when he skewered the prince of the tribe of Shimon and stopped the plague…
• Balak – Donkey Gait Keeper (5784) 2026-06-24
  In every generation there are malevolent forces seeking to destroy the Jewish people. They have never been successful, nor will they ever be. The…
• Chukas – Mourning Clouds (5784) 2026-06-23
  Two giants passed away in this week’s Parsha: Moshe two elder siblings, his sister Miriam and his brother Aaron – two of the great…
• Korach – The Jewish Kryptonite (5784) 2026-06-16
  We all have weaknesses. Nations, as well, have witnesses. When the Almighty sought to give the Torah to the Jewish people at Sinai, He first offered…
• Shelach – Prophylactic Phylacteries (5784) 2026-06-09
  Prior to initiating the war of conquest of the land of Canaan, the nation did the prudent thing: they undertook a reconnaissance mission to scout…
• Behaaloscha – Honeymoon Phases (5784) 2026-06-02
  After nearly a year at Sinai, the nation is on the move: in perfect formation, each tribe perfectly positioned and oriented, the nation finally…
• Nasso – Gordian Knot (5784) 2026-05-26
  Parshas Nasso is the longest Parsha in the Torah by verses. In this very special Parsha podcast we explore three different elements of the Parsha:…
• Bamidbar – Legion of God (5784) 2026-05-12
  At first glance, the subject matter of Parshas Bamidbar is quite bland and technical. It talks of a census, and the orientation of the tribes in the…
• Behar – Intractable Land (5784) 2026-05-05
  The Land of Israel is special: It is the land of God. All other lands were given by God to humanity. The land of Israel He reserved for himself. The…
• Emor – Simulated Martyrdom (5784) 2026-04-28
  Humans have a very important role to play in God’s world. The Almighty created a world in which He is obfuscated. It is possible to live a…
• Acharei Mos – Fleshy Onesie (5784) 2026-04-21
  The first verse of our Parsha revisits a tragic event from the past. The Torah tells us that after the death of Aaron’s sons Nadav and Avihu,…
• Tazria Metzora – Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires (5784) 2026-04-14
  Like much of Leviticus hitherto, tzaraas – the skin malady that is a physical manifestation of a spiritual flaw – is a concept distant…
• Shemini – Spiritual Cholesterol (5784) 2026-04-07
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• Tzav – Runaway Brain (5784) 2026-03-24
  The subject matter of Parshas Tzav is – like Parshas Vayikra – sacrifices. Before today you may have thought that sacrifices are a…
• Vayikra – Cainitis and Abelitis (5784) 2026-03-17
  Sacrifices. Who is excited?? We embark on the Book of Leviticus with a bang. We learn three marvelous lessons from our Parsha: The subtle summons of…
• Vayakhel: The Third Path (5784) 2026-03-10
  There are three ways to achieve transcendental greatness: There is the path of intense practice and training in your desired field of excellence;…
• Ki Sisa – Augmenting Shabbos (5784) 2026-03-03
  The final instructions for the construction of the Tabernacle are conveyed at the beginning of this week’s parsha. After Moshe is told to…
• Tetzaveh – The Golden Bovine (5784) 2026-02-24
  This week’s Parsha is dedicated to the priestly class: It begins with the oil that the High Priest kindles; it describes in great detail the…
• Terumah – Cherub-Picking (5784) 2026-02-17
  The Tabernacle was a portable Temple in which the presence of God dwelled. Our Parsha begins with the fundraising effort to be conducted in the…
• Yisro – Splitting the Heaven (5784) 2026-02-03
  The arrival of Jethro, the preparation for Sinai, and the nature of the Sinai revelation – these are some of the subjects featured in our…
• Beshalach – Bones to Pick (5784) 2026-01-27
  The Exodus is finally here. After 210 years in Egypt – enslaved, tormented, and oppressed – the nation is leaving with great pomp and…
• Bo – Shots on Goal (5784) 2026-01-20
  The Jewish people spent several centuries in Egypt, but now it is time to leave – and the nation is leaving with flair, with miracles, signs,…
• Vaeira – Labor and Deliverance (5784) 2026-01-13
  The Jewish nation was enslaved in Egypt for 100s of years. What was the essence of the enslavement? What is the consistent theme that is strung…
• Shemos – Moshe’s Treatment (5784) 2026-01-06
  We begin the new calendar year with a new book, the book of Exodus. The Jewish nation – still a family – is in Egypt, and things go from…
• Vayechi – Jacob’s Strength (5784) 2025-12-30
  Parshas Vayechi marks the final installment of the book of Genesis. The family of Israel, the sons of Jacob, are all together in Egypt, where they…
• Vayigash – Come-to-Joseph Moment (5784) 2025-12-23
  Our parsha is one of unexpected reunions. After 20 plus years of separation, Joseph reunited with his brothers and his father. In this Parsha…
• Mikeitz – The End of Days (5784) 2025-12-16
  In our Parsha, Joseph is elevated to become viceroy of Egypt. He begins the day languishing in prison, and ends it be decked in garments of royalty…
• Vayeishev – Dream of the Crop (5784) 2025-12-09
  Our Parsha begins with Joseph’s two dreams of grandeur and supremacy. He dreams that he will rule over his brothers, who will bow before him…
• Vayishlach – When Hairy met Srully (5784) 2025-12-02
  Jacob and Esau last saw each other 34 years prior. 34 years ago, Jacob, upon the explicit and prophetically inspired instruction of his mother,…
• Vayeitzei – Rock and Roll (5784) 2025-11-25
  Jacob undergoes a meteoric transformation in our Parsha. At the onset, Jacob is a 77-year-old penniless bachelor fleeing from his brother…
• Toldos – Smoking Camels (5784) 2025-11-18
  Two very different boys are born in this week’s Parsha. Esau, the older one, is ruddy and hairy and looking for trouble. Jacob, the younger…
• Chayei Sarah – Buried Alive (5784) 2025-11-11
  Sarah died at the age of 127. Abraham negotiated with the Hittites for the purchase of a burial plot, the Cave of Machpelah. The objective of the…
• Vayeira – Abraham Abraham (5784) 2025-11-04
  On the second day of Rosh Hashanah each year we read chapter 22 of Genesis, the Binding of Isaac episode. Abraham is instructed to take his beloved…
• Lech Lecha – The Generational Secret (5784) 2025-10-28
  Join us for an exquisite Parsha Podcast as we go deep and deeper into Lech Lecha. The deep idea relates to Lot’s fateful decision to choose to…
• Noach – Secret Of Invincibility (5784) 2025-10-21
  We started this week’s Parsha Podcast by talking about the Tower of Babel episode. We gleaned from that story something absolutely…
• Bereishis – Microcosm of History (5784) 2025-10-13
  In this podcast we attempt to read not just the text but also the subtext of the parsha – to go deep and deeper on three subjects in the first…