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This week we learn the laws governing all kinds of leaders: The parsha begins by detailing the laws of judges, the jurisdiction of the Sanhedrin, the…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Parsha: Reeh - Path Independence
We like to maintain optionality and delay decisions if possible. The idea of being pigeonholed into one path irks us. But Moshe tells the nation that…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Parsha: Reeh - Making Dough (5783)
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 wi…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Elul: Month of Personal Reinvention
We are on the doorstep of the month of mercy, the month that precedes the high holidays, the month of Elul. The high holidays are very significant an…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Parshas Reeh (Rebroadcast)
This week’s parsha marks a transition in the Book of Deuteronomy: it is no longer primarily about admonishment and rebuke and warnings, instead we re…
11 months ago
Parsha: Eikev - Tefillin' Good
This is a very special episode of the Parsha podcast. Exactly 5 years ago, the Parsha podcast began a streak of producing a brand new episode each we…
11 months ago
Parsha: Eikev - Longevity Pill (5783)
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 from last…
11 months ago
TORAH 101: Second Order of Mishnah (Festivals)
The Jewish calendar is studded with days of great importance. Each week we relive Genesis by celebrating the holy Shabbos. At half-year intervals are…
11 months ago
Parshas Eikev (Rebroadcast)
We pick up where we left off last week amid Moshe’s speech to the nation before his passing, and as in the previous few weeks, Parshas Eikev is jam p…
11 months, 1 week ago
Parsha: Vaeschanan - Two of Hearts
Even believers are incapable of understanding God. It's supremely logical to observe that our wonderful world - our wonderful universe - certainly ha…
11 months, 1 week ago