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Behar/Bechukosai – Tilling and Toiling
The laws of the Torah – all 613 of them – were conveyed by God to Moshe at Mount Sinai. This is explicitly conveyed regarding the first Mitzvah feat…
9 months, 1 week ago
Behar Bechukosai – Hostage Letter (5783)
Our Parsha contains some of the most difficult portions in the Torah, the Admonition. Our nation is told of the consequences of failing to adhere to …
9 months, 1 week ago
Parshas Behar & Bechukosai (Rebroadcast)
This week’s double-Parsha closes out the Book of Leviticus. Parshas Behar begins at Mount Sinai, where the Almighty instructed Moshe to convey a seri…
9 months, 1 week ago
Emor – Lopside Down
Passover marks the Exodus from Egypt. But leaving Egypt was only the beginning of the radical transformation that the Almighty brought about. 50 days…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Emor – Snowball’s Chance in Heaven (5783)
The story of the first person to ever be executed in a Jewish court of law is featured at the end of this week’s Parsha. An unnamed man, the son of a…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Parshas Emor (Rebroadcast)
Parshas Emor contains a staggering 56 mitzvos, nearly all of them relating to either to the Kohanim, the priests, or to the Festivals, and the parsha…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Acharei Mos/Kedoshim – Sparring Mates
If you chanced upon sparring mates going at it, you may come to the mistaken impression that these two are enemies who want each other’s throats. But…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Acharei Mos/Kedoshim – It’s a Small World (5783)
Our double Parsha contains many different mitzvos. In this podcast we study a set of mitzvos and a very interesting dispute about their nature. We di…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Parshas Acharei & Kedoshim (Rebroadcast)
This week’s double-parsha contains a smorgasbord of mitzvos. The three chapters of Parshas Acharei cover three general categories. First we read abou…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Tazria Metzorah – Scalps and Scalpels
The process of diagnosing and purifying a person afflicted with tzaraas is long and arduous. But there was no avoiding it. It is prohibited to excise…
10 months ago