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Parshas Haazinu (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
Still in the final day of Moshe’s life, he conveys to the nation a 43-verse Song predicting the contours of Jewish history, both past, present, and f…
3 years, 4 months ago
Jonah: Studying the Yom Kippur Reading on a Deeper Level (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
On Yom Kippur afternoon, we read the 48-verse Book of Jonah, which tells of a renegade prophet, Jonah, who defies the directive of God and refuses to…
3 years, 5 months ago
Vayeilech – Career Capstone
Season 1
On the last day of Moshe’s life, he accomplished a lot. He wrote 13 copies of the Torah, one per tribe and one to be permanently stationed in or near…
3 years, 5 months ago
Parshas Vayeilech (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
Moshe is 120 years old to the day. He was born on the seventh of Adar and now it is the seven of Adar 120 years later. Today is his last day before h…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Rosh Hashana Torah Reading – Day Two (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
On the second day of Rosh Hashana, we read the Torah section of Genesis chapter 22 that tells the very famous and quite troubling episode of the Bind…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Rosh Hashana Torah Reading – Day One (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
The Torah readings for the two days of Rosh Hashana were not arbitrarily chosen. There are very good reasons why on the first day of Rosh Hashana we …
3 years, 5 months ago
Nitzavim – The Penitent Manifesto
Season 1
Repentance is one of God’s greatest gifts to mankind. When we blunder; when we err; when we create distance and barriers between us and God, we are a…
3 years, 5 months ago
Parshas Nitzavim (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
On the final day of Moshe’s life, he gathered the entire nation – men, women, children, and according to the Talmud, all souls of future Jews – to pa…
3 years, 5 months ago
Ki Savo – Clinging to Gold
Season 1
On the surface, Bikkurim appears to be an ordinary, tithe-like Mitzvah. When the first fruits of a season’s crop begin to sprout, you designate them …
3 years, 5 months ago
Parshas Ki Savo (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
As the Book of Deuteronomy draws to its conclusion, the narrative makes a transition: Moshe finishes conveying the mitzvos to the nation, and sets up…
3 years, 5 months ago