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Devarim – Human Fallibility and What to Do About it
Season 1
Parshas Devarim begins the Book of Deuteronomy, the final installment of the Pentateuch. Moshe is destined to pass and he gathers the nation to prepa…
3 years, 7 months ago
Parshas Devarim (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
5 weeks before his passing, Moses gives a three-parsha-long speech to the nation, which constitutes his last will and testament. He begins with a ret…
3 years, 7 months ago
Mattos & Masei – Contrarian Guide
Season 1
This week we conclude the Book of Numbers with a double-Parsha, the sole double-Parsha of this calendar year. Of the myriad of interesting subjects f…
3 years, 7 months ago
Parshas Mattos & Masei (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
This year, the Book of Numbers ends with a double parsha – Mattos and Masei. We learn about the laws of vows and oaths; the miraculous war with Midia…
3 years, 7 months ago
Pinchas – Staying Hungry
Season 1
Although a paternal grandson of Aaron the Kohein, Pinchas was not initially – prior to his heroic act of martyrdom – a Kohein. The law stated that on…
3 years, 7 months ago
Parshas Pinchas (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
Pinchas was a man of action, a zealot who avenged God’s vengeance and was handsomely rewarded for it. In this parsha we read about his reward, Moses’…
3 years, 7 months ago
Balak – A Single Point
Season 1
Our nation has no shortage of enemies. This is not new. Even in antiquity, our nation was always a target. Laban, Jacob’s father-in-law, try to smoth…
3 years, 7 months ago
Parshas Balak (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
After the Jewish nation trounced the mighty kingdoms of Sichon and Og in last week’s parsha, the comparatively smaller and weaker kingdom of Moab res…
3 years, 7 months ago
Chukas – Between a Rock and a Watery Place
Season 1
Parshas Chukas contains some of the most interesting and iconic sections of the Torah. It begins with the mysterious red cow, a blush bovine whose bu…
3 years, 7 months ago
Parshas Chukas (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
In this week’s parsha, we read about a highly unusual mitzvah: The Red Heifer, when an entirely red cow is burned together with a motley concoction o…
3 years, 8 months ago