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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 resorted to unconventional warfare to attack the nati…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
Chukas – Inglorious Origins
Season 1
The red cow is the Torah’s most mysterious mitzvah. We are told to take a completely red cow and slaughter it, and burn it’s body together with a concoction of other ingredients, the ashes of which b…
Published on 4 years, 6 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 of ingredients, and the resultant ashes are used to…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Korach – Demoted For Good
Season 1
Korach was a very talented man with a sterling pedigree. He was wise and clever and even had a degree of prophetic clairvoyance. Yet he blundered egregiously by launching a revolt on Moshe and Aaron.…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Parshas Korach (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
In this week’s parsha, Moshe and Aaron’s first cousin, a man named Korach, launches a rebellion claiming that Moshe is guilty of nepotism in appointing his brother as High Priest. What ensued should…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Shelach – Daydreams, Nightmares, and Reveries
Season 1
The final five verses of our Parsha contain the third paragraph of the Shema. In it, we are instructed to place tzitzis strings wrapped with a string of blue techeiles wool on the corner of our garme…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Parshas Shelach (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
The Jewish people were on the cusp of entering the Land of Canaan, and made a prudent, but ultimately tragic, decision: To send a contingent of scouts to reconnoiter the Land, to examine its vulnera…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Behaaloscha – Kindle Fire
Season 1
Aaron the High Priest held a critical leadership role in the nation. A partial list of his jobs: he offered sacrifices, he did the Yom Kippur services which included the annual trip to the Holy of Ho…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Parshas Behaaloscha (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
The Jewish nation has been encamped at Mount Sinai for nearly a year; in this week’s parsha they finally depart from the Mountain of God, and sadly leave gleefully as a child escaping school. This k…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Nasso – Princely Pendulum
Season 1
The Princes of the Tribes make several notable contributions at the inauguration of the Tabernacle: They contribute 12 oxen and 6 covered wagons to aid the Levites in the transportation of the Tabern…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago