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Parshas Nasso (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
In the longest parsha in the Torah by verses, we continue to read about the Levite families and their responsibilities, we learn about the three tiers of the Nation’s encampment, the laws of a suspe…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Bamidbar – Flag-Bearers
Season 1
At first glance, Parshas Bamidbar seems like a snoozefest: it’s very technical, counting the people, assigning the tribes to their encampments, counting the Levites separately, designating the respon…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Ruth: The Enduring Lesson of Shavuos
Season 1
The Book of Ruth – and its eponymous heroine – are true enigmas. The Book contains no new laws and its story, while inspirational and poignant, bears no easily discernible connection to the Festival…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Parshas Bamidbar (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
We kickstart the Book of Numbers with a census of the twelve tribes of Israel – not including the tribe of Levi who is counted independently – conducted by Moses, Aaron, and the most distinguished l…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Behar/Bechukosai – Divine Nudge
Season 1
This past week our nation underwent an unprecedented calamity. At our people’s largest annual festival, the celebration of Lag ba’Omer in Meron, a crowd crush resulted in the death of 45 of our breth…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Parshas Behar & Bechukosai (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
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 series of laws to the Jewish people. The first is the…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Emor – Sense of Belonging
Season 1
Our parsha contains the first recorded instance of capital punishment in Jewish history. A disgruntled man, the son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian man blasphemed and was executed as a result. …
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Parshas Emor (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
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 ends with a very unusual episode that happened a…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Acharei Mos/Kedoshim – Challenge Accepted
Season 1
Our Nation has always had bad neighbors. The Midrash in our Parsha states that the Egyptians and the Canaanites, both nations that our people lived in close proximity to, are the most morally deficie…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Parshas Acharei & Kedoshim (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
This week’s double-parsha contains a smorgasbord of mitzvos. The three chapters of Parshas Acharei cover three general categories. First we read about the Yom Kippur sacrifices and procedures; then …
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago