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Chukas – Blissful Ignorance
The eponymous mitzvah of this week’s parsha, the Red Heifer, is the archetype of a mitzvah that is beyond human comprehension. What can we learn from…
7 years, 8 months ago
Chukas -Repentance of the Red Heifer (Rebroadcast)
Parshas Chukas tells of the red heifer as an atonement from contamination of the dead. What is the meaning behind it and how does it relate to the Go…
7 years, 8 months ago
Korach – How to Have Strife-Free Arguments
Korach and his comrades launched an insurrection against Moshe that ended catastrophically for them. Our Sages maintain that his mistake was in the u…
7 years, 8 months ago
Korach – A Cousin’s Rebellion (Rebroadcast)
Korach was Moshe’s envious first cousin who mounted an insurrection against Moshe and Aaron, even questioning their legitimacy. In this story we lear…
7 years, 8 months ago
Shelach – The Core of Mussar
Mussar is frequently translated as “ethics” or “character refinement”. In the debacle of the Spies found in this week’s parsha we see a definition of…
7 years, 8 months ago
Shelach – The Sad Saga of the Spies (Rebroadcast)
In Parshas Shelach we read about the disastrous episode of the Spies. These 12 men were initially great leaders of the people, but their libelous rep…
7 years, 8 months ago
Behaaloscha – Amplified Output
In a series of events at the end of this week’s parsha we gain a glimpse of how God dispensed reward and punishment. Moshe’s older sister Miriam is s…
7 years, 8 months ago
Behaaloscha – Trouble in Paradise (Rebroadcast)
After nearly a year encamped at Sinai, the Jews begin their journey to Canaan in Parshas Behaaloscha. With the Tabernacle completed, the Levites cons…
7 years, 9 months ago
Nasso – Community and Individuality
When detailing the gifts of the tribe leaders to celebrate the inauguration of the Tabernacle, the Torah contains what seems like a twelvefold repeti…
7 years, 9 months ago
Nasso – Temporary Insanity (Rebroadcast)
Parshas Nasso is the longest parsha in the Torah, 176 verses. It details the final preparations for when the Tabernacle is erected, the laws of Sotah…
7 years, 9 months ago