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Chukas – Blissful Ignorance
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…

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Chukas -Repentance of the Red Heifer (Rebroadcast)
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…

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Korach – How to Have Strife-Free Arguments
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…

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Korach – A Cousin’s Rebellion (Rebroadcast)
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…

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Shelach – The Core of Mussar
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…

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Shelach – The Sad Saga of the Spies (Rebroadcast)
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…

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Behaaloscha – Amplified Output
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…

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Behaaloscha – Trouble in Paradise (Rebroadcast)
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…

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Nasso – Community and Individuality
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…

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Nasso – Temporary Insanity (Rebroadcast)
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…

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