Episodes

  • Parshas Nitzavim (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Nitzavim (Rebroadcast)
    Sep 14 2025
    On the final day of Moshe’s life, he gathered the entire nation – men, women, children, and according to the Talmud, all souls of future Jews – to pass them through a final covenant with God. The parsha also contains the prophetic predictions of the Messianic times, and it ends with a simple, binary choice: […]
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    52 mins
  • Ki Savo – A Cursory Reading

    Ki Savo – A Cursory Reading
    Sep 11 2025
    Chapter 28 of Deuteronomy is arguably the most difficult portion in the Torah to read. Known as the Admonition, the chapter details the blessings that will be bestowed upon our nation when we adhere to the Laws of God. But it also has the curses that will befall our people in the event that we […]
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Ki Savo – Dial of Joy (5783)

    Ki Savo – Dial of Joy (5783)
    Sep 9 2025
    The Torah has a surprising view on joy and how to attain it. The prevailing attitude in our society is that a person’s state of joy is contingent upon circumstance: In good days, people tend to feel a bit more joyous. On bad days, it’s more difficult to feel joy. Joy, according to society, is […]
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    48 mins
  • Parshas Ki Savo (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Ki Savo (Rebroadcast)
    Sep 7 2025
    As the Book of Deuteronomy draws to its conclusion, the narrative makes a transition: Moshe finishes conveying the mitzvos to the nation, and sets up his final parting message to the people. First, he commands the nation to perform several elaborate ceremonies on the very first day that they cross the Jordan River; then he […]
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    56 mins
  • Ki Seitzei – Yibbum Or Bust

    Ki Seitzei – Yibbum Or Bust
    Sep 4 2025
    The death of one’s spouse is always a tragedy, but there’s something particularly sad about someone who dies without children. Leaving no living progeny behind leaves a person without continuity, without a legacy in this world. When a man dies childless, the Torah instructs his wife to seek to marry her deceased husband’s brother in […]
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    55 mins
  • Ki Seitzei – The Upside of Laziness (5783)

    Ki Seitzei – The Upside of Laziness (5783)
    Sep 2 2025
    Our parsha begins with the unusual law of the marriage of a Jewish warrior and an enemy captive woman. When a Jewish warrior spots a prisoner of war that he desires to marry, there is a process and a protocol for how he may marry her. The Talmud (also featured by Rashi) offers a very […]
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    51 mins
  • Parshas Ki Seitzei (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Ki Seitzei (Rebroadcast)
    Aug 31 2025
    In the parsha that contains the most mitzvos of any of the 54 Torah sections (a staggering 74 mitzvos), we read about the wayward and rebellious son, the requirement to build a fence around your roof to prevent tragedy, two episodes that we are mandated to remember, and many, many more interesting and insightful mitzvos. […]
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Shoftim – Crown Jewels

    Shoftim – Crown Jewels
    Aug 28 2025
    Many of us secretly harbor the belief the we would make a fine president. Leading a nation sounds like a cushy job: armies of aides at your beck and call, ready to execute your agenda and vision. Kings have truly unlimited power. They don’t have term limits. There are no checks and balances to weaken […]
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    57 mins