Episodes

  • Parshas Behar & Bechukosai (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Behar & Bechukosai (Rebroadcast)
    May 18 2025
    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 mitzvah of Shemittah, the prohibition of engaging in any agricultural work every seven years. In two chapters in the Torah (Leviticus […]
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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Emor – Lopside Down

    Emor – Lopside Down
    May 15 2025
    Passover marks the Exodus from Egypt. But leaving Egypt was only the beginning of the radical transformation that the Almighty brought about. 50 days after the Exodus, the nation coalesced around Mount Sinai and experienced theophany – national prophecy, national Revelation – at the mountain. The whole nation heard the word of God and lived. […]
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Emor – Snowball’s Chance in Heaven (5783)

    Emor – Snowball’s Chance in Heaven (5783)
    May 13 2025
    The story of the first person to ever be executed in a Jewish court of law is featured at the end of this week’s Parsha. An unnamed man, the son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian man, blasphemed and was executed. When we ponder the story we discover all sorts of interesting tidbits. The […]
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    57 mins
  • Parshas Emor (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Emor (Rebroadcast)
    May 11 2025
    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 at Sinai. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – […]
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Acharei Mos/Kedoshim – Sparring Mates

    Acharei Mos/Kedoshim – Sparring Mates
    May 8 2025
    If you chanced upon sparring mates going at it, you may come to the mistaken impression that these two are enemies who want each other’s throats. But the truth is, a sparring mate is helpful tool to improve your craft. The Almighty endowed us with a very helpful sparring mate to help bring the best […]
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    52 mins
  • Acharei Mos/Kedoshim – It’s a Small World (5783)

    Acharei Mos/Kedoshim – It’s a Small World (5783)
    May 6 2025
    Our double Parsha contains many different mitzvos. In this podcast we study a set of mitzvos and a very interesting dispute about their nature. We discover a valuable and profound insight that can help us develop and cultivate our potential. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – […]
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    55 mins
  • Parshas Acharei & Kedoshim (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Acharei & Kedoshim (Rebroadcast)
    May 4 2025
    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 we learn about the prohibitions against the consumption of blood among other ritualistic and sacrificial laws, and the final chapter is oriented around the many prohibited […]
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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • Tazria Metzorah – Scalps and Scalpels

    Tazria Metzorah – Scalps and Scalpels
    May 1 2025
    The process of diagnosing and purifying a person afflicted with tzaraas is long and arduous. But there was no avoiding it. It is prohibited to excise a tzaraas affliction. You must go to the priest and have him evaluate it. You must be quarantined if you are declared impure. You must undergo the long and […]
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    1 hr and 3 mins