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Parsha: Parshas Balak (Rebroadcast)
After the Jewish nation trounced the mighty kingdoms of Sichon and Og in last week’s parsha, the comparatively smaller and weaker kingdom of Moab resorted to unconvent...
Parsha: Chukas – Between a Rock and a Watery Place
Parshas Chukas contains some of the most interesting and iconic sections of the Torah. It begins with the mysterious red cow, a blush bovine whose burnt ashes are part...
Mitzvah: Kohanic Offering Consumption (#102, 134)
Sacrifices are a great mystery to us. We have never seen the Temple in action and we have never witnessed a sacrifice being processed. Yet sacrifices and their myriad ...
48 Ways to Wisdom – #5: Awe (6:6:5)
The next way to acquire Torah is with awe. Specifically, awe for a great Torah sage. Why would a Sage inspire awe? Why would this be a method to acquire Torah? In this...
Parsha: Parshas Chukas (Rebroadcast)
In this week’s parsha, we read about a highly unusual mitzvah: The Red Heifer, when an entirely red cow is burned together with a motley concoction of ingredients, and...
Parsha: Korach – Debating Back to Sinai
Debate and disagreement are part of the human condition. We are all unique and we all see the world differently. It should come as no shock, therefore, that disagreeme...
Mezuzah: A Deep Dive
The mezuzah that graces the doorposts of every Jewish home is perhaps our most recognizable mitzvah. But what exactly is a mezuzah? What is its power? How does it chan...
Ethics: 48 Ways to Wisdom – #4: Process (6:6:4)
What happens when you absorb information? How do you process it? The fourth way to develop wisdom talks about the intuition of the heart. The heart is the venue in whi...
Parsha: Parshas Korach (Rebroadcast)
In this week’s parsha, Moshe and Aaron’s first cousin, a man named Korach, launches a rebellion claiming that Moshe is guilty of nepotism in appointing his brother as ...
Parsha: Shelach – Enter Via the Window
One of the most unfortunate events in our history is chronicled in this week’s Parsha. The nation was on the doorstep of entering the Land of Canaan and actualizing th...
Mitzvah: Priestly Garments (#99-101)
Visiting the Temple was an experience of a lifetime. The vessels, the holiness, the songs of the Levites, the sacrifices that atone and cleanse, and the priests – dire...
Parsha: Parshas Shelach (Rebroadcast)
The Jewish people were on the cusp of entering the Land of Canaan, and made a prudent, but ultimately tragic, decision: To send a contingent of scouts to reconnoiter t...
Parsha: Behaaloscha – Follow the Cloud
Traveling in the wilderness was not simple. The nation was guided by the clouds of Glory. When the clouds of Glory would depart from a top of the Tabernacle, that sign...
Ethics: 48 Ways to Wisdom – #3: Articulate (6:6:3)
The mouth is our superpower. Through it we convey ideas and articulate thoughts. The third way to wisdom is to arrange our lips. This entails using our mouth in a powe...
Parsha: Parshas Behaaloscha (Rebroadcast)
The Jewish nation has been encamped at Mount Sinai for nearly a year; in this week’s parsha they finally depart from the Mountain of God, and sadly leave gleefully as ...
Parsha: Nasso – The Fourth Crown
Our Parsha contains the interesting law of the Nazir. A Nazir is someone who has accepted upon themselves a vow to abstain from wine, haircuts, and contact with the de...
TORAH 101: The Afterlife in Torah Literature
A central pillar of our belief is that when we adhere to the word of God, He will reward us in the Afterlife. Conversely, if we disobey God, we will suffer the consequ...
Parsha: Parshas Nasso (Rebroadcast)
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 ...
Six Questions for Shavuos
The Festival of Shavuos marks the anniversary of the greatest event in all of human history: the Revelation at Sinai. This momentous event never happened before histor...
Ruth: The Enduring Lesson of Shavuos
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 discern...
Parsha: Bamidbar – Autopsy of Giants
Our Parsha recounts – for the third time hitherto in the Torah – the episode of the untimely death of Aaron’s two eldest sons, Nadav and Avihu. These two young priests...
Mitzvah: Kindling the Menorah (#98)
The Menorah is the vessel of the Temple that we are most familiar with. The seven-branched candelabra, engraved with intricate embellishments, was lit each night in th...
Shavuos: The Time to Become Extraordinary
Shavuos is the day that marks the most significant event in the history of humankind: A nation coalesced around Mount Sinai to temporarily catapult into a state of pro...
Parsha: Parshas Bamidbar (Rebroadcast)
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, Aaro...
Parsha: Bechukosai – Self-Assembly Kit
Why was our soul sent to this world? What was lacking for it in Heaven? That is not an easy question to answer. There are other hard questions to ponder: why are we so...
Ethics: 48 Ways to Wisdom – #2: Listen (6:6:2)
The second way to wisdom is to listen with your ears. In this podcast you will learn about the power of learning via listening. Audio learning is more impactful than v...
Agency, Urgency, Insurgency: Six Powerful Pointers on Self-Development
There is a widespread custom to study Pirkei Avos, the Mishnaic Book of the Ethics of our Fathers, between the festivals of Pesach and Shavuot. As we prepare for the r...
Mitzvah: The Showbreads (#97)
Three vessels resided in the Tabernacle’s/Temple’s Sanctuary: The Menorah, the Golden Alter, and the Table. The top of the table were two stacks of showbreads, six bre...
Parsha: Parshas Bechukosai (Rebroadcast)
In two chapters in the Torah (Leviticus 26, Deuteronomy 28) we read about the positive consequences of obeying the Torah and heeding its laws; and the terrible, painfu...
Parsha: Behar – The Jubilant 50’s
Being a farmer in antiquity was a hard job. Without any mechanized tools and plows, farming demanded a great deal of sweat and toil. But what choice did you have? If y...