Parsha Talk Bereishit 5787 2026
Parashat B’ereshit [Genesis 1:1-6:8], the first parashah in the Book of Genesis, begins our annual journey through the Torah. Those of you w...
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20 of 526 episodesParsha Talk Shmini Atzeret Simchat Torah 2026 5867
The parashah this week, Ve-zot Ha-b’rakhah [Deuteronomy 33-34] has the unusual distinction of not being read on Shabbat in the Diaspora. Bec...
Parsha Talk Sukkot 2026 5787
There is no parashat ha-shavu’a this week since the beginning days of the holiday of Sukkot are on Shabbat and Sunday. As it turns out, the...
Parsha Talk Shabbat Shuva 2026 5787
This year parashat Ha’azinu [Deuteronomy 32:1-52] coincides with Shabbat Shuvah, the Sabbath of Shuvah, which is the first word of the hafta...
Parsha Talk Nitzavin Vayelech 5786 2026
Parashat Nitzavim-Va-yelekh [Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30] is the last of the 7 shabbatot of comfort following Tisha B’Av [the 9th of Av, commemor...
Parsha Talk Ki Tavo 5786_2026
Parashat Ki Tavo [Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8] features one of my favorite Torah passages, the ritual of the bringing of the first fruits. The Isr...
Parsha Talk Ki Tetzei 5786_2026
Parashat Ki Tetze [Deuteronomy 21:9-25:19 is, to use a phrase that Eliot likes to use, the most mitzvah dense parashah, meaning there are mo...
Parsha Talk Shoftim 5786 2026
Parashat Shoftim [16:18-21:9] is another rich parashah in Sefer D’varim [Book of Deuteronomy]. Jeffrey Tigay divides into two major sections...
Parsha Talk Re'eh 5786.2026
Parashat Re’eh [Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17] is filled with interesting material, including the centralization of the cult in the Temple in Jeru...
Eytan Graubart (Rafi Carter interviewer) July 28, 2026
Eytan interviewed by our own Solelim camper Rafi Carter
Parsha Talk Va'ethanan 5786.2026
Parashat Va-et’hanan [Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11] features the Ten Commandments and the 1st paragraph of the Shema, to which we customarily refer...
Winnie Grinspoon (Josh Archibald interviewer)
Josh Archibald (Gesher '26) interviews Winnie Sandler Grinspoon, president of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, in the studio of Radio Kol Ra...
Parsha Talk Devarim Shabbat Chazon 2026 5786
This week is Shabbat Hazon, taking its name from the opening word of the Haftarah [Isaiah 1:1-27], the 3rd haftarah of admonition or rebuke...
Amy Skopp Cooper (Tess Kenter interviewer) 20260709
Great interview by Tess Kenter of Amy Skopp Cooper on Camp Ramah!
Parsha Talk Mattot-Masei 5786 2026
Parashat Matot-Masei [Numbers 30:2-36:13] is the double portion that concludes our reading of the Sefer B’midbar [Book of Numbers]. As befit...
Parsha Talk Pinchas 2026 5786
Parashat Pinchas [Numbers 25:10-30:1] has a lot of interesting material, such as the denoument to the Pinchas episode from last week [25”10-...
Parsha Talk Hukkat Balak 5786 2026
Rabbis Eliot Malomet, Barry Chesler and Jeremy Kalmanofsky. The double parashah Chukat-Balak [Numbers 19:1-25:9] is rich with interesting ma...
Parsha Talk Korach 5786 2026
Parashat Korach [Numbers 16-18] is described by Jacob Milgrom as “Encroachment on the Tabernacle”. We know it better as the multi-layered ac...
Parsha Talk Shlach Lekha 5786 2026
The main story in parashat Sh’lach [Numbers 13:1-15:41] is the tragedy of the spies. In some ways, this sin, the failure of the Israelites t...
Parsha Talk Beha'alotkha 5786 2026
Parashat B-ha’alotcha [Numbers 8:1-12:16] is a particularly rich parasha, with passages about, among other things, the menorah, the second P...