Haazinu – Surprisingly Joyous Song
The last day of Moshe’s reign, coincided with the first day of Joshua’s reign. For one day, Moshe and Joshua led the nation together as co-h...
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Parsha Podcast - By Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
A weekly Parsha Podcast by Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe. Every podcast will begin with an outline of the parsha and then we will delve into the major themes and draw valuable and interesting insights...
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20 of 1,028 episodesHaazinu – Trees with 70 Branches (5784)
Parshas Hazinu is one of the most fascinating, poetic, and richly profound Parshas in the Torah. It is also arguably the most mysterious one...
Parshas Haazinu (Rebroadcast)
Still in the final day of Moshe’s life, he conveys to the nation a 43-verse Song predicting the contours of Jewish history, both past, prese...
The Binding of Isaac (Second Day of Rosh Hashana Torah Reading)
On the second day of Rosh Hashana, we read the Torah section of Genesis chapter 22 that tells the very famous and quite troubling episode of...
The Origin of Isaac (First Day of Rosh Hashana Torah Reading)
The Torah readings for the two days of Rosh Hashana were not arbitrarily chosen. There are very good reasons why on the first day of Rosh Ha...
Nitzavim & Vayeilech – Mavericks vs. Heat
The entire book of Devarim occurs over the span of 36 days, the final 36 days of Moshe’s life. The final four Parshas are an account of the...
Nitzavim Vayeilech – Like Clockwork (5784)
We are not machines. We are humans. And that’s messy. We have all sorts of struggles doing the right thing. We are influenced by a myriad of...
Parshas Nitzavim & Vayeilech (Rebroadcast)
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 Jew...
Ki Savo – The Joystick
Sadness and hopelessness are modern societal epidemics. Notwithstanding the fact that our time has seen more material abundance than ever be...
Ki Savo – Gaze from Heaven (5784)
Blessings and curses. That is the dominant theme of our Parsha. We read the admonition of Deuteronomy – 98 bone-chilling curses that will be...
Parshas Ki Savo (Rebroadcast)
As the Book of Deuteronomy draws to its conclusion, the narrative makes a transition: Moshe finishes conveying the mitzvos to the nation, an...
Ki Seitzei – Moabite the Hand that Fed You
Our number one goal in life is to achieve perfection. Perfection of character, perfection of behavior, profession of speech, profession of t...
Ki Seitzei – Conscience Cleanser (5784)
Of the motley potpourri of subjects featured in Parshas Ki Seitzei are several fascinating mitzvos that we address in this week’s Parsha pod...
Parshas Ki Seitzei (Rebroadcast)
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 rebell...
Shoftim – Selfless, Fearless, Flawless, Scholars
Our Parsha features laws relating to all types of leaders: Judges must not corrupt judgment, must not accept bribery, must hearken to the ru...
Shoftim – Government-in-Exile (5784)
In this Parsha Podcast we share two fascinating and deep insights from our Parsha. The first relates to the method by which capital punishme...
Parshas Shoftim (Rebroadcast)
This week we learn the laws governing all kinds of leaders: The parsha begins by detailing the laws of judges, the jurisdiction of the Sanhe...
Reeh – Root Force
Idolatry is anathema. Idolatry in the Holy Land is totally intolerable. Multiple times in the book of Devarim, we are exhorted to thoroughly...
Reeh – Idle Tree, Idle Warship, and Falls Profits (5784)
The Torah spends a lot of time cautioning us against idolatry. As the nation is about to cross over the Jordan and enter Canaan, they are re...
Parshas Reeh (Rebroadcast)
This week’s parsha marks a transition in the Book of Deuteronomy: it is no longer primarily about admonishment and rebuke and warnings, inst...