Episodes

  • Chukas – Bold and Boulder

    Chukas – Bold and Boulder
    Jul 3 2025
    When the nation needed water, they found it in a most unexpected place: Moshe struck a rock and it began to spew forth enough water for the entire nation. Why was there water inside the rock? Why when Jacob needed water, he removed the rock blockading it? Why didn’t he find water inside the rock […]
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Parshas Chukas (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Chukas (Rebroadcast)
    Jun 29 2025
    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 the resultant ashes are used to sprinkle on people that came into contact with dead people in order to purify them from their spiritual contamination. We […]
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Korach – On Cloudy

    Korach – On Cloudy
    Jun 26 2025
    Of Korach’s 253 collaborators, only three are named, and all three are Reubenites: Dathan, Abiram, and On Ben Peles. Dathan and Abiram remain true to Korach’s cause until the very end when they and their families are swallowed alive by the miraculous sinkhole. On Ben Peles was spared thanks to his wife’s wise intervention. In […]
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    49 mins
  • Korach – Korach’s Insatiability (5783)

    Korach – Korach’s Insatiability (5783)
    Jun 24 2025
    Korach was immensely talented. He was enormously rich, he was clever, and he was devilishly persuasive. His rebellion, however, was doomed from the start. What are the roots of Korach’s rebellion? Why was Jacob dead-set on not having his name associated with Korach? In this Parsha Podcast we engage in a profound study of the […]
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Parshas Korach (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Korach (Rebroadcast)
    Jun 22 2025
    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 High Priest. What ensued should give one serious pause before engaging in any similar sort of divisive activities. – – – – – – – – – […]
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    58 mins
  • Shelach – Rogue Ten

    Shelach – Rogue Ten
    Jun 19 2025
    The consequences of sending 12 spies to scout out the Land for 40 days were catastrophic. 10 of the 12 spies returned with a slanderous report about the Land. The Nation was on the precipice of conquering the land, and this report deflated their spirit and condemned an entire generation to perish in the Wilderness […]
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    51 mins
  • Shelach – Despising Limitations (5783)

    Shelach – Despising Limitations (5783)
    Jun 17 2025
    The nation was on the cusp of entering the Land. After about a year at Sinai, the nation was ready to conquer Canaan. The invasion and war of conquest was imminent. Then catastrophe struck. Moshe sent 12 spies to reconnoiter the Land and report the back with their findings. Their report completely deflated the spirit […]
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    53 mins