Piecing the Parsha Together

Parshas Beshalach - Yosef's Coffin 29.01.2024 6:47 ↓

This episode discusses why the Torah mentions Moshe taking Yosef's coffin as the Jews leave Egypt and how this fits with the story of the Jews leaving Egypt.

Parshas Bo - The Last Three Makkos 19.01.2024 12:24 ↓

This week's episode looks at the last three plagues as their own distinct unit.

Parshas Va'era - Of Jobs and Wild Animals 17.01.2024 14:01 ↓

The week's episode tries to find a lesson for one's livelihood in the plague of wild animals.

Parsahs Shemos - Moshe's Development as a Leader 15.01.2024 14:00 ↓

This week's episode looks as the long period of Moshe's development into the ultimate leader of the Jewish people.

Parshas Vayechi - Yakov's Blessing to Ephraim and Menashe 29.12.2023 18:00 ↓

This episode tries to understand the entire story of Yakov's blessing of Ephraim and Menashe and how it fits into the end of Yakov's life.

Parshas Vayigash - Famine and the Lure of Mitzryim 22.12.2023 10:00 ↓

This week's episode looks at the pattern of the avos seeking to go down to Egypt during times of famine.

Parshas Mikeitz - Dreams 22.12.2023 10:00 ↓

This episode looks at the dreams of this week's parsha and the haftorah.

Parshas Vayeishev - Who Can Hurt Us? 08.12.2023 14:28 ↓

This week's episode examine the brother's ability to hurt Yosef and what impact that has on the Jewish people as they live in exile.

Parshas Vayishlach - The Story of Dinah 01.12.2023 8:10 ↓

This week's episode discusses the importance of Dinah to the story of the avos and the construction of the Jewish people.

Parshas Vayeitzei - Yaakov and the Future 24.11.2023 11:51 ↓

This episode looks at Yaakov's encounters with angels and the significance of each.

Parshas Toldos - This World vs. the Next World part 4 17.11.2023 6:01 ↓

This episode seeks to discover another iteration of a recurring theme in Sefer Bereishis.

The Bowing of Avraham and Eliezer 17.11.2023 8:20 ↓

This episode looks at the similarities between Avraham and Eliezer's bowing in this week's parsha.

Parshas Vayera - Avraham and Noach part 2 03.11.2023 8:20 ↓

This week's episode finds further parallels between the lives of Avraham and Noach

Parshas Lech Lecha - Noach and Avraham part 1 03.11.2023 10:50 ↓

This episode compares the stories of Avraham and Noach

Parshas Noach - Trying to Recover from the Flood 20.10.2023 17:33 ↓

This episode looks at the idea of repentance in the parsha and how Noach tried to repair the world after the Flood.

Parshas Bereishis - The Importance of the Oral Torah 11.10.2023 9:40 ↓

This weeks episode demonstrates how the Torah both begins and ends with an emphasis and the importance of the Torah Sheba'al Peh, the Oral Torah.

Parshas V'Zos HaBracha - The Torah's Final Lesson 11.10.2023 11:00 ↓

This weeks episode looks at a verse from the beginning of the parsha and the end of the parsha to identify a final lesson the Torah wishes to impart to its readers.

Parshas Korach - A Deeper Look at Korach's Agenda 11.10.2023 10:09 ↓

This week's episode looks at Moshe's seemingly odd response to Korach's complaints to discover a deeper meaning to Korach's agenda

Succos - The Introduction to the Holiday Torah Reading 29.09.2023 10:04 ↓

This episode discusses the connection between the opening verses of the Torah reading and the Torah reading itself.

Yom Kippur - The Song of Teshuvah 24.09.2023 5:25 ↓

This episode attempts to find a connection between Parshas Ha'azinu and Yom Kippur.

Parshas Ha'azinu - The Arc of Jewish History 24.09.2023 9:23 ↓

This week's episode shows how the parsha contains echos of earlier events of the story of the Jewish people in the Torah.

Parshas Nitzavi-Vayelech - Reconnecting through the Final Mitzvos of the Torah 18.09.2023 6:37 ↓

This week's episode looks at the final two commandments in the Torah and shows how their are an appropriate way to end the Torah as well as the Jewish year.

Rosh Hashanah - The Themes of Musaf in the Rosh Hashanah Torah Reading 18.09.2023 12:55 ↓

The episode traces the themes of Malchios, Zichronos, and Shofros in the Torah reading of the first day of Rosh Hashanah.

Parshas Ki Savo 01.09.2023 6:25 ↓

This week's episode looks at the importance of all Jews being responsible for each other.

Parshas Ki Saytzei - Lesson from the Ordering of Mitzvos 01.09.2023 12:38 ↓

This episode tries to glean broader perspectives about some of the mitzvos in the parsha by looks at Rashi's comments about their sequencing.