Spark Torah Podcast

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Balak. We will talk about: Comparing and contrasting Avraham and Balaam… Why the donkey talking wasn’t a shock to Balaam… Why Hashem only happens to come upon Balaam… What we can learn from Balaam… What this parsha has to do with loving your fellow Jew… And so much more. Please leave a rev...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Korach. We will talk about: The name of our parsha and what it could mean… Why we didn’t talk about 38 years of the Jew’s travels through the desert… How we can ‘engrave the Torah upon our hearts’… The episode of Mei Meriva and what the sin of Moshe and Aaron could be… What happened after...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Korach. We will talk about: Why the parsha is named after Korach… How we can not get angry… When fighting is ok… How much influence we have… What we can learn from the letters of the alef bet… And so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free w...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Shelach. We will talk about: Why Moshe sent the spies… What is so special about separating challah… Why the Canaanites were called “our bread”… Did the people repent after the incident with the spies… The connection between the wood gatherer and tzitzit… Plus a dip into the haftorah… And s...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Behaalotecha. We will talk about: What we can learn from the trumpets… How humble was Moshe and what does it really mean to be humble… What can we learn from the menorah… How well Aaron followed directions… Advice for life… And so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcas...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Naso. We will talk about: The Isha Sotah and how this applies to us today in our own lives… What the Nazarite vows have to do with relationships… The gifts of the tribal leaders and what their gifts meant to Hashem and the Jewish people… The overlying theme of peace in our parsha… And so m...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Bamidbar. We will talk about: An introduction to sefer Bamidbar… Why Hashem gave the Torah in the desert… Why the tribe of Dan travelled in the back… Why Hashem counted the tribes… Why no one argued over travel positions… A discussion of why Moshe’s children aren’t mentioned… And so much m...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam and today we will be learning about the fourth chapter of Perkei Avot in this special paid subscriber only episode. We will talk about each mishna in the perek, explaining what the text means, and how it applies to us today. To hear this episo...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Behar-Bechukotai. We will talk about: All about the Shmita and what we can learn from it… Why a hater iska is ok… How the reward for Torah study works… How we can tap into the merit of the Land… Spiritual prep for Shavuot… And so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcast...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Emor. We will talk about: Why we can’t we slaughter a mother animal and its offspring on the same day… Is it the festival of Matzot or is it Passover?… Why is “on that very day” repeated so often?… And so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely f...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Acharei Kedoshim. We will talk about: Why the Jewish nation had to start in slavery… How we can be holy… The power of our words… Goats and what we can learn from them… And so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. An...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Shemini. We will talk about: How this parsha connect with last week’s parsha… If science can prove the Torah is from Hashem… Many ways we prevent lashon hara… And so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Shemini. We will talk about: Why Aaron’s sons died… What can we learn form that? Does all my prep work really matter? Or only the results? Why do kosher fish need scales and fins? And so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Tzav. We will talk about: the significance of removing the ashes form the Altar in the morning… What lighting the Menorah teaches us about teaching… How to approach yom tov… Why even a little is a lot… Why the korban todah required so much bread… and so much more. Please leave a review on...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayikra. We will talk about: Korbanot and how to give them… The sweet fragrance… If Hashem needs our sacrifices… Why there is a little alef and what we can learn from it… and so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod....

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Pekudei. We will talk about: Why we survived… the wait to construct the Mishkan… Who really built the Mishkan… Getting credit for trying… Turning things around… and so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop o...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayakhel. We will talk about: How to perform mitzvot… Why the women received Rosh Chodesh… Symbolism in the Mishkan… and so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Ki Tisa. We will talk about: hand washing and the importance of a pause… the double resting of Shabbat.. why Moshe’s face shone… and of course the golden calf (and why it was a calf)… and so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to sup...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Tetzaveh. We will talk about: If Moshe is mentioned... even a little… How we are like olives… The kind of people who made the priestly garments… Why the beginning matters… and we will talk about how building the Mishkan like building a spaceship… and so much more. Please leave a review on...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam and today we will be learning about the month of Adar in this special paid subscriber only episode. We will talk about: Increasing our joy in Adar, including why we should and practical steps to get there… and salso the mazal of thew month of...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam and today we will be learning parsha Terumah. We will talk about: Symbolism in the Mishkan… How deeds are assessed in heaven… What kind of Mishkan are we responsible for… How to create a dwelling for Hashem… What did the angels say about the mishkan…and so much more. Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an enti...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Mishpatim. We will talk about: Why we shift from stories to a lot of laws all of a sudden… What’s the connection of this parsha to parsha Yitro… Why the dogs are rewarded… What na'aseh ve-nishma really means… What the Torah says about multitasking… and so much more. Please leave a review o...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam and today we will be learning parsha Yitro. We will talk about: Why the women got the Torah first… why the parsha is named for Yitro… How to deal with jealousy… and so much more... Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our substack where you can join in...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam and today we will be learning parsha Beshalach. We will talk about: Occupying ourselves with mitzvot… The Song at the Sea… What happens when you’re bitter… All about the Manna… and more... Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our substack where you can...

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam and today we will be learning parsha Bo. We will talk about: Why Pharaoh was so scared of the locusts… Why the redemption was at midnight… Why we needed a lunar calendar… The blood on the doorpost… And so much more… As promised in the episode, here is a visual of the doorpost we discussed: Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Pod...