Piecing the Parsha Together

Episode 608: Vayishlach - Using the Challenges of Galus 05.12.2025 19:00 ↓

This week's episode looks at how the challenges Yaakov faces in this week's parsha seem to intensify when compared the challenges Yaakov faced in Parshas Vayeitzei. This increased challenge also relates to the story of Hanukkah.

Episode 607: Parshas Vayeitzei - Yakov's Task in Galus 28.11.2025 10:00 ↓

This week's episode looks at two seemingly lengthy discussions and find that they help shed light on a theme of the parsha.

Episode 606: Parshas Toldos - Ideological Children 21.11.2025 8:23 ↓

This week's episode looks at what it means to be a true descendant of Avraham.

Episode 605: Parshas Chayei Sarah - Living As a Jew 20.11.2025 9:55 ↓

This week's episode looks at the final lesson Avraham teaches us, how to live as a Jew in day-to-day life.

Episode 604: Parshas Vayera - Establishing Avraham's Descendants 10.11.2025 17:20 ↓

This week's episode traces the theme of the future descendants of Klal Yisrael throughout the parsha.

Episode 603: Parshas Lech Lecha - The Avos and the Mishkan 31.10.2025 4:38 ↓

This week's episode connects the books of Bereishis and Shemos through the lens of the actions of the avos.

Episode 602: Noach - Different Ways to Walk with Hashem 27.10.2025 8:58 ↓

This week's episode looks at different ways Noach is described and how those descriptions can help guide us.

Episode 601: Bereishis - Stories in the Torah 26.10.2025 8:00 ↓

This week's episode looks at how the stories of Sefer Bereishis fit into the overall goal of the Torah as an instruction manual.

Parshas V'Zos Habracha 5786 - Connecting the Beginning to End 26.10.2025 5:15 ↓

This episode connects the end of the Torah with the beginning.

Parshas Ha'azinu and Succos 5786 - Song 10.10.2025 8:32 ↓

This week's episode looks at the song of Ha'azinu compared with the music of the holidays of Succos and Simchas Torah.

Parshas Vayelech and Shabbos Shuva 5786 - New Slate 03.10.2025 8:59 ↓

This week's episode explains the mitzvah of Hakhel in the context of the High Holiday season

Parshas Nitzavim 5785 - The Land 26.09.2025 13:09 ↓

This week's episode looks at the interesting ways Eretz Yisrael is described in this week's parsha .

Parshas Ki Savo 5785 - Pesach and Bikkurim 12.09.2025 13:22 ↓

This week's episode looks at a number of explanations for why the passage of bikkurim is used in the hagadah.

Parshas Ki Seitzei 5785 - Gratitude 05.09.2025 9:30 ↓

This week's episode looks at the importance of gratitude in building communities both big and small.

Parshas Shoftim 5785 - The Right Intentions at Big Moments 05.09.2025 8:00 ↓

This week's episode looks at the juxtaposition between the laws of judges and the moadim at the end of Parshas Re'eh.

Parshas Re'eh 5785 - The Blessings of Re'eh 05.09.2025 7:40 ↓

This week's episode looks explains why the Torah mentions the blessings of Parshas Ki Savo in the week's parsha.

Parshas Eikev 5785 - Reward and Punishment 15.08.2025 9:35 ↓

This week's episode focuses on reward and punishment and how the actions we do as Jews can make the world a better place.

Parshas Vaeschanan 5785 - Mesorah 15.08.2025 12:44 ↓

This week's episode focuses on the idea of transmitting the Torah to the next generation.

Parshas Devarim and Tish B'Av 5785 03.08.2025 21:01 ↓

This week's episode looks at how the Sin of the Spies explains the events that occur in the second half of the parsha .

Parshas Matos-Masei 5785 - Safeguards 25.07.2025 9:00 ↓

This week's episode looks at different safeguards in these two parshios to help Bnei Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael.

Parshas Pinchas 5785 - Worthy of the Holy Land 25.07.2025 23:46 ↓

This week's episode attempts to show how everything in Parshas Pinchas relates to the aftermath of episode of Ba'al Pe'or at the end of Parshas Balak.

Parshas Balak 5785 - The Structure of Bilaam's Brachos 17.07.2025 13:31 ↓

This week's episode attempts to discover a theme for Bilaam's three different brachos of Bnei Yisrael. It then tries to link these brachos to the brachos in Birkas Kohanim.

Parshas Chukas 5785 - Meriting the Land 04.07.2025 9:01 ↓

This week's episode looks at the conquest of territories held by Sichon and Og and its connection to the beginning of the Torah.

Parshas Korach 5785 - The Wages of the Leviem 04.07.2025 12:25 ↓

This week's episode looks at an interesting detail about ma'ser rishon and how this fits in with the general idea of Parshas Korach.

Parshas Shelach 5785 - Tzitzis and Spies 20.06.2025 19:57 ↓

This week's episode attempts to show how the mitzvah of tzitzis serves as a postscript to the Sin of the Spies.