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The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
The Parsha Podcast with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe was started in 2016 with the goal of making the weekly Parsha accessible and useful. Every Sunday, the Parsha Podcast will feature an hour-long podcast outlining the story, narratives and major themes of that week’s Parsha and offer a selection of valuable and interesting insights from it. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, two more episodes that focuses on one idea, theme, or comment on the Parsha will be released. Please send comments or questions to…
Episodes
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Metzora (Rebroadcast)
A metzora is someone who is stricken with the tangible illness of tzaraas caused by a variety of sins, most notably the sin of lashon hara, evil talk and…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Tazria – Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires
Like much of Leviticus hitherto, tzaraas – the skin malady that is a physical manifestation of a spiritual flaw – is a concept distant from our consciousness…
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Tazria – Torah In A Box (5782)
The bulk of our Parsha deals with the inapplicable laws of purity and impurity, but we also told about a Mitzvah that is very much applicable today…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Tazria (Rebroadcast)
A very large percentage of Torah is dedicated to the laws of purity and impurity. Parshas Tazria deals exclusively with these laws, first with respect to the…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Shemini – Spiritual Cholesterol
Kosher food is good for you. Non-kosher food is bad. That much we learned in our parsha. But why? Why is kosher food good? In this exquisite podcast, we Go…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Shemini – Aaron’s Credentials (5782)
In our Parsha Aaron is promoted to become the high priest. Previously, Moshe served as high priest in an interim role, henceforth Aaron and his descendants…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Shemini (Rebroadcast)
After months of preparation and building, and a week of inauguration, the nation was anticipating the climax of the Tabernacle experience: When God finally…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Tzav – Runaway Brain
The subject matter of Parshas Tzav is – like Parshas Vayikra – sacrifices. Before today you may have thought that sacrifices are a boring snooze fest. In this…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Tzav – Ready, Steady, Fire! (5782)
A lot of things are needed for the Temple and the Tabernacle to function properly. There are all kinds of prerequisites, protocols, procedures, and rituals…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Tzav (Rebroadcast)
In continuation of the themes of last week, Parshas Tzav details the procedures of processing many of the sacrifices enumerated in Parshas Vayikra, teaches us…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Vayikra – Cainitis and Abelitis
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- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Vayikra – From Each According to His Ability (5782) + TORCH Campaign
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Parshas Vayikra (Rebroadcast) + TORCH Annual Fundraising Drive
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- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Pekudei – Autopilot Disengaged
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Pekudei – Bold Initiatives Checklist (5782) + TORCH Fundraiser Appeal
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- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Pekudei (Rebroadcast) and annual Fundraiser at giveTORCH.org
Our organization, TORCH, does only one fundraiser a year, and that is happening right now at giveTORCH.org. This is a matching campaign and every donation will…
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Vayakhel – The Third Path
There are three ways to achieve transcendental greatness: There is the path of intense practice and training in your desired field of excellence; there is the…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Vayakhel – Heart Donor (5782)
The Torah’s narrative surrounding the Tabernacle is not one-and-done an cut-and-dried. The Torah does not simply tell us that a Tabernacle was built with the…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Vayakhel (Rebroadcast)
After the Torah delineates the instructions to assemble the materials for the construction of the Tabernacle in Parshas Terumah and the creation of the…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Ki Sisa – Augmenting Shabbos
The final instructions for the construction of the Tabernacle are conveyed at the beginning of this week’s parsha. After Moshe is told to appoint Bezalel as…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Ki Sisa – Counting and Duking the Nation (5782)
The golden calf is one of the most inexplicable events in the Torah. What went wrong? Who is to blame? In this special edition of the Parsha Podcast we propose…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Ki Sisa (Rebroadcast)
This week’s parsha contains several instructions related to the Tabernacle, but the majority of the parsha is dedicated to arguably the most shocking and…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Tetzaveh – The Golden Bovine
This week’s Parsha is dedicated to the priestly class: It begins with the oil that the High Priest kindles; it describes in great detail the special vestments…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Tetzaveh – What’s In A Name (5782)
Our Sages tell us that each one of us is unique and has a unique mission to fulfill. Humans are not fungible, moist, robots that can be swapped for each other…
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Parshas Tetzaveh (Rebroadcast)
In a natural continuation to Parshas Terumah, in Parshas Tetzaveh we learn about the instructions to build the Tabernacle. Whereas last week the focus was on…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Terumah – Cherub-Picking
The Tabernacle was a portable Temple in which the presence of God dwelled. Our Parsha begins with the fundraising effort to be conducted in the Wilderness…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Terumah – The Mystery of the Menorah (5782)
This week’s Parsha marks the beginning of the Torah’s detailing of the Tabernacle and its vessels and operations. This subject makes up the bulk of the…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Terumah (Rebroadcast)
One of the fundamental principles of Jewish philosophy is the idea of “Kedushah”, holiness. Holiness, according to the Jewish definition, is when the physical…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Mishpatim – Blind Determination
Immediately after the Sinai Revelation, the Torah begins telling us many of the laws. In this Parsha podcast we focus on two of the laws: the famous verse of…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Mishpatim – Hearing Sinai (5782)
The Sinai Revelation was the most significant event in all of human history, certainly in all of Jewish history. Our nation experienced what no other people…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Mishpatim (Rebroadcast)
Parshas Mishpatim marks a stark change in the rhythm and pace of the Torah narrative. The preceding 17 Parshas contained a total of 41 mitzvos; this week we…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Yisro – Splitting the Heaven
The arrival of Jethro, the preparation for Sinai, and the nature of the Sinai revelation – these are some of the subjects featured in our parsha. In this very…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Yisro – Deathrow and Jethro (5782)
The eponymous protagonist of our Parsha – Moshe’s father-in-law, Jethro – makes three appearances in the Torah. His story, at first glance, seems wholly…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Yisro (Rebroadcast)
The most significant event in all of human history is the Revelation at Sinai, which occurs in Parshas Yisro. Prior to that monumental experience and the…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Beshalach – Bones to Pick
The Exodus is finally here. After 210 years in Egypt – enslaved, tormented, and oppressed – the nation is leaving with great pomp and ceremony. There is an…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Beshalach – Songworthy Sequels (5782)
The Exodus marked the severing of the Jewish people from their former masters, the Egyptians. With plagues and miracles, the Almighty extracted the Israelites…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Beshalach (Rebroadcast)
Parshas Beshalach may be the most action-packed parsha in the Torah. After the Exodus, God directed the people to not take the shortest route to the Land in…
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Bo – Shots on Goal
The Jewish people spent several centuries in Egypt, but now it is time to leave – and the nation is leaving with flair, with miracles, signs, and wonders. In…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Bo – Climbing Mount Exodus (5782)
The Exodus from Egypt was the founding event of our people. Our nation had been in Egypt for more than two centuries and we had become acculturated into the…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Bo (Rebroadcast)
After the first seven Plagues of Egypt related in last week’s parsha, Pharaoh and his people were still unwilling to release the Children of Israel. In Parshas…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Vaeira – Labor and Deliverance
The Jewish nation was enslaved in Egypt for 100s of years. What was the essence of the enslavement? What is the consistent theme that is strung throughout the…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Vaeira – The Endurance Expedition (5782)
As the tag team representing God in the Exodus, Moshe and Aaron pull off some incredible miracles and feats in this week’s Parsha. When they are formally…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Vaeira (Rebroadcast)
Our Parsha begins in the middle of the dialogue between Moses and God. Moses’ initial foray into saving the nation has gone horribly awry. Instead of…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Shemos – Moshe’s Treatment
We begin the new calendar year with a new book, the book of Exodus. The Jewish nation – still a family – is in Egypt, and things go from bad to worse. Pharaoh…
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Shemos – Make Your Move (5782)
Our Parsha is a difficult one to read. Our nation was enslaved, tormented, oppressed, and murdered by the Egyptians. Although we don’t see the salvation in our…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Shemos (Rebroadcast)
The Book of Exodus begins with the Egyptians cunningly enslaving their Hebrew subjects: mandating that they work in backbreaking labor, killing their male…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Vayechi – Jacob’s Strength
Parshas Vayechi marks the final installment of the book of Genesis. The family of Israel, the sons of Jacob, are all together in Egypt, where they settle and…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Vayechi – Brotherly Love: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (5782)
Family is everything. If you are fortunate enough to have siblings, parents, and children you know that there are bonds of kinship and brotherhood (and…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Vayechi (Rebroadcast)
Parshas Vayechi is the final portion of the Book of Genesis. Jacob is about to die and he tends to his affairs: He assures that he will not be buried in Egypt…
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Vayigash – Come-to-Joseph Moment
Our parsha is one of unexpected reunions. After 20 plus years of separation, Joseph reunited with his brothers and his father. In this Parsha Podcast we focus…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Vayigash – A Clash Of Kings (5782)
Amongst the sons of Jacob were two kings: Judah and Joseph. Joseph was viceroy of Egypt. He was a king in his lifetime. Judah was never crowned as King in his…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Vayigash (Rebroadcast)
Twenty two years have passed since Jacob and Joseph were separated. Ever since Joseph was torn away from him, Jacob was bereft of prophecy and inconsolable. In…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Mikeitz – The End of Days
In our Parsha, Joseph is elevated to become viceroy of Egypt. He begins the day languishing in prison, and ends it be decked in garments of royalty and paraded…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Mikeitz – Joseph’s Crime (5782)
Joseph is one of the all-time heroes of Jewish history. His strength of character was legendary, his faith was unflappable, and his storyline remains an…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Mikeitz (Rebroadcast)
Parshas Mikeitz continues the narrative of Joseph in Egypt. We pick up his story two years after his failed attempt at earning a reprieve via his cellmate…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Vayeishev – Dream of the Crop
Our Parsha begins with Joseph’s two dreams of grandeur and supremacy. He dreams that he will rule over his brothers, who will bow before him in submission…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Vayeishev – Pebbles and Diamonds (5782)
A pebble and a diamond are similar in one way: they are both rocks. That’s where the similarities end. A diamond is precious and valuable. Diamonds are things…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Parshas Vayeishev (Rebroadcast)
Parshas Vayeishev contains two intersecting, seemingly scandalous, storylines, that after all the dust has settled we can see are harbingers of the Messiah and…
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Vayishlach – When Hairy met Srully
Jacob and Esau last saw each other 34 years prior. 34 years ago, Jacob, upon the explicit and prophetically inspired instruction of his mother, usurped the…
- The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
Vayishlach – Not Reddy to Change (5782)
Parshas Vayishlach is an action-packed parsha. After a tension-filled 20 years with Laban, Jacob has to dodge bullets for another parsha. Esau wants to kill…