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By Rabbi David Kasher
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Every week, Rabbi David Kasher takes us on a 15-minute dive into the Parsha (the weekly Torah portion), to see some of its layers and complexity. We'll try to get a feeling for why this text has captured the human imagination for millennia, and why the Torah truly is the greatest story ever told.
| Episode | Date |
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The Jewish Art of Resolving Contradictions / Parshat Naso
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May 28, 2026 |
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Don't Forget the Poor on Shavuot! / Parshat Shavuot
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May 21, 2026 |
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Firstborn All Over Again / Parshat Bamidbar
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May 19, 2026 |
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The Curse of Exile: ‘If’ or ‘When’? / Parshat Behar-Behukotai
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May 19, 2026 |
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Shabbat and Holidays: Two Timelines / Parshat Emor
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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The Difference Between Justice and Holiness / Parshat Aharei Mot-Kedoshim
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Sickness in the Torah: Two Models / Parshat Tazria-Metzorah
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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The Kli Yakar’s Psychology of Wealth and Poverty / Parashat Vayikra
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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The End of Exodus / Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Taking Responsibility in Public Office / Parashat Ki Tisa
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Wisdom of the Heart / Parashat Tetzeveh
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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A Crimson Thread / Parashat Terumah
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Lost on Mount Sinai / Parshat Mishpatim
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Lost on Mount Sinai / Parshat Mishpatim
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Midrashic Origin Stories / Parshat Yitro
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Pharaoh Never Died - Parshat Beshalah
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Hard-Heartedness - Parshat Bo
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Leadership: Character or Destiny? - Parshat Shemot
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Two Messiahs, Three Opinions - Parshat Vayehi
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Joseph Builds the Administrative State - Parshat Vayigash
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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The Trappings of Power - Parshat Mikeitz
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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The Captain of the World - Parshat Hayyei Sarah
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Two Kidnappings - Parshat Vayeira
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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The Rise of Kings - Parshat Lekh Lekha
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Psychedelic Imagery in the Torah
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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A Rabbi, A Guy, and a Goddess
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Take Warning - Parshat Behukotai
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May 31, 2024 |
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The End of Slavery / Parshat Behar
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May 24, 2024 |
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Counting the Omers / Parshat Emor
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May 20, 2024 |
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Kedoshim Couplets / Parshat Kedoshim
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May 13, 2024 |
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A Queasy Land - Parshat Aharei Mot
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May 05, 2024 |
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Magic 8 - Parshat Tazria
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Come Closer - Parshat Shemini
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Concessions to Human Nature - Parshat Tzav
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Building a Home for God - Parshat Pekudei
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Broken Torah for Broken People - Parshat Vayakhel
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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The Origins of Yom Kippur Liturgy - Parshat Ki Tisa
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Everyday Torah - Parashat Tetzaveh
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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The Third Rail - Parshat Terumah
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Third Category of Law - Parshat Mishpatim
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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TRUSTING MOSHE - Parshat Yitro
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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LIFE AFTER PASSOVER - Parshat Beshalach
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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DON'T DELAY! - Parshat Bo
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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SHORTNESS OF BREATH - Parshat Va'era
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF GOD – Parshat Vayishlakh
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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DREAM INTERPRETATION - Parshat Mikeitz
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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WAS ESAU BAD? - Parshat Toldot
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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Legends of the Cave - Parshat Hayei Sarah
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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BEFORE THE BINDING - Parshat Vayeira
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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DEFYING DESTINY - Parashat Lekh Lekha
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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NOAH'S COVENANT - Parashat Noach
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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PRIMORDIAL PAIN - Parashat Bereishit
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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DISSENT with Ezra Furman
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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THE DAY OF STOPPING - Parshat Emor
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May 09, 2023 |
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SPEECH LAWS: Gossip & Rebuke - Parshat Acharaei Mot-Kedoshim
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May 05, 2023 |
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THE SCIENCE OF BELIEF with Mayim Bialik
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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BONUS CLASS: THE HOUSE THAT NEVER WAS - Parshat Tazria-Metzora
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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SERMON: A Holy Justice, and a Just Holiness - Rabbi David Kasher
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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BONUS CLASS THE HOLY BROKEN TABLETS - Parshat Ki Tissa
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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ASTROLOGY with Chani Nicholas
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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BONUS CLASS: THE ORACLE STONES - Parshat Tetzaveh
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS: PICTURES IN THE SKY: Pattern-Spotting at Sinai - Parshat Terumah
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS: AN EYE FOR AN EYE - Parshat Mishpatim
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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SIBLING RIVALRY, with Moshe Kasher
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS Deciphering the Ten Commandments - Parshat Yitro
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS Exodus, Reconsidered – Parshat Beshalach 2.03.2023
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS House of the Dragon - Parshat Va'era
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS From Creation to Redemption - Parshat Shemot
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS Joseph & his Brothers: Two Theologies of Time - Parshat Mikeitz
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS (Almost) Everybody Likes Joseph - Parshat Vayeishev
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS Jacob Falls in Love - Parshat Vayeitzei
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS Our Brother Ishmael - Parshat Hayyei Sarah
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Rabbi David Kasher's Book Release Party: "ParshaNut: 54 Journeys into the World of Torah Commentary"
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS Sarah Had the Last Laugh - Parshat Vayeira
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Abraham's Spiritual Development - Parshat Lekh Lekha
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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ParshaNut Book Release! - Rabbi David Kasher
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Season Finale! - Parshat V’zot HaBrachah
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Where Does Bad Come From? - Parshat Bereishi
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Back to the Beginning - Parshat Ha'azinu
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Inscribed in the Book of Torah- Parshat Vayeilech
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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The Magic Word - Parshat Nitzavim
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Sin of Sadness - Parshat Ki Tavo
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Wandering Jews and Arameans - Parshat Ki Tavo
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS How Rabbis Deal with Moral Discomfort - Parshat Ki Teitzei
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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A Life in Pieces - Parshat Ki Teitzei
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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When Left is Right - Parshat Shoftim
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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The Tempter - Parshat Re’eh
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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BBE BONUS CLASS Two Kinds of Fear - Parshat Eikev
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Both Sides Now - Parshat Eikev
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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What’s Love Got to Do With It? - Parshat Vaetchanan
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Axis of Evil - Parshat Devarim
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Moses Grabs the Mic - Parshat Devarim
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Anger Management - Parshat Matot-Masei
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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The Forest of Sadness - Parshat Matot-Masei
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Death Register - Parshat Pinchas
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Everything is Permitted - Parshat Pinchas
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Donkey Xote - Parshat Balak
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Legend of Miriam's Well - Parshat Chukat
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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The Birth of Jewish Culture - Parshat Hukat
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Korach's Coaliton - Parshat Korach
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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The Ambivalent Angel - Parshat Korah
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Overkill - Parshat Shelach
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Appealing Divine Law - Parshat Beha'alotkha
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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The World's Shortest Book - Parshat Beha'alotkha
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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The Case of the Seventy Princes - Parshat Naso
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Into the Wild - Parshat Bamidbar
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May 30, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Weapons of War - Parshat Behukotai
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May 27, 2022 |
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The Book of Love - Parshat Behukotai
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May 23, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Meaning of Freedom - Parshat Behar
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May 20, 2022 |
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Joy and Jubilee - Parshat Behar
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May 18, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Kabbalistic Storytelling - Parshat Emor
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May 13, 2022 |
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A State of Moral Emergency - Parshat Emor
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May 09, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Decoding the Codes - Parshat Kedoshim
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May 06, 2022 |
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The Most Important Thing - Parshat Kedoshim
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May 04, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Nakednesses - Parshat Acharei Mot
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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God is the G.O.A.T. - Parshat Acharei Mot
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Telling the Story Differently
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Priests of Passover
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Shedding Our S(k)ins - Parshat Metzora
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Origins of Impurity
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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The Haunted House - Parshat Tazria
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Cold Comfort - Parshat Shemini
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Kasher on Kosher - Parshat Shemini
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Shattered - Parshat Tzav
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Sin of Abel - Parshat Vayikra
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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What's Your Sin? - Parshat Vayikra
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Weight of Eternity
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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A Doorway to Other Things - Parshat Pekudei
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Shabbat in the Torah
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Prophets and Builders - Parshat Vayakhel
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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In the Face of it All - Parshat Ki Tisa
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Priestly Crown - Parshat Tetzaveh
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Moses is Missing - Parshat Tetzaveh
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Devil and the Details - Parshat Terumah
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Unicorns & Mermaids - Parshat Terumah
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS The Other “Justice” - Parshat Mishpatim
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Kosher Heresy - Parshat Mishpatim
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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BONUS CLASS Our Dangerous God - Parshat Yitro
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Relatives and Revelations - Parshat Yitro
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Water, Water Everywhere - Parshat Beshalah
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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New Year's Torah - Parshat Bo
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Stopping the Spread - Parshat Va’era
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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BONUS CLASS: A Bridegroom of Blood - Parshat Shemot
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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One Little Verse - Parshat Shemot
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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BONUS CLASS: Jacob's Obsession - Parshat Vayechi
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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BONUS CLASS: The Woman Between the Walls - Parshat Vayigash
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Ep 12: Zombie Love - Parshat Vayehi
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Ep 11: A New Approach - Parshat Vayigash
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Ep 10: Torah Dreams - Parshat Mikeitz
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Ep 9: Weird, Wild Stuff - Parshat Vayeishev
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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EP 8: Vampire Torah - Parshat Vayishlah
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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EP 7: Talking Rocks - Parshat Vayetzei
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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EP 6: Playing Favorites - Parshat Toldot
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Ep 5: Kindred Spirits - Parsha Hayei Sara
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Ep 4: Be Disturbed. Be Very Disturbed. - Parshat Vayera
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Ep 3: Children of the Torah - Parshat Lekh Lekha
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Ep 2: What's Wrong with Noah? - Parshat Noah
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Ep. 1: Naked Torah - Parshat Bereishit
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Sep 27, 2021 |