Episodes

  • Parshas Shemos (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Shemos (Rebroadcast)
    Jan 12 2025
    The Book of Exodus begins with the Egyptians cunningly enslaving their Hebrew subjects: mandating that they work in backbreaking labor, killing their male sons, and trying to stamp out their spirit and curb their population. But God heard their cries and saw their suffering and dispatched the greatest of all men, Moses, a reluctant leader, […]
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    59 mins
  • Vayechi – Unexpected Greatness

    Vayechi – Unexpected Greatness
    Jan 9 2025
    Prior to his passing, Jacob gave a series of blessings to his descendants. He blessed Joseph and Joseph’s two sons, Ephraim and Menashe. He gathered his sons and blessed all twelve of them. In this podcast we study a fascinating element of Jacob’s blessings to his grandsons. There is something that he spotlights in Ephraim […]
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Vayechi – Anti-Oxidance (5783)

    Vayechi – Anti-Oxidance (5783)
    Jan 7 2025
    Immediately prior to his passing, Jacob gathered his sons with the intention of revealing to them what will happen at the end of days. With his 12 sons coalesced around him, Jacob was forced to pivot: the Almighty withdrew His Shechinah from him, and he was no longer able to be able to convey to […]
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Parshas Vayechi (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Vayechi (Rebroadcast)
    Jan 5 2025
    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 and will instead be interred in the Cave of Machpelah, he blesses Joseph and his sons, and he blesses/rebukes his twelve sons. – […]
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    53 mins
  • Vayigash – Joseph’s Magnanimity

    Vayigash – Joseph’s Magnanimity
    Jan 2 2025
    Our Parsha sees the conclusion of the Saga of Joseph. The favorite son of Jacob is finally reunited with his father and his family as the fledgling nation of Israel descends to Egypt. When we study Joseph’s interactions with his brothers and his father, we discover something incredible. Joseph was magnanimous with them in a […]
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    59 mins
  • Vayigash – Definition of Life (5783)

    Vayigash – Definition of Life (5783)
    Dec 31 2024
    Jacob relocates in our Parsha. Leaving Canaan once again, Jacob gathers his family and the possessions that he had acquired in Canaan and descends to Egypt to reunite with Joseph. In this Parsha Podcast we discover an unusual curiosity about Jacob’s dealings with his brother Esau. Over the course of their lifetimes, they made two […]
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    58 mins
  • Parshas Vayigash (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Vayigash (Rebroadcast)
    Dec 29 2024
    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 Parshas Vayigash this long saga comes to an end and Jacob is finally reunited with his long-lost son. – – – – – – – – – – […]
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    55 mins
  • Mikeitz – Two and Twenty

    Mikeitz – Two and Twenty
    Dec 26 2024
    Jacob was one of the greatest people of all time. He excelled in all areas of greatness. In this Parsha podcast we examine his superlative reliance upon God. Jacob was a standout in his exceptional reliance on God as evidenced by his very interesting behavior when it came to his dwindling stockpile of grain. We […]
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    1 hr and 5 mins