Pesach
Bimidbar – Counting Names
What is the concept of counting the Jewish people? How is it connected to counting from Pesach to Shavuos? Why do we specifically count the names of the Jewish people? Find out in this week’s parsha podcast. Running time: 20:56
Read MoreEmor – Counting from Pesach to Shavuos
What is the difference between Pesach (Passover) when we only eat Matza, as opposed to Shavuos when there is a special offering of Chametz (leavened bread)? What is the significance of the contrast between the haste of leaving Egypt versus the slow countdown to Shavuos? How does one find God even in places that seem…
Read MoreAcharei Mos and Pesach – From Egypt to Canaan
Why does the Torah preface the concept of illicit relations with a mention of ‘the ways of Egypt and Canaan?’ What is the concept of the process leading from Egypt to receiving the Torah, and ultimately to arrival in Israel? What is the deeper hidden root of this process? Why was it necessary for the…
Read MorePesach – Pieces of Completion
What is the depth of the count from Pesach (Passover) to Shavuos? How were the Jews able to be redeemed through a merit that was only to be in the future – of receiving the Torah? What is the concept of the purification of the confusion of the imagination? How can one access a future…
Read MoreShmini – Six, Seven, and Eight
Why is the mishkan completed on the same day as the creation of Man? What is the significance of the fact that it is both the sixth day of creation and the eighth day of the mishkan? What is the deeper concept of the numbers six, seven, and eight? How is the sadness of this…
Read MorePesach – Leaving Egypt with great wealth
Why is it necessary for the Jewish people to be enslaved in Egypt? What does Egypt represent? What is the concept of the Jewish people leaving Egypt with great riches? Why is the Mishkan and Beis Hamikdash bedecked with silver and gold? What is the significance of the parallel idea in the future redemption? What…
Read MoreVayera – Revealing God's plan
Why does Avraham’s meeting with the angels occur in conjunction with Pesach? Why does the destruction of Sodom occur concurrently? Why is Yitzchak born on Pesach? Why does the binding of Isaac occur on Pesach? Why does Lot’s conception with his daughters occur then, as well? Find out in this week’s Parsha Podcast. Running time:…
Read MoreEmor – Transforming the physical
Why is this time period referred to as the counting of the omer? What is the significance of the sacrifice? And why is it brought on the second day of Pesach, as opposed to the first day? What about the korban omer creates the merit for the entrance into Israel? What is the connection between…
Read MoreThoughts on Pesach
Here is a special edition of the Parsha Podcast, thoughts on Pesach. Running time: 15:39
Read MorePurim-Pesach-MBY
If we follow the line of thought of the previous post, we find that the month of Nissan, centering around Pesach is a very great tikkun – the completion or bringing out of the nine month tikkun from Av until Adar Beis. What is interesting is that if we go back to the story of…
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