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Devarim-Tisha B’av – Unifying Duality
Why is the lesson of Devarim before Tisha B’av? How did Moshe become able to speak so eloquently when he originally categorized himself as ‘heavy of tongue?’ What does it mean that the Torah ‘cures the tongue?’ What is the significance of the teaching that a sefer Torah can be written in any language, or…
Read MoreTerumah – Receving Torah, Receiving God
Why is the story of the revelation at Sinai placed immediately before the command to build a Tabernacle for Hashem’s presence? Why is the center of the Tabernacle the place that houses the Ark of the Covenant and the Torah that is within it? Why does the Midrash introduce the command of building the Tabernacle…
Read MoreKi Savo – Deep Listening
What is the understanding of our Sages statement that in the spiritual realms ‘only a vessel that is full can hold more?’ What is the concept of the word ‘Amen?’ Why does one merit to say Amen in the next world if one says Amen in this world? Why does one merit to ‘hear the…
Read MoreDevarim-Tisha B'av – Rectifying a Splintered Reality
Why did Moshe translate the Torah into 70 languages if the Jewish people at that time only spoke Hebrew and Egyptian? What is the curative power of the Torah? How does the Torah transport a person to the World to Come? How did Moshe go from a person who was ‘not a man of words’…
Read MoreNitsavim-Vayelech – Song of the Heart
How does one access one’s higher will – one’s true will? What is the secret of ‘Today?’ What does it mean that the Torah is not far away, that it is ‘in your mouth and heart?’ What is the concept of the song of the Torah? Find out in this week’s parsha podcast. Running time:…
Read MoreMetzora – Process of Return
What is the power of the Torah that can penetrate into the deepest darkness? How does one access that light even in a state of distance from Hashem and one’s felow man? What is the significance of the seven days that are part of the atonement process of the metzora? Find out in this week’s…
Read MoreYisro – Number Three and Relationships
What is the significance of the fact the Torah was given in the third month – the month of Sivan? Why is the Torah not given immediately after the Jews leave Egypt? What is the significance of the number three? What is the significance of the zodiac signs of Nissan – the sheep, Iyar –…
Read MoreYisro – Stages of completion
Why is the story of Yisro the preface to receiving the Torah? What is the connection between the fifteenth of Shvat and the receiving of the Torah? Why do we eat fruit on this day, if it is not about the product, but about the first budding? What is the deeper meaning of the concept…
Read MoreBereshis – The snake and the Satan
Why does the snake cause man to sin? What does it mean that the spiritual being, the Satan, that ‘rode’ on the snake was jealous? How does an exalted spiritual being experience jealousy? What was the ‘meat’ and ‘wine’ that Adam ate in the Garden? What was the significance of naming the animals? Find out…
Read MoreShavuos and redemption
What is the deeper significance of the custom to stay up all night learning Torah? Why did the Jewish people wake up late on the morning of receiving the Torah? What is the parallel to Yakov who also had a contrasting night of sleep and being awake? What is the connection to the future redemption?…
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