Piecing the Parsha Together

This episode looks at the connection between Yishmael's banishment and the first day of Rosh Hashanah.

This week's episode looks at how the Torah describes the mitzvah of teshuva why it occurs towards the end of the Torah.

This week's episode connects the agricultural mitzvos of the beginning of the parsha to the curses and reubke at the end of the parsha.

This week's episode looks at how Sefer Devarim mirrors and expands on the Ten Commandments.

This week's episode looks at the significance of the Torah using the environment to limit the power of the king.

This week's episode looks at the deeper meaning of the places mentioned at the beginning of the parsha.

This week's episode discusses the Aseres HaDibros based on Rabbi David Fohrman's new volume of A Parsha Companion.

This week's episode looks at the title of the parsha and the parsha, words. This is then connected to Tisha B'Av.

This week's episode tries to find a theme for the list of Bnei Yisrael's journeys in the Desert.

This week's episode looks at the second census of Sefer Bamidbar and its connection to some of the laws discussed in the parsha.

This week's episode contrasts Bilaam's blessings to Bnei Yisrael's immoral behavior at the end of the parsha. This is then tied into the upcoming period of mourning of the Three Weeks.

This week's episode looks at the three different places that the inauguration of the mishkan appears in the Torah.

This week's episode looks at the different ways Sefer Bamidbar could have developed.

This episode looks at a number of midrashim related to the giving of the Torah.

This week's episode discusses two different counts that appear in Parshas Emor and Parshas Behar. These counts illustrate two different ways to receive the Torah.

This week's episode looks at how the Torah presents the yom tov of Succos in Parshas Emor in comparison to the other yomim tovim

This week's episodes looks at the non-Jewish practices of necromancy and Molech

This week's episode discusses why the laws of childbirth are preceded by the laws of kashrus and followed by the mitzvah of bris milah.