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Spark Torah Podcast
by Chana Miriam Bouskila
The Spark Torah podcast is a weekly parsha shiur given over by Chana Miriam Bouskila. Each week we dive into the weekly Torah portion with curated insights that delve deeper, help you understand the parsha, and give you tools to carry away with you into your life. sparktorahpodcast.substack.com
Episodes
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Ep. 89 - Lech Lecha 5787
Welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Lech Lecha. We will talk about: Do our small deeds matter? Why doesn’t Avraham get an introduction? Why so much discussion about Avraham’s age? How should we handle disputes? How should we handle...
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Ep. 88 - Parsha Noach 5787
This week on Spark Torah, we begin with a quick recap of Bereshit before exploring Parshat Noach. From the ark to the rainbow to the Tower of Bavel, we look at what these stories teach us about responsibility, renewal, and our relationship with Hashem. In this episode, we explore: * Noach’s...
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Ep. 87 - Parsha Ha’Azinu 5786
Moshe’s final words to Bnei Israel come as a song. In Parshat Ha’azinu, Shirat Ha’azinu looks back at the Jewish people’s relationship with Hashem: the ways He protected and provided for them, the times they turned away, and the promise that He will ultimately return to His people. In this…
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Ep. 86 - Parsha Nitzavim Vayelech 5786
This week’s double parsha brings together two seemingly opposite ideas: Nitzavim — standing firm — and Vayelech — moving forward. We explore why we need both: a strong, unwavering foundation of emunah alongside continual growth in Torah, mitzvot, and our relationship with Hashem. In this episode:...
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Ep. 85 - Parsha Ki Tavo 5786
This week we explore Parshat Ki Tavo and what it means to truly enter the gifts, mitzvot, and moments Hashem gives us. We begin with the words “Ki Tavo” — “when you come” and the idea that every new day is a gift waiting for us to step into it. As Rosh Hashanah approaches, we consider what it…
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Ep. 84 - Parsha Ki Teitzei 5786
This week we’re learning Parsha Ki Teitzei, the parsha with more mitzvot than any other in the Torah! We’ll explore what the Torah’s laws surrounding the captive woman teach us about the powerful influence of our environment, even on the most righteous among us, and what that means for the...
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Ep. 83 - Parsha Shoftim 5786
Parsha Shoftim is filled with laws about leadership. So that begs the question: How do we lead our own lives? With Rosh Chodesh Elul beginning, this becomes an invitation to choose one small area in which to grow, whether that means taking on something new or bringing more intention and…
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Ep. 82 - Parsha Re’eh 5786
This week we dive into Parshat Re’eh, the turning point in Moshe Rabbeinu’s final speech before Bnei Yisrael enter the Land of Israel. We will discuss: The choice of a blessing or a curse and why these are both placed before us. Rav Shlomo Zevin’s insight into transforming both prosperity and...
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Ep. 81 - Parsha Eikev 5786
This week we explore Parshat Eikev, where Moshe reminds the Jewish people that life in the Land of Israel will depend on remembering Hashem—not only during hardship, but especially during times of blessing and success. We will discuss: Why the Torah says “kol hamitzvah” (”the entire mitzvah”) and...
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Ep. 80 - Parsha Va'etchanan 5786
This week we explore Parshat Va’etchanan, a parsha filled with some of the Torah’s most foundational passages—including the Ten Commandments, the Shema, and Moshe Rabbeinu’s final pleas to enter Eretz Yisrael. We will discuss: Why Shabbat Nachamu follows Tisha B’Av and how Parshat Va’etchanan...
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Ep. 79 - Parsha Devarim 5786
This week we begin Sefer Devarim, the fifth and final book of the Torah. Unlike the previous four books, Devarim is one long farewell address from Moshe Rabbeinu during the final weeks of his life before Bnei Yisrael enter Eretz Yisrael. In this episode we explore what makes Devarim unique, why...
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Ep. 78 - Parsha Matot Masei 5786
This week we conclude the book of Bamidbar with the double portion of Matot-Masei, a parsha filled with powerful lessons about speech, responsibility, spiritual growth, and the purpose of our journey through life. In This Episode * The holiness of speech and guarding our words * Torah study…
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Ep. 76 - Parsha Pinchas 5786
Why does Parshat Pinchas begin by praising an act that actually took place in last week’s parsha? And why are the korbanot for the festivals placed here instead of in Sefer Vayikra? In this week’s episode, we explore how these seemingly unrelated sections of the parsha are deeply connected....
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Ep. 75 - Parsha Balak 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Chukat. Parshat Balak This week we continue our exploration of the double portion Chukat-Balak by turning our attention to one of the Torah’s most fascinating stories: the attempts of...
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Ep. 74 - Parsha Chukat 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Chukat. We discuss the meaning of a chok (a divine decree beyond human understanding), beginning with the laws of the Red Heifer (Parah Adumah) and what they teach us about mitzvot…
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Ep. 73 - Parsha Korach 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Beha’alotecha. We will talk about how to fight… the rebellion… How to maintain peace… and why is it called parshat Korach? And other life lessons we can learn form the parsha. Please…
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Ep. 72 - Parsha Shelach 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Beha’alotecha. We will talk about the story of the spies and where they went wrong… How fixing things our way isn’t always the best way… What does bread have to do with our enemies… What…
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Ep. 71 - Parsha Beha’alotecha 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Beha’alotecha. We will talk about The symbolism of the menorah, keruvim, silver trumpets, and other Mishkan vessels… The powerful lesson of Pesach Sheni and second chances in Judaism… The...
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Ep. 70 - Parsha Naso 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Bamidbar. We will talk about Isha sotah, the nazir, the priestly blessing, and the offerings of the princes... What do they all have in common? And other life lessons we can learn form…
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Ep. 69 - Parsha Bamidbar 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Bamidbar. We will talk about why this parsha is read before Shavuot… What it takes to be a torah teacher… What returning a lost object is really all about and how Dan was uniquely...
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Ep. 68 - Parsha Behar-Bechukotai 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Behar-Bechukotai. We will talk about what is the deal with shmita, and what we can learn form it… Why hater iska is ok… how the reward of rTorah study actually works… How we can tap into...
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Ep. 67 - Parsha Emor 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Emor. We will talk about what happens if we miss prayer… why you shouldn’t slaughter a mother animal and its offspring not he same day… Why we call it Passover and the Torah doesn’t… and...
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Ep. 66 - Parsha Acharei-Kedoshim 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Acharei-Kedoshim. We will talk about what we can learn form the goats… How important mitzvot are… What it means to live by the Torah… What it means to be holy and how we know what to do…...
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Ep. 65 - Parsha Tazria-Metzora 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Tazria-Metzora. We will talk about circumcision on the eighth day… How to be more careful with our speech and why… What impurity and purity is… Why food matters… and other life lessons we...
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Ep. 64 - Parsha Shemini 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Shemini. We will talk about Aaron’s sons and their death… Preparation as part of mitzvot… How to serve Hashem the way He wants and why that matters… Fins and scales on kosher fish and how...
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Ep. 63 - Parsha Tzav 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Tzav. We will talk about why the title word of our parsha is so strong… Why the kohanim needed to remove the ashes… How to teach Torah… Why passion matters… Why we need to check our…
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Ep. 62 - Parsha Vayikra 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayikra. We will talk about how we should view these chapters on korbanot (sacrifices)… Why there is a little alef in the word Vayikra… Why Hashem’s voice stopped at the wall… Plus a deep...
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Ep. 61 - Parsha Vayakhel 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayakhel. We will talk about mitzvot and why they matter… When intention counts and why alacrity is important… Why the women received Rosh Chodesh… plus: symbolism in the materials for…
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Ep. 60 - Parsha Ki Tisa 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Ki Tisa. We will talk about the significance of the handwashing before the service in the Mishkan… What the kiyor was made from and why that was significant… Why tzedakkah is so…
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Ep. 59 - Parsha Tetzaveh 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Tetzaveh. We will talk about how we are like olive trees… What it means to be wise hearted… whether or not Torah observance limits us… Why all those details in this week’s parsha matter…...
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Ep. 58 - Parsha Terumah 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Terumah. We will talk about what makes a home… How Heaven judges value… What’s so important about the acacia wood… Why we have so many details… How we can make our homes a dwelling place...
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Ep. 57 - Parsha Mishpatim 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Mishpatim. We will talk about why this parsha is different from what we have been reading… Why we have laws and where they come from… How Yitro and Mishpatim are connected… What it means…
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Ep. 56 - Parsha Yitro 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Yitro. We will talk about how to give advice and criticize… The exile… Why the parsha is named after Yitro… How we can unify while still maintaining our individuality… How to handle...
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Ep. 55 - Parsha Beshalach 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Beshalach. We will take a deep dive into explaining the manna… discuss bitterness and its effect on our lives… Talk about what misplaced mercy is and why we may be prone to do it and why…
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Ep. 54 - Parsha Bo 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Bo. We will discuss why pharaoh panicked so much over the locusts… What freedom really means… Why the redemption came at midnight… Why the women packed instruments… and other life lessons...
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Ep. 53 - Parsha Va'era 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Va’era. We continue the conversation between Moshe and Hashem… discuss the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart… talk about ways to deal with anger and why that matters… learn about styles of...
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Ep. 52 - Parsha Shemot 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Shemot. We will discuss what this parsha has to do with names… Why Hashem appeared as a bush… Why and when we should remove our shoes… Whether or not we can question… Why does life have…
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Ep. 51 - Parsha Vayechi 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayechi. We will discuss why the years in Egypt were the happiest of Yaakov’s life… if Yaakov’s children were too comfortable in Egypt… why Yaakov’s name switches back and forth… why the...
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Ep. 50 - Parsha Vayigash 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayigash. We will talk about: What rebuke Yosef gave and how it relates to us… Did Benyamin miss Yosef?… And other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on...
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Ep. 49 - Special Chanukah Episode 5786: Yehudit
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning about Yehudit in this special episode for paid subscribers. We will go through Yehudit’s story in...
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Ep. 48 - Parsha Miketz 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Miketz. We will talk about: How we can achieve greatness… Who Osnat really was… Why Yosef took so long to contact his father… When we should remain silent… And other life lessons we can...
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Ep. 47 - Parsha Vayeishev 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayeishev. We will talk about: Whether or not we are allowed to be jealous… How to bring Hashem closer to us… Who really sold Yosef… What made Tamar a hero… And other life lessons we can...
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Ep. 46 - Parsha Vayishlach 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayishlach. We will talk about: Fear: how we handle it and how we can avoid it… The importance of a single mitzvah… How to handle problems… How to ask for what we want… Whether or not our...
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Ep. 45 - Parsha Vayetze 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayetze. We will talk about: whether or not the ends justify the means… Why we are compared to sand, dirt, and stars… How we should thank Hashem… And other life lessons we can carry from...
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Ep. 44 - Parsha Toldot 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Toldot. We will talk about: How we should be spending our spare time… Should we keep trying after we fail… Was the blessing really stolen… And is this week’s parsha the first mention of...
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Ep. 43 - Parsha Chayei Sarah 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Chayei Sarah. We will talk about: Avraham eulogizing Sarah… Where Avraham was coming from… Regret and joy…Yitzchak finding a wife as well as her role in the family… The influence of women...
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Ep. 42 - Parsha Vayera 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayera. We will talk about: Why Avraham needed to be tested… Lot’s hospitality verses Avraham’s hospitality… What Avraham needed to prove and to whom… Plus how we can understand the…
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Ep. 41 - Parsha Lech Lecha 5786
Welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Lech Lecha. We will talk about: Do our small deeds matter? Why doesn’t Avraham get an introduction? Why so much discussion about Avraham’s age? How should we handle disputes? How should we handle...
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Ep. 40 - Parsha Noach 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Noach. We will talk about: Why the ark had to be built, respecting others, shining our light, unity and when its not a good thing, how we can have an ark today, and other life lessons we...
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Ep. 39 - Parsha Haazinu 5786
Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Haazinu. We will talk about: Shirat Haazinu, its background and its content… exploring its analogies and deeper meanings… How to bring heaven to earth… And other life lessons we can carry...
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The Spark Torah podcast is a weekly parsha shiur given over by Chana Miriam Bouskila. Each week we dive into the weekly Torah portion with curated insights that delve deeper, help you understand the parsha, and give you tools to carry away with you into your life.
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The Spark Torah podcast is a weekly parsha shiur given over by Chana Miriam Bouskila. Each week we dive into the weekly Torah portion with curated insights that delve deeper, help you understand the parsha, and give you tools to carry away with you into your life. sparktorahpodcast.substack.com
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