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The Toronto Torah

by Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Brought to you by Beit Midrash Zichron Dov, The Toronto Torah Weekly Parshah is a weekly podcast that offers interesting and relevant conversations over the weekly Torah Portion. Every week a different pair from the beit midrash will discuss a topic from the weekly Parshah- one conversation a week, every week.

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Episodes

  1. Ki Tetze - A Match Made in Heaven?

    [Ki Tezte] Kiddushin & Get: A Match Made in Heaven? With Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner A print version of this article along with the complete Toronto Torah can be downloaded at http://tiny.cc/ttpodcast? For comments. questions and dedications please email [email protected]

  2. Parshat Behar - Bitachon

    Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner and Rabbi Yehuda Mann discuss parshat Behar in light of Bitachon (Confidence in Hashem)

  3. Parshat Emor- The Mekalel

    Rabbi Jared Anstandig and Rabbi Chaim Metzger discuss parashat Emor

  4. Pesach- What does your Seder Look Like?

    Rabbi Yehuda Mann and Rabbi Steven Gotlib discuss Leil Haseder! Hoe does your seder look like?

  5. Parshat Tazria - Seeing: Believing or Deceiving?

    Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner (Rosh Beit Midrash) and Rabbi Chaim Metzger (Avreich) discuss how the Torah employs visual images to guide human behaviour, harnessing the power of sight while trying to avoid its pitfalls.

  6. Parshat Shemini - Reasonably Unreasonable?

    Idan Rakovsky ([email protected]) and Rabbi Jared Anstandig ([email protected]) discuss Parshat Parah and the Red Heifer. How do we approach Mitzvot and parts of the Torah that don't make sense? Can we accept and obey rules that we don't understand?

  7. Parshat Tzav - Thank You Hashem!

    When do we need to say thank you? How does danger play in to Korban Todah and The Brachah of HaGomel? Rabbi Yehuda Mann and Rabbi Chaim Metzger discuss gratitude in the lightof Parshat Tzav.

  8. Parshat Vayikra - How can we Understand Sacrifices?

    This week we read Parashat Vayikra, a very difficult parsha for us to relate to in the year 2022. Rabbi Sammy Bergman (Assistant Rabbi, Shaarei Shomayim) and Rabbi Jared Anstandig (Sgan, Rabbinic Assistant, Shaarei Shomayim) explore how we can make sense of the laws of sacrifices, and how can we...

  9. Parshat Pekudei- Creativity: Bounded or Boundless

    The Jews were told to create the Mishkan to exact specifications, and so they did. But Rabbi Steven Gotlib and Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner ask: Isn't there room for Creativity in Judaism?

  10. Don't Worry, be Happy! (special Adar episode feat. Rabbi Rafi Lipner)

    The Toronto Torah Podcast is thrilled to collaborate with Rabbi Rafi Lipner, Rabbi of Shaarei Tefillah Congregation in Toronto, founder and president of The House, a good friend of our beit midrash, and a very optimistic person! As we approach the month of Adar, and when Adar begins, we increase...

  11. Parshat Ki Tisa - So Wrong, So Quickly

    This week, Rabbi Yehuda Mann and Rabbi Jared Anstandig (Sganim) discuss Chet Haegel, the Sin of the Golden Calf. How did it all go so wrong so quickly? What exactly was their sin? And what can we learn about our own failures from this episode?

  12. Parshat Tetzaveh - Clothes, Priests, and Us

    Rabbi Steven Gotlib (avrech) and Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner (rosh beit midrash) ask: Why does the Torah command us to create clothing of honour and splendour for the kohanim? And what does this have to do with us?

  13. Parshat Terumah - Does G-d Need a House?

    Rabbi Jared Anstandig and Idan Rakovsky discuss the Mitzvah of building the tabernacle in parshat Terumah: does G-d need a physical place to dwell in?

  14. Parshat Mishpatim- On Slavery in Judaism

    Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner (Rosh beit midrash) and Rabbi Chaim Metzger (avrech) explore one of the most challenging topics in the Torah: Slavery. How can we relate to this troubling institution, which occupies the first part of Parshat Mishpatim?

  15. Parshat Beshalach - Singing the Song or Reading the Words?

    Rabbi Steven Gotlib (Avrech) and Rabbi Jared Anstandig (Sgan Rosh Beit Midrash) discuss Parshat Beshalach in the light of songs. What is the importance of the Song of the Sea (Shirat HaYam) in out world? What impact did it have on Bna'i Israel when they went out of Egypt? What are the elements…

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  16. Parshat Bo- On Faith and Doubt

    Rabbi Chaim Metzger and Rabbi Steven Gotlib (Avrechim) discuss Parshat Bo in the light of Faith and Doubt.

  17. Parshat Vaera- On Listening

    Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner (Rosh Beit Midrash) and Rabbi Yehuda Mann (Sgan Rosh Beit Midrash) discuss Parshat Vaera in the light of listening. How can we improve our listening skills? How can we educate our children to love Torah?

  18. Parshat Shmot- the Prince of Egypt

    A NEW BOOK! Rabbi Jared Anstandig (Sgan Rosh Beit Midrash) and Idan Rakovsky (Avrech) discuss Parshat Shmot. What does the torah want to teach us in the birth story of Moshe? Why Moshe is Rabenu while Avraham is Avinu? And does a leader born a leader or becomes one?

  19. Parshat Vayechi - A True Reconciliation?

    Rabbi Yehuda Mann (Sgan Rosh Beit Midrash) and Rabbi Chaim Metzger (Avrech) discuss Parshat Vayechi from the perspective of reconciliation. What is a true reconciliation? Did Yosef and his brothers achieve it?

  20. Parshat Vayigash - On a Mission from G-d

    Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner (Rosh Beit Midrash) and Rabbi Jared Anstandig (Sgan Rosh Beit Midrash) discuss Parshat Vayigash from the perspective of missions. What was the mission that Yosef thought he was on? What is the importance of being on a mission? And what are the risks of being on a…

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  21. Parshat Miketz- On Dreams and Dreamers

    Idan Rakovsky and Rabbi Steven Gotlib discuss Parshat Miketz through the concept of dreams. Why does the torah repeat Pharaoh's dream? What change has Yossef gone through? And what does the Torah want us to learn from all these?

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Brought to you by Beit Midrash Zichron Dov, The Toronto Torah Weekly Parshah is a weekly podcast that offers interesting and relevant conversations over the weekly Torah Portion. Every week a different pair from the beit midrash will discuss a topic from the weekly Parshah- one conversation a week, every week.

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