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Quick Dvar Torah of the week — 255 episodes

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(Ep. 255) Do you have skeletons in the closet? (Behaalotecha, 5784 בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ)

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(Ep. 254) Is your work better than Hashem's? (Shemini, 5784 שְּׁמִינִי)

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(Ep. 253) Do you worry about earning a living? (Tzav, 5784 צַו)

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(Ep. 252) When is the right time to be humble? (Vayikra, 5784 וַיִּקְרָא)

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(Ep. 251) How often do you really pray? (Mishpatim, 5784 מִּשְׁפָּטִים)

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(Ep. 250) Do you see the good in the bad? (Beshalach, 5784 בְּשַׁלַּח)

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(Ep. 249) Are you scared of the dark? (Bo, 5784 בֹּא)

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(Ep. 248) What makes you short of breath? (Va'eira, 5784 וָאֵרָא)

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(Ep. 247) What kind of advice do you give? (Shemot, 5784 שְׁמוֹת)

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(Ep. 246) What language do you speak? (Vayigash, 5784 וַיִּגַּשׁ)

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(Ep. 245) What do you complain about? (Miketz, 5784 מִקֵּץ)

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(Ep. 244) What do your dreams mean? (Vayeshev, 5784 וַיֵּשֶׁב)

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(Ep. 243) Are you an introvert or extrovert? (Vayishlach, 5784 וַיִּשְׁלַח)

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(Ep. 242) Where do you fall asleep? (Vayetze, 5784 וַיֵּצֵא)

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(Ep. 241) Who do you look like? (Toldos, 5784 תּוֹלְדֹת)

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(Ep. 240) What do you pray for? (Chayei Sarah, 5784 חַיֵּי שָׂרָה)

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(Ep. 239) When is a little water really alot? (Vayeira, 5784 וַיֵּרָא)

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(Ep. 238) Can you lie for a benefit? (Lech-Lecha, 5784 לֶךְ-לְךָ)

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(Ep. 237) Can you 'have' and 'lack' faith at the same time? (Noach, 5784 נֹחַ)

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(Ep. 236) Do you start counting from 2? (Bereshit, 5784 בְּרֵאשִׁית)

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(Ep. 235) Is there a way to prevent death? ☠⚰ (Haazinu, 5784 הַאֲזִינוּ)

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(Ep. 234) Do you seek those that hide? (Nitzavim-Vayelech, 5783 נִצָּבִים-וַיֵּלֶךְ)

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(Ep. 233) How loud is your voice? (Ki Tavo, 5783 כִּי-תָבוֹא)

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(Ep. 232) When is it not okay to hang around? (Ki Teitzei, 5783 כִּי-תֵצֵא)

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(Ep. 231) How do you avoid a pain in the neck? (Shoftim, 5783 שֹׁפְטִים)

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(Ep. 230) Is it a gift or necessity? (Re'eh, רְאֵה 5783)

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(Ep. 229) Hero or heel? (Eikev, עֵקֶב 5783)

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(Ep. 228) When should you answer a question? ‍❓ (Va'etchanan, וָאֶתְחַנַּן 5783)

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(Ep. 227) How does 345 = 1000? (Devarim, דְּבָרִים 5783)

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(Ep. 226) How clear is your vision? (Matot-Masei, מַּטּוֹת-מַסְעֵי 5783)

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(Ep. 225) How often do you forget? (Pinchas, פִּינְחָס 5783)

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(Ep. 224) What name are you called by? (Chukat-Balak, חֻקַּת-בָּלָק 5783)

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(Ep. 223) Do you wait before you complain? (Korach, קֹרַח 5783)

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(Ep. 222) Do you get punished for bad thoughts? ️(Shlach, שְׁלַח-לְךָ 5783)

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(Ep. 221) Would you leave your friend behind in the desert? ️(Behaalotecha, בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ 5783)

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(Ep. 220) Are you innocent just because you're not guilty? ⚖️ (Naso, נָשֹׂא 5783)

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(Ep. 219) Can the Jews be counted or not? (Bamidbar, בְּמִדְבַּר 5783)

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(Ep. 218) How much does your burial plot cost? (Behar-Bechukotai, בְּהַר-בְּחֻקֹּתַי 5783)

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(Ep. 217) Do you believe or do you know? (Emor, אֱמֹר 5783)

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(Ep. 216) To die or not to die, that is the question. ⚰️☠️ (Acharei Mot - Kedoshim, אַחֲרֵי מוֹת - קְדֹשִׁים 5783)

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(Ep. 215) Are you coming or going? (Tazria-Metzora, תַזְרִיעַ-מְּצֹרָע 5783)

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(Ep. 214) What creates value? (Shemini, שְּׁמִינִי 5783)

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(Ep. 213) Head, finger, (no knees) and toe. (Tzav, צַו 5783)

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(Ep. 212) Does bigger mean better? (Vayikra, וַיִּקְרָא 5783)

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(Ep. 211) How do you make a living? (Vayakhel-Pekudei, וַיַּקְהֵל-פְקוּדֵי 5783)

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(Ep. 210) What is your method of giving charity? (Ki Tisa, כִּי תִשָּׂא 5783)

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(Ep. 209) What do you need protection from? (Tetzaveh, תְּצַוֶּה 5783)

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(Ep. 208) How far in advance do you prepare? ⏱️ (Terumah, תְּרוּמָה 5783)

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(Ep. 207) Who were you in a former life? (Mishpatim, מִּשְׁפָּטִים 5783)

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(Ep. 206) Where do you feel safe? (Yitro, יִתְרוֹ 5783)

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(Ep. 205) When is all-for-one not one-for-all? (Beshalach, בְּשַׁלַּח 5783)

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(Ep. 204) When do we punch out the teeth? (Bo, בֹּא 5783)

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(Ep. 203) Is it better to be a staff or a snake? (Va'eira, וָאֵרָא 5783)

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(Ep. 202) What did Moshe find out? (Shemot, שְׁמוֹת 5783)

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(Ep. 201) What does the fox say? (Vayechi, וַיְחִי 5783)

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(Ep. 200) What makes you cry? (Vayigash, וַיִּגַּשׁ 5783)

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(Ep. 199) Are you young or old? (Miketz, מִקֵּץ 5783)

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(Ep. 198) Who invented the "Thank You, Hashem!" button? (Vayeshev, וַיֵּשֶׁב 5783)

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(Ep. 197) Would you bow to an evil person? (Vayishlach, וַיִּשְׁלַח 5783)

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(Ep. 196) How important are your words? (Vayetze, וַיֵּצֵא 5783)

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(Ep. 195) When is a tenth not a tenth? ⚖️ (Toledot, תּוֹלְדֹת 5783)

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(Ep. 194) Does Hashem prefer the action or the intent? (Chayei Sarah, חַיֵּי שָׂרָה 5783)

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(Ep. 193) Is Hashem a warrior or an old man? (Vayeira, וַיֵּרָא 5783)

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(Ep. 192) Why did Reb Nochum Chernobyler get arrested? (Lech-Lecha, לֶךְ-לְךָ 5783)

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(Ep. 191) Why did the Tzadik pet the horse? (Noach, נֹחַ 5783)

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(Ep. 190) 1+1=0? (Bereshit, בְּרֵאשִׁית 5783)

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(Ep. 189) Who is your doctor? (Haazinu, הַאֲזִינוּ 5783)

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(Ep. 188) Is Hashem good at hide-and-seek? (Vayelech, וַיֵּלֶךְ 5783)

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(Ep. 187) Do we want to know the reward? (Nitzavim, נִצָּבִים 5782)

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(Ep. 186) What can South Africa teach us about Bikkurim? Understanding how to trigger a guaranteed kesiva v'chasima tovah. (Ki Tavo, כִּי-תָבוֹא 5782)

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(Ep. 185) Why did Hashem turn the curses into blessings? Understanding the love Hashem has for the Jewish people. (Ki Teitzei, כִּי-תֵצֵא 5782)

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(Ep. 184) Would you betray your brother? Understanding the punishment given to false witnesses. (Shoftim, שֹׁפְטִים 5782)

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(Ep. 183) Can you tip the scale ⚖️? Understanding how things can sometimes look bad, even if Hashem only provides good. (Re'eh, רְאֵה 5782)

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(Ep. 182) Do you live in Israel? Understanding Torah's secret to a long life. (Eikev 5782)

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(Ep. 181) Echo...cho...ho...o.... Understanding the strength of Hashem's voice. (Va'etchanan 5782)

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(Ep. 180) Don't you hate repeating yourself? Understanding the different approaches to chastising someone. (Devarim 5782)

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(Ep. 179) Fighting fire with fire. Understanding the deeper meaning behind kashering vessels. (Matot - Masei 5782)

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(Ep. 178) How important is a good yichus (lineage)? Understanding Hashem's defense of Pinchas. (Pinchas 5782)

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(Ep. 177) Can Hashem change His mind or contradict Himself? Understanding Hashem's conversation with Bilaam. (Balak 5782)

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(Ep. 176) Understanding why the manna, well and clouds were in the merit of Moshe, Miriam and Aaron. (Chukat 5782)

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(Ep. 175) How the letters of Korach's name show his mistakes. (Korach 5782)

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(Ep. 174) Was Moshe playing favorites with Yehoshua? (Shlach 5782)

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(Ep. 173) Should you feel guilty if you have it easy? (Behaalotecha 5782)

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(Ep. 172) Did you buy your wife some jewelry lately? (Naso 5782)

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(Ep. 171) 'Hu' are you? (Bamidbar 5782)

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(Ep. 170) Do you know how to make it rain? (Bechukotai 5782)

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(Ep. 169) Is it okay to ask? (Behar 5782)

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(Ep. 168) How is your wife a help to you? (Emor 5782)

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(Ep. 167) Can you learn Torah while standing on one leg? (Kedoshim 5782)

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(Ep. 166) Why did Iyov tremble in fear? (Acharei Mot 5782)

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(Ep. 165) When do you get your mitzvos back? (Metzora 5782)

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(Ep. 164) If G-d wanted us circumcised, wouldn't he have created us that way? (Tazria 5782)

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(Ep. 163) Can a prosecutor become a defender? (Shemini 5782)

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(Ep. 162) How do you cover up your misdeeds? (Tzav 5782)

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(Ep. 161) Do you prefer sweet or sour? (Vayikra 5782)

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(Ep. 160) What collateral do you care about the most? (Pekudei 5782)

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(Ep. 159) Was it extra or just enough? (Vayakhel 5782)

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(Ep. 158) When you argue with your wife, does she get historical? (Ki Tisa 5782)

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(Ep. 157) Whose name have you forgotten? (Tetzaveh 5782)

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(Ep. 156) What do you find difficult to do? (Terumah 5782)

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(Ep. 155) What type of guard are you? (Mishpatim 5782)

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(Ep. 154) What motivates you to travel? (Yitro 5782)

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(Ep. 153) Are you allowed to cry out when you are in pain? (Beshalach 5782)

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(Ep. 152) Would you rather a pet Lion or Dog? (Bo 5782)

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(Ep. 151) What the hail was that? (Va'eira 5782)

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(Ep. 150) Whats manna got to do with it? (Shemot 5782)

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(Ep. 149) How was the future being predicted? (Vayechi 5782)

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(Ep. 148) What makes you cry? (Vayigash 5782)

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(Ep. 147) Do you remember who your father is? (Miketz 5782)

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(Ep. 146) Why was Reuven's plan the pits? (Vayeshev 5782)

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(Ep. 145) What was Yacov telling the messengers? (Vayishlach 5782)

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(Ep. 144) Understanding what Yacov prayed for. (Vayetze 5782)

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(Ep. 143) Why are there so many reasons for Yitzchak going blind? (Toledot 5782)

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(Ep. 142) How sincere are your intentions? (Chayei Sarah 5782)

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(Ep. 141) What is your body telling you? (Vayeira 5782)

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(Ep. 140) Can you leave after you already left? (Lech-Lecha 5782)

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(Ep. 139) Why is the Torah missing the best stories? (Noach 5782)

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(Ep. 138) Oh "Brother" where art thou? (Bereshit 5782)

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(Ep. 137) What is with the name change? (Haazinu 5782)

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(Ep. 136) Is it better for your wife to ask you to wash the dishes, or to do it on your own? (Vayelech 5782)

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(Ep. 135) Who's responsible for your child's tuition? (Nitzavim 5781)

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(Ep. 134) What makes you happy? (Ki Tavo 5781)

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(Ep. 133) Do you sound like your wife? (Ki Teitzei 5781)

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(Ep. 132) How many wives is too many? (Shoftim 5781)

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(Ep. 131) Can you do the mitzvah for the sake of the reward? (Re'eh 5781)

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(Ep. 130) Should you be happy to forget? (Eikev 5781)

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(Ep. 129) When is addition really subtraction? (Va'etchanan 5781)

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(Ep. 128) Who do you want to be buried with? (Devarim 5781)

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(Ep. 127) When is it good to forget your father? (Matot - Masei 5781)

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(Ep. 126) Did Pinchas ever die ⚰️? (Pinchas 5781)

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(Ep. 125) What was the donkey explaining to Bilaam? (Balak 5781)

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(Ep. 124) Is the Torah racist? (Chukat 5781)

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(Ep. 123) Was Moshe guilty of adultery? (Korach 5781)

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(Ep. 122) Did Moshe pick favorites? (Shlach 5781)

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(Ep. 121) Are there skeletons (Behaalotecha 5781)

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(Ep. 120) Is Hashem a jealous husband? (Naso 5781)

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(Ep. 119) Is there a monkey (Bamidbar 5781)

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(Ep. 118) I thought Jews were good at math (Behar - Bechukotai 5781)

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(Ep. 117) Are you related to your wife (Emor 5781)

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(Ep. 116) "Do not do!" (Acharei Mot - Kedoshim 5781)

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(Ep. 115) Why is there no tzara'as today? (Tazria-Metzora 5781)

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(Ep. 114) Is it okay to impatiently wait for your father to die? (Shemini 5781)

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(Ep. 113) What makes Shvi'i shel Pessach special? (Shvi'I shel Pessach 5781)

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(Ep. 112) Showing thanks through eating. (Tzav 5781)

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(Ep. 111) When to go high and when to go low. (Vayikra 5781)

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(Ep. 110) When is it okay to slow down on your donations? (Vayakhel - Pekudei 5781)

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(Ep. 109) Did Moshe have slow reflexes? (Ki Tisa 5781)

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(Ep. 108) Learning Kibud Av from a precious stone. (Tetzaveh 5781)

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(Ep. 107) How big of a donation does G-d want? (Terumah 5781)

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(Ep. 106) Ear today, not gone tomorrow. (Mishpatim 5781)

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(Ep. 105) Is it better to see or to hear? (Yitro 5781)

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(Ep. 104) Death through song. (Beshalach 5781)

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(Ep. 103) Dignity in Darkness. (Bo 5781)

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(Ep. 102) The plague of lice and the limitations of black magic. (Va'eira 5781)

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(Ep. 101) Moshe and Yisro. (Shemot 5781)

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(Ep. 100) When did the Egyptian enslavement start? (Vayechi 5781)

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(Ep. 99) Would you let the fox into the henhouse? (Vayigash 5781)

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(Ep. 98) Don't have a cow, it's just a dream. (Miketz 5781)

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(Ep. 97) Yosef and Aishes Potifar - the conversation. (Vayeshev 5781)

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(Ep. 96) Is Esav better as a brother or an enemy? (Vayishlach 5781)

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(Ep. 95) How to look into Shidduchim. (Vayetze 5781)

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(Ep. 94) Who do you hang out with? (Toledot 5781)

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(Ep. 93) Who do you trust? (Chayei Sarah 5781)

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(Ep. 92) Do you see angels or people? (Vayeira 5781)

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(Ep. 91) Did Nike steal Avraham's slogan? (Lech-Lecha 5781)

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(Ep. 90) Why are the Rabbis seemingly so critical of Noach? (Noach 5781)

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(Ep. 89) What's in a name? (Bereshit 5781)

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(Ep. 88) The Sukkos antidote to Coronavirus. (Sukkos 5781)

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(Ep. 87) The is no 'I' in 'Team' but there is 'I' in 'Heaven'. (Haazinu 5781)

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(Ep. 86) From this until that. (Nitzavim-Vayelech 5780)

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(Ep. 85) The one thing money really can't buy. (Ki Tavo 5780)

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(Ep. 84) Good fences make good neighbors. (Ki Teitzei 5780)

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(Ep. 83) The 'Tof' way to become 'Whole-y' (Shoftim 5780)

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(Ep. 82) How to defeat the Angel of Death. (Re'eh 5780)

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(Ep. 81) Lump sum or annual payments? (Eikev 5780)

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(Ep. 80) How to get your prayers answered. (Va'etchanan 5780)

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(Ep. 79) Order in the court! (Devarim 5780)

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(Ep. 78) War, what is it good for? (Matot-Masei 5780)

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(Ep. 77) Who really was Sorach bas Asher? (Pinchas 5780)

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(Ep. 76) How many languages do you speak? (Chukat - Balak 5780)

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(Ep. 75) Should you listen to your wife's advice, or not? (Korach 5780)

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(Ep. 74) I spy with my little eye... (Shlach 5780)

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(Ep. 73) All in the family. (Behaalotecha 5780)

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(Ep. 72) What did the grape say when the Nazir stepped on it? (Naso 5780)

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(Ep. 71) Can you channel the light? (Shavuot 5780)

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(Ep. 70) What's with all the names? (Bamidbar 5780)

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(Ep. 69) Is the Torah racist? (Behar - Bechukotai 5780)

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(Ep. 68) Can you be right even when you are wrong? (Emor 5780)

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(Ep. 67) "I though for sure Moshiach was coming this Pesach! What went wrong? I am so disappointed..." (Acharei Mot - Kedoshim 5780)

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(Ep. 66) Will you remember your name when you die? (Tazria-Metzora 5780)

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(Ep. 65) What is the stork delivering to you? (Shemini 5780)

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(Ep. 64) Who gets the tax receipt? (Vayakhel-Pekudei 5780)

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(Ep. 63) Is your money on fire? (Ki Tisa 5780)

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(Ep. 62) What oil do you use for cooking? (Tetzaveh 5780)

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(Ep. 61) Did you ever wear tachash skin shoes? (Terumah 5780)

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(Ep. 60) Is your doctor going to hell? (Mishpatim 5780)

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(Ep. 59) What does a Chieftain and a Princess have in common? (Yitro 5780)

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(Ep. 58) "Splitting of the Red Sea for two, please." (Beshalach 5780)

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(Ep. 57) How much of the future could Paroh see? (Bo 5780)

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(Ep. 56) Who put the 'Pest' in 'Pestilence'? (Va'eira 5780)

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(Ep. 55) How far would you try to stretch your hand? (Shemot 5780)

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(Ep. 54) Who would you throw your jewelry at? (Vayechi 5780)

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(Ep. 53) How much time are your words worth? (Vayigash 5780)

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(Ep. 52) Was Binyomin really a Werewolf? (Miketz 5780)

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(Ep. 51) How to be vegan and eat steak too. (Vayeshev 5780)

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(Ep. 50) Was Yacov a Hasid or Hip-ster? (Vayishlach 5780)

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(Ep. 49) Are you allowed to hate your wife? (Vayetze 5780)

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(Ep. 48) Can you walk on your hands? (Toledot 5780)

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(Ep. 47) How much will they cry when you die? (Chayei Sarah 5780)

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(Ep. 46) Can you love someone you hate? (Vayeira 5780)

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(Ep. 45) What makes you fall down? (Lech-Lecha 5780)

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(Ep. 44) Do you see nakedness? (Noach 5780)

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(Ep. 43) Is it the end or just the beginning? (Bereshit 5780)

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(Ep. 42) Is forgetting a good thing? (Haazinu 5780)

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(Ep. 41) Are you dependent or independent? (Vayelech 5780)

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(Ep. 40) Do you fear the unknown? (Nitzavim 5779)

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(Ep. 39) Ever dream you’re a cow? (Ki Tavo 5779)

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(Ep. 38) Understand the Yefas To'ar. (Ki Teitzei 5779)

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(Ep. 37) Shoftim 5779

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(Ep. 36) Re'eh 5779

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(Ep. 35) Eikev 5779

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(Ep. 34) Va'etchanan 5779

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(Ep. 33) Devarim 5779

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(Ep. 32) Matot 5779

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(Ep. 31) Pinchas 5779

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(Ep. 30) Balak 5779

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(Ep. 29) Chukat 5779

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(Ep. 28) Korach 5779

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(Ep. 27) Shlach 5779

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(Ep. 26) Behaalotecha 5779

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(Ep. 25) Naso 5779

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(Ep. 24) Bamidbar 5779

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(Ep. 23) Bechukotai 5779

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(Ep. 22) Behar 5779

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(Ep. 21) Emor 5779

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(Ep. 20) Kedoshim 5779

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(Ep. 19) Acharei Mot 5779

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(Ep. 18) Passover 5779

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(Ep. 17) Metzora 5779

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(Ep. 16) Tazria 5779

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(Ep. 15) Shemini 5779

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(Ep. 14) How do you avoid sinful thoughts? (Tzav 5779)

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(Ep. 13) Purim 5779

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(Ep. 12) Which part of you will you sacrifice? (Vayikra 5779)

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(Ep. 11) Pekudei 5779

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(Ep. 10) Vayakhel 5779

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(Ep. 9) Ki Tisa 5779

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(Ep. 8) Tetzaveh 5779

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(Ep. 7) Terumah 5779

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(Ep. 6) Mishpatim 5779

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(Ep. 5) Yitro 5779

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(Ep. 4) Beshalach 5779

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(Ep. 3) Vayechi 5779

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(Ep. 2) Vayigash 5779

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(Ep. 1) Vayeshev 5779