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Parshas Vayakhel (Rebroadcast)

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After the Torah delineates the instructions to assemble the materials for the construction of the Tabernacle in Parshas Terumah and the creation of the vestments of the high priest in Parshas Tetzaveh, Parshas Vayakhel outlines the implementation those plans: The massive fundraising efforts, and the actual building of the Tabernacle and its vessels under the auspices of Bezalel.

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Ki Sisa – Counting and Duking the Nation & Annual Fundraiser (giveTORCH.org)

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The golden calf is one of the most inexplicable events in the Torah. What went wrong? Who is to blame? In this special TORCH-fundraiser-edition of the Parsha Podcast we propose a novel idea that threads throughout the entire Parsha. We emerge from this episode with a renewed appreciation of the great work of TORCH, an eagerness to make a donation at giveTORCH.org, and with a greater appreciation of the indivisibility of our nation.

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Parshas Ki Sisa (Rebroadcast) & TORCH Fundraiser (giveTORCH.org)

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This week’s parsha contains several instructions related to the Tabernacle, but the majority of the parsha is dedicated to arguably the most shocking and troubling episode in the whole Torah, the Golden Calf. Forty days after the nation reached the pinnacle of human accomplishment – a national revelation at Sinai – the same nation committed what seems on the surface to be idolatry.

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Tetzaveh – What’s In A Name

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Our Sages tell us that each one of us is unique and has a unique mission to fulfill. Humans are not fungible, moist, robots that can be swapped for each other. Each one of us is our own world. We must each say: “the world was created for me.” But how do we discover our life mission? How do we know what the Almighty expects of us specifically? In this special edition of the Parsha Podcast, recorded in the TORCH Centre with a live audience as part of the Mussar Masterclass, we suggest a new approach to determining what it is that you were placed on this Earth to accomplish.

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This Parsha Podcast is dedicated in loving memory and leilui nishmas Yosef Aharon ben Chaim. May his soul be elevated in Heaven.

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Parshas Tetzaveh (Rebroadcast)

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In a natural continuation to Parshas Terumah, in Parshas Tetzaveh we learn about the instructions to build the Tabernacle. Whereas last week the focus was on the edifice itself and its vessels, this week we will orient primarily on the special garments that the priests wore in the Tabernacle, and of course subsequently in the Temple.

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Terumah – The Mystery of the Menorah

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This week’s Parsha marks the beginning of the Torah’s detailing of the Tabernacle and its vessels and operations. This subject makes up the bulk of the remaining narrative of Exodus, and Leviticus contains much of the laws related to the Tabernacle. We have never witnessed the Tabernacle, nor it’s successor, the Temple in Jerusalem. The whole notion of a dwelling house for God is somewhat strange to us. What can we take out of these sections? In this special edition of the Parsha Podcast we discover that the answer is quite a lot. This episode orients around the Menorah, the candelabra that was lit in the Tabernacle each night. We discover what it represents, we ponder it’s various symbolisms, and we sketch out a new approach for implementing the lessons of the Menorah in our lives today.

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Parshas Terumah (Rebroadcast)

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One of the fundamental principles of Jewish philosophy is the idea of “Kedushah”, holiness. Holiness, according to the Jewish definition, is when the physical and spiritual worlds meet. In no location in the world is holiness more present than the Temple, and its predecessor, the “Mishkan”, the Tabernacle. In this week’s parsha we read about the instructions to raise the materials and to construct the Tabernacle and most of its vessels.

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Mishpatim – Hearing Sinai

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The Sinai Revelation was the most significant event in all of human history, certainly in all of Jewish history. Our nation experienced what no other people has experienced: we heard God speaking the Ten Commandments from amidst the fire and thick cloud on the mountain, and survived to tell the tale. This event – as told in last week’s Parsha – is the foundation of our religion. This week we begin with a very obscure and strange law: we read about a Jewish bondsman who voluntarily choses to extend his 6-year term and must have his ear pierced. Why is this the first thing that we must be told after Sinai? Upon deep analysis we discover that this unique law contains the secret to actualizing the lessons of Sinai.

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This very special edition of the Parsha Podcast is dedicated in the merit of Samir Josef Ben Yitzchak and Gorgia. May he merit great health and prosperity

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Parshas Mishpatim (Rebroadcast)

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Parshas Mishpatim marks a stark change in the rhythm and pace of the Torah narrative. The preceding 17 Parshas contained a total of 41 mitzvos; this week we begin learning the Torah laws en masse. In this single parsha alone we have 53 mitzvos (only three parshas have more mitzvos). Beyond the varied laws, this parsha contains a prophetic promise and guidance regarding the conquest of Canaan, and the completion of the Sinai narrative that began in last week’s parsha.

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Yisro – Deathrow and Jethro

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The eponymous protagonist of our Parsha – Moshe’s father-in-law, Jethro – makes three appearances in the Torah. His story, at first glance, seems wholly unremarkable. His greatest claim to fame was the fact that Moshe married his daughter. But the Torah revisits this interesting and compelling character again and again, and his narrative is positioned as an introduction to the Revelation at Sinai and the giving of the Torah. What is the secret of Jethro? This is the third year in a row that the Parsha Podcast on Parshas Yisro has tried to unlock the mystery of Jethro. I think we’ve finally deciphered the riddle.

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This Parsha Podcast is dedicated by the Newman, Shapiro, Grossman, and Yudelson families in loving memory and leilui nishmas Baruch Yochanan Ben Reb Ephraim Fischel, Dr. Bertram John Newman, whose yartzeit falls out this week. May his soul be elevated in Heaven!

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Parshas Yisro (Rebroadcast)

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The most significant event in all of human history is the Revelation at Sinai, which occurs in Parshas Yisro. Prior to that monumental experience and the conveyance of the Ten Commandments, Moshe’s father in law, Jethro, arrived at the camp and makes an important suggestion for improving the efficiency of the judicial process.

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This Parsha podcast is sponsored by Oliver and Debby Shapiro in loving memory and leiluei nishmas Debby’s father, Dr. Bertram John Newman, Boruch Yochanan ben Ephraim Fishel, whose 12th yartzeit is this week. May his soul be elevated in Heaven.

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