In this episode on the Pesach Haggadah we are going to discuss the arbah banim, the four sons or four children. It's easy to categorize the children in this way: the wise one, the evil on, the simpleton, and the one who cannot ask. But...

In this first of two episodes on the Pesach Haggadah we are going to discuss the concept of matchil b'genut u'mesayeim b'shevach, that the Haggadah starts with us at our lowest. Why does story of the Haggadah have to begin this way? Wh...

In this episode we get into Pesach and the mitzvah of bedikas chametz, the days long search for chamtz in our homes. We put so much effort into searing every corner and crack of our house to make sure there isn't even a crumb ...

In this episode we are going to get into Parshat Pekudei, the final Parsha in Sefer Shemot! After many weeks working to construct the Mishkan, Moshe finally put it up. But it takes seven days of him constructing it and breaking it down, multipl...

In this episode we are going to get into Parshat Parah, one of the special parshoyot we read leading into Pesach! Why do we read about the Parah Adumah, the purifying red heifer, this week? What is so powerful about this mysterious

*Link to my Parsha WhatsApp chat mentioned in this episode - click here to join.In this episode we are going to get into the meaning of the Gemara that says that a person is ...

In this episode on Parshat Terumah we are going to discuss the personal avodas Hashem of the Mishkan. Why does God dedicate so many parshiyot of the Torah to something that we only use for a brief time in the desert? Why is it so significant? H...

In this episode on Parshat Mishpatim we are going to discuss what it means to be "A kingdom of priests and a holy nation." God tells us this is what we need to aspire to in order to receive the Torah. But what does kadosh, holy, really...

In this episode we are going to dive into the month of Shvat and the holiday of Tu B'Shvat! What is the month of Shvat all about? Why is the month and its holiday so focused in on food? What does it mean to eat in an elevated and holy way? We'l...

In this episode on Pashat Beshalach and Parshat Shira we discuss Az Yashir, the song that Israel sang at the sea. What was so tremendous about that moment of song? Why does the Midrash claim that God was waiting for this level of song since he ...

In this episode we discuss the ninth of the 10 plagues, the plague of darkness. Our Sages tell us that Moshe brought down a darkness from the heavens. How can there be darkness in heaven? What does it mean for that darkness to be on earth? How ...

In this episode we discuss the challenge of having faith in the darkness of exile, the unique level of faith it took for Israel to get out of Egypt, and the faith we need to get out of our own darkness, personal and national. This was given on ...

In this episode we discuss Moshe's vision of the burning bush that was not consumed. Why did God give him this vision? How does it serve to kick off the reception process? And what does it have to do with the spark of life in each and every one...