Genesis
Bereshit
Bereshit: A Lesson About the Yetzer Hara
In the midst of the story of Kain and Abel, the Torah offers us the very first lesson about the yetser hara (negative inclination). After Hashem ignores Kain’s...
Bereshit: Why Did Eve Eat the Fruit?
14-minute video class given by Rav Pesach SIEGEL.
Noach
Noach: What is Integrity?
In this week’s parshat Noach, the Torah describes Noach as an "Ish Tzaddik Tamim" (a righteous and upright man). The commentator Rabbeinu Bechayei explains that...
Noach: Lessons from Noach' s Ark
19-minute video class given by Rebbetzin Rachel Rudman.
5 Facts About Parshat Noach that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
Discover and learn every week, "5 Facts" written on the weekly Parshah that you can share at your Shabbos table.
Lech-Lecha
Lech-Lecha: The Choices We Make
17-minute video class given by Rebbetzin Rachel Rudman.
Lech-Lecha: What It Means to Be a Jewish Parent
Avraham Avinu sends his faithful eved, Eliezer to find a suitable wife for his righteous son, Yitzchak Avinu. When Eliezer arrives at his destination he prays to...
5 Facts About Parshat Lech-Lecha that You (Maybe) Didn’t...
Lech Discover and learn every week, "5 Facts" written on the weekly Parshah that you can share at your Shabbos table.
Vayeira
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וַיִּקְרָא֙ גַּם־פַּרְעֹ֔ה לַֽחֲכָמִ֖ים וְלַֽמְכַשְּׁפִ֑ים וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֨וּ גַם־הֵ֜ם...
Vayera: Pharo's Hard Heart
16-minute video class given by Rav Avi GROSSMAN.
Vayeira: The Relationship Between Avraham Avinu and Yishmael
16-minute video class given by Rebbetzin Rachel Rudman.
Chayei Sarah
Chayei Sarah: Hashem Is the Shadchan
17-minute video class given by Rav Pesach SIEGEL.
Chayei Sarah: A Meaningful Life
Our parsha contains the most serene description of old age and dying anywhere in the Torah: “Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man...
Toldot
Toldot: Siamese Twins
23-minute video class given by Rav Pesach SIEGEL.
Yitzchak's Love for Eisav
Even before they were born, Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb. They were destined, it seems, to be eternal adversaries. Not only were they were different in character...
5 Facts About Parshat Toldot that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
Discover and learn every week, "5 Facts" written on the weekly Parshah that you can share at your Shabbos table.
Vayeitzei
Vayeitzei: The World's Oldest Hate
“Go and learn what Laban the Aramean sought to do to our father Jacob. Pharaoh made his decree only about the males whereas Laban sought to destroy...
Vayeitzei: The Angels Accompying Yaakov Avinu
13-minute video class given by Rav Avi GROSSMAN.
Vayishlach
Vayishlach: You Have a Lot....I Have Everything
16-minute video class given by Rav Pesach SIEGEL.
Vayishlach: The Struggle of Faith
There are Mozarts and there are Beethovens. Which are you?
Vayeshev
Vayeshev: How to Change the World
In his Laws of Repentance, Moses Maimonides makes one of the most empowering statements in religious literature.
Vayeshev: Yosef's Dreams
The Parsha begins with an account of the deterioration of the relationship between Yosef and his brothers.
Miketz
Miketz: A Blessing in Disguise
Joseph is now the ruler of Egypt. The famine he predicted has come to pass. It extends beyond Egypt to the land of Canaan. Seeking to buy food, Joseph’s brothers...
Miketz: Who Stole the Goblet?
12-minute video class given by Rav Pesach SIEGEL.
Miketz: Yosef's plans
19-minute video class given by Rav Avi GROSSMAN.
Vayigash
Vayigash: The First Psychologist
The phrase “Jewish thinker” may mean two very different things. It may mean a thinker who just happens to be Jewish by birth or descent – a Jewish...
Vayigash: Unanswered Questions
16-minute video class given by Rav Pesach SIEGEL.
Vayechi
5 Facts About Parshat Vayechi that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
Discover and learn every week, "5 Facts" written on the weekly Parshah that you can share at your Shabbos table.
Vayechi - It Pays To Get Ahead
12-minute video class given by Rav Pesach SIEGEL.
Vayechi: Forgiveness As a Revolutionary Idea
Joseph forgives. That, as I have argued before, was a turning point in history. For this was the first recorded act of forgiveness in literature.
Genesis
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