A weekly podcast where R' Shauli Karsh offers exciting, impactful, and thought provoking ideas from the parsha.
What if the story of the spies wasn't as simple as you thought?
We all know the big hits, but what about the deeper cuts...
Do Moshe's parents have anything to do with his middah of humility?
The many things we know about Bilam including his eventual downfall.
This is the first time they're mentioned but they do come up again in the Torah.
And those three are: Nisuch Hayayin Challah Tzitzis
Snow is compared to tzaraas but it also seems magical...
It seems unnecessary so why much is be discussed?
How can one mountain be in two places?
What is chamaneichem anyway?
Quick the real estate maven...
It's just a flesh wound!
Benefit of the doubt.
Can you get a Groupon for korbanos?
It's been in front of you the whole time.
Buckle in for a Pesach series you won't want to pass over! (Yeah yeah, I'll see myself out...)
Is there something to this special blend of herbs and spices?
Very cool that Shmuel joined this week!
And why not Moshe?
What does it mean for the mizbeach to be "drunk with wine?"
Why do the Rambam and Ramban disagree on the nature of korbanos?
In what way are Shabbos and the Mishkan connected?
Why does the Torah single out lighting a fire as a violation of Shabbos?
What can we learn from the connection of a kallah's gifts to the giving of the Torah?
Tetzaveh - Where will Hashem rest if there's no Mishkan or Beis Hamikdash?
There's a bunch of talk about vessels and structures but what can we learn from it?
Who's actually going to drive out the Cananim and what can we learn from it?
Seems pretty strange so why does the Torah do it?
Emunah is all throughout the parsha
4 cups, 4 sons, what gives?
Why set Moshe up for failure?
Why was he worried that the Jews would join with another nation to overthrow him, why couldn't they have overthrown him by themselves?
Both give brachos to sets of grandchildren so what can we learn from their similarities?
It was true for Yosef's brothers and the Chofetz Chaim says it will be true for the whole world when Mashiach comes.
At least that's what parshas Vayigash says...
Where does Yehuda learn to speak up in the face of humiliation?
Just a bit of light is all it takes to overcome the darkness.
Why doesn't the Torah outright talk about Rivka's death and what can we learn from that?
What is the impact of a bracha from Lavan?
How can Avimelech be surprised the second time?
Why does Eliezer change the order of events when he describes meeting Rivka?
Yishmael, The Accomplished Archer
Why does Hashem change how he describes how numerous Avraham's children will be?