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A weekly parashah lecture, focusing on a topic, generally halachic, relating to the parashah.

Rabbi Yitzhak Grossman


    • Dec 16, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 49m AVG DURATION
    • 125 EPISODES


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    Mikeitz: There Are No Perfectly Safe Courses (2025-12-16)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2025 56:53


    In parashas Mikeitz, Judah responds to his father's concern forBenjamin's safety by saying: "Send the lad with me, and we will ariseand go, that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also ourlittle ones." Many commentators explain this to mean that Judah wasconceding the danger that the trip posed to Benjamin but arguing thatthe danger to the whole family of not going was greater. Our class thisweek will explore this idea from the halachic perspective.Archive.org link, including handout: link

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    Vayeishev: The Great Compromisers (2025-12-09)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 61:59


    In this class we discuss Judah's proposal to his brothers to sell Joseph rather than kill him. Our discussion involves two of our favorite themes:  the question of the legitimacy of moral compromise when moral absolutism seems infeasible, and the moral ambiguity frequently present in Biblical narrative.Archive.org version, including handout: link

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    Vayishlah: A Woman's Place Is In The Home (2025-12-02)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 40:16


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    Ki-Savo: The Sinfulness Of Smiting Secretly (2025-09-07)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 50:54


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    Ki-Seitzei: Forestalling the Foretold Fall (2025-08-31)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 50:42


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    Shoftim: Speaking For the Trees, For the Trees Have No Tongue (2025-08-24)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025 46:19


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    Korah: The Duty of De-escalation (2025-06-26)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 46:11


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    Yisro: Well Qualified (2024-01-28)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 45:46


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    Beshalah: A Date Which Will Live In Infamy (2024-01-25)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 50:33


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    Bo: Spiritual Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2024-01-14)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 47:54


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    Vaeira: Magic and Medicine (2024-01-11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 55:36


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    Shemos: The Nuremberg Defense (2023-12-31)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 53:31


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    Vayehi: His Earth Atones For His People (2023-12-28)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 50:35


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    Vayigash: A Sheep In Swine's Clothing (Revisited) (2023-12-21)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 45:59


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    Mikeitz: Feeling Others' Pain (2023-12-14)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 46:49


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    Vayeishev: Risking One's Life For the Ones Who Gave One Life (2023-12-07)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 47:18


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    Vayishlah: Diplomacy: From Esau-Edom To Evil Empires (2023-11-30)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 53:31


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    Vayeitzei: Beauty In the Bible (Revisited) (2023-11-19)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 50:42


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    Toldos: But He Was Good To His Father (2023-11-16)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 52:41


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    Hayei Sarah: Rebecca's Nose Ring (2023-11-09)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 49:31


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    Vayeira: The Lesser Evil Principle (Revisited) (2023-11-02)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 52:42


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    Lech-Lecha: Abraham's Nighttime Raid (Revisited) (2023-10-26)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 49:23


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    Bereishis: Swords Don't Kill People; People Kill People (2023-10-19)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 57:26


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    Ha'azinu: Collateral Damage (2023-09-10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 49:38


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    Nitzavim: Omnes Pro Uno (2023-09-07)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 67:55


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    Ki-Savo: Wickedness, Wiliness, and Wandering Out of the Way (2023-08-27)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 48:59


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    Ki-Seitzei: The Hire Of A Whore (2023-08-24)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 55:19


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    Devarim: The Iron Cradle (2023-07-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 40:24


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    Masei: Blind Justice (2023-07-13)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023 43:19


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    Pinchas: Women and Wisdom (2023-07-02)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023 62:33


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    Hukas: The Worst Form of Government (2023-06-29)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023 53:34


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    Korah: Unjust Enrichment (2023-06-22)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 38:41


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    Shelah: Overdetermining the Decree of Death in the Desert (2023-06-15)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 52:30


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    Beha'aloscha: The Ethiopian (2023-06-08)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 55:06


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    Naso: The Peacemaker, Part 2 (2023-06-01)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 57:54


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    Naso: The Peacemaker, Part I (2023-05-21)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 54:37


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    Bemidbar: Proven Pedigrees and Presumptive Pedigrees (2023-05-18)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 55:08


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    Behar: Fair Dealing, Fraud, and Free Markets (Revisited) (2023-05-11)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 54:56


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    Emor: No Neutering (2023-05-04)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 49:39


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    Aharei Mos / Kedoshim: Doing As the Romans Do (Revisited) (2023-04-27)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 48:19


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    Tazria: Korbanos and Kiddushim (Revisited) (2023-04-20)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 45:48


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    Tzav: Pots, Porcelain, Plastic, and Passover (2023-03-26)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 48:02


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    Vayikra: The Duty of Testimony (Revisited) (2023-03-23)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 46:48


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    Vayakhel: Too Much Of A Good Thing (2023-03-16)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 55:45


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    Ki Sisa: Brother against Brother (2023-03-09)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 51:03


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    Tetzaveh: Cutting Edge Technologies (2023-03-02)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 54:36


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    Terumah: Of Weight and Wagons (2023-02-23)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 60:01


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    Mishpatim: Disadvantageous Encounters (2023-02-16)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2023 56:30


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    Yisro: The Root Of All Evil (2023-02-09)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 51:23


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    Beshalah: Comeliness and the Commandments (Revisited) (2023-02-02)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 50:51


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    Bo: A Night To Be Much Observed (2023-01-26)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 53:42


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