Join R' Shlomo Sprung as he reveals themes interwoven in the Parsha
Deep dive into the tactics of the enemy of the Jews through history.
Israel and its enemies. Then and now. And always.
The best day of the year. The Righteous, the Wicked, and Everything in Between.
Curses. Absentee Covenants. Hakhel. Shmita. Replicating Cells.
Marrying a captive woman. Two wives. Rebellious son. Hanging. Returning lost possessions. Cross Dressing. Noticing.
Justice, judges, and officers. Carved altars, ashera trees, and idols. Corruption. Redundancy. Seat (location) of Sanhedrin.
Understanding repetition: idolatry, kosher laws, tumah/tahara (ritual purity).
Understanding Moshe's narrative. Seven Weeks of Comfort. Tohu.
Understanding Moshe's narrative. Seven Weeks of Comfort. Tohu.
Moshe's efforts to enter the Land of Israel. Rabbi Yochanan and Vespasian.
Moshe's final message. Judges, chacham vs. navon. Three eras of Israel.
Kahuna (priesthood). Earning vs. inheriting. Pinchas. Aharon. Bilam. Family. Marital purity.
Pairing Chukas & Balak. Moshe vs. The Rock. Moshe vs. Balaam.
Caleb. Ancestral burial sites. The Spies' intelligence report.
Korbanos of the Nesi'im. Sotah. Nazir. Stealing from Converts. Bikurim.
Kedusha (holiness). Space. Time. Behaviors. Objects. Sevens. The structure of Sefer Vayikra (Leviticus).
Kohanim (priests). Levels of Kedusha (holiness). Purity & impurity. Cursing Gd. Sources: - Vayikra (Leviticus) 21:2 - Shemos (Exodus) 27:20
Blood. Impurity. Rome vs. Judaism. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Demons. Israel. Sources Discussed: - Vayikra (Leviticus) 16:14 - Talmud Meilah 17a-b - Talmud Sanhedrin 107b - M'lachim II (Kings II) 5:1
Leprosy vs. Tzara'as. Tumah and Tahara. Life and Death. Lashon Harah.
Elevation. Meal. Peace. Sin. Guilt. Shok. Chazeh. Shabbos Hagadol.
Small Aleph. Coincidence vs. love. God's eternal voice. Sinai to Mishkan. Blood, earth, and humans.
Golden Calf. Copper Snake. Golden Calves 2.0. Jews, symbols, and false gods.
The Mishkan, Kohanim, vessels, and vestments. Urrim V'tumim, Choshen, Ephod, and Shoham stones. Sh'chem, mountains, and Jewish civil war.
Moshe and Amalek. Esther, Mordechai, and Haman. Gd's Chair, the Mishkan, and the Ark.
The bones of Yosef. The legend of the Sam Batyon River. The Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. Why the Jews go to Pi Hachiros and Baal Tzefon.
The difference between Bo vs. Lech (come vs. go). A close look at the final three plagues and how they differ from the first seven. The connection between locusts and Egypt's past.
Magic. A closer look at the supernatural phenomena referenced in the parsha, including Pharoah's sorcerers vs. Moshe & Aaron, and the first four plagues.
A close look at Moshe's Mateh (staff): its origins, the connection to snakes, and what its true powers are.
Yaakov's confusion about the identities of Yosef's sons; what he's really asking and why Yosef's reply is an answer.
Understanding the dialogue: Yaakov's burial request; Ephraim and Menashe. How Yosef is truly different from his brothers. Yaakov's final words to his sons, what his message really means.