Podcasts about Parashah

Tammuz and Av are, according to the Zohar, days of judgment. The Creator of the world "provides a cure before the plague" and sends us the secrets of the sweetening of the judgments. How do you turn judgment into mercy, failure into success, death into life, destruction into growth? This is the secret of human correction and this is the secret of true healing. The secrets of medicine and its symbolism in Parashat Balak. The judgment determines our decisions because it controls our mind and thoughts. Only when we soften the judgment will we be saved from the humiliation of bad decisions. Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/balak Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Parashah Korach 5786

God always provides a cure before the plague arrives. In Parashat Ḥukat, there are instruments of healing and the sweetening of Judgments, such as the Red Heifer and the Copper Serpent, because Tammuz is the month of Judgments. How can the letter ח of the sign of Cancer be a symbol of the Gate - "The Gate for Sin" (Gen. 4:7) or a symbol of the sweetening of Judgments? What is a curse? - The result of disregarding the laws of the universe - "This is the law of the Torah." Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/hukat Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Parashah Shelach 5786

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Send us Fan MailProfessor Idan Dershowitz (Monash University) joins Simon to discuss Joshua Chapter 2, this week's Haftarah and the mysterious nature of the symbol 'ot' referenced in both the Parashah and Haftarah. Idan Dorshav Dershowitz joined the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC) at Monash University in 2024. Previously, he was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and served as Director of the School of Jewish Theology and Chair of Hebrew Bible at the University of Potsdam. His current research focuses on the evolution of biblical religion, the techniques employed by biblical scribes and editors, and the development of AI tools to trace the origins of ancient texts.Dershowitz is the author of The Dismembered Bible: Cutting and Pasting Scripture in Antiquity, which examines the editorial processes behind the Hebrew Bible, using comparative and internal evidence—including editorial errors that found their way into the biblical text. In The Valediction of Moses: A Proto-Biblical Book, he argues that manuscripts dismissed as forgeries in the 1800s are actually among the most significant biblical discoveries in history, revealing a very early edition of the Book of Deuteronomy. 

In order to succeed, one must give up trying to prove who is right and who is wrong, because no one sees the truth in its entirety. An internal war between the virtue of Aaron and the virtue of Korah takes place in each of us, and our humanity is expressed in our ability to have the Hesed (Grace) of Aaron control over the Gevurah (Judgement) of Koraḥ and connect with the Creator, outside the box, where wisdom, blessings, and good fortune await us. Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/korah Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Slander of the promised land, then and now. The sin of the spies has not yet been atoned for! The struggle for the Holy Land is connected to the struggle for holiness and the spirituality of this generation. The battle for freedom depends on the battle for holiness. The battle for the land and peace depends on the war for the spiritual understanding of reality. We must be strong in this great battle, how do we do that? Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/shelah-lekha Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-tree-of-life-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Parashah Behaalos'cha 5786

Parashah Naso 5786

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Each of us has a body and a soul, the entire world has a material dimension and a spiritual dimension - supernatural. In order to exist, to be fulfilled, to realize ourselves, we must connect to the supernatural dimension and the abundance that flows from it. How do we do that? Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/behaalotkha Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-tree-of-life-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

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Parashat Naso as the key to understanding the secret of Shavuot and its message to humanity. The secret of the success of human society when the world is divided into predators and prey. How can we protect ourselves in times of uncertainty and instability?  The consciousness of the Zohar as a tool of protection when the world is hostile and confusing. Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/naso Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Rabbi Moshe Lichtman joins us for a deep and sensitive conversation on the religious meaning of Zionism, the founding of the State of Israel, and the theological debates that continue to divide the Jewish world. We explore the widespread misconception that Zionism began with Theodor Herzl, tracing the ideological roots of the movement decades earlier and examining which rabbinic figures supported a return to the Land of Israel and why others fiercely opposed it. The discussion tackles some of the most difficult questions surrounding Religious Zionism: Can redemption begin through secular Jews who are not fully observant? What value is there in building the Land without Torah? Did Zionism unintentionally contribute to religious decline among Jews, and if so, how are we to understand the recitation of Hallel on Yom Ha'atzmaut? We also address the claim that Rav Kook stood virtually alone against the majority of rabbinic opinion and whether “following the majority” applies to these historical and theological questions. Finally, we turn to the words of the prophets themselves. Is the modern State of Israel a fulfillment of biblical prophecy? How can one identify the beginning of the messianic process, and who ultimately has the authority to define redemption? This episode confronts some of the most emotionally charged and intellectually challenging issues in contemporary Jewish thought with nuance, sources, and honesty.(We apologize that this episode is available in audio-only format due to unexpected Zoom connection issues during the recording.)___*This episode is dedicated to the refua shelema of Sarah Miriam bat Tamar, Binyamin ben Zilpa, and our dear friend Yaakov ben Haya Sarah Malakh, and l'ilui nishmat Zehara Yehudit bat Yaakov Ezra v'Ilana Shira___• Bio: Born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Rabbi Moshe D. Lichtman studied in several yeshivot in Israel, including Beit Midrash LeTorah, the Gruss Kollel, Sha'alvim, and the Meretz Kollel in Mevaseret Tzion. He received semichah from both the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University, and also holds an MS in Jewish Education from Yeshiva University's Azrieli Institute. Rabbi Lichtman made aliyah in 1991 and has since taught in numerous post-high school programs in Israel, including the Mevaseret Institutions, Be'er Miriam, and Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah, while lecturing regularly throughout the yeshiva and seminary world. He currently lives in Beit Shemesh with his wife and eight children. Rabbi Lichtman is perhaps best known for making major Religious Zionist works accessible to the English-speaking world, including Eim HaBanim Semeichah, An Angel Among Men, A Question of Redemption, and Rise from the Dust, as well as for authoring the widely popular original work Eretz Yisrael in the Parashah, which highlights the centrality of the Land of Israel throughout the Torah.___• Get his book here: https://a.co/d/0jfsgGED___• Welcome to JUDAISM DEMYSTIFIED: A PODCAST FOR THE PERPLEXED | Co-hosted by Benjy & Benzi | Thank you to...Super Patron: Jordan Karmily, Platinum Patron: Craig Gordon, Rod Ilian, Gold Patrons: Dovidchai Abramchayev, Lazer Cohen, Travis Krueger, Vasili Volkoff, Vasya, Silver Patrons: Ellen Fleischer, Daniel M., Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal, Fred & Antonio, Jeffrey Wasserman, Jacob Winston, Ariel Klainerman, and Michael Herskovitz! Please SUBSCRIBE to this YouTube Channel and hit the BELL to get alerted whenever new clips get posted, thank you for your support!

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Parashah Bamidbar 5786

Abra Kadabra is real! How can we protect ourselves in times of uncertainty and instability? How can we attract abundance into our lives from the source of blessings? Control of destiny is in our hands, or rather in our mouths and our minds. Peace, fulfillment and control of reality are possible in the midst of the revolution in which the old world order is crumbling and the new order is still not in sight. Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/bamidbar Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-tree-of-life-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Parashah Behar-Bechukotai 5786

Inner Peace, and control over reality are possible within the revolution in which the old world order is collapsing and the new order is still not in sight. How can we protect ourselves in times of uncertainty and instability? How can we attract abundance into our lives from the source of blessings? "After the Tsimtsum and the Curtain that was placed on the desire to receive, it was disqualified from being a vessel for the Light, and it was removed from the system of Kedushah, and in its place the Returning Light (the light of love for others and giving) serves as a vessel for abundance..." (Talmud Eser HaSefirot, Part 1, Inner Reflection, Chapter 4) Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/behar https://livekabbalah.org/behukotai Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Come and explore Parashah Emor (Leviticus 21:1–24:23) with me, Rod Thomas, through a Messianic lens—holiness standards for priests, honoring Yehovah's Name, and the Moedim (Feasts of Yehovah). Learn how Emor's Torah framework guides Spirit-and-Truth Kingdom living for 2026 believers.

Parashah Emor 5786

How can we protect ourselves in times of uncertainty and instability? How can we attract abundance into our lives from the source of blessings? "After the Tsimtsum and the Curtain that was placed on the desire to receive, it was disqualified from being a vessel for the Light, and it was removed from the system of Kedushah, and in its place the Returning Light (the light of love for others and giving) serves as a vessel for abundance..." (Talmud Eser HaSefirot, Part 1, Inner Reflection, Chapter 4) The grace of the Cohen gives each of us the ability to build a sustainable vessel for abundance, protection, certainty, and healing. Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/emor Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Parashah Acharei Mos-Kedoshim 5786

Yom Kippur, the Counting of the Omer and Independence Day - holiness, enlightenment and love of others. And you shall love the other as yourself (Parashat Kedoshim, Leviticus 19:18) How can we balance our lives? How do we reach love and happiness? The solution lies in the balance between enlightenment and love of others - Parashat Aharei-Mot and Parashat Kedoshim. How hatred will be corrected by love, soon in our days! Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/aharei-mot https://livekabbalah.org/kedoshim Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Parashah Tazria-Metzora 5786

Everything is in the hands of Heaven except the awe of Heaven (Berakhot 33b). How can we control fate? In these turbulent days when there is no certainty in anything and no security in any system, how do we make the right decisions that will guide us and our loved ones to a place of safety? How do we control our consciousness and raise it to a frequency of success and abundance? We have control over it, and it requires practice and skill. Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/tazria https://livekabbalah.org/metsora Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

There is no freedom without revelation and prophecy. Enslavement is not only political, economic, legal or military, it is first and foremost an enslavement of the mind. Independence and freedom exist only after sacrifice for the sake of others, the land, the Torah – values ​​that are higher than life. Peace without spiritual elevation is not realistic, and therefore redemption must take place in the spiritual, supernatural dimension. Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/shemini Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-tree-of-life-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Parashah Tzav 5786

The World War over consciousness. The forces of darkness are trying to subdue us, to take away our hope and faith in goodness. How is that connected to our calling? Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/tsav Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Parashah Vayikra 5786

The World War over consciousness. The forces of darkness are trying to subdue us, to take away our hope and faith in goodness. What is the technique of the daily war in the darkness and how do we learn not to surrender and win? Daily Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8AzyLFM2AY Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/vayikra Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-tree-of-life-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Parashah Vayak'hel-Pekudei 5786

Who are the Erev-Rav and who is Amalek? How does Amalek define world politics and how can we fight it? The whole world is a mess. Governments are collapsing. The world order is collapsing. How is global chaos going to affect each of us? How can we deal with panic and uncertainty? How is all of this part of the Divine Plan? And how is it detailed in the Zohar? Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/vayakhel https://livekabbalah.org/pekudei Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-tree-of-life-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Who are the Erev-Rav and what is their connection to Amalek? How is the pathological hatred of Jews and the nations of the world against spirituality and faith related to the process of correction? The whole world is a mess. Governments are collapsing. The world order is collapsing. How is global chaos going to affect each of us? How can we deal with panic and uncertainty? How is all of this part of the Divine Plan? And how is it detailed in the Zohar? Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/ki-tisa Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Parashah Ki Sisa 5786

Parashah Tetzaveh 5786

The war against Amalek is the war of faith - the war for the sanctification of our physical reality. When sanctify this world, we defeat Amalek in both dimensions, spiritual and physical. The whole world is a mess. Governments are collapsing. The world order is collapsing. How is global chaos going to affect each of us? How can we deal with panic and uncertainty? How is all of this part of the Divine Plan? And how is it detailed in the Zohar? The Days of ShOVaVYM TaT - the eight weeks from Parshat Shemot to Parshat Tetsaveh carry great virtue for personal correction and for the correction of the whole, and especially, this year, the year 5776. Our society is going through historical upheavals of redefining personal freedom. Spirituality, values, and holiness must be part of true freedom, the freedom to be happy without hatred, anger, guilt, and blame. ShOVaVIM TaT Eight Weeks of Personal & Worldwide Redemption Week 8  Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/tetsave Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

Parashah Terumah 5786

Everyone is looking for happiness and fulfillment. What is wrong with our materialistic society and how do we harness the knowledge of the wisdom of Kabbalah to find our inner happiness and enlightenment. The whole world is a mess. Governments are collapsing. The world order is collapsing. How is global chaos going to affect each of us? How can we deal with panic and uncertainty? How is all of this part of the Divine Plan? And how is it detailed in the Zohar? The Days of ShOVaVYM TaT - the eight weeks from Parshat Shemot to Parshat Tetsaveh carry great virtue for personal correction and for the correction of the whole, and especially, this year, the year 5776. Our society is going through historical upheavals of redefining personal freedom. Spirituality, values, and holiness must be part of true freedom, the freedom to be happy without hatred, anger, guilt, and blame. ShOVaVIM TaT Eight Weeks of Personal & Worldwide Redemption Week 7  Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/teruma Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-tree-of-life-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

This is a recording from 2.11.2025 of Rabbi David Kasher's Weekly Parashah class, co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR.

Parashah Mishpatim 5786

Reincarnations is an awareness and faith in the Eternal Great Good - This is the main axis over the struggle over world dominance among the powers controlling our planet. The whole world is a mess. Governments are collapsing. The world order is collapsing. How is global chaos going to affect each of us? How can we deal with panic and uncertainty? How is all of this part of the Divine Plan? And how is it detailed in the Zohar? The Days of ShOVaVYM TaT - the eight weeks from Parshat Shemot to Parshat Tetsaveh carry great virtue for personal correction and for the correction of the whole, and especially, this year, the year 5776. Our society is going through historical upheavals of redefining personal freedom. Spirituality, values, and holiness must be part of true freedom, the freedom to be happy without hatred, anger, guilt, and blame. ShOVaVIM Six Weeks of Personal & Worldwide Redemption Week 6 Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/mishpatim Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-tree-of-life-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations

The Message of Redemption & Overcoming Death. The whole world is a mess. Governments are collapsing. The world order is collapsing. How is global chaos going to affect each of us? How can we deal with panic and uncertainty? How is all of this part of the Divine Plan? And how is it detailed in the Zohar? The Days of ShOVaVYM TaT - the eight weeks from Parshat Shemot to Parshat Tetsaveh carry great virtue for personal correction and for the correction of the whole, and especially, this year, the year 5776. Our society is going through historical upheavals of redefining personal freedom. Spirituality, values, and holiness must be part of true freedom, the freedom to be happy without hatred, anger, guilt, and blame. ShOVaVIM Six Weeks of Personal & Worldwide Redemption Week 5 Read and learn more about this Parashah https://livekabbalah.org/yitro Join our course program: https://livekabbalah.org/live-kabbalah-courses Join our Zoom Program: https://livekabbalah.org/weekly-zohar-study-live Support our efforts to provide you with more materials, donate to Live Kabbalah: https://livekabbalah.org/donations