Piecing the Parsha Together
by Adam Shulman
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Episode 701: Bereishis - The Number of Letters in the Torah
Episode 701: Bereishis - The Number of Letters in the Torah
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A discussion about the structure of the weekly Torah portion
Episodes
The newest 20 of 287 episodes
- Episode 701: Bereishis - The Number of Letters in the Torah · 7 min · Season 7 Episode 1This week's episode connects the beginning and end of the Torah to the number of letters in the Torah.
- Episode 650: V'Zos Habracha -Keep Moving · 7 min · Season 6 Episode 50This week's episode looks at the Torah's final lessons from the death of Moshe.
- Episode 649: Ha'azinu - Parents and Children · 6 min · Season 6 Episode 49This week's episode compares the retribution described in Shiras Ha'azinu with the retribution found in other places in the Torah.
- Yom Kippur 5787 · 8 min · Season 6 Episode 48This episode connects Yom Kippur to the deaths of Nadav and Avihu.
- Rosh Hashanah 5787 - The Cry from Within · 15 min · Season 6 Episode 47This episode looks at the connection between Yishmael's banishment and the first day of Rosh Hashanah.
- Episode 646: Nitzavim-Vayeilech - Everything is Within · 5 min · Season 6 Episode 46This week's episode looks at how the Torah describes the mitzvah of teshuva why it occurs towards the end of the Torah.
- Episode 645: Parshas Ki Savo - Gratitude Leads to Happiness · 13 min · Season 6 Episode 45This week's episode connects the agricultural mitzvos of the beginning of the parsha to the curses and reubke at the end of the parsha.
- Episode 644: Parshas Ki Seitzsei - Sefer Devarim and The Ten Commandments · 6 min · Season 6 Episode 44This week's episode looks at how Sefer Devarim mirrors and expands on the Ten Commandments.
- Episode 643: Parshas Shoftim - The Limits of Power · 4 min · Season 6 Episode 43This week's episode looks at the significance of the Torah using the environment to limit the power of the king.
- Episode 642: Parshas Re'eh - Geography of The Parsha · 3 min · Season 6 Episode 42This week's episode looks at the deeper meaning of the places mentioned at the beginning of the parsha.
- Episode 640: Parshas Vaeschanan - Relationship Spheres · 12 min · Season 6 Episode 40This week's episode discusses the Aseres HaDibros based on Rabbi David Fohrman's new volume of A Parsha Companion.
- Episode 639: Devarim - Words · 8 min · Season 6 Episode 39This week's episode looks at the title of the parsha and the parsha, words. This is then connected to Tisha B'Av.
- Episode 638: Parshas Matos-Masei - The Journey of Jewish History · 5 min · Season 6 Episode 38This week's episode tries to find a theme for the list of Bnei Yisrael's journeys in the Desert.
- Episode 637: Parshas Pinchas - The Second Census · 12 min · Season 6 Episode 37This week's episode looks at the second census of Sefer Bamidbar and its connection to some of the laws discussed in the parsha.
- Episode 636: Parshas Chukas-Balak - Our Own Worst Enemy · 9 min · Season 6 Episode 36This week's episode contrasts Bilaam's blessings to Bnei Yisrael's immoral behavior at the end of the parsha. This is then tied into the upcoming period of mourning of the Three…
- Episode 632: Naso - The Inauguration of the Mishkan part 3 · 7 min · Season 6 Episode 32This week's episode looks at the three different places that the inauguration of the mishkan appears in the Torah.
- Episode 631: Parshas Bamidbar - Real vs. Ideal · 6 min · Season 6 Episode 31This week's episode looks at the different ways Sefer Bamidbar could have developed.
- Episode 630: Shavuos - Different Perspectives on the Giving of the Torah · 14 min · Season 6 Episode 30This episode looks at a number of midrashim related to the giving of the Torah.
- Episode 629: Behar-Bechukosai - Counting at the End of Sefer Vayikra · 9 min · Season 6 Episode 29This week's episode discusses two different counts that appear in Parshas Emor and Parshas Behar. These counts illustrate two different ways to receive the Torah.
- Episode 628: The Yom Tov of Succos in Parshas Emor · 14 min · Season 6 Episode 28This week's episode looks at how the Torah presents the yom tov of Succos in Parshas Emor in comparison to the other yomim tovim
