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Beraishis
Genesis
Sh'mos
Exodus
Vayikra
Leviticus
Bamidbar
Numbers
Devarim
Deuteronomy
Beraishis
Bereishis Drasha
Genesis is Mercy
Beresheit
Adam's Longevity and the Purpose of Learning
Adam's Sin
Two creations of man
The Snake's Head
The Snake II

Can Trees "Disobey" God?
Genesis: Creation, God' Hovering, & The Cherubim
Shmos
Pharaoh's Astrologers II
Shemot
Parsha: Shemot
Shemot
Shemot
Moses and the Serpent
Moses' Three Signs
Shemos

Deserving Bondage
Hebrew Midwives
Inaccuracy of Pharaoh's astrologers
Parshas Shemos
Vayikra
Vayikra: 613 Mitzvos
VaYikra: The 2nd Pillar of Creation
VaYikra: Sacrifice
Prayer and Sacrifice
Vayikra
Temple and Altar
Vayikra
Sacrifice
Parshas Vayikra 5762
Parshas Vayikra 5763
Bamidbar
Bemidbar
Bemidbar
The Vessel's Coverings
Referencing God
Bemidbar
Devarim
Devarim
Parashas Devarim
Noach
Noach: His Perfection / The Raven
Noah and the Permission to Eat Meat
Cham's Sons
The Ark - Two Missions
Noach
Noah
The Rainbow

Noah & the Raven
Tower of Babel
Noach - The Dispersion
Noach
Vaera
The Plague of Hail Part II: Psychological Warfare
Parsha: Vaeyrah
VaEyrah
Parshas Va-eyrah
Plague of Hail
Pharaoh's Failed Escapism

ParashasVaEyrah
Parshas VaEra 5762
Parshas VaEra 5763
The Ten Plagues
Using Our Minds
The Plague of Hail
Ibn Ezra - The Ten Plagues
Tzav
Parshas Tzav 5761
Parshas Tzav 5762
Parshas Tzav 5763
Naso
Naso
Naso
Priestly Blessings
Tabernacle's Inauguration
Parashas Naso
VauEschanan
Idolatrous Fanaticism
VaEtchanan: Honoring Parents
VauEtchanan: The Meaning of One
VaEtchanan 5763
Vaueschanan
Vaueschanan-R. Fox
Lechlicha
Lech Lecha 5767
Lech Lecha
Lech Lecha
God's Providence: 2 Arenas
Sanctification of God's Name and Abraham's Identity
Lech Lecha
Abraham's Intelligence
Lech Licha - Avraham's Perfection
Parshat Lech Lecha
Lech Licha
Bo
Parsha: Bo
Animal Behavior: Why God Brought the Plague of Wild Beasts
Parshas Bo: The First Month
Plague of the Firstborns
Parshas Bo
How God Teaches Man II
Killing Infants: G-d's Justice
Bo
Moses' Mission & Pharaoh's Free Will
Death of Firstborn
Pharaoh's Intimidation
Parshas Bo
Firstborns
The Ten Plagues
Shemini
Parshas Shemini
Behaalos'cha
BeHalotecha
Behalotecha-Silver Trumpets
BeHalotecha
Beha'alotecha
40 Years and the Manna
Yisro
The Quail
Parashas Beha'alotekcha
Ekev
Parshas Ekev
  • 40 Days: God vs Nature
    Ekev
    "Circumcise the Foreskins of Your Hearts"
    Hypothetical Error: Parshas Ekev
    Parshas Ekev
    Parshas Ekev 5763
    Parshas Ekev 5762
  • Vayereh
    VaYerah
    Vayerah
    Satan and Abraham II
    Avimelech: Wrong Idea of God?
    Vayerah-Sodom's Destruction
    Abraham the "Ivri" and Defending Monotheism: Using the Torah's Clues
    Vayerah-Visiting the Sick
    Was Killing Isaac Justified?
    VaYerah 5764
    Vayerah
    Sodom
    Praying for Others

    Was the Akeida brutality?
    Akeidas Yitzchak Q&A's
    Did Abraham Believe He Was to Sacrifice Isaac?

    Angels Punished
    Avraham Learning God's Justice
    Sarah's Laughter
    Parshat VaYerah
    Satan and Abraham
    Bishalach
    Parshas Beshalach
    Parshas Beshalach: "I am God your Healer"
  • "I am God your Healer" Part II: Lessons in Freedom
    Parshas Beshalach
    Universal Message
    God's "Hand" in Egypt
    Parshas Beshalach
    Bishalach
    Plagues: Natural Events?
    Parshas Bishalach
    The Splitting of the Red Sea
  • Tazria
    Tazria: A Mother's Perfection
    Tazria: Spiritual Uncleanliness
    Tazria
    Parshas Tazria
    Shelach
    Shelach - Praying to the Dead
    Shelach
    Shelach - Rabbi Fox
    Shelach - Rabbi Bernstein
    Shelach
    The Spies' Plague
    Is G-d Vindictive
    God's Warning
    Parashas Shlach
    The Spies
    R'aye
    Parsha: Re'eh
    Re'eh
    Dead Men's Gods
    Chayeh Sarah
    Chayey Sara
    Chayay Sarah
    Chayay Sarah: Eulogy Before Tears
    Chayay Sarah: Sarah's Death
    Chayey Sara: Rebecca
    Chaye Sara
    Chayey Sara
    Eliezer Testing Rebecca
    Chayai Sara
    Patriarchs vs Their Children
    Yisro
    Parashas Yitro
    Warnings at Sinai
    Parshas Yitro
    Parshas Yitro
    Parshas Yitro
    Yitro
    Proving Sinai
    Torah from Sinai
    -Proof of G-d
    The Tablets, the Torah and Mount Sinai
    Ten Commandments
    Yisro
    Parshas Yitro
     Metzora
    Metzorah: Rabbi Fox
    Metzorah: Rabbi Bernstein
    Metzorah
    Perfection via Leprosy
    Metzora-Pesach
    Korach
    Korach - Our Own Worst Enemy
    Korach - Rabbi Bernard Fox
    Korach - Rabbi Bernstein
    Korach - Rabbi Bernard Fox
    Parshas Korach
    Korach
    Aaron seizes Angel of Death
    Shoftim
    Failed Jewish Leadership
    A Wise Statute of Limitations
    Shoftim: Destroying Trees
    Shoftim
    Shoftim
    Shoftim
    Magicians vs Prophets
    Following God Perfectly
    Parashas Shoftim
    Toldos
    Toldot
    Parsha: Toldot
    Toldot
    Isaac's Wells: The Emergence of the Second Patriarch
    Toldot
    Telling the Truth
    Personality of Esau
    Isaac's Blessings
    Toldot
    Toldot II
    Isaac - Oleh Temima
    Are the Penitent Better?
    Understanding Rashi
    Mishpatim
    Parshas Mishpatim: Stealing
    Parshas Mishpatim: Oppression
    Parshas Mishpatim: Using Our Resources, and Prayer
    Judicious Juxtaposition: Why Certain Verses are Connected
    Parshas Mishpatim
    Absolute Truths
    Mishpatim II
    Mishpatim
    Parshas Mishpatim
    Acharemos
    AchareyMot / Kedoshim
    Acharey Mot
    The Scapegoat
    Achary Mot 5762
    Achary Mot 5763
    Molech Worship and Blood Eating
    Chukas
    Chukat
    Godless Human Nature
    Chukat
    Angel of Death II
    Chukat - Rabbi Bernstein
    Chukat - Rabbi Bernard Fox
    Chukat
    Proper Questioning
    Red Heifer
    Chukat/Balak
    Kiseitzei
    KiTetze 5766
    Ki Tetze
    Seeds of Rebellion / Longevity
    Sending away the Mother Bird
    Kitetze 5764: Rabbi Fox
    Kitetze 5765: Rabbi Bernstein
    Ki Tetze
    Yifas Toar-Female Captive
    Parashas KiTetze
    Dishonest Weights
    Vayetzei
    Yaakov's Anger
    VaYetze
    Jacob and the Speckled Flocks
    Parashas Vayetze
    Vayetzai
    Rachel's Disgrace
    When a tzaddik
    should get angry
    Teruma
    Parshas Terumah: Temple & Vessels
    Parshas Terumah: Testimony of Truth
    Parshas Trumah: The Menora - A Lesson in Subordination
    Parshas Trumah: The Temple and Tabernacle
    Fate of Mishkan
    Teruma
    Proceed with Caution
    Teruma
    The Temple-
    Photos
    Parshas Terumah
     Kedoshim
    Kedoshim: Rotely performed mitzvahs are not the goal
    Kedoshim: Rabbi Fox: "Deception"
    Kedoshim: Rabbi Bernstein: "Lashon Hara"
    Kedoshim
    Subjective Justice: Parshas Kedoshim
    Kedoshim
    Kedusha-Sanctity
    Witchcraft
    Shaving
    Kedoshim
    Balak
    Parshas Balak
    Balak: The Zealot

    Bilam-Rabbi Chait
    Bilam and the Donkey
     Kisavo
    KiTavo 5766
    Blessings over Fruit
    KiTavo
    Secret Sins
    Severe Punishments
    Rabbi Fox-KiTavo
    Rabbi Bernstein
    Ki Tavo
    3 Stone Sets-Torah Written Upon

    Declaration of Fulfilling Tithes
    Parashas KiTavo
    Vayishlach
    VaYishlach: Rachel's Burial Site
    VaYishlach
    VaYishlach
    Vayishlach
    Vayishlach - Politics from the Torah
    Vayishlach - Yaakov's dealings with Esav
    Titzaveh
    The Breastplate
    Parshas Tetzaveh
    In the Dark II - From Egypt to Sinai: A Journey Immortalized in Temple
    In the Dark: The Incense Altar
    Tetzaveh
    The High Priest's Garb
    Parshas Tetzaveh
     Emor
    Emor
    Emor: Rabbi Fox: "Omer"
    Emor: Rabbi Bernstein: "Holiness & Elitism"
    Emor
    Life and Death
    Parshas Emor
    Right Ideas–Wrong Impressions
    Emor
    Emor 5763
    Pinchas
    Pinchas - Rabbi Fox
    Pinchas - Rabbi Bernstein
    Pinchas 5763
    Pinchas
     Nitzavim
    Netzavim / Vayelech
    Netzavim / Shofar
    Nitzavim
    Parsahsa Nitzavim/VaYelech
    Nitzavim / VaYelech
    Vayeishev
    Joseph in Egypt
    Vayeshev
    VaYeshev
    Vayeshev
    The Selling of Joseph

    Dinah
    Vayeshev
    Kisisa
    Ki Tisa
    Moses & the Gold Coin: The Proliferation of Superition in Jewish Communities, and Rabbis' Silence
    Ki Tisa: Justice; Free Will
    Ki Tisa: Anointing Oil
    The Gold Calf & Pluralists – Judaism's Imposters
    Parshas Ki Tisa
    Curses of the Wise Come True
    Ki Tisa
    The Golden Calf
    Melting the Golden Calf

    Anointing Oil
    Parshas Kisisa
    The Torah's Divine Origin & Why Moses' Face Shone
     Behar
    Behar: Women's Mitzvahs
    Behar
    Behar
    Behar / Bechukotai: Rabbi Fox, "Shemitah & Yovale"
    Behar / Bechukotai: Rabbi Bernstein, "Joyless Festivals in Israel"
     Mattos
    Mattos - Rabbi Fox
    Mattos - Rabbi Bernstein
    Parashas Matot/Massay
    Mattot/Massey
     Vayelech
    Mekaitz
    Miketz-Vayigash
    Parashas Meketz
    Pharaoh's Dreams

    Pharaoh's Wisdom
    Joseph's Dream Interpretations
    Vayakhel
    VaYakhel/Pekuday: Prohibited Work
    Vayakhel/Pekuday: The Tabernacle
    Vayakhel
    Yetzer Hara
    The Temple: A Response to the Golden Calf
    Parshas Vayakel
    Vayakhel
     Bechukosai
    Behar / Bechukotai
    BeChukotai
    BeChukotai
    BeChukotai
      Maasei  Haazenu
    HaAzinu-Shabbat Shuva
    Vayigash
    Vayigash
    Joseph's Dream Interpretations: How he discoverd Pharaoh's dreams were divine...without God telling him
    Vayigash
    Vayigash

    Banning God
    Joseph and His Brothers
    Pekudeh
    Temple: The Interactive Museum of God's Providence
    Pekuday
    The Ark's Poles
    Parshas Pekudey
    Pekuday
     Vezos HaBracha
    The Spirit of Wisdom
    Vayichi
    Parsha: Vayeche
    Vayeche
    Jacob crosses hands on Mennashe and Epraim
    Parshas Vayeche
    Parshas Vayeche
    Parshas Vayeche II

    Prophets / Writings
    = Audio File

    Megillot

    Koheles
    Megillas Antiochos
    (Channuka)

    Proverbs

    Proverbs: 1:1-10
    Proverbs: 1:10-18
    Proverbs: 1:18-22
    Proverbs: 1:22-27
    Proverbs: 1:27-30
    Proverbs: 1:30-33

    Proverbs: 1:7
    Proverbs: 12:8
    Proverbs: 18:2

    Proverbs: Insecurity
    Proverbs: Insecurity
    TalkLIVE class Aug. 23rd

    Prophets

    Isaiah 40: God Is Not Blind
    Joshua: The Day the Sun Stood Still

     Writings

    Book Of Job

    Book Of Job
    Rabbi Israel Chait