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Parshas Terumah
Great gematrios and the materials for the Mishkan … Terumah – 5767
Short divrei Torah… Trumah 5768
Must be done lishma … Terumah 5769
Mishkan and Mikdash and the point of it all … Trumah 5770
The Kruvim … Trumah 5771
Atzei Shittim and Techashim … Trumah 5772
The kedusha of the money … Trumah5773
Doing it lishma … Terumah5774
Tolaas Shani and the purpose of the Mishkan … Terumah5775
The Tachash/Unicorn … Terumah5776
The purpose of the Shulchan – actual: Terumah5777 and other: TerumahLIVE5777
The Paroches – the purpose of a separation – Terumah5778
The Stones of Miluim – Terumah5779
Keruvim on Curtains! – Terumah5780
Sefer Yechezkel (Second time around)
Parshas Mishpatim
Short divrei Torah… Mishpatim – 5767
Lifnim mishuras hadin and magic … Mishpatim 5768
Eved ivri – why call him that? … Mishpatim 5769
Crazy hornets … Mishpatim 5770
The mishpatim of Hashem and how Torah affects Gamshmius, plus doctors … Mishpatim 5771
Another bit about “ivri” and everything really being chukim, plus Torah changing over the years… Mishpatim 5772
The malach that is with us as well as the Mai Hashiloach on slaves … Mishpatim5773
Naarei bnai yisroel bringing korbanos … Mishpatim5774
Why start with a Jewish slave? … Mishpatim5775
An eye for an eye – Mishpatim5776
Doggie Heaven (why we throw Traifos to them) – Mishpatim5777
Seeing G-d does not mean that they saw G-d – Mishpatim5778
The Malach who was supposed to join Klal Yisroel – Mishpatim5779
The stairway to Heaven – Mishpatim5780
Parshas Yisro
Many small divrei torah … Yisro – 5767
What did Yisro hear? and other divrei Torah … Yisro 5768
Our derech eretz and theirs …. Yisro 5769
Gershom, our job to learn, and trying to be like Shammai on Shabbos … Yisro 5770
Yisro saw what he had to do, and why he’s happy now … Yisro 5771
The process of Torah Shebe’al peh … Yisro 5772
Yisro’s shock, Moshe’s judging abilities, and the mitzvha of Hagbalah … Yisro5773
Carried on eagles’ wings … Yisro5774
The story of Gershom, son of Moshe … Yisro5775
Why Yisro wanted judges … Yisro5776
The great shofar blast at Har Sinai – Yisro5777
Why can’t I have what he’s having? – Yisro5778
We are the “treasured” nation – Yisro5779
The Bris Party – fixing Kayin’s mistakes – Yisro5780
Yisro 5781 – We Don’t Want to Die
Many small divrei torah … Yisro – 5767
What did Yisro hear? and other divrei Torah … Yisro 5768
Our derech eretz and theirs …. Yisro 5769
Gershom, our job to learn, and trying to be like Shammai on Shabbos … Yisro 5770
Yisro saw what he had to do, and why he’s happy now … Yisro 5771
The process of Torah Shebe’al peh … Yisro 5772
Yisro’s shock, Moshe’s judging abilities, and the mitzvha of Hagbalah … Yisro5773
Carried on eagles’ wings … Yisro5774
The story of Gershom, son of Moshe … Yisro5775
Why Yisro wanted judges … Yisro5776
The great shofar blast at Har Sinai – Yisro5777
Why can’t I have what he’s having? – Yisro5778
We are the “treasured” nation – Yisro5779
The Bris Party – fixing Kayin’s mistakes – Yisro5780
Daf Yomi: Moed Kattan
Parshas Beshalach
The Pelishtim and 50 miracles of krias Yam Suf … Beshalach 5767
Pelishtim, women singing and the mann … Beshalach 5768
The Yam and its power, and kishuf … Beshalach 5769
Dasan and Aviram … Beshalach 5770
The Pelishtim and Baal Tzafon … Beshalach 5771
Krias Yam Suf and all of the miracles … Beshalach – Yamsuf
What happened with the Bnai Efraim … Beshalach 5772
Crazy stuff about Baal Tzefon … Beshalach5774
Chamushim – armed or 1/5 of the Jews left … Beshalach5775
The bitter waters of Marah sweetened – Beshalach5777
Miryam starts a song – Beshalach5778
The 12 and 70 – the point of the city Eilim – Beshalach5779
The Wonders of the Manna – Beshalach5780
Parshas Bo
Short divrei Torah … Bo – 5767
Short divrei Torah … Bo 5768
Many divrei Torah … Bo 5769
More divrei Torah … Bo 5770
“Coming to Paroh” and Tefillin … Bo-Skokie – 5770
Locusts and darkness and Moshe’s only fear … Bo 5771
4/5 of them died (what does that mean?) … Bo 5772
Lots of divrei torah put together … Bo5773
Who killed the first born – Hashem or the malach? … Bo5774
430 years in Egypt (How could they have been there so long?) … Bo5775
The crazy Locusts (how bad could that be?) … Bo5776
Darkness surrounded them – Bo5777
The Dogs would not Bark – Bo5778
The gods of Egypt – Ra and ??? – Bo5779
A Holiday to Remember – Bo5780
Parshas Vaera
All the makkos … Vaeira – 5767
The “Avos” and names of Hashem … Vaera 5768
They cried out and the staff turning into a snake … Vaera 5769
“I am Hashem” and the hail Vaera 5770
The difference between the Names of Hashem … Vaera1 5771 and Vaera2 5771
The sefarim they had and what happened to magic … Vaera 5772
The level of “koh” and hail again … Vaera5773
All about the Blood … Vaera5774
All about the Frogs … Vaera5775
All about the Lice … Vaera5776
The wild animals of Arov and the land they were on – Vaera5777
The “plague” to end all plagues – Vaera5778
Double Double Boil and Trouble – Vaera5779
Hail to the Chief Above! – Vaera5780
Parshas Shemos
Short divrei Torah … Shemos – 5767
Short divrei Torah … Shemos 5768
Moshe Rabbeinu being pulled out from the tumah of the world … Shemos 5769
The 49th level and feeling stuck; the staff/snake … Shemos 5770
Three midrashim about Moshe Rabbeinu and how to understand them … Shemos 5771
Moshe’s job to stay away from gashmiyus; Tzipporah’s only words in the Chumash … Shemos 5772
Lack of Hakaras Hatov by Paroh; Moshe being born three months early … Shemos5773
Taking his shoes off … Shemos5774
The burning bush … Shemos5775
Shifra and Puah … Shemos5776
How did Moshe get out of Egypt? And why did Paroh try to kill him? – Shemos5777
The Name that Kills – Shemos5778
Why would Moshe want a Snaky staff? – Shemos5779
Hiding in plain sight – Moshe’s little boat – Shemos5780