Parshas Terumah

Great gematrios and the materials for the Mishkan … Terumah – 5767

Short divrei Torah… Trumah 5768

Must be done lishma … PlayTerumah 5769

Mishkan and Mikdash and the point of it all … PlayTrumah 5770

The Kruvim … PlayTrumah 5771

Atzei Shittim and Techashim … PlayTrumah 5772

The kedusha of the money … PlayTrumah5773

Doing it lishma … PlayTerumah5774

Tolaas Shani and the purpose of the Mishkan … Terumah5775

The Tachash/Unicorn … PlayTerumah5776

The purpose of the Shulchan – actual:   PlayTerumah5777

   and other:    PlayTerumahLIVE5777

The Paroches – the purpose of a separation –  PlayTerumah5778

The Stones of Miluim – PlayTerumah5779

Keruvim on Curtains! – PlayTerumah5780

Terumah 5781: Holding up the World
Terumah 5782: The People’s House
Terumah 5783: Be a Square
Terumah 5784: Angel Baby Faces
Terumah 5785: Copper Pegs and Copper Souls

Parshas Mishpatim

Short divrei Torah… Mishpatim – 5767

Lifnim mishuras hadin and magic … Mishpatim 5768

Eved ivri – why call him that? … Mishpatim 5769

Crazy hornets … PlayMishpatim 5770

The mishpatim of Hashem and how Torah affects Gamshmius, plus doctors … PlayMishpatim 5771

Another bit about “ivri” and everything really being chukim, plus Torah changing over the years… PlayMishpatim 5772

The malach that is with us as well as the Mai Hashiloach on slaves … PlayMishpatim5773

Naarei bnai yisroel bringing korbanos … PlayMishpatim5774

Why start with a Jewish slave? … PlayMishpatim5775

An eye for an eye – PlayMishpatim5776

Doggie Heaven (why we throw Traifos to them) – PlayMishpatim5777

Seeing G-d does not mean that they saw G-d – PlayMishpatim5778

The Malach who was supposed to join Klal Yisroel – PlayMishpatim5779

The stairway to Heaven – PlayMishpatim5780

Mishpatim 5781: A Book for the Ages
Mishpatim 5782: Blind as a Bat
Mishpatim 5783: She’s a Witch!
Mishpatim 5784: Staring and eating
Mishpatim 5785: A Malach for all of us

Parshas Yisro

Many small divrei torah … Yisro – 5767

What did Yisro hear? and other divrei Torah … Yisro 5768

Our derech eretz and theirs …. PlayYisro 5769

Gershom, our job to learn, and trying to be like Shammai on Shabbos … PlayYisro 5770

Yisro saw what he had to do, and why he’s happy now … PlayYisro 5771

The process of Torah Shebe’al peh … PlayYisro 5772

Yisro’s shock, Moshe’s judging abilities, and the mitzvha of Hagbalah … PlayYisro5773

Carried on eagles’ wings … PlayYisro5774

The story of Gershom, son of Moshe … PlayYisro5775

Why Yisro wanted judges … PlayYisro5776

The great shofar blast at Har Sinai – PlayYisro5777

Why can’t I have what he’s having? – PlayYisro5778

We are the “treasured” nation – PlayYisro5779

The Bris Party – fixing Kayin’s mistakes – PlayYisro5780

Yisro 5781 – We Don’t Want to Die
Yisro 5782 – Lightning, Thunder, and a Massive Shofar Blast
Yisro 5783 – Love Parents, Live Longer
Yisro 5784 – Seeing is Believing!
Yisro 5785 – Seeing the Sounds

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 … PlayBeshalach 5769

Dasan and Aviram … PlayBeshalach 5770

The Pelishtim and Baal Tzafon … PlayBeshalach 5771

Krias Yam Suf and all of the miracles … PlayBeshalach – Yamsuf

What happened with the Bnai Efraim … PlayBeshalach 5772

PlayBeshalach5773

Crazy stuff about Baal Tzefon … PlayBeshalach5774

Chamushim – armed or 1/5 of the Jews left … PlayBeshalach5775

The bitter waters of Marah sweetened – PlayBeshalach5777

Miryam starts a song – PlayBeshalach5778

The 12 and 70 – the point of the city Eilim – PlayBeshalach5779

The Wonders of the Manna – PlayBeshalach5780

Beshalach 5781 – A Private Crossing for Two
Beshalach 5782 – Yehoshua Man of War
Beshalach 5783 – Raising your arms to the Sky
Beshalach 5784 – Good Quail to Eat
Beshalach 5785 – Weakening Amalek

Parshas Bo

Short divrei Torah … Bo – 5767

Short divrei Torah … Bo 5768

Many divrei Torah … PlayBo 5769

More divrei Torah … PlayBo 5770

“Coming to Paroh” and Tefillin … PlayBo-Skokie

 – 5770

Locusts and darkness and Moshe’s only fear … PlayBo 5771

4/5 of them died (what does that mean?) … PlayBo 5772

Lots of divrei torah put together … PlayBo5773

Who killed the first born – Hashem or the malach? … PlayBo5774

430 years in Egypt (How could they have been there so long?) … PlayBo5775

The crazy Locusts (how bad could that be?) … PlayBo5776

Darkness surrounded them – PlayBo5777

The Dogs would not Bark – PlayBo5778

The gods of Egypt – Ra and ??? – PlayBo5779

A Holiday to Remember – PlayBo5780

Bo 5781: Facing Your Enemy
Bo 5782: Midnight Express
Bo 5783: Erev Rav and the Nation
Bo 5784: Death of the First Born
Bo 5785 – Arbeh, Choshech, Makkas Bechoros – the Highlights

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 … PlayVaera 5769

“I am Hashem” and the hail PlayVaera 5770

The difference between the Names of Hashem … PlayVaera1 5771

 and PlayVaera2 5771

The sefarim they had and what happened to magic … PlayVaera 5772

The level of “koh” and hail again … PlayVaera5773

All about the Blood … PlayVaera5774

All about the Frogs … PlayVaera5775

All about the Lice … PlayVaera5776

The wild animals of Arov and the land they were on – PlayVaera5777

The “plague” to end all plagues – PlayVaera5778

Double Double Boil and Trouble – PlayVaera5779

Hail to the Chief Above! – PlayVaera5780

Vaera 5781 – Where did Moshe come from?
Vaera 5782 – Even an 80 year old can do it!
Vaera 5783 – Amram’s Long Life
Vaera 5784 – The Finger of Hashem
Vaera 5785 – Where’d all the Frogs go?

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 … PlayShemos 5770

Three midrashim about Moshe Rabbeinu and how to understand them … PlayShemos 5771

Moshe’s job to stay away from gashmiyus; Tzipporah’s only words in the Chumash … PlayShemos 5772

Lack of Hakaras Hatov by Paroh; Moshe being born three months early … PlayShemos5773

Taking his shoes off … PlayShemos5774

The burning bush … PlayShemos5775

Shifra and Puah … PlayShemos5776

How did Moshe get out of Egypt? And why did Paroh try to kill him? – PlayShemos5777

The Name that Kills – PlayShemos5778

Why would Moshe want a Snaky staff? – PlayShemos5779

Hiding in plain sight – Moshe’s little boat – PlayShemos5780

Shemos 5781 – Death an at Inn
Shemos 5781a – Divrei Torah in the Parsha
Shemos 5781b – A Geulah with Moshe and a Geulah without
Shemos 5782 – Talk Softly and Carry a Big Staff
Shemos 5783 – The Fight at the Well
Shemos5784: Walk like an Egyptian into the Palace
Shemos 5785: Good Ol’ Moshe!

Parshas Vayechi

Short divrei Torah … Vayechi – 5767

Short divrei Torah… Vayechi 5768

Yaakov’s last words, the curses of the Pharaohs, Menashe and Efraim – Vayechi 5769

The Kisei Hakavod that Yaakov represented and his brachos – PlayVayechi 5770

Efraim before Menashe and Asher and his daughters – PlayVayechi 5771

The mummification process of Yaakov Avinu … PlayWasYaakovamummy

 (5772)

Yaakov died and their eyes closed; Shimon and Levi … PlayVayechi5773

Revealing the “end of times” to the shevatim … PlayVayechi5774

Yissachar is called a donkey … PlayVayechi5775

Reuven’s bracha … PlayVayechi5776

The anger of Shimon and Levi – PlayVayechi5777

Shimshon’s power – the real power of Dan – PlayVayechi5778

Burial in Israel – or what reason? – PlayVayechi5779

Vayechi 5780 – Who is afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?
Vayechi 5781 – A Full Forgiveness
Vayechi 5782 – An Eye Popping Event
Vayechi 5783 – Bramble Barn
Vayechi 5784 – Portents of Badness
Vayechi 5785 – Bones of Yosef and Pakod

Parshas Vayigash

Short divrei Torah… Vayigash – 5767

Short divrei Torah… Vayigash 5768

Yehuda’s promise and why Yaakov listened, and why say Krias Shema now – Vayigash 5769

The kedusha of Yosef Hatzadik – PlayVayigash 5770

Yosef’s plan of building achdus and Serach bas Asher – PlayVayigash 5771

Rahav (malach of Egypt), the chains of Yaakov, Shema of Yaakov, and Yosef’s dreams – PlayVayigash 5772

The point of Yehuda’s speech;Yaakov thought Yosef went crazy; Crying on shoulders… PlayVayigash5773

Serach bas Asher and the 70 people that went down … PlayVayigash5774


PlayVayigash25774

Yosef’s gift of clothing to Binyomin … PlayVayigash5775

How old was Yaakov Avinu? … PlayVayigash5776

The crazy Midrashim at the beginning of the parsha – explained! – PlayVayigash5777

Why would Yehuda become the Rosh Hayeshiva?? – PlayVayigash5778

Yaakov got his ruach hakodesh back – PlayVayigash5779

Vayigash 5780 – Why is Yaakov still Alive?
Vayigash 5781 – Home Sweet Goshen
Vayigash 5781 – Addendum – Yaakov Lives On
Vayigash 5781 – Shaul ben HaCanaanis
Vayigash 5783 – It’s a Wonderful Language
Vayigash 5784 – Born between the Walls
Vayigash 5785 – The Tragedy of Binyamin

Parshas Mikeitz

Short divrei Torah … Miketz – 5767

Short divrei Torah … Mikeitz 5768

Rav Shwab on Paroh’s dream and Yosef’s plan – Mikeitz 5769

Bitachon of Yosef, the Chartumim’s mistake, Binyomin replacing Yosef – PlayMikeitz 5770

Light in the darkness – Mikeitz and Chanuka – PlayMikeitz 5771

Paroh’s dreams and his trust in Yosef – PlayMikeitz 5772

The Butler and everything else there … PlayMikeitz5773

The Chartumim translate the dream … PlayMikeitz5774

Reuven wanted to kill his two kids … PlayMikeitz5775

Tzafnais Paneiach … PlayMikeitz5776

How did the shevatim not recognize Yosef? – PlayMikeitz5777

Menashe and Ephraim – why these names? Forgetting your past… – PlayMikeitz5778

A tragedy, the travelers, and the one in charge – PlayMikeitz5779

“I had a dream” says the Butler – PlayMikeitz5780

Mikeitz 5781 – Sitting All by Himself
Mikeitz 5782 – Do you Believe in Magical Cups?
Mikeitz 5783 – Egyptian Circumcision
Mikeitz 5784 – Goblets, Bags, and Plans
Mikeitz 5785 – Eating Alone