Parshas Devarim

Ramazim within the first pasuk, “Larov” without a vav, and the age of 13 – Devarim 5756

Mussar as a remez, the names of the places they went, going to the North … Devarim – 5767

The seder of the sefarim, to “all” of the Jews, and the mountains … Devarim 5768

Sefer Devarim and why it’s different … PlayDevarim 5769

The Aigel  was last, you can’t or you won’t, and the extra vav in Yehoshua’s name… PlayDevarim 5770

Og Melech Habashan … PlayDevarim 5771

Teaching them the methods, preparing them for the land, Mussar being given with hints … PlayDevarim5772

Moshe’s worry in writing this sefer … PlayDevarim5773

Why did Moshe die before entering the land… PlayDevarim5774

Continuing last year and turning to the North away from Edom … PlayDevarim5775

The land of Di Zahav – PlayDevarim5776

Og vs. Moshe (or The Hulk vs. Antmen) – who wins the kedusha battle? – PlayDevarim5777

What even Moshe Rabbeinu could not handle – PlayDevarim5778

A revisionist history of the Meraglim – PlayDevarim5779

Devarim 5780 – The Day the Sun Stood Still
Devarim 5781: The Responsibility of Leadership

Daf Yomi – Sukkah

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Parshas Mattos Masai

Short Divrei Torah – Mattos Massai – 5767

Short divrei Torah – Matos 5768

Short divrei Torah – Massei 5768

The heads of mattos and the war against Midyan – PlayMatos-Masei 5769

The purpose of making nedarim and the power of our words – PlayMatos-Masei 5770

The thousands that went to war and Moshe’s anger – PlayMattos 5771

Why we need the Masaos here – PlayMassai 5771

Kedushas Levi on nedarim and Gad before Reuven – PlayMatos-Masai5772

These two parshios are together and watching your mouth – PlayMattosMassai5773

The death of Bilaam … PlayMatos5774

Traveling through the desert … PlayMasai5774

Moshe died after fighting Midyan … PlayMattosMasai5775

The sheep of Gad and Reuven – PlayMattosMassai5776

Pinchas goes to war – why him?? – PlayMattosMasai5777

42 and 6 – Krias Shema and the cities of refuge – PlayMasai5778

Divding up the land is never easy – PlayMattosMasai5779

Mattos 5780 – Spoils of War
Mattos 5781 – The Righteous Anger

Parshas Pinchas

Kavah and Kubah, the 24,000 and the neshamos of Pinchas … Pinchas – 5767

Pinchas and his decision to be a Kanai … Pinchas 5768

A kohein that kills and the definition of mesiras nefesh … PlayPinchas 5769

Pinchas being rewarded, and what it means to become Eliyahu … PlayPinchas 5770

Tzlafchad and getting to the 50th level … PlayPinchas 5771

Eliyahu Hanavi and Pinchas … PlayPinchas5772

It’s a “din” that Pinchas should get his reward in this world … PlayPinchas5773

Appointing a new leader over the Jews … PlayPinchas5774

The broken vav in the word Shalom … PlayPinchas5775

What does Elokei Haruchos mean? – PlayPinchas5776

The 70 Bulls of the Nations – PlayPinchas5777

A special place in Gehinom for the sons of Korach – PlayPinchas5778

Who was Kozbi and Tzur? – PlayPinchas5779

Pinchas 5780: Family Matters
Pinchas 5781: Do we really know Zimri?
Pinchas 5781 – Addition: Zimri’s death

Parshas Balak

The reason for Parah Adumah, ,Miryam dying as a kaparah, the story of Og, Balak and Bilaam … Chukas-Balak 5756

Balak and Bilaam – who they were … Balak – 5767

Calling the parsha Balak, the “bird” of Balak, and “who will live from Shmuel” … Balak 5768

What does a kaparah mean? And what did Balak see that others didn’t see … PlayChukas-Balak 5769

Balak becoming King, and the curses/blessings of such a person… PlayBalak 5770

Ignoring G-d’s signs (Donkeys talking) … PlayBalak 5771

An ox licking up vegetables from the ground … PlayBalak5772

Cursing instead of blessing, changing G-d’s mind, and a malach of Hashem that came to him … PlayBalak5773

The magic they held in their “hands” … PlayBalak5774

Baal Peor – what it all meant … PlayBalak5775

The Donkey spoke – what was the point? – PlayBalak5776

Magic has no affect on us!! – PlayBalak5777

Bilaam’s vision of the future – PlayBalak5778

Why would Bilaam want to bring Korbanos? Bilaam’s daas – PlayBalak5779

Balak5780 – Who Can Live Through This??
Balak5781 – The Land that Makes you Sin

Parshas Chukas

A kaparah of the Parah Adumah and Miryam’s death, Og, and who were Balak and Bilaam … Chukas-Balak 5756

The real reason for the Parah Adumah, the reason for hitting the rock, and what happened in Edom … Chukas – 5767

What does a kaparah mean? And what did Balak see that others didn’t see … PlayChukas-Balak 5769

A chok, to act like you’re dead to the world to learn Torah, the miracle of the opposites, and the Nachash … PlayChukas 5770

Death by neshikah, and why we needed Mei Meirvah … PlayChukas 5771

The Netziv and Kedushas Levi on Mei Merivah … PlayChukas5772

To live for the Torah (and not to die), and using the word “morim” to describe the Jews … PlayChukas5773

Sending messages to Edom … PlayChukas5774

Why bring the staff to a water party? … PlayChukas5775

Isn’t a snake on a pole Avodah Zarah? – PlayChukas5776

You can’t get Amalek to change his spots… – PlayChukas5777

A river filled with blood and guts – PlayChukas5778

How anger can simply destroy you – PlayChukas5779

Chukas5780 – The Life of Sichon
Chukas 5781 – Spies that Worked!

Parshas Korach

Korach’s issues and his claims, where he came from, and why Yaakov wanted nothing to do with this … Korach – 5767

Moshe doesn’t daven for them here, and why Korach did what he did … PlayKorach 5769

Why the Mezuzah? What will be with Korach in the future, and why Rebbe Akiva holds he’s gone forever … PlayKorach 5770

Korach’s speech, what he could have been, his hypocrisy and his tikkun… PlayKorach 5771

The differecnes between the two generations, and Korach’s denial of chesed to others … PlayKorach5772

The depth of Korach, and a mashal to understand it all … PlayKorach5773

Moshe fell on his face … PlayKorach5774

The ground opened up… PlayKorach5775

Aharon’s staff with flowers and almonds – PlayKorach5776

Hashem wanted to destroy them in one moment – The G-d of all spirits – PlayKorach5777

Dasan and Aviram – why they were so great and what took them down – PlayKorach5778

How does Ketores stop a plague? – PlayKorach5779


Korach5780: To Die the Right Way
Korach 5781: This Staff is Forever

Parshas Shelach

Why Miryam had to die, where they traveled in Eretz Yisroel, and the grapevine … Shelach – 5767

The Rmaban, the shevatim help9ing them out thru gilgulim, and the Mapilim … Shelach 5768

Were they tzadikim or reshaim? … PlayShelach 5769

The yud for Yehoshua, bikurei Anavim, and using your yietzer hara for good … PlayShelach 5770

What the meraglim were thinking… PlayShelach 5771

The people weren’t ready for this, and the “tree” in Israel … PlayShelach5772

Davening for Yehoshua, 40 years for 40 days, and how they could mess up this badly … PlayShelach5773a

 and PlayShelach5773b

Kalev’s trip to Chevron … PlayShelach5774

The yud is added on to Yehoshua … PlayShelach5775

The Mekoshesh – PlayShelach5776a

 and PlayShelach5776b

GIANTS – are they really that big? – PlayShelach5777

The real Grapes of Wrath – PlayShelach5778

Why would you go in when G-d says no? – PlayShelach5779

Shelach 5780: The Real Kalev
Shelach 5781: Names of Power

Sefer Yirmiya (second time around)

Perakim 1 and 2
Perakim 2-4
Perakim 4-6
Perakim 6-7
Perakim 8-9
Perakim 11-12
Perakim 13-14
Perek 15-16
Perek 17
Perakim 18, 19, 20
Perakim 21, 22
Perakim 23, 24
Perakim 25, 26
Perakim 27, 28
Perakim 29,30
Perek 31
Perek 32 and 33
Perek 34 and 35
Perek 36 and 37
Perek 38 and 39
Perek 40 and 41
Perek 42, 43, 44
46, 47, 48
49, 50, 51
51, 52