Parshas Tazria Metzora

The Eighth day of millah and what is tzaraas … Tazria-Metzorah – 5767

The order of parshios and tzaraas is like death … Tazria 5768

Rav Hirsh on tzaraas and Tzaraas nowadays … Metzorah 5768

Is it physical or spiritual? Contagious? 2 types. And Geichazi… PlayTazria-Metzorah 5769

Tumas laida and why we don’t have tzaraas nowadays … PlayTazria-Metzora 5770

Tzaraas at two very different times … PlayTazria 5771

The peddler asking “who wants life” … PlayMetzora 5771

5 different ideas about tzaraas … PlayTazriaMetzora 5772

The four lepers and the guard; Elisha … PlayTazriaMetzorah5773

Tzaraas of clothing … PlayTazria5774

Hints to Mashiach in the parsha … PlayMetzorah5774

If a person is entirely white (The following is only a text, no audio) – Tazria-Metzorashiur5775

Bris Millah on the 8th day – PlayTazria5776

The two birds and making him tahor – PlayMetzora5776

Tzoraas of houses- does it ever happen?? – PlayTazriaMetzora5777

Why the Kohanim?? Why them? – PlayTazriaMetzora5778

Isn’t giving birth enough of a Kaparah? – PlayTazria5779

Tzaraas in houses? It’s really all about you! – PlayMetzorah5779

Geichazi at the Gate! – TazriaMetzora5780
Parshas Metzorah 5781 – Why the Delay?
Parshas Tazria 5782: More than Enough
Parshas Metzorah 5782 – Healing Waters of the Mikva
Parshas Tazria 5783: White and Deep
Parshas Tazria 5784: Tzaraas and the Jordan River
Metzora 5784: Unnecessary Trampling

Parshas Shemini

Short divrei Torah – Shemini – 5767

Short divrei Torah – Shemini 5768

PlayShmini 5770

PlayShmini 5771

Why Nadav and Avihu died and how eating tamei things makes you tamei … PlayShmini5772

Kohanim drinking wine and Timtum Halev … PlayShmini5773

All about the birds … PlayShmini5774

Aharon’s silence – PlayShemini5775

The signs of Kosher Animals – PlayShemini5776

The 8 shratzim and the fiery salamander – PlayShemini5777

The Hyrax and the rabbit – it’s not what you think – PlayShemini5778

Bugs and a Large Vav – PlayShemini5779

Shemini 5780: Mishael and Eltzafan coming out of nowhere
Shemini 5781: A Kosher Bug!
Shemini 5782: A Kosher Pig!
Shemini 5783: An Eagle Meal
Shemini 5784: Know Your Food!

Parshas Tzav

Short divrei Torah… Tzav – 5767

Zrizus and chesron kis and the Ksav Sofer’s handkerchief … PlayTzav 5770

Rav Yaakov’s 3 types of people and the maalos of a kohein Gadol and his children … Tzav 5771

Maalos of torah over korbanos and chad gadya’s connection to korbanos … PlayTzav 5772

Everyone brought the same korban and everyone fit in the area… PlayTzav5773

Learning Torha is like bringing a korban … PlayTzav5774

Korban Todah … PlayTzav5775

Zrizus and chesron kis – PlayTzav5776

Forgiveness without a prayer – how menachos worked – PlayTzav5777

The crazy shalsheles and the thumb of the Kohein –PlayTzav5778

How did they all fit in such a small space? – PlayTzav5779

Nobody can Stop this Fire! – PlayTzav5780

Tzav5781 – New Clothes Makes the Man
Tzav 5782 – Hashem Commanded Me!
Tzav 5783 – Never Leaving and Early Mourning
Tzav 5784 – Next in Line

Purim 5784

Perakim 1 and 2 – PlayMegillas Esther1

 (in pshat and drush)

Perakim 3, 4, and 5 – PlayEsther2

6 – 10 – PlayEsther3

The Amazing Drashos on Megillas Esther – PlayPurimnight5777

Five divrei Torah – Mordechai together with Esther, Haman’s real claim, Mordechai would never bow, Mordechai is from Yehuda, and why Haman never killed Mordechai – PlayPurim5778

Why would Achashveirosh tax the people in the end? – PlayPurim5779

Achashveirosh’s Drunken Mistake – PlayPurim5780

Purim 5781 – Charvona Should be Remembered!
Purim 5782 – Sleep Deprivation
Purim 5783: A Demoness and a King
Purim 5784: Who was Esther?

Parshas Vayikra

Short divrei Torah – Vayikra – 5767

Short divrei Torah – Vayikra 5768

What did Moshe bring to the Mishkan? Also, what is the point of each of the korbanos? – PlayVayikra 5769

Small Alef, we get the secrets of the Torah, the lessons of Vayikra (3 stories) and “mikem” – Vayikra 5770

To be called and prepared; if you had listened, you would have heard it, korbanos of a goy and a jew – PlayVayikra 5771

Intoduction to Vayikra, why we should know about korbanos, and Moshe’s nevuah … PlayVayikra 5772

Vayikra wihtout the alef, Moshe’s humility, and the bnai Aharon … PlayVayikra5773

Salting our korbanos … PlayVayikra5774

The small Alef … PlayVayikra5775

The Nassi is prone to sin – PlayVayikra5776

Fighting the yeitzer hara and the North – PlayVayikra5777

A “sweet savory smell” for Hashem – PlayVayikra5778

Lying is a terrible thing – PlayVayikra5779

Birds of a feather get brought together – PlayVayikra5780

Vayikra 5781: The Soul behind it all
Vayikra 5782: It Doesn’t Have to be a Big Gift
Vayikra 5783: It’s All About the Benjamins
Vayikra 5784: The Greatest Korban

Parshas Vayakhel Pekudei

Fire on Shabbos and Betzalel … Vayakhel Pekudei – 5767

Shabbos … Vayakhel 5768

Making the mishkan or the keilim first … PlayVayakhel-Pekudei 5769

How repeating everything is a form of hischadshus … PlayVayakhel-Pekudei 5770

The kaparah for the Aigel Hazahav and women donating to the mishkan … PlayVayakhel 5771

Was there enough donations? The Bais Medrash was added to it, and Moshe’s bracha when they finished … PlayVayakhelPekudei 5772

Moshvosaichem and bracha falling on something that is counted … PlayVayakhel-Pekudei5773

The men and women came together … PlayVayakhel5774

The women and the Kiyor … PlayVayakhelPekudei5775

Why so repetitive and the “wisdom” of the animals – PlayVayakhel5776

The mistake of the Nesi’im – PlayVayakhelPekudei5777

Gathering Bnei Yisroel for Shabbos – PlayVayakhel5778

When to say something and when not to say something – PlayVayakhel5779

Pekudei 5779: The Glory of Hashem and the Cloud
Pekudei 5780: Moshe’s Bracha to All!
Pekudei 5781: What was Missing: the 1775!
Vayakhel 5782: Lasting Impressions
Pekudei 5782: When the Mishkan was Made…
Vayakhel 5783: An Outstretched Heart
Vayakhel 5784: Enough and More!
Pekudei 5784: Service Clothing – because Moshe said so!

Parshas Ki Sissa

Betzalel and what really happened at the Aigel … Ki Sisa – 5767

The half shekel and the secrets of the Aigel … Ki Sisa 5768

How bad the sin of the golden calf was … PlayKi Sisa 5769

Doing an avairah lishma and the dances were the worst part … PlayKisisa 5770

No malach hamaves, how could they kill Chur? Also, the point of the second luchos … PlayKiSisa 5771

Rehashing the Aigel Hazahav … PlayKiSissa 5772

“Zeh” and the Sattan darkening the world with Moshe’s death … PlayKiSissa5773

Moshe’s mask … PlayKiSissa5774

Yehoshua and Moshe argue what they heard in the camp … KiSissa5775

Seeing Hashem’s “Face” – PlayKiSissa5776

Erasing Moshe from the sefer – PlayKiSissa5777

Why would Moshe break the Luchos (what was the point?) – PlayKiSisa5778

Lords of the Earrings – PlayKiSissa5779

Brother Killers – How is this a good thing? – PlayKiSissa5780

Ki Sissa 5781 – The Mysterious Betzalel
Ki Sissa 5782 – A Protective Hand
Ki Sissa 5783 – A Tent away from Home
Ki Sissa 5784 – The Gold – it burns!

Parshas Tetzaveh

Moshe’s neshama and the stones of the choshen … Tetzaveh – 5767

Moshe’s neshama, the Urim V’tumim, and the Tzitz Hakodesh … Tetzaveh 5768

Moshe missing, clothes, the Ner Maaravi (and Chanuka)… PlayTetzaveh 5769

Shemen zayis and “owning” ourselves … PlayTetzaveh 5770

“Kosis lamaor” and the Choshen and its letters… PlayTetzaveh 5771

Moshe’s holy neshama and the Aron/Menorah (Torah) … PlayTetzaveh 5772

The word Tetzaveh and why donations were needed … PlayTetzaveh5773

How to use the Urim V’Tumim … PlayTetzaveh5774

The holy Tzitz Hakodesh … PlayTetzaveh5775

The Me’il – Tetzaveh5776

The Mizbeiach Haketores- what is it doing here? – PlayTetzaveh5777

The Awesome Ephod – PlayTetzaveh5778

Can Rashi and Rambam argue on Tannaim? The Avnei Ephod and who was written on them – PlayTetzaveh5779

The Most Amazing Stones – PlayTetzaveh5780

Parshas Tetzaveh 5781: An ear, a thumb, and a big toe
Parshas Tetzaveh 5782: Covering up
Parshas Tetzaveh 5783: The Light from Within
Addendum to 5783
Tetzaveh 5784: Shouldering a Burden

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

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