Weekly Torah Reading (Read by an AI Voice)

Scott Lorsch
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I have been wanting to read the entire Chumash each week but there are no audio recordings of it. This is an AI version of my voice reading the Kehot Chumash from Chabad. It weaves in Rashi commentary to make it easier to understand. All readings can be found at https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4292310/jewish/Kehot-Chumash.htm Any errors in reading are due to the AI. I am not looking over recordings before posting so please listen with caution.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Bamidbar - Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1–4:20)

    All recordings are created by copying Sefaria using the Kehot Chumash from Chabad english translation. The Text to Voice is using English AI... sorry for any weird speech. Please note that release schedule is based on the year 5786. Some weeks do not have a Parsha. You can always look up the current Parsha ⁠⁠⁠⁠Here⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you like the recording please consider donating to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chabad⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help continue their effort to make resources like this more accessible to the Jewish population! Bamidbar Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1–4:20) In the wilderness of Sinai, a census counts every able-bodied man for Israel’s defense, tribe by tribe, establishing leaders and the camp’s orderly formation around the Tent of Meeting—Judah to the east, then Reuben, Ephraim, and Dan leading their respective sides. The Levites replace the firstborn for sacred service and camp nearest the Mishkan, safeguarding it on every journey. Their clans receive distinct roles: Gershon transports curtains, Merari the frames and sockets, and Kohath the most holy vessels—but only after the priests cover them. Holiness requires distance, precision, and teamwork so the Presence can dwell in the midst of a people on the move. Themes to listen for: order as a vessel for holiness, service matched to calling, and the dignity of being counted with purpose.

    31 min
  2. Vayikra - Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3–27:34)

    3 MAY

    Vayikra - Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3–27:34)

    All recordings are created by copying Sefaria using the Kehot Chumash from Chabad english translation. The Text to Voice is using English AI... sorry for any weird speech. Please note that release schedule is based on the year 5786. Some weeks do not have a Parsha. You can always look up the current Parsha ⁠⁠⁠Here⁠⁠⁠. If you like the recording please consider donating to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chabad⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help continue their effort to make resources like this more accessible to the Jewish population! Vayikra Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3–27:34) Blessings and curses spell out covenant consequences: obedience brings rain, abundance, security, and God’s presence walking among the people; defiance triggers escalating losses—fear, famine, defeat, desolation, and exile—until hearts soften. Yet even in exile God promises to remember the covenant with Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham and not to reject Israel utterly. The book closes with laws of vow valuations, consecrated property, firstlings, and tithes, clarifying what is redeemable and what is holy to God. Themes to listen for: freedom with responsibility, the moral ecology of a people and its land, hope that outlives failure, and dedication that turns possessions into offerings.

    39 min
  3. Vayikra - Behar (Leviticus 25:1–26:2)

    3 MAY

    Vayikra - Behar (Leviticus 25:1–26:2)

    All recordings are created by copying Sefaria using the Kehot Chumash from Chabad english translation. The Text to Voice is using English AI... sorry for any weird speech. Please note that release schedule is based on the year 5786. Some weeks do not have a Parsha. You can always look up the current Parsha ⁠⁠⁠Here⁠⁠⁠. If you like the recording please consider donating to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chabad⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help continue their effort to make resources like this more accessible to the Jewish population! Vayikra Behar (Leviticus 25:1–26:2) From Sinai come laws of the land’s rest: the sabbatical year (shemittah) every seventh year and the Jubilee (yovel) every fiftieth, when land reverts to ancestral families and indentured Israelites go free. Sales are priced by harvest years remaining; exploitation and interest are banned; kin-redeemers help restore property and dignity. Even when poverty strikes, “your brother” is to be supported so he can live beside you. Slavery is limited and humanized for Israelites—“they are My servants”—and strangers are treated justly. The section closes by tying it all back: no idols, revere the sanctuary, keep the Sabbaths. Themes to listen for: economic reset as holiness, time healing inequality, land as God’s, and compassion as policy.

    34 min
  4. Vayikra - Emor (Leviticus 21:1–24:23)

    26 APR

    Vayikra - Emor (Leviticus 21:1–24:23)

    All recordings are created by copying Sefaria using the Kehot Chumash from Chabad english translation. The Text to Voice is using English AI... sorry for any weird speech. Please note that release schedule is based on the year 5786. Some weeks do not have a Parsha. You can always look up the current Parsha ⁠⁠⁠Here⁠⁠⁠. If you like the recording please consider donating to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chabad⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help continue their effort to make resources like this more accessible to the Jewish population! Vayikra Emor (Leviticus 21:1–24:23) Priests have heightened standards—limits on mourning, marriage, and service for those with disqualifying blemishes—reflecting the intensity of their role. Offerings must be unblemished; profanation of God’s Name is forbidden. The calendar of sacred times then unfolds: Shabbat; Passover and the Omer leading to Shavuot; the shofar day (Rosh Hashanah); Yom Kippur; and Sukkot with its rejoicing. Sanctuary rhythms continue with the ever-lit menorah and the weekly bread of presence. A case of blasphemy leads to judgment and the articulation of measure for measure (lex talionis) alongside compensatory damages. Themes to listen for: time as a sanctuary, leaders as living symbols, careful speech, and communal joy anchored in sacred cycles.

    1 hr
  5. Vayikra - Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27)

    19 APR

    Vayikra - Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27)

    All recordings are created by copying Sefaria using the Kehot Chumash from Chabad english translation. The Text to Voice is using English AI... sorry for any weird speech. Please note that release schedule is based on the year 5786. Some weeks do not have a Parsha. You can always look up the current Parsha ⁠⁠⁠Here⁠⁠⁠. If you like the recording please consider donating to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chabad⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help continue their effort to make resources like this more accessible to the Jewish population! Vayikra Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27) “Be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.” Holiness here is everyday ethics: revere parents and Shabbat; reject idols; leave gleanings for the poor and stranger; don’t steal, lie, or withhold wages; do not curse the deaf or trip the blind; judge fairly; avoid gossip; rebuke lovingly; love your neighbor as yourself and love the stranger as yourself. Honest measures, no occult practices, integrity in sexuality, and boundaries around mixtures (kilayim) all shape a distinctive people. Chapter 20 adds penalties for grave transgressions and calls Israel to be set apart. Themes to listen for: holiness woven into justice, love as law, and difference in service of dignity.

    34 min
  6. Vayikra - Acharei Mot (Leviticus 16:1–18:30)

    19 APR

    Vayikra - Acharei Mot (Leviticus 16:1–18:30)

    All recordings are created by copying Sefaria using the Kehot Chumash from Chabad english translation. The Text to Voice is using English AI... sorry for any weird speech. Please note that release schedule is based on the year 5786. Some weeks do not have a Parsha. You can always look up the current Parsha ⁠⁠⁠Here⁠⁠⁠. If you like the recording please consider donating to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chabad⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help continue their effort to make resources like this more accessible to the Jewish population! Vayikra Acharei Mot (Leviticus 16:1–18:30) In the shadow of Aaron’s loss comes the Yom Kippur service: the High Priest enters the Holy of Holies with incense and blood, atoning for sanctuary, priests, and people. Two goats stand at the center—one offered to God, one sent to the wilderness bearing Israel’s sins—while the people “afflict” themselves and cease work in a Shabbat Shabbaton. Laws then guard the sanctity of blood and demand that offerings be brought only to the Tent. Chapter 18 sets sexual boundaries and bans idolatrous practices like Molech, warning that defilement can cause the land to “vomit out” its inhabitants. Themes to listen for: access with awe, atonement that renews the whole system, life revered in the blood, and covenant boundaries that protect community.

    42 min
  7. Vayikra - Metzora (Leviticus 14:1–15:33)

    12 APR

    Vayikra - Metzora (Leviticus 14:1–15:33)

    All recordings are created by copying Sefaria using the Kehot Chumash from Chabad english translation. The Text to Voice is using English AI... sorry for any weird speech. Please note that release schedule is based on the year 5786. Some weeks do not have a Parsha. You can always look up the current Parsha ⁠⁠⁠Here⁠⁠⁠. If you like the recording please consider donating to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chabad⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help continue their effort to make resources like this more accessible to the Jewish population! Vayikra Metzora (Leviticus 14:1–15:33) Restoration takes center stage. The metzora’s return involves living water, cedar, hyssop, and two birds—one sent free—followed by offerings and anointing that echo priestly consecration. Tzara’at can also strike a house; stones are removed, walls scraped, or the structure dismantled if the plague persists—home itself is part of covenant care. The portion concludes with laws of bodily discharges (zav, zavah, niddah): contact, waiting periods, immersions, and offerings that let intimacy and community resume safely. Themes to listen for: pathways back from isolation, holiness in our homes, and compassion structured into embodied life.

    43 min
  8. Vayikra - Tazria (Leviticus 12:1–13:59)

    12 APR

    Vayikra - Tazria (Leviticus 12:1–13:59)

    All recordings are created by copying Sefaria using the Kehot Chumash from Chabad english translation. The Text to Voice is using English AI... sorry for any weird speech. Please note that release schedule is based on the year 5786. Some weeks do not have a Parsha. You can always look up the current Parsha ⁠⁠⁠Here⁠⁠⁠. If you like the recording please consider donating to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chabad⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to help continue their effort to make resources like this more accessible to the Jewish population! Vayikra Tazria (Leviticus 12:1–13:59) After childbirth, a mother’s days of impurity and offerings mark the passage back to sanctuary life. The text then maps tzara’at—a scaly affliction—on skin, scalp, and beard, with the priest as careful diagnostician. Signs, quarantines, and rechecks protect the community while avoiding shame or haste; garments can also show spreading stains and require burning if persistent. Purity here is about fit condition, not moral worth. Themes to listen for: patient assessment, public health with dignity, and a holiness that cares for bodies as well as souls.

    34 min
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I have been wanting to read the entire Chumash each week but there are no audio recordings of it. This is an AI version of my voice reading the Kehot Chumash from Chabad. It weaves in Rashi commentary to make it easier to understand. All readings can be found at https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4292310/jewish/Kehot-Chumash.htm Any errors in reading are due to the AI. I am not looking over recordings before posting so please listen with caution.

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