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Alan Gilman

Audio version of Alan Gilman's weekly d'var Torah. Text version and more information: https://torahbytes.org.

  1. 5D AGO

    Depth

    Reaching beyond the superficiality of self Video version: https://youtu.be/PqCYcYhMTo8 Shavuot For the week of May 23, 2026 / 7 Sivan 5786 Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 14:22 – 16:17 Haftarah: Habakkuk 3:1–19 Originally posted the week of May 30, 2009 / 7 Sivan 5769 (updated) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-Shavuot X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

    5 min

  2. MAY 12

    TorahBytes-86-34

    God is not safe Video version: https://youtu.be/KP8tv3eJ4DI But they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die. (B’midbar/Numbers 4:20; ESV) B’midbar For the week of May 16, 2026 / 29 Iyar 5786 Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 1:1 - 4:20 Haftarah: 1 Samuel 20:18–42 Originally posted the week of May 24, 2014 / 24 Iyar 5774 (revised) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-34 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

    5 min

  3. MAY 5

    Covenantal Foundations

    Israel's eternal right of appeal Video version: https://youtu.be/PT9CULgR6Os Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. (Vayikra/Leviticus 24:16) Behar & Bechukotai For the week of May 9, 2026 / 22 Iyar 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34 Haftarah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 Originally posted the week of June 4, 2016 / 27 Iyar 5776 (revised) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-33 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

    5 min

  4. APR 28

    Blasphemy

    Attempts to manipulate God is extremely dangerous Video version: https://youtu.be/OqZvz56NdMw Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. (Vayikra/Leviticus 24:16) Emor For the week of May 2, 2026 / 15 Iyar 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31 Originally posted the week of May 21, 2016 / 13 Iyar 5776 (revised and expanded) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-31 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

    5 min

  5. APR 20

    Acknowledging Israel

    Celebrating the return to Zion Video version: https://youtu.be/c1a_WfZa2Uw I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God. (Amos 9:14-15;) Aharei Mot & Kedoshim For the week of April 25, 2026 / 8 Iyar 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27 Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15 Originally posted the week of April 29, 2023 / 8 Iyar 5783 (revised) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-30 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/ Scriptures taken from the English Standard Version

    6 min

  6. APR 13

    When Nonsense Will Be No More

    With God, anything is possible, except nonsense Video versions: https://youtu.be/rCfAeZj5KJk For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your offspring and your name remain. (Isaiah 66:22; ESV) Tazria & Metzora For the week of April 18, 2026 / 1 Iyar 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 12:1 - 15:33; B’midbar/Numbers 28:9-15 Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24 Originally posted the week of April 22, 2023 / 1 Iyar 5783 (revised and expanded) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-28 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

    7 min

  7. APR 7

    Serious Consequences

    Our actions make a way bigger difference than we think Video version: https://youtu.be/vkl-dHpIlks And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God. (2 Samuel 6:5-7; ESV) Sh’mini For the week of April 11, 2026 / 24 Nisan 5786 Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47 Haftarah: 2 Samuel 6:1 – 7:17 Originally posted the week of April 10, 2021 / 28 Nisan 5781 (revised) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-26 X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

    4 min

  8. MAR 31

    Generation to Generation

    We are far more connected to our history than we think Video version: https://youtu.be/WsXH3vkLv5E You shall tell your son on that day: It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt. (Shemot/Exodus 13:8) Pesach For the week of April 4, 2026 / 17 Nisan 5786 Torah: Shemot/Exodus 13:1-16; B’midbar/Numbers 28:19-25 Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:37 - 37:14 Originally posted the week of April 11, 2020 / 17 Nisan 5780 (revised) Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-pesach X (Twitter): @TorahBytes Support TorahBytes: https://torahbytes.org/donations/

    4 min
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Audio version of Alan Gilman's weekly d'var Torah. Text version and more information: https://torahbytes.org.

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  • Creator
    Alan Gilman
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    153
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2023
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    TorahBytes Audio