10 Parsha Points Podcast Yisroel Isaacs
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- Religion & Spirituality
10 interesting points about the weekly Parsha/Torah reading: what does it mean? What are some lessons it teaches?
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Purim #023
Simcha (joy) around the year
Rav Soloveitchik: 2 models of leadership: Purim - bottom up; Chanukkah - top down -
Titzaveh #022
This week we discuss:
The uniforms of the kohanim - why? The external influences the internal
Why the Golden Mizbeach (Alter) instructions were delayed until all of the other instructions were given - seeing the forest from the trees. -
Teruma #021
This week we discuss:
Quantifying how much space in the Torah is devoted to the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and why - goldharschool.com
The Mishkan needs to be built for G-d's name - the literal approach and the idea that we can only flourish in the right environment
Rav Soloveitchik: Where did Moshe hear G-d's voice from, and why it matters
Rav Pam: The reasoning behind the ordering of the items donated by the people - easy come, easy go -
Mishpatim #020
Topics discussed:
Why is the slave punished for his desire to stay longer? R. Shaul Yisraeli
Why isn't the slave's ear pierced when he first gets into trouble? The Maharil Diskin
The need to temporarlily return a collateral reflects an expansive view of the Torah's mandate. R. Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg
Love the convert since you were strangers in Egypt is said immediately after they left Egypt;
Sensitivity when there's an open wound - you were strangers, not you were slaves. R. Kenneth Hain from R. Sholom Carmy
We are reciepients of Divine gifts - sometimes He takes them back. Rav Soloveitchik
Orphans and Widows. R. Moshe Feinstein -
Yisro #019
This week we discuss:
Why so many judges were needed - how to relate to other peoples money including stories about R. Yisrael Salanter
The lesson we learn from Yisro's alias "Yeser" - the value of proactive problem solving
Rav Solovetichik: The duality of the Torah transmission - the role of father and the role of the mother