
2 - 4 minute ideas on the weekly Torah reading
“And I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you, and make your name great, and you will be a blessing.” (Genesis 12:2)
Parshat Lech Lecha
“…I have removed the holy things from the house…” (Devarim 26:13)
Parshat Ki Tavo
“...for the bribe will blind the eyes of the wise” Devarim 16:19
Parshat Shoftim
“And it will be that if you hearken to My commandments.” (Devarim 11:13)
Parshat Devarim
“When you cross the Jordan to the land of Canaan, you shall designate cities for yourselves, cities of refuge…” (Bamidbar 35:10/11)
Parshat Massei
“Pens for the flock shall we build here for our livestock and cities for our small children…” (Bamidbar 32:16)
Parshat Mattot
“Pinchas, the son of Elazar, the son of Aharon, the Kohen…” (Bamidbar 25:11)
Parshat Pinchas
“Behold! It is a nation that will dwell in solitude and not be reckoned among the nations.” (Bamidbar 23:9)
“Send forth me, if you please..." (Bamidbar 13:2)
Parshat Bamidbar
“And Hashem said to Moshe ‘Say to the Kohanim...’” (Vayikra 21:1)
Parshat Emor
A 2 minute insight related to Parshat Kedoshim
“…and it will become a tzaraat affliction on the skin of his flesh…” (Vayikra 13:2)
Parshas Tazria and Metzorah
“Lest you become contaminated…” (Vayikra 11:43)
Parshat Shemini
“And raise up the ash...” (Leviticus 6:3)
Parshat Tzav
“When a man from among you brings an offering to Hashem…” (Leviticus 1,2)
Parshat Vayikra
“...As Hashem had commanded Moshe.” Exodus 39:1
Parshat Pikudei
“The cherubim…their faces toward one another.” (Exodus 37:9)
Parshat VaYakhel
“And on the seventh day, a Shabbat of Shabbatot...” Exodus 31:15
Parshat Ki Tisa
“You shall make vestments of sanctity for Aaron your brother, for glory and splendor” (Exodus 28:2)
Parshat Tetzaveh
“…and let them take for Me a portion, from every man whose heart motivates him, you shall take my portion.” (Exodus 25:1)
Parshat Terumah
““When you lend money to My people…” (Exodus 22:24)
Parshat Mishpatim
“Moshe brought the people forth from the camp toward G-d, and they stood under the mountain.” (Exodus 19:17)
Parshat Yitro
Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and the Splitting of the Reed Sea
“Then Moses and the children of Israel will sing” Exodus 15:1
Parshat Beshalach
“…it was on that very day that all the legions of Hashem left the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 12:4)
Parshat Bo
“Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the land;...” Exodus (8:12)
Parshat Vaera
“And Moshe grew, and he went out to his brothers” Exodus 2:11
Parshat Shemot
“…and heal with love and truth with me, please do not bury me in Egypt” (Genesis 47:31)
Parshat Vayechi
Parshat Vayigash.
“Yisrael their father said to them, ‘if it must be so... Take your brother and return to the man. And may Almighty G-d grant you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother as well as Binyamin.’” (Genesis 43:11-14)
Parshat Miketz
“...For twenty pieces of silver" (Genesis 37:28)
Parshat Vayeishev
“Jacob was left alone and a "man" wrestled with him until the break of dawn.”
(Genesis 32:25)
Parshat Vayishlach
“…he took from the stones of the place…” (Genesis 28:11)
“Yaakov arose early in the morning and took the stone…(Genesis 28:18)
Parshat Vayeitzei
“And Eisav spurned the birthright.” (25:34)
Parshat Toldot
Parshat Vayera
"G-d appeared to him (Abraham) in the plains of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent..."(Genesis 18:1)
Parshat Vayera
"Go for yourself..." (Genesis 12:1)
Parshat Lech Lecha
"A window you shall make for the Ark..." (Genesis 6:16)
Parshat Noach
Parshat Bereshit