Parsha Pick-Me-Up

by Yitzchak Sprung

Take a few minutes to study the parsha with Rabbi Sprung on Thursdays from Bereshit to V'Zot Habracha. Find the Parsha Pick-Me-Up on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. 

Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • S01 E23 - Vayikra: Is Forcing Volunteerism Possible?

    S01 E23 - Vayikra: Is Forcing Volunteerism Possible?

    The Sages teach that we can force someone to "get to yes" when it comes to bringing an Olah offering. How in the world does this work? Lev. 1:3, Sifra there, Arakhin 5:6, Rashi to Lev. 1:3, MT Gerushin 2:20, Rav Kook, Orot HaTeshu...

    04:06
  • S01 E22 - Vayakhel-Pekudei: Essential Agency

    S01 E22 - Vayakhel-Pekudei: Essential Agency

    We do not usually value or like being bossed around. Yet, we might just be missing out on something essential.

    03:46
  • S01 E21 - Ki Tisa: Fear of Sights and Evil Eyes

    S01 E21 - Ki Tisa: Fear of Sights and Evil Eyes

    The people of Israel cannot look Moshe in the face; they need some distance from him. Moshe, however, is prepared to see God. What is the difference between them and what does it have to do with the well known concept of the "evil...

    03:54
  • S01 E20 - Tezaveh: Hiring and Firing

    S01 E20 - Tezaveh: Hiring and Firing

    For uniquely painful reasons, Moshe Rabbenu is not mentioned in our Parsha. This is all part of God's hiring and firing process.

    05:18
  • S01 E19 - Terumah: Fain Versus the Commonwealth

    S01 E19 - Terumah: Fain Versus the Commonwealth

    Fain suddenly came to, jumped up, grabbed a pistol from within his pocket. Suprisingly, there is a connection between how Rashi sees a "terumah" and how we see Mr. Fain.Sources:Ex. 25:1-2 with RashiThe Family Parsha Book by Rabbi ...

    05:26