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Re’eh: Threats and Rewards

We'll trace the blessings and the curses through Deuteronomy and across the river. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:02Ekev: The Turning Point

"If" the Israelites obey the Lord, they will be blessed (of course). But this week's unusual word for "if"—ekev—signals something more. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:46Va’ethanan: “This is the teaching”

Deuteronomy, like Hamlet, is full of "quotations." This week we feature one that flips in the middle and sends us on a biblical journey. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:25D’varim: A Lamenting Question?

We start reading this week at Deuteronomy 1:1. But where do we stop—and why? (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:41Mattot-Masei: Where Moses Walked

This week, the shocking truth about Kadesh-Barnea. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:09Pinhas: Pact, Plot, Passion

Two strange words are used this week to describe what the Midianites did to the Israelites. We'll talk about what they are and why they are here. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:38Balak: Abraham and Balaam

Two biblical figures both saddle their own animals to get on with their task—and that's not the only thing they have in common. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:06Hukkat: Wise Blood

The red heifer, which we read about in this week’s portion, serves to purify those rendered impure by contact with a dead body. This process is traditionally known as the hok par excellence, the archetype of an inexplicable statute in the Torah.Korah: A Tribal Story

Numbers always prefers one of the two Hebrew words for tribe — except in chapter 17, where it uses that word quite differently. We'll continue the exploration that we began during Parshat B'midbar. (Click here for source sheet.)  Download | Duration: 00:10:51Sh’lah: Let Us Prey

Torah Talk with Michael Carasik Joshua and Caleb, the two "good" spies, tell the people not to be afraid of the Canaanites—with a nice bit of biblical Hebrew slang. (Click here for source sheet.)  Download | Duration: 00:10:52