Pelaos HaParsha: Things You Never Learned In Yeshiva
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Not Just Saying the Haggadah: What We're Meant to Internalize and Give Over
Also:What was the Rechush Gadol?Why does the Cup of Pharaoh hint to the 4 cups of the Seder?Why was wine not turned to blood in Mitzrayim?
The Madreiga of Erev Pesach - Vayikra
Bring the Torah Temimah back into the Bais MidrashIs there a difference between כשב & כבשThe Machlokes how to pronounce the name בתיהWhy we should have said יהי רצון מלפני אבינו שבשמים this…
HaChodesh - Giluy Shechina
Why didn’t Moshe ever tell us “HaChodesh Hazeh”The number 5 and the Bais HaMikdashFeeling Hashem’s love in Vayakhel-PekudeiActions to achieve the Geulah/Bais HamikdashRishonim quote a midrash which…
Music to your ears
Why was serving with music in the Bais HaMikdash given as a reward to Shevet Levi for abstaining from (/taking revenge for) the Cheit Ha’Egel?What were the Tishbachos that saved Klal Yisrael on…
Rishonim Reveal the Secrets of Adar
Did Haman not know anything about Mazal?!Which Jews will be the luckiestWhat “Adar” actually meansWhat’s unique about the mazalos of Adar and AvWhy are Teruma-Tetzaveh written out of place? What’s…
Adar - The Sound That Defeats Haman
How to donate to the Mishkan today (without spending any money) [Regarding the Midrash Tanchuma: my explanation is more like the nusach of the Menoras HaMaor (AlNekave) vol 3. p. 277]Why do Chazal…
Making sense of Mishpatim
Why is slavery the first Mishpat in the Parsha?Why does he go free after specifically 6 years?Why was the first mitzvah in Mitzrayim about slavery?Is there any order to the Mitzvos in the ParshaWas…
Understanding Yisro: Who Was Ready for Sinai?
Why Parshas Yisro is intentionally out of orderWhy Moshe’s children’s names appear here—againWhy the Torah keeps calling them “her children”Why did Moshe send Tzippora away?How could Moshe's wife and…
Dtzach Adash Bachav (?) - What do the words mean?
Is d’tzach a’dash b’achav just gibberish?How did the Rishonim actually pronounce דצ”ך עד”ש באח”ב?The lost pronunciation Rabbi Holzer “accidentally” uncoveredWhy was its pronunciation concealed? The…
Thoughts on Parshiyos Shemos and Va’Eira
How was Moshe able to go in and out of Pharaoh’s palace?Also: Could anyone be shevet Levi in Mitzrayim? An interesting possibility to say in the Ramban.
"Midrashim" which are not Midrashim
This shiur is essential for anyone beginning to study the meforshim on Chumash, and especially for those who quote or reference them without a firm grounding in their origins and methodology. The…
Shemos 5786
What does it meant to be a good boy? Getting married at the age of 1 (!?)What was the plan when putting Moshe in the water?Did the Rashbam call the Shemos Rabbah one of the Seforim Chitzonim? Did…
Parshas Vayechi - January 1st
Now the happiest day for klal Yisrael on the English calendar.Parenting lessons in the Parsha.Why we give the bracha to be like Ephraim and Menashe.
Vayeishev Chanuka
Why Chanuka Seudos are greater than all other Seudos.Why are there blood libels nowadays?Why do only 8 psukim in the Parsha not start with the letter Vav?The importance of Bris Millah to our Parsha…
Thanksgiving - Hallel with a Bracha? (Vayetzei)
Explaining the opinion of Rav Shraga Feivel
Toldos
L'iluy Nishmas my nephew Yitzchak Shlomo ben Manis Levi
Chayei Sarah - Sarah's daughter
Rabbeinu Bachya on Standing/Sitting while speakingLearn about Rabbeinu EphraimLimmud zechus on ShadchanimEating immediately when food is put down
Parshas Vayeira
Bowing down, thanking Hashem, is how we can be saved from all troubles.
Parshas Lech Lecha 5786
Why did Avraham save Lot but not his own wife, Sarah?Why does sitting during a speech forgive everyone's sins?
S2E1 *Chumash Shiur!!! * Parshas Noach 5786
Chumash like you’ve never learned it before. Exploring fascinating Rishonim and Midrashim.
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Pelaos HaParsha: Things You Never Learned In Yeshiva has published 32 episodes since August 2025, covering topics in Judaism, Religion & Spirituality.
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