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Parsha Stories: Keep up with the weekly Parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles
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The story of Pinchas is about one zealot who stands up to a straying Israelite nation. In this week's Haftarah, an infantile prophet, Yirmiyahu, is told that he will share troubling news with a straying Israelite nation as well.
The story of Balak is so memorable that it echoes through the generations from Shmuel to Yiftach to Micah.
Korach throws the leadership system into chaos with his failed rebellion. Many generations later, the Israelites have convinced God to abandon the Prophetic leadership structure in favor of a monarchy, leaving Shmuel very angry.
Join us in celebrating a full Torah reading cycle of our Parshat Podcast! This Parsha was our first Parsha Podcast and now we tell the story again! B'nai Yisrael is nervous about what life might be like in the Land of Israel. Moshe sends scouts to bring back reports of the Land and they return with mixed results!
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! This week, B’nai Yisrael starts their journeys off strong by organizing and fortifying their religious and military systems. But by the end, the “complaint department” is flooded with requests for meat and more significant food than the manna that the Israelites had been eating. God agrees to give them their meat but at a very steep cost.
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! The story of Shimshon (Samson) from the haftarah dominates the story of this week’s Parsha Podcast. Shimshon the Nazir is gifted with superhuman strength, making him a champion for B’nai Yisrael against their Philistine enemies. Shimshon’s affinity for Philistine women, particularly Delila, puts him and all of the Israelites at grave risk.
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! In this episode: Shabbat this week lines up with the second day of Shavuot, so we take a detour from our normal, weekly, parsha cycle. We all know the story of Revelation at Har Sinai (see Parshat Yitro) but what was B’nai Yisrael thinking the night before the Torah is given? What do they talk about while Moshe is gone? Find out in this week’s Shavuot Special!
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! In this episode: As B’nai Yisrael prepares to start their journey through the Midbar (the Wilderness), they need to assemble an army. God has Moshe take a census to conscribe the adult males of fighting age as well as to assign the Leviim as protectors of the Mishkan.
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! In this episode: B’nai Yisrael is finally ready to begin their journey to Eretz Yisrael from their stop at the foot of Har Sinai. Before they can begin their journey to the Holy Land, God and Moshe have some rules that they need to know before they can enter this magical land. Laws about shmita, yovel and loans are explained so that B’nai Yisrael can merit living in such a special place but one person hates the idea: Yunkele the Farmer.
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! In this episode, B’nai Yisrael is introduced to the most beautiful and joyous aspect of our tradition: the haggim (holidays)! But not everyone is so excited about the haggim because being a part of community means making sacrifices and not always prioritizing wealth. Everyone’s favorite (imaginary) complainer, Yunkele The Farmer, expresses concerns about “wasting time” celebrating holidays, but we all know better!
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! In this episode, after Aaron’s sons have died, Aaron learns about a new skill he must hone as the Kohen Gadol: the ability to ask forgiveness for the entire community. As an act of love, Aaron would sacrifice one goat to the Lord and send the other off to Azazel as a symbol of casting away transgressions. Aaron's theme of love continues as we learn that, unlike in Egypt, love is considered the holiest act that one can perform.
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! In this episode: As B’nai Yisrael is figuring out how to properly use the newly built Mishkan, we learn about the health attestation that has to be performed by the Kohanim to make sure that everyone who is bringing sacrifices is considered Tahor (ritually fit). It’s not just the physical body that has to be prepared, but we come to find out that bad behaviors can also lead to bad outcomes!
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! In this episode, Aaron and his sons have been studying the laws of the Korbanot (sacrifices) and are finally ready to consecrate the Mishkan and start using the Tabernacle as a functioning location. All of the Israelites gather to watch the first successful sacrifice, which is followed by a tragic accident. This sad event causes Moshe to remind the people to be diligent about animals they can and can't bring for sacrifices.
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! In this episode, Moshe continues to convey the laws of the Kohen, the Kohen Gadol and the korbanot (sacrifices) to his brother Aaron. Aaron asks important questions to more deeply understand the expectations of him and his children. Also this week, we review the story of Eliyahu Ha’Navi and how he awaits the opportunity to return to earth to usher in the coming of the Mashiach.
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles. In this episode: With the Mishkan finally built, it is time for B’nai Yisrael to start bringing korbanot to get closer to G-d. However, not just anyone can bring whatever sacrifices they want whenever they want, so Moshe has to convey the strict expectations to Aaron and his sons. Moshe and G-d convene in their new meeting place: the Ohel Moed. While there, G-d and Moshe make a plan for how to share this extremely important, and holy, information.
In this week’s double parsha, Moshe instructs the people how to build the Mishkan, the portable house where God will dwell. Thanks to the generous donations and hard work of B’nai Yisrael (for six days at a time), the Mishkan is completed after one year. Now the Divine Presence, the shechina, is able to dwell among the people and journey with them through their travels in the Midbar (wilderness).
Dr. David Reich, a Schechter parent and Harvard geneticist, joins Rabbi Ravid Tilles, Dr. Jonah Hassenfeld and Schechter 8th graders in a discussion of history, science and heritage.
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! In this episode, B’nai Yisrael’s impatience with Moshe’s being on top of Har Sinai finally reaches a boiling point and they gather to confront their deputized leader: Aaron. Seemingly in attempt to buy time while they waited for Moshe’s return, Aaron advises the people to build an idol as a replacement for Moshe. The Israelites end up worshipping this cow and, in the meantime, break the first and second of the Ten Commandments that they had just received. This all angers Moshe and God, though Moshe learns an important lesson about forgiveness and kindness through this story.
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! In this episode, Moshe is still up on Har Sinai receiving the rest of the Torah to share with B'nai Yisrael. The majority of the instructions enumerated in this week’s parsha are about the construction of God's home: the Mishkan, which is to be built out of precious materials (metals, stones and textiles). This week, we explore some Midrashim that give answers to the natural question that emerges in this Parsha: where do a bunch of slaves find precious materials?
Keep up with the weekly parsha with Rabbi Ravid Tilles! Moshe ascends to the top of the mountain to begin the process of receiving the rest of the Torah now that all of B'nai Yisrael has heard the Aseret Hadibrot. These first laws given by God to Moshe on Har Sinai lay the foundation for a moral society that is based on laws and share understandings, including what to do when someone you hate needs your help.
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