Spark Torah Podcast

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayakhel. We will talk about mitzvot and why they matter… When intention counts and why alacrity is important… Why the women received Rosh Chodesh… plus: symbolism in the materials for the Mishkan… and other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Ki Tisa. We will talk about the significance of the handwashing before the service in the Mishkan… What the kiyor was made from and why that was significant… Why tzedakkah is so important… How we rest on Shabbat and why… plus: the golden calf explained… and other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Tetzaveh. We will talk about how we are like olive trees… What it means to be wise hearted… whether or not Torah observance limits us… Why all those details in this week’s parsha matter… and other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Terumah. We will talk about what makes a home… How Heaven judges value… What’s so important about the acacia wood… Why we have so many details… How we can make our homes a dwelling place for Hashem… and other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Mishpatim. We will talk about why this parsha is different from what we have been reading… Why we have laws and where they come from… How Yitro and Mishpatim are connected… What it means to be a holy people… What naasheh v’nishma really means… and other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Yitro. We will talk about how to give advice and criticize… The exile… Why the parsha is named after Yitro… How we can unify while still maintaining our individuality… How to handle jealousy… and other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Beshalach. We will take a deep dive into explaining the manna… discuss bitterness and its effect on our lives… Talk about what misplaced mercy is and why we may be prone to do it and why we shouldn’t… learn about gathering mitzvot and why it seems hard even though its free for the taking… and other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Bo. We will discuss why pharaoh panicked so much over the locusts… What freedom really means… Why the redemption came at midnight… Why the women packed instruments… and other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Va’era. We continue the conversation between Moshe and Hashem… discuss the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart… talk about ways to deal with anger and why that matters… learn about styles of leadership and what we need in our leaders… the real miracle of the plagues… why there was a warning for the plagues… and other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Shemot. We will discuss what this parsha has to do with names… Why Hashem appeared as a bush… Why and when we should remove our shoes… Whether or not we can question… Why does life have to be this way?… And a mini deep dive into four incredible women who help shape the redemption in its early stages: Yocheved, Miriam, Bitya, and Tzipporah… and other life lessons we can carry from the parsha…Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayechi. We will discuss why the years in Egypt were the happiest of Yaakov’s life… if Yaakov’s children were too comfortable in Egypt… why Yaakov’s name switches back and forth… why the brachot Yaakov gave his children don’t always sound like brachot… why people lived so long back then compared to us today… and other life lessons we can carry from the parsha…Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayigash. We will talk about: What rebuke Yosef gave and how it relates to us… Did Benyamin miss Yosef?…And other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.comHello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning about Yehudit in this special episode for paid subscribers. We will go through Yehudit’s story in dramatic fashion and then bring in how we can use our inspiration from her, and how her story still applies to us today.To hear this episode in its entire…

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Miketz. We will talk about: How we can achieve greatness… Who Osnat really was… Why Yosef took so long to contact his father… When we should remain silent… And other life lessons we can carry from the parsha…Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayeishev. We will talk about: Whether or not we are allowed to be jealous… How to bring Hashem closer to us… Who really sold Yosef… What made Tamar a hero… And other life lessons we can carry from the parsha…Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayishlach. We will talk about: Fear: how we handle it and how we can avoid it…   The importance of a single mitzvah… How to handle problems… How to ask for what we want… Whether or not our material possessions should matter to us… Why we have so many mitzvot… And other life lessons we can carry from the parsha… Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today!  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayetze. We will talk about: whether or not the ends justify the means… Why we are compared to sand, dirt, and stars… How we should thank Hashem… And other life lessons we can carry from the parsha…Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Toldot. We will talk about: How we should be spending our spare time… Should we keep trying after we fail… Was the blessing really stolen… And is this week’s parsha the first mention of Chinese food?… And other life lessons we can carry from the parsha…Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Chayei Sarah. We will talk about: Avraham eulogizing Sarah… Where Avraham was coming from… Regret and joy…Yitzchak finding a wife as well as her role in the family… The influence of women spiritually… And other life lessons we can carry from the parsha…Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to the Spark Torah podcast! I am Chana Miriam Bouskila and today we will be learning parsha Vayera. We will talk about: Why Avraham needed to be tested… Lot’s hospitality verses Avraham’s hospitality… What Avraham needed to prove and to whom… Plus how we can understand the Akedah… And other life lessons we can carry from the parsha…Please leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, which is an entirely free way to support the pod. And hop on over to our Substack where you can join in our conversation, gain inspiration, and stay up to date on all things Spark Torah. The link is: sparktorahpodcast.substack.comThis is an entirely listener supported podcast, so I encourage you to become a paid subscriber on Substack which not only supports the podcast financially, but also allows you access to subscriber exclusives like bonus episodes, behind the scenes content, and more.Thank you for learning with me today! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparktorahpodcast.substack.com/subscribe