Tzav-Pesach - Taste of the Future

Why does the Torah speak in a seemingly repetitious way when speaking about the Korban Olah? What is the relationship of a broken heart to the building of the Beis Hamikdash (Temple) in Jerusalem? Why do we speak on Pesach at the Seder about our return to Eretz Yisrael and the building of the Beis Hamikdash? What is the meaning of Hashem, as it were, saying to us that our Olah offering is not so significant, and our response that we will bring a great 'feast' in the future?

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Running time: 23:28

Vayikra - Calling From Love

What happened to the prophesy of the nations of the world with the advent of the Mishkan? What is the difference between the prophesy of the Jewish prophets as opposed to the prophets of the nations of the world? Why does the Torah refer to Hashem speaking to Bilam as 'Vayikar' - 'happening' to speak to him? What is the deeper meaning of the word 'vayikra' that the Torah uses when Hashem speaks to Moshe? What is the difference between the approach of the nations of the world as opposed to that of the Jewish people? How does Hashem uniquely call to us with love?

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Running time: 23:56

Vayakhel-Pekudei - The King's Crown

Why was the final completion of the Mishkan-tabernacle left to Moshe to do? Why did he need to lift it if it was lifted miraculously? What is the concept of the Crown? What is the 'crown that Shlomo's mother crowned him with?' What is behind the reference to the people of Israel first as a daughter, then a sister, then a mother? How can it be that Hashem allows us to motivate Him, as it were, if He is the ultimate Source of His own motivation? What is the depth of the concept that a righteous person 'decrees' and Hashem 'fulfills' that decree?

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Running time: 26:14

Ki Sisa - Admitting our Mistakes

What is the embarrassment we are to feel within the mitzvah of Tzedakah-Charity? Why was the giving of the Luchos (tablets) accompanied by a grievous sin on the part of the Jewish people? What is the idea behind feeling shame for our sins? What is the idea behind the verse that teaches us that when we give, it creates an expansion in our lives? How do these two ideas of giving charity and admitting to our mistakes parallel each other, and how do they bring about a gift from Above?

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Running time: 24:06