Sprung on the Parsha: Recent Episodes
Shlomo Sprung
PG-13 Disclaimer: this episode contains some material that may be inappropriate for children.
The best day of the year. The Righteous, the Wicked, and Everything in Between.
Marrying a captive woman. Two wives. Rebellious son. Hanging. Returning lost possessions. Cross Dressing. Noticing.
Justice, judges, and officers. Carved altars, ashera trees, and idols. Corruption. Redundancy. Seat (location) of Sanhedrin.
Kahuna (priesthood). Earning vs. inheriting. Pinchas. Aharon. Bilam. Family. Marital purity.
Kedusha (holiness). Space. Time. Behaviors. Objects. Sevens. The structure of Sefer Vayikra (Leviticus).
Kohanim (priests). Levels of Kedusha (holiness). Purity & impurity. Cursing Gd.
Sources:
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Vayikra (Leviticus) 21:2
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Shemos (Exodus) 27:20
Blood. Impurity. Rome vs. Judaism. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Demons. Israel.
Sources Discussed:
- Vayikra (Leviticus) 16:14
- Talmud Meilah 17a-b
- Talmud Sanhedrin 107b
- M'lachim II (Kings II) 5:1
Small Aleph.Coincidence vs. love. God's eternal voice. Sinai to Mishkan. Blood, earth, and humans.
Small Aleph.Coincidence vs. love. God's eternal voice. Sinai to Mishkan. Blood, earth, and humans.
Small Aleph. Coincidence vs. love. God's eternal voice. Sinai to Mishkan. Blood, earth, and humans.
The Mishkan, Kohanim, vessels, and vestments.
Urrim V'tumim, Choshen, Ephod, and Shoham stones.
Sh'chem, mountains, and Jewish civil war.
The bones of Yosef. The legend of the Sam Batyon River. The Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. Why the Jews go to Pi Hachiros and Baal Tzefon.
The difference between Bo vs. Lech (come vs. go).
A close look at the final three plagues and how they differ from the first seven.
The connection between locusts and Egypt's past.
Magic. A closer look at the supernatural phenomena referenced in the parsha, including Pharoah's sorcerers vs. Moshe & Aaron, and the first four plagues.
A close look at Moshe's Mateh (staff): its origins, the connection to snakes, and what its true powers are.
Yaakov's confusion about the identities of Yosef's sons; what he's really asking and why Yosef's reply is an answer.
Understanding the dialogue: Yaakov's burial request; Ephraim and Menashe.
How Yosef is truly different from his brothers.
Yaakov's final words to his sons, what his message really means.
What does Yosef show his brothers as proof that it's really him and and why?
Why does Yehuda lie to Yosef in front of everyone?
What is Yosef's true intent?
A deeper look at the significance of Yehuda's promise to keep Binyamin safe.
Pharaoh's Dreams:
- Cows, grain, the Nile and a swamp; what do all of the details mean?
- Why does Yosef give advice when he's been asked to interpret?
- What actually isYosef's advice?
- Why does dream interpretation qualify Yosef to run a large country and oversee its economy?
Yosef & His Brothers:
- Where did they look for him and why?
- Why are they accused of being spies?
- How does their reply -- "we are brothers" -- resolve Yosef's accusation?
A review of the relationship between the brothers and Yosef: when did their hatred morph into jealousy and why?
A review of Yehuda and Tamar. What was her motivation? And what is the significance of their interactions?
A review of the highlights in Vayishlach, together with some key insights and unique perspective from Rabbi Sprung.
This will be VERY good. I think I have a different understanding than I used to about the Haggadah I’m really excited ❤
Think you understand Chanuka? Think again! Listen as R' Shlomo Sprung shows us what we were missing in our understanding
This weeks class takes a deeper look at the story of Bilaam and his attempt to curse the Jewish people