Aleph Beta: Pinchas: What Is True Leadership?
Why does the Torah group "random" stories together in Parshat Pinchas? Are they really RANDOM?
Ha’azinu: A Unique Nation
Once we recognize that our separation from God is our fault, how do we repair it?
The Parsha Experiment – Ha’azinu-V’Zot Habracha: The Inspiring Conclusion To The Torah – Part...
In this week's video, we close the entire Torah, and we ask ourselves, what lessons can we learn today? How can we be inspired by the Torah's messages, and fulfill our destiny as a people?
Aleph Beta: Chukat: Why did Moses Hit The Rock?
What was Moses thinking when he struck the rock?
Aleph Beta: Terumah: Angels In the Tabernacle?
The keruvim, or cherubs, appear in the tabernacle in three different places. What is their meaning?
Aleph Beta: Naso: Letting Our Children Go
This week's video discusses the important connection between the Priestly Blessing and parenting.
Lech Lecha: The Battle For Abraham’s Legacy
How do the stories in Lech Lecha help us understand the central tension of Abraham's life, legacy?
Aleph Beta: Ki Teitzei: How To Merit Long Life
The promise for long life only comes from 2 commandments; What's the connection between them?
Aleph Beta: Re’eh: Why Do We Need The Oral Law?
Why do Rabbinic laws seem different than Biblical? What does law have to do with God & spirituality?
Nitzavim-Vayeilech: “Where’s the Happy Ending?”
As Moshe is about to die, why does God tell him about how the Israelites will ruin everything?
Aleph Beta: Shmot: Does God Really “Love” Us?
Rabbi Fohrman explores a midrash about God's names in this week's parsha
Aleph Beta: Devarim: What Does It Mean To Have Faith?
Drawing on the Maharal, Rabbi Fohrman gives us a novel approach to faith, and challenges us to rise to this level of intimacy with God and with each other.
Korach: Can We Change God’s Mind?
In this week's video, Rabbi Fohrman points to two fascinating stories which force us to ask a theological question: what impact, if any, can we have on God? Is it possible for us to influence God?
Aleph Beta: Tetzaveh: Angels In the Tabernacle Part II
How the 3 partitions of the mishkan each relate to a layer of creation, aiding our connection to God
Ki Tisa: Moshe’s Benevolent Chutzpah
In this video, Rabbi Fohrman focuses on a bizarre question that Moshe asks God, "Why God, should you be angry at your people?" and reminds us that God and the nation of Israel are attached by destiny
Korach: Can We Influence God?
Is it possible for us to influence God?
BEHA’ALOTECHA: Can I Be Vulnerable with G-d?
How can we understand, and relate, to the Children of Israel, a seemingly ungrateful, chutzpadik nation as it crosses the desert?
Beshalach: What Does It Mean to Have Faith?
Why did Miriam lead the women of the nation in a second song?
Aleph Beta: Vayishlach: Becoming a Person of Integrity
How do we reconcile Jacob's behavior, tricking his brother and lying to his father, with our vision of Yaakov as an ish emet, a man of truth?
Korach: Rejecting Israel’s Leaders
We’ve seen Israel complain over and over, but never before have they tried to undermine and dispose of their leaders. Join us as we...
Shemini: Why Did God Reject Nadav and Avihu
This week's parsha discusses the sudden and disturbing death of two of Aharon's sons, Nadav and Avihu
Tazria: The Bizarre Purification of the Metzora
This week's parsha deals with the strange set of laws dealing with tzara'at.
Acharei Mot: The (Surprising) Point of Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is called one of the days of awe. What does awe have to do with forgiveness for our sins?
Metzora: What Do Tumah and Tahara Mean Today? Part II
This week, in Metzora, we'll dive a little deeper to find the meaning embedded in the strange rituals of becoming tahor, ritually pure.
Aleph Beta: Toldot: All’s Well That Ends Well
In the tales of Isaac one thing becomes apparent: He's rarely the main character in his own stories!
Va’etchanan: Seeing Layers in the Ten Commandments
The 10 Commandments: So few words; so much meaning.
The Parsha Experiment – Ki Teitzei
Though related to the 10 commandments, what is the larger message that this list of laws in parsha Ki Teitzei is coming to teach us?
Aleph Beta: Bo: The Flight of the Firstborn Nation
What's the deal with all these laws & what can they teach us about the true meaning of the Exodus?
Aleph Beta: Bamidbar: Why We Count
Why does the Torah use two different words for "to count," and what does each indicate?
Aleph Beta: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: Social Justice…and Sacrifices?
Rabbi Fohrman asks what's the connection between animal sacrifices and leaving crops for the poor?
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