The Parasha with Rabbi Dweck

Apr 03 2025 110 ep. 31 mins 1
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30 minute insights to take with you each week from Rabbi Dweck on the parasha.

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Vayikra 2025 - Good Service

Apr 03 2025 36 mins  
In this episode that opens the book of Vayikra, we focus on the book's (and parasha's) first word. Famously it is spelled with a small alef in Hebrew. We explore the difference between the word with and without the alef and how central it is to our lives and our service of God and His world.

Pekude 2025 - God's Accounts

Mar 27 2025 32 mins  
Pekude closes the book of Exodus and seems a bit anticlimactic. After epic narratives of plagues, splitting sea, and miracles galore, we are left with...accounts. A virtual spreadsheet of materials used in the construction of the Mishkan. In this episode we explore we this is where the great book of Exodus closes and what we might learn from it for our own lives.

Vayakhel 2025 - Making Room for God

Mar 20 2025 34 mins  
Moses has returned with new tablets after shattering the first pair. He has negotiated not only forgiveness for the Children of Israel after the Golden Calf debacle, he has also made an agreement with God that He would dwell amongst the people. So Moses presents the Mishkan project and asks for the people to contribute to it. But this is no ordinary project, it will create the circ

Tesaveh 2025 - What Do You Need to Be Ok?

Mar 06 2025 43 mins  
In this episode we look at the Kohen Gadol and explore the attributes of Aaron who served as the first and quintessential High Priest. We recognise the uniqueness of his heart, and what Hillel the Elder meant when he charged us in Pirke Abot to be students of Aaron. We discuss, Aaron's love and pursuit of peace, what peace for us is, and how we might find it.

Teruma 2025 - Indestructible People

Feb 28 2025 35 mins  
In this episode we explore the concept of a Mishkan - a place in which God's presence resides within the people of Israel. Why this is historically unique and what it means in terms of the God-Israel covenant that has stood for 4 thousand years.

Mishpatim 2025 - We Shall Fight on the Beaches

Feb 20 2025 28 mins  
In this episode we consider the effects of the moral code that is presented in Mishpatim. We discuss the development of justice and morality as its result and ultimately its effects on the West through Christianity. We also discuss religious extremism and when religion goes wrong.

Yitro 2025 - Live With Courage

Feb 13 2025 40 mins  
At the beginning of this Perasha, Moshe is reunited with his father in law, Yitro. Yitro observes how Moshe is sitting and judging the people from morning until evening with the people waiting to see him that entire time. He advises Moshe to stop it and get others to do it for him. Moshe agrees and does so.In this episode we explore the implications of this decision and understand

Behsalah 2025 - Things Do Matter

Feb 06 2025 40 mins  
it is here where we meet the arch-enemy of the Israelites - Amalek. They are the cousins of the Israelites - grandchildren of our twin brother Esav. And they present Israel early on with a fundamental ideological issue. It is an issue that runs throughout Jewish history and is as pertinent today as it ever was. Indeed, it is an issue we must come to terms with as a people if we are

Bo 2025 - Attention Please!

Jan 30 2025 33 mins  
The Children of Israel are finally free, and no sooner does that happen that God gives them commandments (20 in this parasha!). One of the first is the commandment of Matza, imploring us to watch the matzot. In this episode we consider the meaning behind this charge and how it connects to freedom, responsibility, and our own agency in life.

Va'era 2025 - The Responsibility of Power

Jan 23 2025 31 mins  
Moses mission of liberation is in full swing as he boldly stands before Pharaoh demanding that he free the Israelite slaves. His power grows and Pharaoh's wains. In this episode we look at how responsibility connects with the power that comes with freedom. We also look at a significant event in the news of this week that directly pertains to the issue.