The Parasha with Rabbi Dweck

Abraham is now in covenant with God. How he lives in the world changes because of this. And how he sees things is affected. We explore what has changed and what he sees highlighting that the name of the Parasha is Hebrew for 'seeing'.

Lekh Lekha begins the story of the Jewish people with the story of the founder of the movement - Abraham. God engages in covenant with Abraham and promises him not a Torah, but land and children. What are the implications of this for our modern Jewish identity?

The first covenant of the Torah is established in Noah. What was it about Noah that was worthy of surviving the flood and why is it presented in Torah for us?

Moses in his final words tells Israel that they are all "standing" In this episode we explore what that might mean and what implications it has for Rosh Hashana.

The famous charge to pursue righteousness, Sedek, sedek, tirdof! opens our parasha. We explore the implications of this charge and how we might apply it to our own lives.

This episode is in memory of Rabbi Israel Elia z"l. We look at the 3 festivals of Pesah, Shabuot and Succot and their significance in the Jewish calendar.

In this episode I share a reading of one of the pesukim of the parasha from the Ramhal z"l. A reading that, in my opinion, is foundational to Jewish life and thought.

As Moshe prepares the people for his departure, he reminds them that he prayed to enter the Land but was denied by God. He also reminds them that God will not tolerate breaching the covenant. What constitutes breach? We explore a specific point expressed by Moshe in this week's episode.

Moshe's time to die looms near. Before he does he spends the last month of his life speaking to the people of Israel preparing them for their lives in the Promised Land. He begins with a history lesson. And within it, tones of rebuke. The first point he makes is that they distanced themselves from him right at the start. It was a bad move...

Perashat Mas'ei opens with a fairly dry listing of places in which the Children of Israel journeyed on their way out of Egypt into the Promised Land for 40 years. God expressly commands Moshe to write all the places down. In this episode we explore why and what implications it has on our own lives.