Episodes

  • Returning the Blessing
    May 26 2026

    It's time to bring back the blessing


    Video version: https://youtu.be/z7dOo-ibSmQ


    Nasso

    For the week of May 30, 2026 / 14 Sivan 5786

    Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 4:21 - 7:89

    Haftarah: Shoftim/Judges 13:2-25

    Originally posted the week of June 3, 2023 / 14 Sivan 5783 (updated)


    Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-35

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    6 mins
  • Depth
    May 19 2026

    Reaching beyond the superficiality of self


    Video version: https://youtu.be/PqCYcYhMTo8


    Shavuot

    For the week of May 23, 2026 / 7 Sivan 5786

    Torah: D’varim/Deuteronomy 14:22 – 16:17

    Haftarah: Habakkuk 3:1–19

    Originally posted the week of May 30, 2009 / 7 Sivan 5769 (updated)


    Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-Shavuot

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    5 mins
  • TorahBytes-86-34
    May 12 2026

    God is not safe


    Video version: https://youtu.be/KP8tv3eJ4DI


    But they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die. (B’midbar/Numbers 4:20; ESV)


    B’midbar

    For the week of May 16, 2026 / 29 Iyar 5786

    Torah: B’midbar/Numbers 1:1 - 4:20

    Haftarah: 1 Samuel 20:18–42

    Originally posted the week of May 24, 2014 / 24 Iyar 5774 (revised)


    Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-34

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    5 mins
  • Covenantal Foundations
    May 5 2026

    Israel's eternal right of appeal


    Video version: https://youtu.be/PT9CULgR6Os


    Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. (Vayikra/Leviticus 24:16)


    Behar & Bechukotai

    For the week of May 9, 2026 / 22 Iyar 5786

    Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34

    Haftarah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14

    Originally posted the week of June 4, 2016 / 27 Iyar 5776 (revised)


    Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-33

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    5 mins
  • Blasphemy
    Apr 28 2026

    Attempts to manipulate God is extremely dangerous


    Video version: https://youtu.be/OqZvz56NdMw


    Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. (Vayikra/Leviticus 24:16)


    Emor

    For the week of May 2, 2026 / 15 Iyar 5786

    Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 21:1-24:23

    Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31

    Originally posted the week of May 21, 2016 / 13 Iyar 5776 (revised and expanded)


    Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-31

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    5 mins
  • Acknowledging Israel
    Apr 20 2026

    Celebrating the return to Zion


    Video version: https://youtu.be/c1a_WfZa2Uw


    I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God. (Amos 9:14-15;)


    Aharei Mot & Kedoshim

    For the week of April 25, 2026 / 8 Iyar 5786

    Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27

    Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15

    Originally posted the week of April 29, 2023 / 8 Iyar 5783 (revised)


    Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-30

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    6 mins
  • When Nonsense Will Be No More
    Apr 13 2026

    With God, anything is possible, except nonsense


    Video versions: https://youtu.be/rCfAeZj5KJk


    For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your offspring and your name remain. (Isaiah 66:22; ESV)


    Tazria & Metzora

    For the week of April 18, 2026 / 1 Iyar 5786

    Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 12:1 - 15:33; B’midbar/Numbers 28:9-15

    Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24

    Originally posted the week of April 22, 2023 / 1 Iyar 5783 (revised and expanded)


    Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-28

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    7 mins
  • Serious Consequences
    Apr 7 2026

    Our actions make a way bigger difference than we think


    Video version: https://youtu.be/vkl-dHpIlks


    And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God. (2 Samuel 6:5-7; ESV)


    Sh’mini

    For the week of April 11, 2026 / 24 Nisan 5786

    Torah: Vayikra/Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47

    Haftarah: 2 Samuel 6:1 – 7:17

    Originally posted the week of April 10, 2021 / 28 Nisan 5781 (revised)


    Text version: https://torahbytes.org/86-26

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    4 mins