Parsha Pick-Me-Up Podcast

Parsha Pick-Me-Up

Yitzchak Sprung
Take a few minutes to study the parsha with Rabbi Sprung on Thursdays from Bereshit to V'Zot Habracha. Find the Parsha Pick-Me-Up on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.
Toldot: Appreciating Esav's Cooking
Why do we need to know how much Yitzchak enjoyed the food that his oldest son brought him? What does it say about Yitzchak and what do we learn from it?
Nov 24, 2022
3 min
Chayei Sarah: Who is the Main Character of Parshat Chayei Sarah?
Who is the Main Character of Parshat Chayei Sarah?Selected Sources: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Marriage
Nov 17, 2022
6 min
Vayera: The Limits of Moral Knowledge
How does the same Avraham who challenges God about the fate of Sedom quickly acquiesce to the sacrifice of his own son? Source:R. Nachum Rabinovich, Natural Morality and Torah Morality in Mesilot Bilvavam
Nov 11, 2022
5 min
Lech Lecha: To Be Abraham's People
What happened to all of the people who became students of Abraham and Sarah and what does that have to do with us? Gen. 21:33, 12:5, 18:19Bereshit Rabbah 12:14Rambam, Avoda Zara 1:3 with Yad PeshutaRabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Go Forth from Your Land in Abraham’s Journey, pp. 57-58.
Nov 3, 2022
5 min
Noach: Watching with Dismay
How do we know right from wrong and what does that say about us?Selected Sources:Rambam: Introduction to Avot, Chapter 6Guide of the Perplexed 3:17Rav Kook: Orot Hateshuva, Chapter 1Rav Rabinovich: Natural Morality and Torah Morality in Mesilot BilvavamDr. Jonathan Haidt: The Righteous Mind
Oct 27, 2022
5 min
Bereshit: More than Willing
What does it mean to human? What do we really mean when we say that people are created in 'the image of God' and what does that mean for me?
Oct 20, 2022
4 min