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Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi

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Join as we explore the weekly parasha from a Kabbalistic perspective and attempt to simplify the secrets of the Torah

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00:12:28

A PROMISE YOU CAN WALK ON, BUT NOT YET HOLD

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2026/01/07

Who really owns the Land of Israel — and why does thatquestion never seem to go away?In today’s class, we step back from slogans andsoundbites and return to the Torah itself. From Avraham Avinu walking the landwithout owning it, to Moshe Rabbeinu being told at the burning bush that thetime for inheritance has finally arrived, we trace how the Torah understandsland not as something seized, but as something entrusted. Along the way, weexplore three timeless ways land is acquired — presence,

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00:13:05

THE RESUME THAT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A RESUME Shoulders...

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2026/01/06

What qualifies someone to lead the Jewish people? Not brilliance. Not charisma. Not even miracles. In this episode, we return to theopening parashiyot of Sefer Shemot and read Moshe Rabbenu’s “résumé” the way the Torah actually presents it — not as a list of achievements, but as apattern of burden-bearing. From Moshe walking out of the palace to see thesuffering of his brothers, to carrying a runaway lamb on his shoulders, tositting on a stone while Israel fights Amalek, Chazal reveal a single

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00:17:55

KOH VA’KOH — LEARNING TO SEE WITH LIGHT Shemot

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2026/01/05

Koh va’Koh is a short phrase in Shemot 2:12, but it opens a whole way of seeing. In this Breakfast & a Class, we follow Moshe Rabbeinu’s moment of decision — “Vayifen koh va’koh… vayar ki ein ish” — and build, step by step, from the simplest peshat into a deeper understanding of why “koh” keeps showing up at moments of transmission in the Torah. We explore the hidden structure behind the number 25, the “Ohr HaGanuz,” and the kind of clarity that isn’t sunlight, but perception — the ability to

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00:48:45

The Missing Shevatim and the Secret of the Night -...

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2026/01/01

In this week’s EJSNY 11AM class, we open Parashat Vayechi with one of the strangest questions Ya‘aqob Avinu ever asks: “מִי אֵלֶּה?” — “Who are these?” He’s looking at Ephraim and Menasheh — and yet Chazal insist this isn’t a grandfather forgetting faces. It’s a question of absence. Because Yosef was meant to father twelve shevatim, and only two stand before him. From there we enter the hidden world beneath the words: Yosef’s test with the wife of Potiphar, the meaning of that startling Baraita, the

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00:20:00

When Exile Stops Feeling Like Exile - VaYechi

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/31

When does exile really begin?Not when a people are enslaved—but when they become comfortable. In this mornings class on Parashat Vayechi, we explore the quiet danger of a beautiful Egypt: success without direction, stability without identity, life that functions but no longer aims. Drawing on Chazal, the final words of Ya‘aqob Avinu, and the penetrating teachings of Rav Hillel in Emunah u’Bitachon, this class reframes galut not as geography, but as an inner condition that slowly erodes

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00:19:04

From Babylon to Broadway: The Siege Then, the Siege...

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/30

From Babylon to Broadway: The Siege Then, the Siege NowMost people think destruction begins with fire. With shattered walls. With exile. This class argues otherwise. Asarah B’Tevet marks the moment before everything collapses — the day the siege began, when nothing was burning yet and everything was still reversible. Drawing from Tanakh, Chazal, and the haunting words of the prophets, this episode traces how quiet decisions, ignored warnings, and comfortable illusions brought Jerusalem to ruin —

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00:15:51

The Blessing That Ends a Pattern VaYechi

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/28

This Sunday’s breakfast class wasn’t prepared in an office or a study hall. It was spoken after to a berit milah in Yerushalayim — a Jewish child entering the fold, blessed like Ephraim and Menashe, carrying the name of a man whose quiet integrity shaped lives long after he was gone. Parshat VaYechi stops being history when blessing meets loss, when memory becomes continuity, and when responsibility replaces resentment.In this class, we explore how Yehudah’s single step forward shattered a pattern

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00:24:38

Ani Yosef - how we fool ourselves and how to stop -...

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/24

A great story anchors today’s special edition of“Breakfast & a Class” on Parashat Vayigash, dedicated le‘iluynishmat Adele bat Victoria—a woman of clear vision and honestrealism. At the center is Yosef’s thunderclap moment: “אֲנִי יוֹסֵף”—nota reunion scene, but a preview of the day when our own narratives collapse andtruth stands in the room. Why were the brothers struck silent even after regretand teshuvah? Because the most dangerous lie isn’t what others tell us—it’swhat we tell

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00:29:10

One Parent, Ten Children, and a Week of Kaddish

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/23

This morning’s class was recorded in Jeruslem, at 7:00 in the morning, in a synagogue where “Breakfast and a Class” meant something very different.The coffee was finished. Instead there was arak. It was a yahrzeit morning, and the setting was Zecher le-Avraham — a domed synagogue built in memory of Avraham Picciotto, just off the old railway line where tracks once carried people away and life has since grown back around them. From that quiet, early-morning space, surrounded by children,

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00:18:58

When Truth Is Strong Enough to Be Gentle - VaYigash

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/21

Vayigash opens like a courtroom hanging over a cliff: Binyamin is “caught,” the goblet is the evidence, and the verdict is already on the table. But then Yehudah steps forward — not with clever legal arguments, and not with polite diplomacy — but with a different kind of power: responsibility. In this episode, we follow Yehudah’s fierce approach to Yosef, the moment he abandons “policy” and pleads the case of a broken father, and the breathtaking line that should never exist in any normal justice

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00:08:59

Sweetening the Channels — How Hidden Light Rewrites...

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/19

In this morning’sclass, Sweetening the Channels — How Hidden Light Rewrites the Script, weexplore a deceptively simple question that opens a profound door: if Divineflow comes through channels shaped by our soul’s past, does that mean somelives are destined to be harder than others? Drawing from the Arizal, thetwelve tribes, Yosef’s descent into Egypt, and the inner mechanics of gilgul,this class reframes struggle not as punishment — but as a soul’s chosen terrainfor repair.Setagainst the

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00:11:48

Two Pharaohs in One Heart - How Comfort,...

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/16

Why do we embrace truth when it benefits us — and resistit when it costs us? In this powerful Breakfast & a Class, we explore oneof the most unsettling patterns in human nature: how the same facts can lead tocompletely opposite moral judgments depending on comfort, self-interest, andperspective. From Pharaoh’s embrace of Yosef to his rejection of Moshe, theTorah exposes a hypocrisy that isn’t ancient history — it’s alive in every oneof us.Drawing on Midrash, Talmud, Zohar, sifrei mussar, and

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00:20:22

The Two Words That Echoed for Two Years

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/15

From the stones of the Kotel at sunrise to the darkness of Yosef’s prison cell, this episode is about the kind of power we forget words carry. Parashat Miketz opens with “Vayehi miketz shenatayim yamim” — two years that Chazal trace back to two phrases Yosef says: “zekhartani… ve-hizkartani.”How can Yosef—Mr. Bitachon—be “punished” for a simple request? We unpackMidrash Tanchuma’s sharp language and discover something unsettling: speechdoesn’t only describe reality — it can set the terms of

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00:06:36

Faith Without Illusions - Bitachon, Yosef, Ḥanukkah,...

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/14

This morning’s podcast explores the quiet but demanding avodah of bitachon—trust in Hashem—through the life of Yosef HaTzaddik. Drawing on the teachings of our Rabbi and mentor, Rabbi Abittan זצ״ל, a תלמיד of the Ḥazon Ish, we examine his powerful lesson that bitachon is the greatest test of our generation. Yosef’s journey—from the pit, to prison, to the palace—reveals what true trust looks like when every outcome seems uncertain and every door appears closed. As we enter the holiday of Ḥanukkah,

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00:08:32

Entering the Light - Why Seeing the Ḥanukkah Candles...

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/12

Enteringthe Light - Why Seeing the Ḥanukkah Candles Is Not EnoughWeall love candlelight. It softens a room. It quiets a home. It makes everythingfeel spiritual. But the Torah never treats light as ambiance. From the verybeginning of Creation, light is so much more: Vayomer Elokim yehi or — vayehior - “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” Chazalteach that this was no ordinary light: Or she’adam tsofeh bo misof ha’olam ve‘ad sofo - “A light with which onecould see from one end

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00:09:20

The Vine That Cannot Stand Alone

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/12

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00:21:44

The World That Visits Us at Night - Dreams

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/09

What if your dreams are more than scattered images of the night? This morning’s Breakfast & a Class Podcast takes you deep into the world of Yosef HaTzaddik and the hidden architecture of dreams in the Torah. From prophetic visions to frightening nightmares, from Yosef’s rise in Egypt to the terrifying power of interpretation described by Chazal, this episode reveals how dreams can shape destinies—and how your words can shape your dreams.

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00:10:28

FALLING, ADMITTING, AND RISING AGAIN

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/08

What really makes a person great — never falling, or knowing how to rise? In this morning’s powerful episode on Parashat Vayeshev, we journey through one of the most painful family dramas in the Torah: the sale of Yosef, the failure of Yehudah, the shocking story of Tamar, and the confrontation of kings — Shaul and David. This is not a class about ancient figures. It’s a class about us — about guilt, responsibility, collapse, and the courage to admit, “I was wrong.”In our class, we try to strip

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00:10:20

Shalem Takes Time Yaakob and The Lesson of Patience

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/07

We live in a world of instant gratification—instant answers, instant fixes, instant results. But the Torah offers a very different vision of how real growth happens. In this powerful class on the words “Vayavo Ya‘aqov shalem”, we uncover a deeper truth hidden in Rashi and Midrash Rabbah: although Ya‘aqov’s healing began immediately, his journey to becoming truly shalem—whole in body, wealth, and spirit—took years. Through sharp insight, relatable modern analogies, and timeless Torah sources, this

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00:11:37

Shepherds, Sukkot, and the Torah of Compassion ...

Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi ·

2025/12/05

Today’s Erev Shabbat Breakfast and a Class will be wonderful to share with your family at the table on Friday night or on Shabbat dayWe explore one of the quietest but most profound moments in Parashat Vayishlaḥ. After Ya‘aqov makes peace with his brother, he settles for eighteen months and builds two kinds of structures: permanent homes for his family and fragile huts for his animals. Yet he names the entire place not “Batim — Homes,” but “Sukkot — Huts.” Why? What message was he sending his

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