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The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

The Parsha Podcast with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe was started in 2016 with the goal of making the weekly Parsha accessible and useful. Every Sunday, the Parsha Podcast will feature an hour-long podcast outlining the story, narratives and major themes of that week’s Parsha and offer a selection of valuable and interesting insights from it. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, two more episodes that focuses on one idea, theme, or comment on the Parsha will be released. Please send comments or questions to

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Bereishis – Genealogies of Genesis (5785)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/10/06

The end of our Parsha delineates the many families and generations spanning from Adam to Noah. There are all sorts of fascinating factoids, nuggets and vignettes included in this narrative: we study the story of Cain from after his fratricide of his brother until his tragic and surprising death at the hand of his own […]

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1:12:33

Parshas Bereishis (Rebroadcast)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/10/05

With praise and appreciation to the Almighty, we begin year 11 of the Parsha Podcast (5787). This year, we will re-upload the Parsha Rebroadcast episode which covers the entire Parsha each Sunday, re-release the 9th cycle’s episode (5785) for each respective Parsha each Tuesday, and we will, please God, record and release a new weekly […]

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58:00

Parshas Haazinu (Rebroadcast)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/09/14

Still in the final day of Moshe’s life, he conveys to the nation a 43-verse Song predicting the contours of Jewish history, both past, present, and future. The patterns are familiar to the readers of Deuteronomy and even casual observers and students of Jewish history: The nation is recipients of tremendous divine goodness, yet they […]

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54:36

The Binding of Isaac (Second Day of Rosh Hashana...

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/09/08

On the second day of Rosh Hashana, we read the Torah section of Genesis chapter 22 that tells the very famous and quite troubling episode of the Binding of Isaac. Abraham – the same Abraham who railed against the ways of child sacrifice of the pagans – is instructed by God to take Isaac – the same Isaac […]

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1:42:13

Parshas Nitzavim & Vayeilech (Rebroadcast)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/08/30

On the final day of Moshe’s life, he gathered the entire nation – men, women, children, and according to the Talmud, all souls of future Jews – to pass them through a final covenant with God. The parsha also contains the prophetic predictions of the Messianic times, and it ends with a simple, binary choice: […]

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1:02:43

Ki Savo – The Joystick

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/08/27

Sadness and hopelessness are modern societal epidemics. Notwithstanding the fact that our time has seen more material abundance than ever before, the share of Americans, especially young Americans, who feel consistent and persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness has skyrocketed in recent years. The Torah offers salient guidance. In our Parsha, we learn how to […]

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Ki Savo – Gaze from Heaven (5784)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/08/25

Blessings and curses. That is the dominant theme of our Parsha. We read the admonition of Deuteronomy – 98 bone-chilling curses that will befall our people in the event that we repudiate our covenant with God. Blessings and curses appear a second time: the nation is instructed to assemble at Mount Gerizim and mount Ebal […]

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55:33

Parshas Ki Savo (Rebroadcast)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/08/23

As the Book of Deuteronomy draws to its conclusion, the narrative makes a transition: Moshe finishes conveying the mitzvos to the nation, and sets up his final parting message to the people. First, he commands the nation to perform several elaborate ceremonies on the very first day that they cross the Jordan River; then he […]

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56:01

Ki Seitzei – Moabite the Hand that Fed You

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/08/20

Our number one goal in life is to achieve perfection. Perfection of character, perfection of behavior, profession of speech, profession of thought, perfection in every possible way. Our bad character needs to be fixed, our shortcomings need to be rectified, our bad habits need to be reversed, our maladies of character need to be remedied. […]

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46:31

Ki Seitzei – Conscience Cleanser (5784)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/08/18

Of the motley potpourri of subjects featured in Parshas Ki Seitzei are several fascinating mitzvos that we address in this week’s Parsha podcast. We begin with a fascinating analysis of the law of the beautiful captive woman. We proceed with a heartening insight based upon the wayward and rebellious son. Finally, we offer a sharp […]

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1:01:03

Parshas Ki Seitzei (Rebroadcast)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/08/16

In the parsha that contains the most mitzvos of any of the 54 Torah sections (a staggering 74 mitzvos), we read about the wayward and rebellious son, the requirement to build a fence around your roof to prevent tragedy, two episodes that we are mandated to remember, and many, many more interesting and insightful mitzvos. […]

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Shoftim – Government-in-Exile (5784)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/08/11

In this Parsha Podcast we share two fascinating and deep insights from our Parsha. The first relates to the method by which capital punishment must be meted out. The second is a novel and fascinating spiritual and cosmic perspective on the monarchy as a method of government, both in the era when monarchies were widespread […]

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1:00:20

Parshas Shoftim (Rebroadcast)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/08/09

This week we learn the laws governing all kinds of leaders: The parsha begins by detailing the laws of judges, the jurisdiction of the Sanhedrin, the Supreme Court, and what happens to rebellious judges; we read about the unique laws related to kings; there are more laws pertaining to the Kohanim; and we find the […]

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1:03:25

Reeh – Root Force

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/08/06

Idolatry is anathema. Idolatry in the Holy Land is totally intolerable. Multiple times in the book of Devarim, we are exhorted to thoroughly and utterly destroy any remnant of idolatry that we encounter in the Land, be it altars, pillars, idolatrous trees, or molten images. But it is insufficient to eliminate the idols. We are […]

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57:00

Reeh – Idle Tree, Idle Warship, and Falls Profits (5784)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/08/04

The Torah spends a lot of time cautioning us against idolatry. As the nation is about to cross over the Jordan and enter Canaan, they are repeatedly warned to not fall prey to the idolatrous practices of the indigenous population. Instead, they must shatter the idolatrous altars, destroy idolatrous infrastructure, obliterate idolatrous paraphernalia , uproot […]

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59:14

Parshas Eikev (Rebroadcast)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/07/26

We pick up where we left off last week amid Moshe’s speech to the nation before his passing, and as in the previous few weeks, Parshas Eikev is jam packed with insights and timeless lessons. Moshe pivots between looking back on the conduct of the nation in the preceding 40 years and admonishing them for […]

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1:06:37

Vaeschanan – Denied Entry

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/07/22

Prayer always makes an impact. Moshe’s prayer was exceedingly powerful and made a supercharged impact. But all of Moshe’s prayer, and all of his pleading, and all of his incessant Divine entreatment did not succeed in getting God to change his decree barring Moshe from entering the Land. Moshe’s 515 prayers was unable to reverse […]

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Vaeschanan – Get a Life (5784)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/07/21

Moshe was Joshua’s teacher. By any measure, Moshe was a greater leader of the nation than Joshua was. Moshe was the sun to Joshua’s moon. But Moshe was unable to lead the nation across the Jordan; a feat that Joshua pulled off. How did Joshua the acolyte manage to outshine and upstage the master? That […]

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1:04:11

Parshas Vaeschanan (Rebroadcast)

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/07/19

This week’s parsha continues Moshe’s monologue to the nation in the weeks preceding his passing. He begins by recounting his repeated efforts in trying to convince God to rescind His decree that Moshe not enter the Land; Moshe then begins the retelling of the Torah; and we read many warnings and predictions about proper behavior […]

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1:07:14

Devarim – Og, the Places You’ll Go

The Parsha Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/07/16

A month before his passing, Moshe gathers the nation for a final message. He begins with a two-verse critique of the nation, not excoriating them for their sins, but gently reprimanding them in a veiled and subtle manner. Moshe then pledges to begin to explain the Torah with scintillating clarity. Before he does so though, […]

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