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Mitch Mernick

Parsha Talk Shlach Lekha 5786 2026

Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky The main story in parashat Sh’lach [Numbers 13:1-15:41] is the tragedy of the …

Parsha Talk Beha’alotkha 5786 2026

Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky Parashat B-ha’alotcha [Numbers 8:1-12:16] is a particularly rich parasha, with passages about, among …

Parsha Talk Naso 5786 2026

Parashat Naso [Numbers 4:21-7:89] features, among other things, the law of the suspected adulteress [sotah in Hebrew], the nazir [the person who …

Parsha Talk Shavuot 5786

Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky This Friday and Shabbat is the holiday of Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks, …

Parsha Talk Bemidbar 5786 2026

Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky Parashat B’midbar [Numbers 1:1-4:20] is the first parashah in Sefer B’midbar [Book of …

Parsha Talk Behar-Bechukotai 2026 5786

Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky Parashat B’har-B’hukotai [Leviticus 25-27] is the concluding parashah of Sefer Va-yiqra [Book of …

Parsha Talk Emor 202605786

Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky Parashat Emor [Leviticus 21-24] contains laws about the כהנים [kohanim, priests] [chapters 21-22, …

Parsha Talk Acharei Mot-Kedoshim 2026 5786

Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky Parashat Acharei Mot-Q’doshim [Leviticus 16-20] includes, according to Rabbi Aqiva, the great principle …

Parsha Talk Tazria-Metzora 2026 5786

Rabbi Eliot Malomet, Rabbi Barry Chesler, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky Parashat Tazri-Metzora [Leviticus 12-15] is well-described by this morning’s Bar Mitzvah student as …