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In Parshat Balak, we meet the second (and final) talking animal in the Torah (the first being the snake in Eden)....... More

This week, we ask an incredibly broad question: what is the purpose of the nation of Israel in this world? To answer this, Rabbi Fohrman points out a fascinating connection between the three blessings Balaam (accidentally) gives the nation of Israel and the three blessings God gives to Abraham in Genesis....... More

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Parshat Bamidbar is the opening to a new book of the Torah called Bamidbar or Numbers....... More

In this video, Rabbi Fohrman points out a textual oddity - why does the Torah use two different words for "to count," and what do they each indicate? Through a deep analysis of the terms, we will come out with a stronger understanding of what it means to be an individual, but still part of a larger community....... More

In this week's parsha, we reach the tipping point, where the nation of Israel begins their downfall, leading to 40 years wandering in the desert before being allowed into the land of Israel....... More

In the second of this week's parshas, the Torah suggests to us that if we follow God's will, we will be rewarded with walking with God - with the same language as the Garden of Eden....... More