Parsha Insights
Each week, Parsha-Insights expounds upon two or three topics from the weekly parsha. Issues that are relevant to every day life are explained and applied, often using stories of great Jewish leaders and personal anecdotes and experiences of the author. The aim is to expose the depth, beauty, warmth and applicability of our Torah.
The author, Rabbi Yisroel Ciner, formerly a Rebbe [teacher] at Neveh Zion, Israel, is presently the Rabbi at Congregation Beth Jacob of Irvine. Rabbi Ciner’s weekly parsha classes build upon meaningful and applicable aspects of the parsha, choosing concepts which show the warmth and beauty of the Torah and its adherents.
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Bereishis
- From Dust To G-dliness
- It Was a Misunderstanding...
- Knowing This World and Using it Well
- Starting Over
- Can You Enjoy While Others Lack?
- Go the Distance!
- If it Hurts, Scream!
- The Gift of Meat
- To Share in the Pain of Others
- What a Deal!
- Chain to the End of Time
- Compassion For All
- From Dust to Gold
- Just a Little Water
- Share the Sharing
- She Just Laughed...
- A Step Down - A Step Up
- Avraham Earned His Days
- Say Little, But Do a Lot
- The Satan that Stands Behind Us
- When to Worry, When to Chill
- A Time to Be Silent
- Hey, Looks Like Supper!
- If Hashem Said to Go, You Go!
- It's Who You're Dealing With
- Sleep Soundly
- Turn, Turn, Turn...
- A Generous Eye
- Gifts, Prayer and War
- I Have It All!
- Keep the Change
- Standing Firm
- The Face Reflecting in the Water is Yours
- Just Passing Through
- More Hardships, Please
- Stay Off My Toes!
- The Fruits of our Action
- Wealth, Honor & Property
- Yosef and Chanukah
Shemos
- A Special Step-Mother
- Assisted Suicide
- Change Your Attitude
- Fudged Perception
- It's All Written Down
- Pharoah and "the Jewish Problem"
- What's In a Name
- Ask! Please...
- Doctor, why?
- Feeling Ones Pain
- In DeNile
- Of Limitless Ability
- The Source and Sorcerers
- Torture Not Required
- And We Were There
- Make Your Days Count
- Spiritual Heights
- Stay Calm, Cool, and Collected
- The Perfect Day
- The Ten Steps
- When Sweet Tastes Bitter
- A Wise Person Takes Bones
- Masterplan
- Mazal Tov!
- Moshe's Incredible Humility
- Nothing's More Natural Than Nature
- The Great Mirror in the Sky
- Absolute Unity
- Bacon and Eggs
- Change of Heart
- First Hand Experience
- Leave Him Out Of It
- Recognize the value of others
- The Bridge of Life
- Help!
- In the Business of Challenges
- Murder and the Super Bowl
- Power of Prayer
- Remember the Feeling
- The Meat of the Meeting
- The True Value of Five Times
- Filler Diamonds
- Giving or Taking?
- Grinding Ground Flour
- Individually Upholding the Torah
- It's All About the Effort
- The Divine Expectation
- Whole Life Insurance
- A Divine Environment
- Drawing Close to... You
- Growing from the Ground
- Instructions for Life
- The Hidden Essence
- There is Knowing, and There is Knowing
Vayikra
- Behind the Mask
- Hear the Call?
- The Self-Sacrifice of a Sacrifice
- Tuning In
- Victory Over the Animal Within
- A Clear Upside-Down World
- Brotherly Love
- For This You Have Been Chosen
- Sheep, Pigs and Camels
- The End Does NOT Justify the Means
- Doves and Relationships
- Hashem - Who's That?
- Lessons in Leprosy
- The Power of Birth
- Touched by G-d
- A Social Misfit and Recluse
- Purging the Evil Within
- Don't Take Revenge...
- Identical but Different
- Lesson of the Goats
- On One Foot
- The Three Crowns
- Be a Holy Nation!
- In the "Judging Business"
Bamidbar
- Enjoy the Ride
- H-E-C-T-I-C
- The Key to Life
- Time and Space
- To Be Amongst The Counted
- Where is Your Furniture?
- Buy Low, Sell High
- Ditto
- Giving is Receiving
- Honor + Respect = Shalom Bayis
- Not Just One In A Crowd
- Realize Who You Really Are!
- A Mitzvah Gained is Eternity Gained
- Aharon's Unique Gift
- Don't Sue the Travel Agent
- It Was All Good
- Let Your Light Shine Through
- Being a Parent is Not Easy
- Earth-Shattering Occurences
- Giving and Gaining
- Peanuts to Watermelons
- The Potency of Prayer
- The Unmentionable
- A Purifying Process
- Decree of the Torah
- Red Cow Disease
- Torah is Not a Religion
- Donkey Talk
- Jewish Dwellings
- The Fourth Patriarch
- Welcome, Oh Honored Me!
- You Can't Pick Your Cards...
DevarimVaeschananEikevReehShoftimKi Seitzei
- A Little Bit Goes a Long Way
- Guardian of the Mouth
- Thanks to Egypt
- The War of Self Control
- We're Not There Yet
- All That We Have is From Hashem
- Beware of Extra Baggage
- Influencing Others
- Spiritual Ups and Downs
- The Layers of Redemption
- ChanukahElul / Rosh HashanahPesachPurimShavuosSukkosThe Three WeeksYom Kippur
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