L'Dor Vador: Generational Torah
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L'Dor Vador: Generational Torah
A mother and son explore the weekly Torah portion from our two worlds: she’s an Israeli rabbanit, he’s a American vet student. Together, we unpack the parsha like we're across the Shabbat table. New episodes weekly. Parsha blog available at https://miko284.com/ to ask questions and leave comments....
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Toldot 5786
Toldot shifts our focus from Abraham and Sarah to Isaac and Rivkah. “These are the generations of Isaac… Abraham begot Isaac...” Does the Torah repeat...
Chayei Sara 5786
Chayei Sarah opens with a paradox: “the life of Sarah” begins with her death as well as with Abraham’s first purchase in the Land, the Cave of Machpel...
Vayera 5786
Three visitors appear in the heat of the day, and Abraham runs to meet them—chesed in motion. Sarah laughs (and is told she did), a first tremor of Yi...
Lech Lecha 5786
Lech Lecha summons Abram to “go to yourself”-to leave land, lineage, and the familiar for a future written in promise. Between famine’s detour to Egyp...
Noach 5786
Last week in Bereshit we watched humanity’s first stumbles. This week, Noach faces a world saturated with corruption and violence, and survives by wal...
Vzot Habracha 5786
The Torah closes not with laws but with love: Moses, “the man of God,” gathers every stratum of Israel and blesses the tribes - different strengths, o...
Ha'azinu 5786
The Song that Teaches, the Rock that Holds“Give ear, heavens… let the earth hear.” Ha’azinu turns Torah into music - parallel lines, “brick over brick...
Vayeilech 5785
Episode 14
Vayeilech: Handing On, Hiding Face, Holding Song
Moses is 120 and still in motion. Vayeilech is a study in endings that make be...
Nitzavim 5785
Episode 13 – Nitzavim: Nearness, Return, and Choosing Life
We’re all standing—leaders and laborers, woodchoppers and water-drawers—bound into on...
Ki Tavo 5785
Episode 12 - Ki Tavo: Covenant and Consequences
Last week in Ki Teitzei we parsed the Torah’s legal rigor. This week, Ki Tavo confronts us with...
Ki Teitzei 5785
Episode 11 - Ki Teitzei: A Nation of Laws
Last week in Shoftim we sketched the Torah’s civic blueprint. This week, Ki Teitzei pours content into...
Shoftim 5785
Episode 10 – Shoftim: Checks & Balances; Prophets & Sorcerers |
This week in Parshat Shoftim, we hear the call to appoint judges and officials i...
Re'eh 5785
Episode 9 – Re’eh: Seeing Is Not Necessarily Believing |
This week’s portion, Re’eh, begins with a choice: blessing or curse, set before the peo...
Eikev 5785
Episode 8 – Eikev: Heels, Little Things, and Big, Big Things |
This week on L’Dor V’Dor, we explore Parshat Eikev, named for the “heel.” We ask:...
Vaetchanan 5785
Episode 7 – Vaetchanan: Hear Oh Israel, Hashem is One |
This week, we open Parshat Vaetchanan with Moshe who is asking, pleading, even begging,...
Devarim 5785
Episode 6 – Devarim: Moshe’s Farewell Speech |
This week, we open the last book of the Chumash with Parshat Devarim. Moshe has fully overcome hi...
Matot-Masei 5785
Episode 5 – Matot-Masei: A Foot in Each World and the Point of No Return |
This week, we reflect on the double portion Matot-Masei, and the endi...
Pinchas 578
Episode 4 – Pinchas: Don't Try This at Home |This week on L’Dor V’Dor, we pick up where last week’s parsha left off: the daughters of Moab and Midian...
Balak 5785
Episode 3 – Balak: Blessings or Curses for a People That Dwells Apart |This week, we unpack Parshat Balak, and the story of attempted curses turned in...
Chukat 5785
Episode 2 – Chukat: The Red Heifer, Losing Leaders, and What We Cannot Explain | This week, we wrestle with Parshat Chukat, a portion packed with para...
Korach 5785
Episode 1 – Korach: Revolt, Chosenness, and the Blooming Almond
This week, we begin our Torah journey with Parshat Korach—a story of rebellion,...