The One Pasuk Podcast
Three Rabbis from Englewood, NJ, Rabbi Chaim Poupko, Rabbi Daniel Goldberg, and Rabbi Akiva Block, offer their take on one pasuk from the weekly parsha. Enjoy the insights and Rabbinic banter as they reflect on each other’s ideas. Click here to sponsor an episode. Available wherever you get your podcasts.
Episodes
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Parshas Beshalach 5786
10 hours ago
10 hours ago
Parshas Beshalach 5786
ספר שמות פרק יד פסוק יג
ויאמר משה אל העם אל תיראו התיצבו וראו את ישועת יקוק אשר יעשה לכם היום כי אשר ראיתם את מצרים היום לא תספו לראתם עוד עד עולם׃
Sefer Shemot Chapter 14 Verse 13
But Moses said to the people, “Have no fear! Stand by, and witness the deliverance that Hashem will work for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Parshas Bo 5786 - Relationships in the Parsha
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Parshas Bo 5786 - Relationships in the Parsha
לא ראו איש את אחיו ולא קמו איש מתחתיו שלשת ימים ולכל בני ישראל היה אור במושבתם׃
People could not see one another, and for three days no one could move about; but all the Israelites enjoyed light in their dwellings.
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Parshas Vaera 5786
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה כֵּן אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה מִקֹּצֶר רוּחַ וּמֵעֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה׃
But when Moses told this to the Israelites, they would not listen to Moses, their spirits crushed by cruel bondage
👉🏻 The episode begins with an interesting, impromptu conversation on faith. The Divrei Torah on the one pasuk begin at the 9:51 mark.
Friday Jan 09, 2026
Parshas Shemos 5786
Friday Jan 09, 2026
Friday Jan 09, 2026
פרשת שמות פרק א פסוק י
הָבָה נִתְחַכְּמָה לוֹ פֶּן־יִרְבֶּה וְהָיָה כִּי־תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה וְנוֹסַף גַּם־הוּא עַל־שֹׂנְאֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם־בָּנוּ וְעָלָה מִן־הָאָרֶץ׃
Parshas Shemos Chapter 1 Verse 10
come, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when any war should chance, they also join our enemies, and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Parshas Vayechi 5786 - Relationships in the Parsha with Shoshana Poupko
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
וַיִּשְׁלַח יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־יְמִינוֹ וַיָּשֶׁת עַל־רֹאשׁ אֶפְרַיִם וְהוּא הַצָּעִיר וְאֶת־שְׂמֹאלוֹ עַל־רֹאשׁ מְנַשֶּׁה שִׂכֵּל אֶת־יָדָיו כִּי מְנַשֶּׁה הַבְּכוֹר׃
And Yisrael stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Efrayim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Menashshe’s head, changing his hands; for Menashshe was the first-born.
Friday Dec 26, 2025
Parshas Vayigash 5786
Friday Dec 26, 2025
Friday Dec 26, 2025
וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל־אֶחָיו אֲנִי יוֹסֵף הַעוֹד אָבִי חָי וְלֹא־יָכְלוּ אֶחָיו לַעֲנוֹת אֹתוֹ כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ מִפָּנָיו׃
And Yosef said to his brethren, I am Yosef: does my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.
Friday Dec 19, 2025
Parshas Miketz 5786
Friday Dec 19, 2025
Friday Dec 19, 2025
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו אֲבָל אֲשֵׁמִים אֲנַחְנוּ עַל־אָחִינוּ אֲשֶׁר רָאִינוּ צָרַת נַפְשׁוֹ בְּהִתְחַנְנוֹ אֵלֵינוּ וְלֹא שָׁמָעְנוּ עַל־כֵּן בָּאָה אֵלֵינוּ הַצָּרָה הַזֹּאת.
And they said one to another, Truly, we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Parshas Vayeishev 5786
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אָהַב אֶת־יוֹסֵף מִכׇּל־בָּנָיו כִּי־בֶן־זְקֻנִים הוּא לוֹ וְעָשָׂה לוֹ כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים׃
Now Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons—he was his “child of old age”; and he had made him an ornamented tunic.
Thursday Dec 04, 2025
Parshas Vayishlach 5786
Thursday Dec 04, 2025
Thursday Dec 04, 2025
Parshas Vayishlach 5786
קָטֹנְתִּי מִכֹּל הַחֲסָדִים וּמִכׇּל־הָאֱמֶת אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי בְמַקְלִי עָבַרְתִּי אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה וְעַתָּה הָיִיתִי לִשְׁנֵי מַחֲנוֹת׃
I am unworthy of all the kindness that You have so steadfastly shown Your servant: with my staff alone I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.32.11
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
Parshas Vayeitzei 5786 - Relationships in the Parsha
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
(ב) וַיִּחַר אַף יַעֲקֹב בְּרָחֵל וַיֹּאמֶר הֲתַחַת אֱלֹהִים אָנֹכִי אֲשֶׁר מָנַע מִמֵּךְ פְּרִי בָטֶן.
Yaakov grew angry at Rachel and he said, "Am I in place of God who has kept from you fruit of the womb?"






