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
Friday May 03, 2024
Parshas Achrei Mos 5784
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
The Rabbis share thier insights and observations on one pasuk from Parshas Achrei Mos chapter 18 verse 5: וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם אֲנִי יְהֹוָה׃ You shall keep My laws and My rules, by the pursuit of which human beings shall live: I am Hashem. Click here to view the pasuk on Sefaria
The two songs mentioned in the podcast:
Flippin' Out by Blue Fringe
Flippin' In by Ari Goldwag
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
*BONUS Episode* Pesach Haggadah 5784
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
The Rabbis share thier insights and observations on one...passage...from the Pesach Haggadah מַעֲשֶׂה בְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן־עֲזַרְיָה וְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא וְרַבִּי טַרְפוֹן שֶׁהָיוּ מְסֻבִּין בִּבְנֵי־בְרַק וְהָיוּ מְסַפְּרִים בִּיצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם כָּל־אוֹתוֹ הַלַּיְלָה, עַד שֶׁבָּאוּ תַלְמִידֵיהֶם וְאָמְרוּ לָהֶם רַבּוֹתֵינוּ הִגִּיעַ זְמַן קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע שֶׁל שַׁחֲרִית Once, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria and Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon reclined [for the seder] in Benei Brak. And they told of the Exodus from Egypt all that night; until their students came in and said, “Teachers – the time for saying the Shema of the morning has come.”
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Friday Apr 12, 2024
Parshas Tazria 5784
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
The Rabbis share thier insights and observations on one pasuk from Parshas Tazria chapter 13 verse 2: אָדָם כִּי־יִהְיֶה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ שְׂאֵת אוֹ־סַפַּחַת אוֹ בַהֶרֶת וְהָיָה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ לְנֶגַע צָרָעַת וְהוּבָא אֶל־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן אוֹ אֶל־אַחַד מִבָּנָיו הַכֹּהֲנִים׃ When a person has on the skin of the body a swelling, a rash, or a discoloration, and it develops into a scaly affection on the skin of the body, it shall be reported to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests.
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Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Parshas Shemini 5784
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
The Rabbis share thier insights and observations on one pasuk from Parshas Shemini chapter 10 verse 3:וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אַהֲרֹן הוּא אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהֹוָה לֵאמֹר בִּקְרֹבַי אֶקָּדֵשׁ וְעַל־פְּנֵי כׇל־הָעָם אֶכָּבֵד וַיִּדֹּם אַהֲרֹןThen Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Hashem meant by saying: Through those near to Me I show Myself holy, And gain glory before all the people.” And Aaron was silent.
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Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Parshas Tzav 5784
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
The Rabbis share thier insights and observations on one pasuk from Parshas Vayikra chapter 1 verse 2.
וְלָבַשׁ הַכֹּהֵן מִדּוֹ בַד וּמִכְנְסֵי־בַד יִלְבַּשׁ עַל־בְּשָׂרוֹ וְהֵרִים אֶת־הַדֶּשֶׁן אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכַל הָאֵשׁ אֶת־הָעֹלָה עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְשָׂמוֹ אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃
The priest shall dress in linen raiment, with linen breeches next to his body; and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and place them beside the altar.
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Friday Mar 22, 2024
*BONUS Episode* Purim 5784
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
The Rabbis share thier insights and observations on one pasuk from Megilas Esther
וַיֹּאמֶר הָמָן לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ יֶשְׁנוֹ עַם־אֶחָד מְפֻזָּר וּמְפֹרָד בֵּין הָעַמִּים בְּכֹל מְדִינוֹת מַלְכוּתֶךָ וְדָתֵיהֶם שֹׁנוֹת מִכׇּל־עָם וְאֶת־דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵינָם עֹשִׂים וְלַמֶּלֶךְ אֵין־שֹׁוֶה לְהַנִּיחָם׃
Haman then said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people, scattered and dispersed among the other peoples in all the provinces of your realm, whose laws are different from those of any other people and who do not obey the king’s laws; and it is not in Your Majesty’s interest to tolerate them.
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Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Parshas Vayikra 5784
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
The Rabbis share thier insights and observations on one pasuk from Parshas Vayikra
דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם אָדָם כִּי־יַקְרִיב מִכֶּם קׇרְבָּן לַיהֹוָה מִן־הַבְּהֵמָה מִן־הַבָּקָר וּמִן־הַצֹּאן תַּקְרִיבוּ אֶת־קׇרְבַּנְכֶם׃
Speak to the Israelite people, and say to them: When any of you presents an offering of cattle to יהוה: You shall choose your offering from the herd or from the flock.
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Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Parshas Pekudei 5784
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
The Rabbis share thier insights and observations on one pasuk from Parshas Pekudei, Chapter 39 Verse 43
וַיַּרְא מֹשֶׁה אֶת־כׇּל־הַמְּלָאכָה וְהִנֵּה עָשׂוּ אֹתָהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהֹוָה כֵּן עָשׂוּ וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם מֹשֶׁה׃
And when Moses saw that they had performed all the tasks—as Hashem had commanded, so they had done—Moses blessed them.
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Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Parshas Vayakhel 5784
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
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Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Parshas Ki Tisa 5784
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
Wednesday Feb 28, 2024
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