Drashot and Reading Introductions

BERESHIT

• Genesis 3:16 Intro — Introduction by Mark L. Berch (keywords: marriage; translation; Christianity; gender roles)
• Why Did Cain Murder Abel — Introduction by Mark L. Berch (keywords: siblings; birthright; firstborn offerings; Cain and Abel)
• Bereshees Start — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered October 14, 2017
• Tohu Va'Vohu — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered October 15, 2020
• Bereshit 3 Intro — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered October 26, 2024

NOACH

• Ararat — Introduction by Mark L. Berch
• Noah Intro: Gen 9:29 — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered October 9, 2010
• The Dalet-Resh Confusion — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered October 9, 2021
• Noah Intro to 1: Flood Narrative — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered October 21, 2023

LECH-LECHA

• Why Did Abraham Set Out for Canaan? — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered October 31, 2020
• One Bull or Three? — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered November 5, 2022
• Lekh Lcha 6 Flashforward — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered October 28, 2023

VAYEIRA

• Vayera 5th: Yishmael Name — Introduction by Mark L. Berch
• Vayera Second — Introduction by Mark L. Berch
• Vayera: Hatan — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered November 4, 2017
• Vayera 5: Sarah Hagar Parallels — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered November 16, 2024

CHAYEI SARAH

• Chayey Sara Intro, 4th Aliyah — Introduction by Mark L. Berch
• Hayyei Sarah 2: Foreign Women — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered November 11, 2023

TOLEDOT

• Toldot First Reading — Introduction by Mark L. Berch
• Toldot 6: Rebecca's Motive — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered November 30, 2024

VAYETZE

• Vayetzay Intro 4th Reading — Introduction by Mark L. Berch

VAYISHLACH

• Jacob Wrestling Intro 2014 — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered December 6, 2014
• Intro to Vayishlah Third Reading: Bowing — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered December 14, 2019
• Vayishlak 4th: The Refusal of the Gift — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered December 2, 2023

VAYIGASH

• Vayigash Intro — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered January 7, 2006
• Vayigash Ha-od Avi Ḥai — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered December 23, 2017
• Joseph Asks Again About His Father — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered December 26, 2020

VAYECHI

• Vayehi Intro — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered January 2, 2010
• The Brothers' Message to Joseph — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered December 18, 2021
• Vayechi 1: Life and Death — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered January 11, 2025

SHEMOT

• The Baby Moses in the Basket — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered January 14, 2023
• Shemot 2: Miriam and Pharaoh's Daughter — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered January 18, 2025

BO

• Mašḥit, the Destroyer — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered January 23, 2021
• First Month – Bo Fourth — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered January 8, 2022

YITRO

• Yitro 6: Coveting — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered February 3, 2024

TERUMAH

• Teruma Intro: Aron — Introduction by Mark L. Berch
• Cherubs — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered February 5, 2022
• What is a Kumaz? — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered February 27, 2022

KI TISA

• Calf and Mishkan — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered March 6, 2021
• Two Tablets or One: Ki Tissa 2 — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered March 2, 2024

PEKUDEI

• Pekudei 1: The "Book" of Exodus — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered March 16, 2024

TZAV

• Tzav Shmoneh — Introduction by Mark L. Berch

SHEMINI

• Tzav of Shemini — Introduction by Mark L. Berch
• The Middle Letter — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered March 22, 2014
• Darosh Darash Shemini — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered April 2, 2016
• Shemini 6th Reading: Fins, Scales, and Mermaids — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered April 6, 2024

METZORA

• Hyssop — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered April 9, 2022

ACHAREI MOT

• Acharei Mot 1: Mitzvot Unobserved — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered May 4, 2024

BECHUKOTAI

• In the Shema's "Hear, O Israel!", Who is "Israel"? — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered May 14, 2022

NASO

• Inverted Nuns — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered June 22, 2019
• From Nazirite to Monk — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered June 11, 2022

BEHA'ALOTECHA

• Bahalotickha: The Nursing Father — Introduction by Mark L. Berch

KORACH

• The Flowering Staff — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered June 24, 2023

CHUKAT

• Chukkat Intro — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered July 8, 2006
• The Mitzvah of Taking Challah — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered June 25, 2022
• Is the Parah Adumah Red? — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered July 9, 2022

BALAK

• Balak Fourth: Bilam's Description — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered June 30, 2018
• Fence – Balak — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered July 20, 2019
• Speaking in What Language? — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered July 20, 2024

MASEI

• Tachat Intro — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered July 26, 2014

DEVARIM

• Mount Hermon — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered July 17, 2021
• Dvarim 1: Deuteronomy Stands Alone — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered August 10, 2024

VA'ETCHANAN

• Parallel Accounts — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered August 13, 2022

EIKEV

• Ekev Intro: Tablet Shape — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered August 5, 2023

RE'EH

• Neither Add Nor Subtract — Introduction by Mark L. Berch

KI TEITZEI

• The Cross-Dressing Rule — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered September 10, 2022

KI TAVO

• Ki Tavo Rebuke Intro — Introduction by Mark L. Berch

VAYELECH

• The Pronunciation of "Issachar" — Introduction by Mark L. Berch, delivered September 24, 2016