More to the Story with Lea Rubashkin-Wolff

<p>In this episode, I reflect on Parshas Vayikra and the deeper meaning of Korbanos. The root of korban is karov: to draw close. What looks, on the surface, like sacrifice is really Torah’s language for return: the...

<p>In this episode, I reflect on the powerful connection between the story of Purim and Parshas Ki Tisa.<br/><br/>The Torah brings us to one of the most painful moments in Jewish history: the sin of the Golden Calf. Why...

<p>In this episode, I explore Parshat Tetzave and what it means that the Kohen is clothed before he serves. The Torah details every thread, every stone, every garment, and through it, teaches us something about dignity...

<p>In this episode, I explore what it means to build a Mishkan, not only in the desert, but within ourselves.<br/><br/>The Torah begins Terumah with the invitation: “Take for Me a contribution from every person whose...

<p>In this episode, we return to Har Sinai, but not to the thunder and revelation, but to what came next.<br/><br/>Parshas Mishpatim moves us from the ecstasy of receiving the Torah into the detailed laws that shape a...

<p>In this episode, I explore Parshas Yisro and what it truly means to receive the Torah. Not as an abstract moment in history, but as a binding marriage between God and the Jewish people.<br/><br/>I speak about why...

<p>In this episode, I sit with Parshat Beshalach and share what its stories are teaching me about fear, trust, and timing. I reflect on what happens when faith collapses under pressure, how silence can be either...

<p>In this episode of More to the Story, I learn Parshas Bo and reflect on what happens when redemption finally turns from concept into movement. We walk through the last of the plagues and the first of the mitzvos...

<p>In this episode I reflect on the story of the plagues, not as history but as an inner map. Egypt is not only a place we once left, it is a state of constriction that lives inside us. Va’eira is the moment when...

<p>0:00 Part 1 – Overview of the Parsha<br/>1:09:28 Part 2 – Deep Dive + Commentary<br/><br/>In this episode, I explore why this Parsha is called “Names,” and what it means to hold onto your identity in a place that...

<p>In this episode, I explore Parshat Vayechi, the final Parsha of Sefer Bereishit, the moment where exile quietly begins. As Yaakov and Yosef prepare to leave this world, the Torah shifts us into a new phase: one where...

<p>In this week’s episode, I explore the Torah’s first deep conversation about jealousy, fragmentation, and what happens when the challenge is no longer outside us but within our own family. The jealousy between...

<p>In this episode, I walk with Yakov as he leaves Charan after twenty years of inner work in Lavan’s home. Everything he lived through becomes the preparation he needs to face Esav, not only the brother he once fled...

<p>In this week’s episode, we follow Yaakov as he leaves the holiness of his parents’ home and enters the world of Lavan, a place of concealment, deception, and spiritual challenge. I explore Yaakov’s preparation, his...

<p>In this week’s parsha, I explore the story not only as the birth of two brothers, but as the unveiling of two forces inside each of us, the godly soul and the animal soul. I speak about Rivka’s clarity, her courage...