Parsha, Yom Tov, and the chain of Mesorah
Rabbi Avrohom Waxman's recorded shiurim move with the Jewish calendar, opening the weekly parsha and the themes of the Yamim Tovim for his listeners. Titles like "Searching For and Finding the Diamond" and "The Unbreakable Shalsheles of Mesorah" capture his angle: the Torah is one continuous chain, and every Jew is a living link in it. Rather than treat a verse as a relic, he asks what it demands of a person now, and lets the answer rise out of the plain meaning of the words themselves.
That instinct shows especially around Elul and the Yamim Noraim, where his shiurim on teshuvah press past slogans to the actual work of change. He returns often to the strength of the mesorah — the idea that continuity itself is a source of chizuk, because a Jew today stands on an unbroken line of those who kept the same Torah. For a family, that theme lands as both comfort and responsibility.
Lessons drawn straight from the pesukim
Several of Rabbi Waxman's shiurim build directly on the verses. He takes up the words of Parshas Mishpatim describing the search for "anshei chayil, yirei Elokim, anshei emes" — men of real substance who fear Hashem and hate dishonest gain — and uses them to talk plainly about integrity, trust, and what genuine leadership costs. Others open the pesukim of Parshas Tetzaveh about the oil for the Menorah and the spices, turning the details of the Mishkan into a lesson about consistency and inner light.
A shiur such as "Being a Trusted Shepherd" or "Doing Chesed With Each Other Elevates Am Yisroel in the Eyes of the Nations" shows the same move: a phrase in the parsha becomes a mirror for how we treat one another. He is less interested in impressing scholars than in helping ordinary listeners hear the sedra speaking to their own week. The result is Torah that is textual and practical at once.
Who these shiurim are for
Because Rabbi Waxman anchors each idea in the pasuk and then carries it into daily life, his shiurim suit a listener who wants substance without a heavy lomdishe barrier. A parent can take a single thought — about chesed, about emes, about being someone others can rely on — and bring it to the Shabbos table for children of different ages. The lessons are concrete enough to discuss and warm enough to remember.
The library also rewards steady listening across the year. Following the parsha shiurim week by week gives a household a shared rhythm, and the Yom Tov and teshuvah classes arrive right when they are most useful. It is the kind of collection that becomes part of a family's cycle rather than a one-time listen — Torah that returns, dependably, with the calendar.
Finding kosher Torah video for your family
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If your family enjoys teachers like Rabbi Avrohom Waxman, search FilteredTube for the speakers and topics that matter most to you. With a daf yomi shelf, a weekly parsha shelf, topic shelves, audio-only listening for the car, and a kids mode with a PIN, kosher Jewish video is easy to reach — and the approved catalog keeps growing every day.
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Waxman's shiurim track the weekly parsha, the Yamim Tovim, and teshuvah.
- A recurring theme is the unbroken chain of mesorah — continuity itself as a source of chizuk.
- He builds lessons on character and emunah directly from pesukim, as in Mishpatim and Tetzaveh.
- The shiurim are textual yet practical, well suited to a family's weekly learning.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.