The "Glimpses of Gadlus" series
Rabbi Chaim Gross's best-known project is a parsha series called "Glimpses of Gadlus." The format is disciplined and memorable: each week pairs the current portion with a single great commentator and one pointed question. So you get the Ibn Ezra on Bo, the Ran on Beshalach, the Vilna Gaon on Vayigash, and the Ohr HaChaim on Vayechi — one gadol, one parsha, one idea at a time.
The hook is usually a provocative question drawn straight from the text — "Isn't that just greedy?", "Why for only three days?", "Why did Yehuda leapfrog his brothers?" — which the commentator then answers. It is a clean, repeatable structure that keeps each installment short and sharp.
A tour of the commentators
Across the series, Rabbi Gross draws on a strikingly wide range of voices — rishonim like the Ibn Ezra and the Ran, the Vilna Gaon and the Ohr HaChaim, and mussar giants such as Rav Yerucham Levovitz and Rav Avigdor Miller. In effect, a listener gets exposure to many of the great meforshim inside one consistent framework.
Because every episode is anchored to a named source, you always know exactly whose thought you are learning. That is a real strength: it builds familiarity with the commentators themselves, not just with the parsha.
Beyond the weekly parsha
In total Rabbi Gross has recorded roughly four dozen classes, and while "Glimpses of Gadlus" is the centerpiece, his catalog also reaches into the festivals, halacha, machshava, and hespedim. The range shows a teacher comfortable moving between the parsha and broader Torah territory.
The common thread throughout is bite-sized depth — one idea, clearly framed, rooted in a source you can name and go back to. It is Torah designed to be grasped in a single sitting and remembered afterward.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Chaim Gross's flagship series is "Glimpses of Gadlus" on the weekly parsha.
- Each episode pairs the parsha with one commentator and one pointed question.
- He draws on Ibn Ezra, the Ran, the Vilna Gaon, the Ohr HaChaim, Rav Yerucham, and Rav Avigdor Miller.
- His wider catalog also touches festivals, halacha, machshava, and hespedim.
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