Divrei Torah on the weekly parsha
Rabbi Elchonon Jacobovitz is best known here for a long run of divrei Torah on the weekly parsha, more than eight hundred recorded classes in all. The titles give away the style: "Oh Brother!" on Parashas Shemini, "Objectively Speaking" on Tazria-Metzora, "Royal Pain" on Emor. Each takes a single idea from the parsha and frames it around a memorable phrase, so the lesson is easy to remember and easy to repeat over a Shabbos table.
The approach is built for retention rather than exhaustive analysis. He tends to isolate one thought, sharpen it, and land it, the kind of vort a person can actually hold onto through the week. For a family that wants a fresh idea on the parsha every Friday, the sheer size of the collection means there is almost always something ready for the coming week.
Chizuk and guarding the eyes
Beyond the parsha, a real thread of his teaching is chizuk, encouragement for hard times. His "Corona Chizuk" shiurim spoke to the uncertainty of the pandemic, and a class like "The Wheelbarrow Ride" draws a lesson from the well-known story connected to Reb Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin. These are less about text and more about strengthening a person to keep going.
He also teaches shmiras einayim, guarding one's eyes, a topic that speaks directly to living cleanly in a world full of images. Paired with his work on the Omer, where a shiur like "Create Your Fate" treats the sefirah period as a window for real change, the collection consistently points toward practical avodah: not only what to know, but what to work on.
A wide shelf for the year
Because the library spans Gemara, the parsha, the holidays and inspirational themes, it works as a general-purpose Torah shelf rather than a single course. A learner can follow the parsha week to week, pull a holiday shiur when a Yom Tov approaches, or reach for chizuk when it is needed.
The unifying quality is accessibility. These are classes meant to reach an ordinary listener, not a specialist, clear enough for a teenager and substantive enough for an adult. For families who want a steady, upbeat source of Torah tied to the calendar and to daily life, the breadth and volume make it easy to keep coming back.
Finding kosher Torah video for your family
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If your family enjoys teachers like Rabbi Elchonon Jacobovitz, 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
- More than 800 recorded shiurim, anchored by weekly divrei Torah on the parsha.
- A signature style: one sharp idea per parsha, framed around a memorable title.
- Also teaches chizuk, shmiras einayim, and the Sefiras Ha'omer period.
- A broad, accessible shelf that follows the parsha and the holidays through the year.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.