Rabbi Yissocher Frand's parsha series
Rabbi Frand on the Parsha is the weekly-parsha series of Rabbi Yissocher Frand, a longtime maggid shiur at Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore. The title is well known in its own right — it is also the name of his popular set of published parsha volumes — and the recordings gathered here carry that same weekly, portion-by-portion focus. Rabbi Frand is among the most widely heard darshanim in the Torah world, and this series is where much of that reputation was built.
Each installment takes up the week's parsha, which makes the collection a natural companion to the Torah reading and an easy fit for a regular Shabbos-preparation slot. A listener can lean on it week after week, knowing the material will track the calendar. For a family that wants a steady, dependable dose of parsha learning from a trusted voice, a series organized around the weekly portion is about as practical as it gets.
Mussar and middos from the weekly portion
What distinguishes Rabbi Frand's parsha teaching is where he lands. Rather than stopping at textual analysis, he consistently draws out practical mussar — lessons about speech, honesty, sensitivity to others, and the everyday middos that make a person. The parsha, in his hands, becomes a mirror held up to the listener's own conduct, and the question is never only what the text says but what it asks of you.
He is also known for weaving in stories of gedolim and telling episodes from life, which give his points weight and make them stick. The effect is Torah that asks something of you: not just to understand the portion, but to take one concrete idea from it into the coming week. That reliable move from insight to action is a large part of why his shiurim have been listened to, and relistened to, for so many years.
A clear, story-rich delivery
Rabbi Frand's delivery is a large part of his reach. He speaks with clarity and structure, and his use of story keeps even a serious mussar point accessible and moving. Listeners across a wide range of backgrounds have found his shiurim easy to follow and hard to forget, which is why they have circulated so broadly for so long — from cassette to disc to whatever comes next.
That same voice powers his renowned annual teshuva drasha, heard by large audiences in the days before the Yamim Noraim. Whether on the weekly parsha or on the eve of the new year, his gift is the same: taking a real Torah idea and delivering it so that it lodges in the heart. For a listener meeting him for the first time, the weekly parsha series is the natural door in.
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Key takeaways
- Rabbi Frand on the Parsha is Rabbi Yissocher Frand's weekly series — he is a maggid shiur at Ner Yisroel in Baltimore.
- He is best known for drawing practical mussar and middos out of the weekly Torah portion.
- His storytelling and clear structure are why his shiurim have circulated so widely for decades.
- The same voice delivers his renowned annual pre-Yamim-Noraim teshuva drasha.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.