Learning the parsha, week by week
The heart of Rabbi Menashe Frankel's collection is a steady stream of Chumash shiurim on the weekly parsha. Classes such as his Chumash shiur on Parshas Toldos move through the text of the sedra, drawing out its ideas at a pace built for consistent, ongoing learning. For a family or an individual looking to stay with the parsha through the year, this kind of week-in, week-out shiur is exactly the anchor that keeps learning going.
The appeal of a running Chumash shiur is its rhythm. Each week picks up where the last left off, so the learning accumulates rather than starting cold. Rabbi Frankel's parsha classes are structured to be followed in order, building a familiarity with the flow of the sefer and the themes that carry from one sedra to the next, so the whole book gradually comes into view.
The Yamim Tovim as they arrive
Alongside the weekly parsha, the collection follows the Jewish calendar. Rabbi Frankel's holiday shiurim mark the Yamim Tovim as they come — his Chanukah classes, including a shiur on Zos Chanukah, take up the themes of the festival at the time they are most alive. Learning a holiday's ideas in its own season, rather than in the abstract, is a large part of what makes these classes land.
Holiday learning also connects naturally back to the parsha work. The festivals are woven through the Chumash, and a teacher who is already walking through the text week by week can bring the two together, showing how the Yom Tov grows out of the Torah's own account. The result is a calendar of learning that feels continuous rather than piecemeal.
Teshuva and hespedim
The collection also reaches into subjects of the heart. Classes on teshuva address the work of return and self-examination, a theme that runs deeper than any single season. And the presence of hespedim — eulogies — points to a teacher willing to speak to loss and memory, using the Jewish tradition's own language for honoring those who have passed.
These heavier subjects round out a body of teaching that is otherwise built on parsha and Yom Tov. Together they suggest a rav who teaches not only the calendar but the life lived within it — the growth, the reckonings and the goodbyes. For a learner, that breadth means the collection has something to offer well beyond the weekly sedra.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- He gives ongoing Chumash shiurim on the weekly parsha, such as Toldos.
- The collection follows the Yamim Tovim, including Chanukah and Zos Chanukah.
- Classes also reach into teshuva and the craft of the hesped.
- A steady source for parsha-based learning through the year.
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