Rabbi Yechezkel Hartman: Parsha on Sefer Bereishis and Daf Yerushalmi

A parsha series through Bereishis

The clearest through-line in this library is a weekly parsha series moving through Sefer Bereishis. The titles track the sedra in order — Noach, Lech Lecha, Vayeira, Chayei Sarah, Toldos, Vayetzei — which tells you this is systematic learning rather than scattered talks. A listener can follow the book as it unfolds, week by week, and build a continuous picture of Bereishis instead of encountering isolated ideas pulled from across the Chumash.

The shiurim read the parsha through its central figures and tensions. "Parashat Noach: Dor HaMabul and Dor HaPalaga — Two Opposite Evils" sets two failed generations against each other; the Avraham shiurim return again and again to chesed, and "Avraham and Yitzchak — Chesed and Din" frames the Avos as embodiments of contrasting middos. It is a thematic, character-driven way into the text that gives each parsha a clear spine.

Chesed, din and the middos of the Avos

A recurring lens in this series is middos — the character traits the Avos personify. Avraham is presented as the pillar of chesed, Yitzchak as din, and the pairing of the two as a lesson in how opposite qualities balance within a people. Reading the patriarchs this way turns the narratives into more than history; they become a study of the very traits a Jew is meant to recognize and cultivate in themselves.

The approach carries into subtler moments too. "Yitzchak and Laughter" from Chayei Sarah, or "Rachel and Leah — Two Aspects of Am Yisrael," take a single detail or a pair of figures and open them into a larger idea about the Jewish people. This is parsha learning that expects the text to be layered, and rewards a listener willing to sit with those layers rather than rush to a summary.

Talmud and Daf Yerushalmi

Beyond the parsha, the collection reaches into Talmud, halacha and the Daf Yerushalmi — the Jerusalem Talmud, which sits outside the standard Daf Yomi cycle and receives far less attention than the Bavli. Its presence here signals a teacher comfortable in serious Gemara, and offers learners a way into a body of text that many never encounter at all.

That combination — accessible weekly parsha alongside more demanding Talmudic material — gives the library range for different learners under one name. A family can follow the Bereishis series together, while a more advanced learner in the house explores the Yerushalmi material. The parsha thread remains the easiest entry point, and the natural place for most people to begin.

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