Chumash, parsha by parsha
Rabbi Yochanan Cohen's recorded shiurim move through the Chumash in step with the weekly parsha. The Sefer Shemos series is numbered as an ongoing set — Chumash shiur after Chumash shiur — so a listener can follow the sefer in order rather than dropping into isolated talks. It is the kind of steady, week-by-week learning that builds a real feel for the flow of the text over a full sefer.
Individual sessions stop on a single idea inside the parsha. One asks why Hashem first revealed Himself to Moshe through a lowly thorn bush; another draws from the parsha that true greatness is measured by caring for others; a third looks at how Pharaoh tried to break the spirit of the Jewish people. Each takes a verse and turns it into something a family can carry into the week.
Yom Tov and Rosh Chodesh
Alongside the parsha, the collection follows the Jewish calendar. There are shiurim for the festivals and for Rosh Chodesh, marking the turn of each month with its own themes and opportunities. This keeps the learning tied to where a family actually is in the year, so a shiur before a Yom Tov lands exactly when it is most useful rather than out of season.
Because the calendar comes around every year, these seasonal shiurim are worth returning to. The Rosh Chodesh pieces in particular treat the new month as a small fresh start, a chance to reset intentions — a quiet, recurring rhythm that fits naturally into family life and gives parents a short, timely idea to share at the table.
From Tanach to everyday avodah
The shiurim also reach into Kesuvim, the Writings section of Tanach, and into broader questions of Jewish thought. Rather than treating these texts as history, the approach asks what they demand of a person now — how a verse from Tehillim or Mishlei might shape a decision, a relationship, or a daily habit.
That practical bent is the thread through the whole collection. Whether the subject is a parsha, a festival, or a passage from Tanach, the aim is the same: to take a source seriously on its own terms and then let it touch daily avodas Hashem. It is Torah meant to be lived and applied, not only studied and admired.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Yochanan Cohen teaches an ongoing, numbered Chumash series that follows the weekly parsha.
- His Sefer Shemos shiurim include ideas like greatness measured by caring for others and the meaning of the burning bush.
- The collection tracks the Jewish year with Yom Tov and Rosh Chodesh shiurim.
- He also draws on Kesuvim and Jewish thought, always aiming at practical, everyday application.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.