A Chumash shiur, week by week
This is exactly what its name promises: a Chumash shiur delivered by Rabbi Sruly Bornstein. The collection works through the text itself — the pesukim of the parsha — rather than orbiting it with loosely related themes. For a listener, that means learning that stays close to the source, following the Chumash in order and letting the verses set the agenda. Around thirty recorded shiurim make up the series.
A text-based Chumash series suits anyone who wants to actually learn the parsha, not just hear a thought about it. The discipline of moving through the words in sequence builds something durable: a growing command of the narrative and its details. It is the kind of learning that compounds, where each week's shiur rests on the ones before it.
Learning that stays close to the text
There is a meaningful difference between a talk inspired by the parsha and a shiur that teaches the parsha. This series aims at the latter — opening the Chumash and working through it, so that a listener comes away knowing the text better, not only feeling moved by it. That grounding in the actual words is what makes Chumash learning a foundation rather than a decoration.
Staying close to the source is also the natural setting in which a learner meets the classic commentators, since understanding a verse so often begins with the question a Rashi or a Ramban raises on it. A continuous Chumash shiur gives that kind of learning room to develop across the parsha, one verse leading to the next, rather than compressing everything into a single thought.
A foundation for the family
Chumash is where most Jewish learning begins, which makes a clear, orderly Chumash series a good fit for a household with a range of ages. Children encounter these same narratives in school, and a parent following a text-based shiur is better equipped to talk through the parsha at home with real detail rather than generalities.
Because the series is recorded and sequential, a family can keep pace with the weekly reading or work through it at its own speed. Either way, the payoff is the same: a steadily deepening familiarity with the Chumash that supports everything else a person learns. It is a practical anchor for a home that wants the parsha at the center of its week.
Finding kosher Torah video for your family
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- A text-based Chumash shiur with Rabbi Sruly Bornstein — teaching the parsha, not just a thought on it.
- Roughly thirty recorded lessons, following the Chumash in order.
- Text-close learning builds durable, cumulative familiarity with the parsha's narrative and details.
- A useful foundation for parents wanting to discuss the weekly reading with their children.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.