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Torah in Seven

Torah in Seven explores the weekly parsha in seven minutes. Each episode pulls a single thread from the narrative and follows it inward, revealing new facets of wisdom. Join host Baila Olidort as she weaves classical commentary, Chassidic insight, and personal reflection into a tapestry that brings ancient stories into conversation with our lives today.

Vayishlach: Who Am I?
What happens when all your relational anchors are no longer available to you? This week’s episode of Torah in Seven explores developing a core identity that doesn’t depend on anything external to the self.
Vayeshev: Rupture and Recognition
What truths sit in plain sight, waiting for us to finally recognize them? Discover the power of recognition in this week’s Torah in Seven with Baila Olidort.
Miketz: Life After Trauma
Joseph names his son "G-d made me forget." But forget what—and why? And why is letting go sometimes the only way to become?
Vayigash: Take Me Instead!
What does it mean to step forward in moments of tension and uncertainty? This episode of Torah in Seven reflects on honesty, responsibility, and the possibility of repair.
Vayechi: An Unfinished Story
In this episode of Torah in Seven, the final one in the Book of Genesis, we explore what it means to live inside an unfinished story—and what the Torah asks of us when escape is not an option and endurance becomes a moral act.
Shemot: The Narrow Place
There's a particular violence in having one's pain go unseen, their cry unheard, their voice shut down. The Jewish people understand this. And Parshat Shemot speaks directly to it. What does redemption look like from inside this narrow place?
Va'eira: The Slow Unraveling
Vaeira traces the slow unraveling of a world that can no longer endure, and asks what it takes to be drawn out from the very heart of its collapse.
Bo: The Stories We Inherit
This episode reflects on how stories shape moral imagination, how freedom is learned through narrative, and why what we pass down matters as much as what we lived through.
Beshalach: The Economy of Trust
What does it mean to let go of the illusion of control—and to learn what it means to have enough. In this episode of Torah in Seven, we look at the slow work of cultivating trust rather than control.
Yitro: The Sinai Anticlimax
We expected an other-worldly revelation. What happened was something else entirely.
Mishpatim: Conscience and Consensus
How do we live by consensus without surrendering our conscience?
Terumah: Architecture of Desire
The strange tension between structure and desire no one talks about.
Tetzaveh: Travel Light. Carry Weight.
Why Aaron’s garments challenge modern ideas of freedom.
Ki Tisa: The Kid, the Milk, and the Robot
After the collapse of all boundaries at the Golden Calf, Ki Tissa offers an ancient 'Source Code' for a moral society—and a warning about what happens when humans become interchangeable with machines.
Vayakhel-Pekudei: Dead Stones, Living Souls
From forced labor to willing hearts — the Book of Exodus ends where it truly begins.
Bamidbar: Living in the Twilight Zone
When the old life ends — but the new one hasn't begun …
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