Sof Pasuk: The Torah Reading Podcast

Donny Rose hosts a weekly podcast discussing the do's and don'ts of how to read this week's parasha. Feedback? E-mail me at [email protected] or join the conversation at on the Sof Pasuk WhatsApp.

A Sefer Torah Dedication 06/05/2025

A Sefer Torah Dedication A special edition on occasion of dedicating a new sefer torah. Follow along in Shemot 15:21, Devarim 31:19, Devarim 33:29, Shemot 15:11, Bereshit 44:18, Devarim 8:8-9, and Bereshit 18:19. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/36864655

Bemidbar 05/29/2025

Bemidbar Who really was Elyasaf's father? And what's going on with so much munach? Follow along in Bemidbar 1:14, 2:14, Bereshit 10:4, Divrei Hayamim Alef 1:7, Bemidbar 3:4, Devarim 24:4 Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/36775490

Behar Bechukotai 05/23/2025

Behar Bechukotai A sneaky keves yayin and a mistake from last year. Follow along in Vayrika 25:30 and 25:14. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/36683615

Emor 05/16/2025

Emor Looking at what's hiding in plain sight. Follow along in Vayrika 23:32, 16:31, 23:3, 22:21, 21:19, 21:10, 24:14. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/36591930

Acharei Mot Kedoshim 05/09/2025

Acharei Mot Kedoshim The consequences of noticing an unusual formulation. Follow along in Vayrika 20:2, 9:2-3, 17:2-9, 20:6, 19:31, 24:13-14, Shemot 22-38. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/36505410

Tazria Metzora 05/02/2025

Tazria Metzora Definitely articles. Follow along in Vayirka 13:10, 12, 31, 32, 3, 11, 9, 45, 47. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/36408320

Shemini 04/24/2025

Shemini Is it good? It is good. Follow along in Vayrika 10:19, Bereshit 18:21, 37:32. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/36295710

Shir Hashirim 04/18/2025

Shir Hashirim Or not. Follow along in Shir Hashirim 2:7, 3:5, 8:4, 4:10, Melachim Alef 12:16, Shmuel Bet 20:1, Shir Hashirim 5:8, 5:9. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/36218335

Tzav 04/10/2025

Tzav A cautionary tale on column layout, a favorite pasuk, and fun with frames for Chag Hamatzot. Follow along in Vayikra 7:27, 8:21, Shemot, 12:34-36. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/36088860

Vayrika 04/03/2025

Vayrika A pair of synonyms you may not have noticed. Follow along in Vayrika 1:10, 1:-12, 4:1-2, 5:14-15, 5:20-21. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/35994110

Pekudei 03/27/2025

Pekudei Figuring out how to start the day. Follow along in Shemot 11:18, Vayrika 23:5-6, 23:32, Bereishit 1:5. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/35888835

Vayakhel 03/20/2025

Vayakhel A delicious keves yayin and some nitpicking for Para. Follow along in Shemot 35:35, Bemidbar 19:6, 19:21, Yechezkel 36:23. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/35792085

Tetzave 03/04/2025

Tetzave Good examples of parsing this week. Follow along in Shemot 28:1, 28:33, and 30:9. /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/35526535

Teruma 02/27/2025

Teruma A keves yayin special, and a good example of parsing relative clauses. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/35464595

Mishpatim 02/20/2025

Mishpatim An usual parsing of an infinitive absolute and what it could mean. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/35369720

Yitro 02/13/2025

Yitro An anomly, an unusual construct, and a good use case of the nasog achor. Follow along in Shemot 18:26, 18:22, Rut 2:8, Shemot 20:15, 19:1, Bereshit 16:3, Shemot 20:19. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/35277520

Beshalah 02/07/2025

Beshalah /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/35188305

Bo 01/30/2025

Bo Mistakes, not just but also. Follow along in Shemot 10:25, Bereishit 24:25, Shemot 10:21, Bereishit 1:3, 1:6, Shemot 10:22, 11:2. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/35087900

Va'eira 01/23/2025

Va'eira /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/34985820

Shemot 01/16/2025

Shemot /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/34883075

Vayehi 01/09/2025

Vayehi Musical interventions with Moshe Ginsberg. Follow along in Bereshit 48:16, 47:31, 27:5-6. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/34788950

Vayigash 01/02/2025

Vayigash Double meaning in broken frames. Follow along in Bereshit 45:6-7, 45:8-27, 45:28, 44:18, 47:12-14. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/34694550

Mikeitz 12/26/2024

Mikeitz Getting strong on the dagesh chazak. Follow along in Bereishit 41:1, 41:9, 41:4, 41:38, 41:9, 41:50, 41:8, 41:31, 41:51, 42:7. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/34623050

Vayeshev 12/19/2024

Vayeshev More examples in support of the azla for parsing, and where am I going? /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/34532730

Vayeitzei 12/05/2024

Vayeitzei A little more on parsing. Folow along in Bereishit 29:32-35. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/34307095

Toledot 11/29/2024

Toledot Eating up more mistakes. Follow along in Bereshit 24:54, 30:25, 27:19, 27:25, 27:4. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/34199490

Chayei Sara 11/22/2024

Chayei Sara Cautionary tails from mistakes of years past. Follow along in Bereshit 23:14, 24:25, 24:49, 24:54, 30:25. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/34105136

Vayeira 11/14/2024

Vayeira On the range with "el" and the sensitivity to narrative. Follow along with Bereshit 18:7, 20:2, 19:8, 20:7, 20:17. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/33928387

Lech Lecha 11/07/2024

Lech Lecha Why I avoid reading Lech Lecha, and a parsing so unusual is godly. Follow along in Bereishit 11:29, 12:5, 12:6, 13:13, Yona 3:3. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/33839872

Noah 10/31/2024

Noah Some classic examples and one unusual form. Follow along in Bereshit 8:3, 8:5, 8:7, 8:22, 8:8, 10:10, 8:12, Shemot 19:13. Provide your feedback or join the WhatsApp group by sending an email to /episode/index/show/sofpasuk/id/33707012

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