{"podcast":{"title":"Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi","slug":"parsha-with-rabbi-david-bibi-4336127","podcast_index_feed_id":4336127,"rss_url":"https://rss.jewishpodcasts.fm:443/rss/405","website_url":"https://jewishpodcasts.fm/rabbidavidbibi","image_url":"https://s3.jewishpodcasts.fm/img/957/1628623589627__WhatsApp_Image_2021-08-10_at_3.26.16_PM.jpeg","author":"david bibi","episode_count":671,"summary":"Join as we explore the weekly parasha from a Kabbalistic perspective and attempt to simplify the secrets of the Torah","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T18:20:04.758526+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parsha-with-rabbi-david-bibi-4336127"},"episode":{"title":"HaShem Is Our Shadow — From Keri to Karov  Opening - Bamidbar","slug":"hashem-is-our-shadow-from-keri-to-karov-opening-bamidbar","published_at":"2026-05-14T13:53:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parsha-with-rabbi-david-bibi-4336127/hashem-is-our-shadow-from-keri-to-karov-opening-bamidbar","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parsha-with-rabbi-david-bibi-4336127","url":"https://jewishpodcasts.fm/rabbidavidbibi/117689","audio_url":"https://records.jewishpodcasts.fm/protected/957/1778766238321.mp3?show_id=405&episode_id=117689","summary":"This morning’s Breakfast and a Class took a step back from the individual parashah of Bamidbar and looked instead at the sefer itself — the fourth book of the Torah, the book the secular world calls Numbers . And the question is fascinating: why is this book so central? If Sefer Devarim was, in many ways, Moshe Rabbenu’s final repetition and review before his passing, then the Torah could theoretically have ended with Bamidbar, with additional mitzvot woven elsewhere throughout the Torah. Which means this fourth book is not simply another stage in the journey. It is the hinge of Jewish history.      In this class, we explore the deeper meaning of Sefer Bamidbar as the transition from open revelation to hidden relationship — from a generation living surrounded by Clouds of Glory and daily miracles to a people entering a world of nature, struggle, responsibility, and hidden providence. Drawing on the teachings of the Ba‘al Shem Tov, the Netziv, Ramban, and Chazal, we examine the frightening idea that “HaShem is your shadow” — that the way we relate to HaShem shapes the way His presence is revealed in our lives. The movement from keri — seeing life as random and casual — to karov — living with closeness and awareness of HaShem — may be the central spiritual struggle not only of Bamidbar, but of our generation as well.   ","meta_description":"This morning’s Breakfast and a Class took a step back from the individual parashah of Bamidbar and looked instead at the sefer itself — the fourth book of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":729,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/parsha-with-rabbi-david-bibi-4336127/episodes/hashem-is-our-shadow-from-keri-to-karov-opening-bamidbar/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/parsha-with-rabbi-david-bibi-4336127/hashem-is-our-shadow-from-keri-to-karov-opening-bamidbar.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}