# Trailblazing the Text of Tanach

- **Teacher:** R Neil Winkler
- **Source:** OUTorah
- **Episodes:** 48
- **Categories:** Parsha/Derasha
- **OUTorah page:** http://outorah.org/series/9005
- **RSS:** https://feeds.thetorahapp.org/ou/9005/all.xml
- **TorahApp:** https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005

## Episodes

- **[Why Was Avraham Chosen?](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F203941)** (2024-10-29, 0:56:13) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/203941) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/UycteRLT) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F203941)
- **[Avraham, Lot, and the Angels](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F203943)** (2024-11-04, 0:49:27) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/203943) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/MousRnMq) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F203943)
- **[The Sale of Yosef](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F204506)** (2024-11-11, 0:53:53) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/204506) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/hVZvPkus) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F204506)
- **[The Sale of Yosef (Part 2)](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F206699)** (2024-11-18, 0:55:52) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/206699) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/jpbsBvog) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F206699)
- **[The Sale of Yosef (Part 3)](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F207418)** (2024-11-25, 0:53:28) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/207418) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/kJEFaO3Z) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F207418)
- **[How Chazal See the Story of Yosef](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F207612)** (2024-12-02, 0:47:31) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/207612) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/0EqnVNUw) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F207612)
- **[Yosef's Brother's Missions to Egypt](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F208116)** (2024-12-09, 0:54:19) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/208116) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/4JhKcW0r) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F208116)
- **[What Convinced Yosef to Reveal Himself](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F209360)** (2024-12-16, 0:48:25) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/209360) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/X10pFdVR) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F209360)
- **[Yehuda's Version of the Story](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F210007)** (2024-12-23, 0:59:22) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/210007) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/DoufY8t4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F210007)
- **[The Tanachic Roots of Chanukah](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F212788)** (2024-12-27, 0:49:27) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/212788) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/6z4YXzWE) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F212788)
- **[The Long Awaited Reunion](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F210797)** (2024-12-30, 0:53:57) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/210797) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/jEWRPRH8) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F210797)
- **[In the Merit of the Righteous Women, Israel was Redeemed](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F215159)** (2025-01-20, 0:50:57) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/215159) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/qmIvl5AL) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F215159)
- **[The Development of the Redeemer](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F215800)** (2025-01-27, 0:41:27) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/215800) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/v7k4VSAO) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F215800)
- **[Moshe's Lessons from Midyan](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F216371)** (2025-02-03, 0:47:31) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/216371) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/WeFnEt1y) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F216371)
- **[Moshe, Tziporah and the Brit](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F217813)** (2025-02-14, 0:49:55) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/217813) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/dTFle7xP) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F217813)
- **[The Conundrum of Moshe Rabbeinu](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F218374)** (2025-02-24, 0:53:02) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/218374) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/HEwnz16J) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F218374)
- **[Moshe Completing God's Mission](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F219002)** (2025-03-03, 0:42:37) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/219002) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/VcQHwi6L) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F219002)
- **[Israel's Journey From Freedom to Independence](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F220843)** (2025-03-21, 0:51:47) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/220843) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/1Ad1j7TN) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F220843)
- **[The True Defeat of Egypt](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F221431)** (2025-03-31, 0:55:37) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/221431) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/TqA4jQHQ) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F221431)
- **[The Sin of Nadav and Avihu](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F224755)** (2025-05-12, 0:55:28) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/224755) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/bM0gh7lk) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F224755)
- **[The Sin of the Golden Calf](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F225893)** (2025-05-27, 0:45:01) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/225893) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/nnDZMLHT) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F225893)
- **[The Theophany at Sinai](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F226713)** (2025-06-05, 0:54:55) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/226713) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/qERDUHSC) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F226713)
- **[The Sin of the Spies](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F227253)** (2025-06-12, 0:56:04) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/227253) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/HUihbds2) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F227253)
- **[The Punishment of the Spies](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F227791)** (2025-06-19, 0:51:14) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/227791) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/DJ5mLMzS) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F227791)
- **[A Second Look at Moshe's Sin](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F229322)** (2025-07-08, 0:42:39) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/229322) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/JOQXppZl) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F229322)
- **[Moshe’s Punishment: Who is to Blame?](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F229891)** (2025-07-16, 0:39:50) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/229891) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/rZczHiku) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F229891)
- **[The Promised Land - But What Land was Promised?](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F230539)** (2025-07-24, 0:49:19) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/230539) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/gyIvmMvq) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F230539)
- **[The Promised Land…But What Land Was Promised?” (Part 2)](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F231060)** (2025-08-04, 0:49:40) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/231060) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/GHkCx95s) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F231060)
- **[A Promised Land or a Conquered One?](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F234415)** (2025-09-09, 0:51:08) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/234415) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/egJFn3aZ) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F234415)
- **[A Promised Land or a Conquered One? (cont'd)](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F235513)** (2025-09-25, 0:50:38) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/235513) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/vVrAq5b9) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F235513)
- **[Understanding the Book of Devarim](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F235514)** (2025-09-30, 0:48:23) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/235514) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/53CMM1Sd) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F235514)
- **[The Second Ten Commandments…Why?](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F238751)** (2025-11-11, 0:46:02) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/238751) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/udRhCk9O) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F238751)
- **[The Aseret Hadibrot as a Blueprint for Sefer D’varim](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F239293)** (2025-11-18, 0:48:07) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/239293) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/DrkMLwYv.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F239293)
- **[The Difference Between Sefer Devarim and the Previous Chumashim](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F239295)** (2025-11-26, 0:51:41) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/239295) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/SfhKZNkQ.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F239295)
- **[The Mitzvot of Sefer Devarim](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F242713)** (2025-12-29, 0:48:44) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/242713) · [audio](https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/hetEb43I) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F242713)
- **[Confronting the Challenging Law of Eshet Yefat Toar](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F243320)** (2026-01-05, 0:50:14) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/243320) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/9WqiRk2e.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F243320)
- **[Eshet Yefat Toar: A Compromise With the Yetzer Hara - Or a Battle Against It](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F244425)** (2026-01-14, 0:48:49) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/244425) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/oUcQshFA.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F244425)
- **[Yehoshua: The Man and The Book (Part I)](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F245116)** (2026-01-22, 0:44:13) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/245116) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/5tYljhiC.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F245116)
- **[Yehoshua-The Man and The Book (Part 2)](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F245731)** (2026-02-02, 0:53:59) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/245731) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/J4iVnhzY.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F245731)
- **[The Sequence of Events in Sefer Yehoshua (part 1)](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F247471)** (2026-02-18, 0:50:29) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/247471) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/AZRqWylm.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F247471)
- **[The Sequence of Events in Sefer Yehoshua (Part 2)](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F247472)** (2026-02-23, 0:52:35) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/247472) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/ep51LEVo.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F247472)
- **[The Sin of Achan….or of Israel?](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F251971)** (2026-04-23, 0:48:58) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/251971) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/ne6zfdhi.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F251971)
- **[The Sin of Achan and its Consequences](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F252868)** (2026-05-04, 0:38:07) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/252868) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/R9oip1ww.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F252868)
- **[The Blessings and the Curses: The Sinai Theophany - or Not](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F252884)** (2026-05-15, 0:47:55) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/252884) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/7TCa4lyg.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F252884)
- **[The Stories of the Aron,  Kalev and an (Almost) Civil War](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F253521)** (2026-05-20, 0:46:35) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/253521) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/WPogUUiN.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F253521)
- **[The Perfect Closing to Sefer Yehoshua](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F254061)** (2026-05-26, 0:49:15) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/254061) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/88GJpzG4.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F254061)
- **[The Era of Ehud ben Gera](https://torahlm.org/shiurim/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F257317)** (2026-06-23, 0:51:17) — [OUTorah](http://outorah.org/p/257317) · [audio](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/pggBysWp.mp4) · [TorahApp](https://torahapp.org/share/p/OU_9005?e=http%3A%2F%2Foutorah.org%2Fp%2F257317)
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