Want to connect to Chanukah this year?
We're here to help.
With Aleph Beta’s animated videos, delightful podcasts, and printable guides, it’s easy and fun to show up for Chanukah feeling spiritually prepared.
Our Favorite Videos for Chanukah
Welcome to Aleph Beta!
What is this?
Aleph Beta is a unique kind of Torah library, featuring original podcasts, short animated videos, deep dive courses, and more.
Led by our founder, Rabbi David Fohrman, we are dedicated to in-depth Torah learning that is motivated by a spirit of reverent curiosity, close attention to the Torah text, and a thirst for spiritual meaning. We explore a wide range of Torah topics: the weekly parsha, holidays, mitzvot, big questions in Judaism, and more.
Who is this for?
For the adult learner — whether you’ve been learning in yeshiva for years or you’re just beginning your Torah journey.
Rabbi Fohrman’s approach to Torah study is intellectually and spiritually sophisticated (there’s nothing “dumbed down” here), but also clear and accessible. Give us a chance and watch a video (here’s a great one to start with). If you like it, then you’re in the right place.
How does it work?
Start a free trial and enjoy complete access to everything we have to offer.
You can browse our library to enjoy brief samples of our content, but a free trial will give you the full Aleph Beta experience — and if our Torah doesn’t knock your socks off, then you can cancel anytime. We hate to put Torah behind a paywall, but we’re a non-profit organization committed to delivering exceptional Torah content, and we’re funded entirely by subscribers.
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Understanding Tanach Stories
Deep Dive Courses
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Let us introduce ourselves
Rabbi Fohrman Our lead scholar
Rabbi David Fohrman is the founder and lead scholar at Aleph Beta. Over the last two decades, he’s pioneered a way of reading Biblical text that feels both rigorous and revelatory. Through Aleph Beta, he’s given expression to that, developing what is now a vast library of content, spanning all types of media: animated videos, podcasts and books. He’s also embarked on an effort to train a team of Torah scholars adept at the close-reading methodology he’s pioneered – and their work can be found at Aleph Beta, too.
Prior to his founding of Aleph Beta, Rabbi Fohrman served as a senior editor and writer for the ArtScroll Talmud Project. He also taught Biblical themes as adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University, where he had earlier received a Master’s degree in Western intellectual history. Rabbi Fohrman received his rabbinical and Talmudic training at the Ner Israel Rabbinical College, but some of his earliest and most profound exposure to Biblical text analysis came from his encounters with Rabbi Yosef Leibowitz, in his childhood years in Northern California.
