Sukkot - Power of the 4 Species

And you shall take for yourselves on the first day, the fruit of the hadar tree, date palm fronds, a branch of a braided tree, and willows of the brook

וּלְקַחְתֶּם לָכֶם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים וַעֲנַף עֵץ עָבֹת וְעַרְבֵי נָחַל 

Vayikra 23:40

The Ultimate Power: When Yom Kippur Falls on Shabbat

Regarding Yom Kippur, the Torah says:

For on this day He shall effect atonement for you to cleanse you. Before Hashem, you shall be cleansed from all your sins. It is a Sabbath of rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is an eternal statute.

כִּי בַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם לְטַהֵר אֶתְכֶם מִכֹּל חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם לִפְנֵי יְ-ק-וָֹ-ק תִּטְהָרוּ. שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן הִיא לָכֶם וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם חֻקַּת עוֹלָם

Vayikra 16:30-31

 Regarding Shabbat, the Torah says:

Six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to Hashem, whoever performs work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death

שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים יֵעָשֶׂה מְלָאכָה וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן קֹדֶשׁ לה כָּל הָעֹשֶׂה מְלָאכָה בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת מוֹת יוּמָת

Shmot 31:15

Here Shabbat is referred to as being "holy to Hashem" where it would really seem that this refers to Yom Kippur since Yom Kippur is a day devoid of the material, and completely dedicated to the holiness of Hashem.

Ha'Azinu - Making Tshuvah

The Kli Yakar explains that the Jewish people are referred to by a number of different names.

• Yisrael ישראל
• Yaacov יעקב
• Yeshurun ישורון

Explains the Kli Yakar, when you take the last letters of each of these names and put them together, then you get the word - LAVAN (לבן) - white.

Lavan, white, as it says in the verse:

If your sins prove to be like crimson, they will become white as snow; if they prove to be as red as crimson dye, they shall become as wool

אִם יִהְיוּ חֲטָאֵיכֶם כַּשָּׁנִים כַּשֶּׁלֶג יַלְבִּינוּ אִם יַאְדִּימוּ כַתּוֹלָע כַּצֶּמֶר יִהְיוּ

Yeshayahu 1:18

This refers to whitening or bleaching of sins.

Ki Tavo - Enthusiasm Sweetens the Judgement

The L-rd has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see and ears to hear, until this day.

וְלֹא נָתַן יְ־קוָ־ק לָכֶם לֵב לָדַעַת וְעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֹת וְאָזְנַיִם לִשְׁמֹעַ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה

Devarim 29:3

What is this verse referring to?

Ki Teitzei - Protecting the Soul

When you build a house that is new, you shall make a guard rail for your roof

כִּי תִבְנֶה בַּיִת חָדָשׁ וְעָשִׂיתָ מַעֲקֶה לְגַגֶּךָ 

Devarim 22:8

The Noam Elimelech looks into the deeper meaning of this verse. He explains that the beginning of this verse "When you build a house" refers to our 'internal house', in other words our souls. The soul is  a very holy entity and needs to be protected and maintained regularly.

How can we protect the soul?

Shoftim - Inside and Outside

And it will be, when he sits upon his royal throne, that he shall write for himself copies of the Torah on a scroll from [that Torah which is] before the Levitic kohanim.

וְהָיָה כְשִׁבְתּוֹ עַל כִּסֵּא מַמְלַכְתּוֹ וְכָתַב לוֹ אֶת מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת עַל סֵפֶר מִלִּפְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם

Devarim 17: 18

What are these copies of the Torah?

Re'eh - Diligence over Laziness

Because of the winter, a lazy man does not plow; he will seek in harvest, and there will be nothing.

 מֵחֹרֶף עָצֵל לֹא יַחֲרשׁ יְשָׁאַל וְשָׁאַל בַּקָּצִיר וָאָיִן

Mishlei 20:4

Rabbeinu Behaye captures the spirit of each week's parshah with a verse from Mishlei, preparing us for the fundamental ideas to be discussed in the parshah.
He explains how  the author of Mishlei, Shlomo HaMelech, sought to convey many important principles and useful life lessons, but some of the most important concepts are "זריזות" (diligence) and "עצל" (laziness).
Says the Rabbeinu Behaye, we can see these concepts across all aspects of life: running a home, caring for our bodies, spiritual matters, and Torah.