Elbaum wrote the script for the weekly television show Parashat Hashavua (The Weekly Torah Portion) hosted by Gil Kopatch on channel 1 in 1997. Two years later he wrote the script for the film Zakota, which was broadcast as part of the Wolgin competition at the Jerusalem Film Festival, and aired numerous times on channel 2. This script won first prize of the Council of Culture and Arts of the Ministry of Education. Between 2001-2005 Elbaum conducted over 700 interviews in the award-winning program, Hotzeh Israel (Crossing Israel). Later on Elbaum edited and hosted the documentary TV show Osim Derech (Making Way) on channel 2, which discussed scientists who had won the Israel Price in recent years. Since 2007 Elbaum has been discussing the weekly Torah portion on his TV show Mekablim Shabbat (Receiving Shabbat) on channel 1, hosting every week different guests (academics, intellectuals, musicians and artists) whose life or field of interest is related to the portion.
