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Divrei Torah and Jewish History

Episode Date
Hilchot Shabbat - Tzurba
Mar 21, 2024
Purim - The nature of women's obligation to hear Megilla
Mar 21, 2024
Why does the letter Bet have its back to the Alef?
Mar 20, 2024
Purim
Mar 14, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)
Mar 14, 2024
Parshat vaYakheil
Mar 14, 2024
“veNahafoch Hu“ - revealing Hashem’s Providence
Mar 14, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)
Mar 05, 2024
How was the Torah written - K’tav Ivri or K’tav Ashuri?
Mar 04, 2024
Parshat Ki Tissa
Feb 29, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)
Feb 29, 2024
Parshat Ki Tissa
Feb 29, 2024
Parshat Tetzaveh
Feb 22, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)
Feb 20, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba)
Feb 20, 2024
Parshat Teruma - The Arizal's approach to Mishkan
Feb 12, 2024
The 10 Commandments - given to Jews or non-Jews?
Feb 05, 2024
Parshat VaYeitzei
Nov 23, 2023
Parshat Toldot
Nov 23, 2023
The Evolution of Yishmael
Nov 16, 2023
Innocents in Sodom?
Nov 06, 2023
“… And the Canaanite was then in the land.” (Bereishit 12/6)
Nov 02, 2023
Parshat Lech Lecha
Oct 24, 2023
Shofar, Shabbat and Rosh Hashana
Sep 14, 2023
Atem Nitzavim … preparatory steps for Rosh Hashana
Sep 11, 2023
Milestones in Jewish Philosophy
Sep 05, 2023
Parshat Re’ay
Aug 10, 2023
The deeper dimension of Benching
Aug 10, 2023
Parshat Eikev - the message behind B’rachot
Aug 03, 2023
Tu B’av - the experience of Jewish revival
Aug 01, 2023
Parshat Devarim - Mishne Torah and the Gett
Jul 20, 2023
Parshat Chukkat
Jun 30, 2023
Milestones in Jewish Philosophy
Jun 27, 2023
Parshat Korach
Jun 23, 2023
Parshat Shelach - Yehoshua’s name change in Shelach or beShalach?
Jun 16, 2023
Milestones in Jewish Philosophy
Jun 08, 2023
Parshat Beha’alotecha - Tzara’at and the Miracle at Midway
Jun 08, 2023
Milestones in Jewish Philosophy
May 30, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 24, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 24, 2023
Milestones in Jewish Philosophy
May 22, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 18, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 17, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 17, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 17, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 17, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 17, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 17, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 17, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 17, 2023
Tzurba M'Rabanan - Series 1 - Eating dairy after meat
May 17, 2023
Milestones in Jewish Philosophy
May 17, 2023
Milestones in Jewish Philosophy
May 01, 2023
The printing press and the printing of the Zohar
Mar 20, 2023
Parshat HaChodesh - By the Light of the Moon
Mar 17, 2023
The origins and development of Kabbalah Part 2 - the rediscovery of the Zohar
Mar 13, 2023
Parshat Ki Tissa - The Aura of Moshe Rabbeinu from the ink left over
Mar 09, 2023
The origins and development of Kabbalah - part 1
Mar 08, 2023
Parshat Tetzaveh - The Philosophic Message Woven into the Bigdei Kehuna
Mar 08, 2023
Parshat Teruma - Can Holiness take Physical Form?
Feb 27, 2023
“Human knowledge is but a little island in a great ocean of non-knowledge“ - Ad deLo Yada!
Feb 15, 2023
Milestones in Jewish Philosophy - Introduction - The Rambam
Feb 15, 2023
Parshat Yitro - Was Am Yisrael Halakhically Jewish when they heard the Asseret haDibrot? Rashi vs Ramban
Feb 09, 2023
The Genesis of Purim in Gan Eden
Feb 08, 2023
Exploring the Deeper Dimensions of Tu Bishvat
Feb 06, 2023
Parshat VaYeishev - The roots of enmity between Yoseif and his brothers
Dec 15, 2022
Parshat VaYishlach - Ya’akov’s contribution to the future survival of Am Yisrael
Dec 08, 2022
Parshat VaYishlach - The Chanuka Story forecast through the abduction of Dina
Dec 05, 2022
Parshat VaYeitzei - Ladder: Codeword Soul
Dec 01, 2022
Parshat VaYeitzei - Ya’akov’s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Nov 28, 2022
Parshat Toldot - Rivka’s obsession with the Beracha of wealth - Follow the money, target the money, kill the money!!
Nov 24, 2022
Parshat Toldot - "Avraham Holid et Yitzchak” - Spiritual Genetic Engineering
Nov 21, 2022
Parshat Chayei Sarah - Sarah and Rivka's tent - a quasi Mishkan
Nov 17, 2022
Parshat VaYeira - one Malach, one task
Nov 14, 2022
Parshat Bereishit - The Creation of Chava - from Adam’s rib, side or tail
Oct 25, 2022
Shabbat Shuva - the novelty of Hoshea’s call to Teshuva
Sep 30, 2022
Parshat Ki Teitzei - Why does the Torah assume that the Ben Sorer uMoreh won’t repent?
Sep 08, 2022
Parshat Shoftim - Licence to Wage War
Sep 05, 2022
Parshat Shoftim - Institutions of Authority: the Monarch, the Judge and the teacher
Sep 01, 2022
The origin and nature of the different Shofar sounds
Aug 31, 2022
Parshat Re’ey - Treif meat is the dog’s dinner
Aug 26, 2022
Parshat Eikev - Rav Soloveitchik on the religious experience of Benching
Aug 19, 2022
Parshat VaEtchanan - Is there any substance to Idol Worship?
Aug 11, 2022
Parshat Devarim - Mishne Torah - Moshe’s Biur and Ezra’s Peirush
Aug 04, 2022
Parshat Mas’ei - A pair of pearls - commemorating The Yahrtzeit of Aharon Kohein Gadol
Jul 29, 2022
Parshat Pinchas - Pinchas and Begin - Externals of War, Internals of Peace
Jul 25, 2022
Parshat Pinchas - The nature of the Brachot received by Pinchas
Jul 22, 2022
Parshat Balak - The antidote to the vile idolatrous practice of Pe’or through the eyes of Rav Kook
Jul 14, 2022
Parshat Chukat - Rav Kook’s ingenious homiletic on the Battle of Arnon
Jul 07, 2022
Parshat Korach - Shmirat HaMikdash
Jul 02, 2022
Roe vs Wade - Halachic positions on abortion
Jun 27, 2022
Parshat Shelach - To send or not to send spies, that is the question
Jun 20, 2022
Parshat Beha’alotecha - Mann and Meat
Jun 16, 2022
Parshat beMidbar - Jacob’s funeral meets angel’s flags at the Camp of Israel
Jun 10, 2022
Parshat Naso - Shimshon: Between the two pillars of Sotah and Nazir
Jun 10, 2022
Dimensions of Deliverance - 28 Iyyar, Yom Yerushalayim
May 30, 2022
Parshat beChukotai - Timely rain and rainbows
May 26, 2022
Rabbi Akiva’s students and the Omer
May 20, 2022
Parshat Behar - Taking interest
May 19, 2022
Parshat Emor - May a Kohein’s pregnant wife enter a cemetery?
May 12, 2022
The novel choice of Haftara for Acharei Mot and Kedoshim
May 09, 2022
Parshat Kedoshim
May 05, 2022
Parshat Shemini - Kavod and Kedusha in Avodat Hashem
Mar 24, 2022
Food for Thought - The Basics of Kashrut
Mar 21, 2022
VeNahafoch Hu - The Role of Reversals in the Purim Story.
Mar 14, 2022
Parshat VaYikra - Insights into the various Korbanot from the Shem MiShmuel and Rav Kook
Mar 10, 2022
Parshat Pekudei - Ge’ula and Atchalta deGe’ula
Mar 03, 2022
The roots of the Purim story
Mar 01, 2022
Parshat VaYakheil: Fire - Man’s Red Flower (King Louis - the Jungle Book)
Feb 24, 2022
Parshat Ki Tissa - Parallel personalities in the Parsha and Haftara of Ki Tissa
Feb 17, 2022
Parshat Tetzaveh - The Kohen Gadol’s Clothes and the Convert
Feb 14, 2022
Parshat Tetzaveh - The Menorah - Don't underestimate its preparation
Feb 10, 2022
Parshat Teruma - It is not what Hashem does for us that transforms us, It is what we do for Hashem
Feb 07, 2022
Gemara Kiddushin: Michal Bat Shaul's putting on Tefillin
Feb 04, 2022
Gemara Kiddushin: Women volunteering for the Mitzvot of Tzitzit and Tefilin
Feb 04, 2022
Gemara Kiddushin: Women’s exemption from positive time-bound Mitzvot Part 1
Feb 04, 2022
Gemara Kiddushin: Women’s exemption from positive time-bound Mitzvot Part 2 - Reb Moshe
Feb 04, 2022
Parshat Teruma – The Show Behind the Bread
Feb 04, 2022
Parshat VaYishlach - The Gid haNasheh
Nov 16, 2021
Parshat VaYeitzei - Rachel’s jealousy and the most unexpected building blocks of Klal Yisrael
Nov 11, 2021
Parshat VaYeitzei - Yaakov – Tricked
Nov 08, 2021
Parshat Toldot - Rivka's purpose and perspective
Nov 05, 2021
Parshat Chayei Sarah - The Significance of the Double Cave
Oct 28, 2021
Parshat VaYeira - Sodomite Salt
Oct 22, 2021
Parshat Vayeira - Lessons from Avraham Avinu's encounter with the angels
Oct 18, 2021
Parshat Lech Lecha - The Foundational Message of Brit Mila
Oct 14, 2021
Parshat Lech Lecha - The First World War
Oct 11, 2021
Parshat Noach – Noach and the Raven
Oct 07, 2021
Parshat Bereishit - The concept of free choice alluded to in the creation story
Oct 01, 2021
The crucial nature of Teshuva during the Aseret Yemei Teshuva
Sep 13, 2021
Shabbat Shuva - The unique dimension of Hoshei’a’s call to Teshuva
Sep 10, 2021
Hilchot Teshuva - The Ba’alei Teshuva of Chapters 1 and 7
Sep 02, 2021
Parshat Nitzavim - Lo Bashamayim hi - the impact of prophecy on Halakha
Sep 02, 2021
Machzorology Part 4
Aug 31, 2021
Shofar - The 100 Sounds
Aug 31, 2021
Parshat Ki Tavo - The Second covenant between Hashem and Am Yisrael
Aug 26, 2021
Hilchot Teshuva - Sin against Hashem consists of 2 components
Aug 25, 2021
Machzorology Part 3 - The motif and structure of Selichot
Aug 24, 2021
Rav Kook's address at the opening of Hebrew University and the link to Haftara of Parshat Ki Tavo
Aug 24, 2021
Parshat Ki Teitzei - Shatnez insights
Aug 19, 2021
Hilchot Teshuva - The role played by confession/ Vidui in the Teshuva process
Aug 17, 2021
Machzorology Part 2 - The structure of the Rosh Hashanah Mussaf Amidah
Aug 16, 2021
Tashlich
Aug 16, 2021
Parshat Shoftim
Aug 13, 2021
Hilchot Teshuva - Is Teshuva an independent Mitzvah?
Aug 10, 2021
Machzorology Part 1 - HaMelech HaKadosh, Zochreinu LeChaim
Aug 10, 2021
Parshat Re'eh - The halakhic evolution of meat consumption
Aug 06, 2021
Why no mention of Yerushalayim in the Torah?
Aug 02, 2021
Parshat Eikev - The evolution of Birkat HaMazon
Jul 29, 2021
Parshat Eikev - Rav Kook - Two loves of Israel
Jul 26, 2021
Parshat Va'etchanan - The Mitzvah of Ahavat Hashem
Jul 22, 2021
The nature of Tisha B'Av - A din DeRabbanan or Midivrei Kabbalah
Jul 12, 2021
Parshat Matot - The spiritual matrix connecting Re’uvein, Gad and half Menashe
Jul 08, 2021
Parshat Pinchas - The zealotry of Pinchas and David haMelech
Jul 07, 2021
17 Tammuz - A Day of Confusion
Jun 27, 2021
Parshat Balak: Bila’m – Manouvering around God
Jun 24, 2021
Parshat Chukkat - The Nature of Anti-Semitic Attitudes
Jun 21, 2021
Parshat Chukkat – May we interpret Chukkim?
Jun 17, 2021
Parshat Korach – Kayin and Hevel = Korach and Moshe
Jun 11, 2021
Woman’s Involvement in the World of Halacha - Part 5
Jun 09, 2021
Woman’s Involvement In The World Of Halacha - Part 4: Shelo Asani Isha
Jun 07, 2021
Parshat Shelach - Hilchot Tzitzit
Jun 03, 2021
Parshat Beha'alotecha 5781
May 28, 2021
Woman’s involvement in the world of Halacha – Part 3
May 26, 2021
Woman’s involvement in the world of Halacha – Part 2
May 24, 2021
Reflections on Yom Yerushalayim
May 11, 2021
Parshat beChukotai - no wild animals or no wild in animals
May 07, 2021
Woman’s Involvement in the World of Halacha
May 05, 2021
The Megadef (The Blasphemer)
May 03, 2021
Pesach Sheini - a deeper look
Apr 26, 2021
Parshat Kedoshim - The difference between 'al' and 'lo' in negative commandments
Apr 22, 2021
The Uniqueness of Sefer Tehillim
Apr 21, 2021
Halachic Approaches to Sefira Restrictions
Apr 08, 2021
Parshat Vayikra - Will korbanot still feature in the third Beit HaMikdash?
Mar 19, 2021
Medicines and Cosmetics on Pesach
Mar 15, 2021
Parshat VaYakhel - Clash of the Titans or Meeting of the Minds; Moshe Rabeinu and Betzalel
Mar 11, 2021
Parshat Ki Tisa - A. The Coin of Fire. B. Why the righteous may suffer and the wicked may prosper
Mar 08, 2021
Parasha: "Leich reid... Demote yourself..." The pivotal point in Moshe Rabeinu's leadership
Mar 05, 2021
Purim: Halachot derived from the Pasuk 'laYehudim...'
Mar 03, 2021
Purim: Esther's philosophical challenge of incorporating the Megilla into Tanach
Mar 03, 2021
The Gra unveils the uniqueness of Purim
Feb 24, 2021
Purim: The Gra's Al haNissim; A Mehadrin Mishloach Manot
Feb 22, 2021
Purim on Pesach
Feb 22, 2021
Parsha: Insights into Parshat Zachor, Women and Parshat Zachor
Feb 18, 2021
Purim: Mordechai and the Three Kids
Feb 17, 2021
Parasha: Parallels in the Aseret HaDibrot
Feb 12, 2021
Parashat Beshalach
Feb 04, 2021
Chanukah Shiur 5781
Dec 14, 2020
Parshat VaYishlach - Yaakov afraid? Where is his Bitachon?
Dec 07, 2020
Parashat VaYishlach - Yaakov's Reaction to Dina's Abduction
Dec 03, 2020
Parshat VaYeitzei - The Sulam
Nov 30, 2020
The Varying Shapes of anti-Semitism
Nov 29, 2020
Parshat VaYeitzei - Understanding Ya’akov’s vow
Nov 28, 2020
Parashat Toldot - Mesorah and Context
Nov 22, 2020
Parasha: Yitzchak's Resurrection
Nov 09, 2020
Parashat Lech Lecha - The Test of Lech Lecha
Nov 06, 2020
The Challenge of Progress
Nov 06, 2020
Parashat VaYeira - Avraham's Negotiation over Sedom
Nov 06, 2020
Parashat Lech Lecha - The Repercussions of Lot Joining Avraham’s Journey
Oct 30, 2020
Parashat Noach- Why was Noach saved?
Oct 22, 2020
Parshat Bereishit - The Elevated State of Original Man - Learning Middot from Nature
Oct 16, 2020
Blowing Shofar on Shabbat RH: Why is the Beit haMikdash different? (part 3)
Sep 16, 2020
Torat HaGra - Torah reveals current History; you just have to be the Gaon to see it!
Sep 16, 2020
Machzorology? Insights into the structure and theme of Zichronot
Sep 16, 2020
Why no Shofar when Rosh HaShana falls on Shabbos - Part 2
Sep 08, 2020
The Origin and Structure of Selichot
Sep 07, 2020
Parasha: Ki Tavo - "Arami Oveid Avi..."
Sep 04, 2020
Machzorology Part 2: Zochreinu leChaim
Sep 01, 2020
Why no Shofar when Rosh HaShana falls on Shabbos
Sep 01, 2020
Al haMichya and the Mitzvah of Bikkurim
Sep 01, 2020
Parasha: Ki Teitzei - Souls that belong together - Eishet Yefat To'ar
Aug 28, 2020
Machzorology: Part 1 -Malchuyot (Kingship)
Aug 27, 2020
The Significance of the Shofar in Elul
Aug 27, 2020
A basic understanding of the Mitzvah of Shofar
Aug 27, 2020
Parshat Shoftim - Rabbis arguing across generational lines
Aug 21, 2020
Appreciating Lecha Dodi
Aug 19, 2020
Torat HaGra: Parashat Shoftim
Aug 19, 2020
The Four Brachot Comprising Bentching
Aug 17, 2020
Torat HaGra: The Supreme Value of Toiling in Torah
Aug 17, 2020
Parasha: Re'eh - Holy burials (Sheimos) and Cremations
Aug 14, 2020
Torat HaGra: The Gra's approach to the world of Kabbalah
Aug 06, 2020
Parasha: Eikev “Sorrow be gone!" - "Devai Haser...” Bentching at a wedding, a deeper look
Aug 06, 2020
Tefillat Kabbalat Shabbat - Mizmor leDavid, Ana beKoach
Aug 05, 2020
Festivals: The underlying message of Tu B'Av
Aug 03, 2020
Torat haGra: The Torah as a single entity. Based on Shiur by R Elyakim Krumbein
Jul 27, 2020
The nature of Tisha B'Av relative to all other fast days
Jul 27, 2020
Haftarat Chazon - The challenge of genuine unity; in tribute to our founding Rosh Yeshiva - HaRav Yehuda Amital זצ״ל
Jul 23, 2020
Halacha: Insights into the Tefillot of Shabbat
Jul 22, 2020
Torat HaGra: The Nature of Sefer Devarim
Jul 21, 2020
A Personal Perspective On The Condition of Dementia
Jul 07, 2020
The Privilege of a Personal Mesorah
Jul 07, 2020
Parasha - Chukat
Jul 04, 2020
Suggested Methodological Approach to the Biur HaGra and Word on Parashat Chukat
Jul 01, 2020
Parasha - Maintaining the balance between human ambition and faith in Hashem
Jun 29, 2020
Parasha: "The Sanhedrin Supported Korach" How?
Jun 25, 2020
Further comments on Lechem Mishne, covering Challah and Hadlakat Neirot
Jun 23, 2020
Torat HaGra: Bakashot on Shabbat and Yom Tov
Jun 22, 2020
Parasha: Shelach - The Sanhedrin Supported the Spies
Jun 19, 2020
Lehafrish Challah or Teruma
Jun 15, 2020
Parasha: Beha'alotecha
Jun 12, 2020
Halacha: Sitting or Standing for Kiddush and Havdalah
Jun 10, 2020
Torat HaGra: The Gra's Contribution to the Method of Psak
Jun 08, 2020
Halacha: Women and Havdalah Part 3
Jun 04, 2020
Parasha: Identifying the uniqueness of the father son relationship through the concept of Nezirut
Jun 04, 2020
Halacha: Womens Obligation in Kiddush and Havdalah Part 2
Jun 04, 2020
Torat HaGra: Shavuot Customs
May 30, 2020
Halacha: Shabbat - Mitzvat Asei
May 15, 2020
Parasha: Bechukotai - Gilgulim and Earthly Blessing
May 15, 2020
Festivals: Lag B'omer 5780
May 11, 2020
Parasha: Emor - Moadim and Kiddush Hashem
May 07, 2020
Parasha: Achrei - Nadav and Avihu
Apr 30, 2020
Torat HaGra: Sefirat Haomer
Apr 30, 2020
The Nature of Miracles- Yom Haatzmaut 5780
Apr 28, 2020
Torat HaGra: Sefirat Haomer
Apr 18, 2020
Parasha: Naso - Nezirim throughout Tanach
Apr 06, 2020
Festivals: Hagadah Insights - Moshe, Structure and Brocha
Mar 30, 2020
Festivals: Hagadah Insights - Avadim Hayinu
Mar 30, 2020
Parasha: Vayikra ”The Alef - Small Size, Great Message"
Mar 26, 2020
Festivals: The underlying parallel between Covid and Pesach
Mar 26, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Shabbos 18a
Mar 23, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Shabbos 17b
Mar 22, 2020
Parasha: Vayakel Pekudei - Hanging On Tender Hooks
Mar 19, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Shabbos 2a
Mar 08, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 61b
Mar 04, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 60b
Mar 03, 2020
Nusach Borei Nefashot
Feb 27, 2020
Intro into Nusach of Borei Nefashot
Feb 10, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 36
Feb 08, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 37
Feb 08, 2020
Notes on Day Yomi Berachot 35a
Feb 07, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 34b
Feb 05, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 33
Feb 04, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 32a
Feb 03, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 31
Feb 02, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 28a
Jan 30, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 27
Jan 30, 2020
Notes on Daf Yomi Berachot 26
Jan 29, 2020
Parasha: Tazria - Is Mila on Day 8 crucial nowdays
Apr 20, 2018
Pesach 5778
Mar 29, 2018