Daily Drop of Torah

By alex scharg

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Alex Scharg, a media producer and entrepreneur taking a sabbatical year in Israel, gives 1-2 minute daily audio bytes of Torah knowledge and stories from Aish HaTorah College in Jerusalem.

Episode Date
Our Speech and its Effects
Apr 23, 2021
How does a mikveh purify?
Apr 21, 2021
Leukemia Miracle from Shabbat
Apr 20, 2021
Why can’t Jews eat Predators?
Apr 19, 2021
Mysterious Passover Envelopes
Apr 02, 2021
Defining Shabbos HaGodol
Apr 01, 2021
Pots and Pans with Chometz
Mar 25, 2021
Pesach - Behind the Name
Mar 24, 2021
Passover - Every Generation or Year?
Mar 23, 2021
Do I need to be thankful for food?
Mar 18, 2021
Someone Disconnected from Torah
Mar 16, 2021
Shabbat in our hands - Pekudei and Vayakhel.
Mar 14, 2021
From Rabbi, to Priest, to Rabbi
Mar 12, 2021
4 Types of Financial Donors
Mar 11, 2021
A PhD Student gets his Values Tested
Mar 10, 2021
Pointing out Mistakes Properly
Mar 09, 2021
A Test to Give
Mar 08, 2021
What is behind the word Davening
Mar 08, 2021
Learn from Mistakes - Ki Sisa
Mar 07, 2021
Eating Matzah before Passover
Mar 03, 2021
Balancing Love of Man and Creator
Mar 03, 2021
Why Not More Chassidic Outreach?
Mar 01, 2021
Purim Finale - Purim and the Parsha
Feb 28, 2021
Purim Special 4 - Live or Die
Feb 26, 2021
Purim Special 3 - Theme of Fasting.
Feb 24, 2021
Purim Special 2 - Drinking Properly
Feb 23, 2021
Purim Special 1 - People who are Alone
Feb 22, 2021
Nature Walks on Shabbat
Feb 21, 2021
Power of People - Terumah
Feb 21, 2021
Handling Negative Information
Feb 18, 2021
A Torah Home Delays Destruction
Feb 17, 2021
Losing Your Smell
Feb 16, 2021
Man versus Bear
Feb 16, 2021
The Secret of ד
Feb 12, 2021
How does Gd pray?
Feb 10, 2021
Does one have to follow customs?
Feb 09, 2021
Understanding a ‘Rebbe’
Feb 08, 2021
Speaking Badly about Non-Jews
Feb 08, 2021
What we learn from a Desert - Yisro
Feb 08, 2021
What is Kindness?
Feb 05, 2021
Laws of Disparagement
Feb 04, 2021
Meriting Messiah
Feb 02, 2021
Wine and Judaism
Feb 01, 2021
Yom Kippur versus Shabbat
Feb 01, 2021
Why do we suffer - Beshalach
Jan 31, 2021
Negativity Among Your People
Jan 29, 2021
Tu B’Shevat Relates to Every Person
Jan 27, 2021
Power of Your Lips
Jan 27, 2021
Who were these Rabbis?
Jan 25, 2021
Commemorating R’ Noach Weinberg
Jan 25, 2021
Secret of your Weak Arm - Bo
Jan 23, 2021
Strengthening Self-Esteem
Jan 22, 2021
How do you focus?
Jan 20, 2021
Approaches to Assimilation and Modernization
Jan 20, 2021
What is Kabalos Punim?
Jan 18, 2021
Jewish Insulation versus Modernization
Jan 17, 2021
How to choose truth - Va’eira
Jan 17, 2021
What is the Mizrachi Movement?
Jan 15, 2021
Significance of 600,000
Jan 14, 2021
Israel Opinions with Non-Torah Lens
Jan 12, 2021
Why Do Some Remove Shoes in Prayer?
Jan 11, 2021
A Russian School that Opened Horizons
Jan 10, 2021
Relationship Between Care and Water
Jan 09, 2021
Rabbinical Opinions on Israel
Jan 07, 2021
When does the Creator Turn His Back?
Jan 07, 2021
Counters to Anti-Israel Torah Sources
Jan 05, 2021
Why Some Religious Jews Oppose Israel
Jan 04, 2021
How Far does Kindness Go?
Jan 03, 2021
Power of a Smile - Vayechi
Jan 02, 2021
Can an Old Dog Learn New Tricks?
Jan 01, 2021
World to Come or Connection to the Creator?
Dec 30, 2020
Concert Crasher and the Rabbi
Dec 29, 2020
A Kiss on the Forehead
Dec 28, 2020
Mixing Water into Kiddush
Dec 28, 2020
How to Enjoy a Good Moment
Dec 26, 2020
How to Treat Poor People
Dec 24, 2020
Star of David Origin
Dec 23, 2020
Following Your Family’s Jewish Customs
Dec 22, 2020
How Long should Shabbat Candles Burn?
Dec 21, 2020
Thought Experiment on Negativity
Dec 20, 2020
Going back to our Beginning - Mikeitz
Dec 18, 2020
Last Night of Chanukah Secret
Dec 18, 2020
A Chanukah Miracle We Forget
Dec 17, 2020
The Nazi who Couldn’t Put Out the Light
Dec 15, 2020
An Alabama Man and the Menorah
Dec 15, 2020
The Deepest Way to Refresh Yourself - Vayeishev
Dec 11, 2020
Quick Hit Chanukah Tips
Dec 10, 2020
Why do we Celebrate Chanukah Opposite of the Miracle
Dec 09, 2020
How to light on Chanukah
Dec 08, 2020
Dreidels Reveal the Chanukah Theme
Dec 07, 2020
Torah View on The Big Bang Theory
Dec 06, 2020
The Benefit to Being Alone - Vayishlach
Dec 04, 2020
Why do Jewish Men Wear Kippahs?
Dec 03, 2020
Torah View on Working Out your Body
Dec 02, 2020
What Makes a Jewish Leader?
Dec 01, 2020
Proof of a Jewish Soul - Fauda and Stepping on a Torah
Nov 30, 2020
Living the Shema Prayer Saves Lives
Nov 29, 2020
What Darkness Teaches Us - Vayeitzei
Nov 27, 2020
Using a Jewish Book without Permission
Nov 27, 2020
The Lesson of Finding $10,000
Nov 26, 2020
The Lubavitcher Rebbe and the Picasso Painting
Nov 24, 2020
Torah Says to Love Your Work
Nov 23, 2020
Why was evil created before good?
Nov 22, 2020
A Worker and Torah Learner can get Equal Share in the next world - Toldos
Nov 20, 2020
Why say hashem instead of G-d?
Nov 20, 2020
What is the Secret to Having Children?
Nov 18, 2020
The Difference between Man and Animal Leads You to Purpose
Nov 18, 2020
No Shabbat Candles - What do you do?
Nov 16, 2020
Inspecting Fruit Leads to Respecting People
Nov 15, 2020
Your Limbs Show Why we Light Candles
Nov 13, 2020
A Clean Home gives you a Treasure
Nov 12, 2020
Why Cinnamon for Havdalah?
Nov 10, 2020
When may one tell a lie?
Nov 09, 2020
May one lie when playing a board game?
Nov 08, 2020
Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Vayeira
Nov 06, 2020
How to not Embarrass a Host
Nov 06, 2020
Mark Twain’s Question on Jews
Nov 04, 2020
Monopoly on Shabbat - Kosher?
Nov 04, 2020
Healthy Approach to Learning Kabbalah
Nov 02, 2020
Background behind Thanksgiving Prayer
Nov 02, 2020
A lesson on marriage and children - Lech Lecha
Oct 30, 2020
Is Jewish Business Competition Allowed?
Oct 30, 2020
Bad Smells are Great Opportunities
Oct 28, 2020
Christianity and Islam Versus Judaism
Oct 27, 2020
One Kosher Law You May Not Know
Oct 26, 2020
Background Behind Mourner’s Kaddish
Oct 25, 2020
All We Need is a Few Good Men - Parshat Noach
Oct 23, 2020
What is The Torah View on Dinosaurs?
Oct 22, 2020
Power of Your Face
Oct 21, 2020
A Secret to Receiving 1,000 x Benefit
Oct 20, 2020
Requirements of a Chazzan
Oct 19, 2020
Torah and evolution - Contradiction?
Oct 18, 2020
When does shabbat start - Bereshit
Oct 16, 2020
Understanding the Self - Rabbi Nachman
Oct 15, 2020
Why do we have good and bad?
Oct 14, 2020
Awakening from Sleep Hints to Who You Are
Oct 13, 2020
Beginning is the time to push
Oct 12, 2020
Why a Rabbi wants to be a Taxi Driver
Oct 09, 2020
Why Willow Branches are Banged on Table
Oct 09, 2020
Hoshanah - What Does it Mean?
Oct 07, 2020
Sukkah - Humility or indulgence?
Oct 06, 2020
Connection of Hand Washing and Sukkot
Oct 05, 2020
Sukkot - Why we use 4 Tree Species
Oct 02, 2020
Sukkot - Leave your Garbage Behind
Oct 01, 2020
Diamond Dealer Wake-Up Call
Sep 30, 2020
One mitzvah to another - Sukkot
Sep 29, 2020
Mindset for Yom Kippur
Sep 27, 2020
Putting others before ourselves - Ha’azinu
Sep 25, 2020
What is the Jewish Confession?
Sep 24, 2020
Yom Kippur - Becoming Angels
Sep 23, 2020
You only live once (YOLO) - true?
Sep 22, 2020
Shofar Stealing Questions
Sep 21, 2020
Mindset for Rosh Hashanah
Sep 18, 2020
Apples and Honey - Sweet Enough?
Sep 17, 2020
Rosh Hashanah - Stepping in Mud
Sep 16, 2020
Why a Rams Horn?
Sep 16, 2020
Rosh Hashanah Theme Hidden in Shofar
Sep 14, 2020
Healthy Eating Choices are Rewarded
Sep 13, 2020
Choose life - Nitzavim
Sep 12, 2020
5 Forbidden Things You Don’t Realize
Sep 10, 2020
Walnuts and influential people
Sep 09, 2020
Speaking poorly about Jews
Sep 08, 2020
Magic of fingers in wine
Sep 07, 2020
Fingernails Affect your Week
Sep 06, 2020
A lesson on humility - this weeks portion Ki Savo
Sep 04, 2020
Why we end shabbat with candles and spices
Sep 03, 2020
Understanding Havdalah
Sep 02, 2020
Thinking about Love Properly
Sep 01, 2020
Spiritual Energies of the month
Aug 31, 2020
Carlebach and the Cold
Aug 30, 2020
Choosing your Wars - Ki Teitzei
Aug 28, 2020
Yachts can encourage truth
Aug 27, 2020
Selling Jews for loose change
Aug 26, 2020
Jewish vs Gregorian Calendar
Aug 25, 2020
Secrets to getting your wish in Elul
Aug 24, 2020
Head of the year in the 7th month?
Aug 23, 2020
Shoftim - Making the Right Choices
Aug 21, 2020
Taking a nap during prayer?
Aug 19, 2020
Shlomo Katz Israel Connection
Aug 18, 2020
Perfect Time for a New Year
Aug 14, 2020
The Last Day
Aug 13, 2020
Connecting to Torah through the Land
Aug 13, 2020
Head Coverings and Wedding Rings
Aug 11, 2020
Quoting Torah without Sourcing - allowed?
Aug 10, 2020
Nothing is ever final through prayer
Aug 09, 2020
Eikev - Full of tests
Aug 07, 2020
How a Yarmulke and a prestigious law firm changed the life of one man
Aug 07, 2020