Episodes
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Lech Lecha - Sarah is taken and then released
Lessons from her unintentional abduction
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Noach - Entering the Teiva
The command to enter, watch what you say, an additional 7 days,...
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Bereishis - Din, Tefilla, and Feeling Like Home
The opening pesukim after Creation
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Zos Habracha - Poignant lessons from the Last 8 Pesukim in Chumash
Moshe dies without finishing his mission, and we end on a really sour note
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Yom Kippur : It's Enough For Me - There's what to learn from a kippah that's only worn during the week
We ae not perfect. Hashem can still see us favorably if we'll see other's that way
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Yom Kippur: The New Carpet and Forgiveness for Unspoken Compliments
We're always super careful around new carpets to make sure to keep them clean; we should do the same with ourselves after Yom Kippur!
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Ha'azinu (Parsha shiur)
Seeing the end in the beginning
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Rosh Hashana Drasha - Grit Through the Rivers
Strengthening the quality that is our greatest tool for success in every aspect of life
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Nitzavim (Parsha shiur) - Hidden and Revealed: Sins, Miracles and the Purpose of it all
4 Interpretations of this powerful message
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Pursue Righteousness! Certainly for Judges, but it's relevant to each of us every day
On the love of truth and the pursuit of compromise
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Re'eh (Parsha Shiur) - Open Your Heart and Your Hand
Thoughts on the mitzvah of Tzedakah
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Shabbos Chazon Drasha - A Spiritual Germ
The tragic story of Dr. Semmelweis and the pleading call of the Navi
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The good is rewarded and the bad is punished - Lessons from Ammon and Moav (Devarim)
People, and their actions, are complicated
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Laws of Kollel (4) - Deductions from Ma'aser obligations
Summer Kollel
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Laws of Tzedakah (3) - Separating Ma'aser
Summer Kollel
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Laws of Tzedakah (2) - How much must you give?
Summer Kollel
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Laws of Tzedakah (1) - Introduction
Summer Kollel
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The Ramban's Letter (4) - With your head down, but eyes always seeing Hashem in front of you
Summer Kollel Mussar Seder
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The Ramban's Letter (3) - Wealth, Strength and Intelligence are all gifts
Summer Kollel Mussar Kollel
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The Ramban's Letter (2) - Avoiding Anger and Achieving Humility
Summer Kollel Mussar Seder
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The Ramban's Letter (1) - Always speak softly and gently
Summer Kollel Mussar Seder
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Balak Drasha - Squeezing the Blessing out of a Curse
Starting our day with the words of our enemy
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Mattos: The Missing Response of Bnei Gad and Reuven to Moshe's Attack
Moshe makes two biting attacks, but they only respond to one
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Jews in American History - Gangsters and Nazis
The complicated era of Jewish Gangsters and the good, bad and ugly of their role in the roaring 20s and 30s
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Jews in American History - Slavery and the Civil War
How the Jews responded to the Institution of Slavery
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Jews in American History - The Story of Warder Cresson
The unusual story of the first American Convert and the case of Religious Insanity
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Pinchas - Moshe's Request for a New Leader
What you need to have and what you need to know
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Chukat - Singing about Miriam's Well: Only after it disappeared
The difference between thanks/gratitude and Shira
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Nasso - What does denying a loan have to do with Yom Kippur?
The requirement to say Vidyui (Confession of sins) from an unlikely source
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A Kingdom of Priests - Who We Are and Where We Are Going
From An Albert Einstein Legend to a Cab Driver in Amman, Jordan
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Rambam - Hilchos Talmud Torah (1)
An odd way to begin - who is NOT obligated
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The Maharal's understanding of the Mountain on our Head (Shavuos)
If we already willingly accepted the Torah, why do we need to be coerced?
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Ten Commandments, One Utterance (Shavuos)
What's the mean of the Chazal that Hashem said all 10 Commandment in one utterance?
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(Behar) Interpersonal Fear of Hashem
Three times in the Parsha the Torah tells us to Fear Hashem - and always in the realm of mitzvos bein adam l'chaveiro
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Pirkei Avos 2:15 - Your Friend's Honor, Slow to Anger and Teshuva the day before you die
The Maharal's approach to connect all 3
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(Kedoshim chaburah) And Fear Hashem - In the way you act with your fellow man
A surprising area of focus on Heavenly Fear
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Acharei Mos - the Land of Israel is Just Different
The palace of the King doesn't tolerate improper behaviors
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Tazria-Metzorah Parsha shiur: The impact of Tzaaras and when in Israel it began
Only after 14 years of War and Division
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Chaburah - (Not) Looking at Tzaaras on Yom Tov
The opinions in the Gemarah when you can and can't and why
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Leaning for the 4 Cups (part 2, rest of the shiur)
Which two cups do we have to lean for?
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Gemarah Chabura - Leaning for the 4 Cups (part 1, first 3 minutes)
Which cups do we have to lean for?
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Seder Table Games, Questions and Engagement
Strategies and Tools to get everyone involved, and maybe even learn something!
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The Korban Todah - Thanksgiving with Chometz (Parshat Tzav)
And how it relates to the Matzah at our Seder
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Meseches Shabbos (4) - Giving up your life for Milah and Tefillin
Milah is still strong today, while tefillin is weak
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It's only about what's in your heart (Vayikra shiur)
From the outside, it might be a lot, or it might be a little, but that really doesn't matter
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Destroying Evil only in order to increase Light; Wisdom of the Heart
If you only are given wisdom if you already have wisdom, how do you start?
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Israel is beating Iran, but lost to the Mets? (Ki Tisa, Drasha)
Recognizing the two relationships that will bring Redemption
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(3) Meseches Shabbos (131a) - The way we start a mitzvah continues forever
The Joy of Bris Milah and the Contention of making a wedding
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Ki Tisa - Aharon and Esther, different forms of serving as a conduit
Faithful or stumbling block?
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