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Explorations — 325 episodes
Funeral of Tamara Davidovich
Moving on after Tisha B’Av
Kina 11: government coercion of mitzvah observance
Intro to Kina 10: the power of the Cohen, the Rabbi, and the ordinary Jew
Kina 7: The realness of the Torah
Introduction to Kinos 5786
A wide lens view of the history of Jews in America
Message to the Community
Elokai, Neshama
Exploring Bikkurim- We must start at the very beginning
Ki Seitzei and Pickup Sticks
Asher Yatzar Part 3 - Closing and opening
Asher Yatzar: It is revealed and known
Judgment and Enforcement
Ask the Rabbi - Hot topics
Chukas: The advantage of now
Asher Yatzar
Korach and the difference between Cohanim and Leviim
Models of Spiritual Leadership - a thought by The Lubavitcher Rebbe
The Rebels' Wives
Tanya Chapter 47
Wheat and Wine
Tanya Chapter 46
The Torah of Traveling
Acquire Me
Conflicts among Jews; ancient and current
Tanya Chapter 45
Mitzvah 47: Courts must impose capital punishment for certain crimes
Modeh Ani Part 4 - Melech Chai V'Kayam
Knowing Joseph and knowing God
Mitzvah 46 - Do not deprive your wife of food, clothing, shelter, and marriage time
Tanya Chapter 44
Raba Emunasecha - Modeh Ani Part Three
Those who taste the upcoming Shabbos merit life
Vayechi - Yaakov asks Yoseph and all Jews to choose
Tanya Chapter 43
Modeh Ani - A concession speech
Mitzvah 45 - Not to sell a Jewish Maidservant
Third time (famine) is a charm
Menorah on the left
Tanya Chapter 42
Modeh Ani
Mitzvah 44 - Redeeming a Jewish maidservant
Tanya Chapter 41
Mitzvah 43 - To marry off a Jewish maidservant
A facet of praying for rain
Shabbos is for the Jewish People
Vayeitzei - Trust and Honesty
What Leah teaches us about Tefilla
Tanya Chapter 40
Mitzvah 42 - The Eved Ivri
Shabbos is for music
Tanya Review - Chapters 18-25
Tanya Review - Chapters 1-17
Two kinds of tastiness
Mitzvah 41 - Do not take steps to get up on the altar.
Umeivee Goeil - He brings a redeemer
Shabbos is for Torah
Say little and do much
Tanya Chapter 39
Mitzvah 40 - Do not build the altar out of cut stone
El Elyon
Adding to Shabbos - An Autobiography
Avraham's magnetism
Tanya Chapter 38
Mitzvah 39 - Do not make statues even when not for worship
Konei HaKol - God Acquires All
Good Shabbos - Shabbat Shalom
Avraham and Elitism as the solution for humanity
Tanya Chapter 37
Mitzvah 38 - Do not covet
The obstacles that are behind us
Just Shabbos
Tanya Chapter 36
Mitzvah 37 - Do not testify falsely
Al Netilas Yadayim
Succos and Circles
Haazinu and unlimited tokens
Mitzvah 36 - Do not steal a life
The High Holidays and the Future
The meaning of fasting on Yom Kippur
The fourth bracha of Birkas Hamazon and Tu B'Av
Shabbos and Tisha B'Av
Parshas Devarim and the Mitzvah of Starting
Shoftim Chapter 8
Tanya Chapter 35
Mitzvah 35 - Do not commit adultery
V'Dibarta Bam
The Simcha of the month of Av
Thought for Parshas Mattos-Massei: The power of No.
Shoftim Chapter 7
Tanya Chapter 34
Mitzvah 34 - Do not murder
Davening with Dignity - Hadras Kodesh
The Joy of the Three Weeks
Parshas Pinchas - Temidim U'Musafim
Shoftim Chapter 6
Tanya Chapter 33
Mitzvah 33 - Honor your father and mother
Praying for the rebuilding of Yerushalayim
The last Tosfos on Berachos 2b
Tanya Chapter 32
Rabbis arguing with themselves? Berachos 3A
Mitzvah 32 - Do not do work on Shabbos
A new appreciation of the word Shevach
The Holy Week of Shavuos
The Sotah and the Nazir
Berachos 2b - What is Bein Hashmashos
Berachos 2b - Five opinions
Berachos 2b- The evening Krias Shema: Five opinions
Shoftim Chapter 5. Shiras Devorah
Tanya Chapter 31
The secret theme of Parshas Bamidbar
Ahava Rabba
The meaning of the word Halacha
Tanya Chapter 30
Mitzvah 31: Remember the Shabbos Day
Ashreinu
The Yovel Reset Button
Lag BaOmer - I will behold the wonders of Your Torah
Shoftim Chapter 4
Tanya Chapter 29
Mitzvah 30 - Not to take the name of God in vain
Poor Men, Cohanim, and Regular Men
Gemara Berachos 2b - U'v'shach'becha
Two takes on the most popular line in Ashrei
Pesach Sheini and Lag B'Omer - New Hopes
Welcoming as a holy act
Shoftim Chapter 3
Tanya Chapter 28
Mitzvah 29 - Not to serve Avodah Zarah on its terms
The beauty of bentching
A perspective on Yom Ha'Atzmaut
Understanding the word Kadosh
Shoftim Chapter 2
Tanya Chapter 27
Mitzvah 28 - Do not bow down to any other deity
Three brochos before learning Torah
The Joy of Sefiras HaOmer
Aharon first
Shoftim Chapter 1
Tanya Chapter 26
Mitzvah 27 - Not to make a graven image
Daily Davening as an Extension of the Seder
Tanya Chapter 25
Pesach - When were you born, REALLY?
Mitzvah 26 - Have no gods besides for Hashem
Davening - Singing is a sign of being redeemed
In the form of a question
Rosh Chodesh and Pesach
Childbirth and Leprosy and Community
Boruch Hashem LeOlam - According to 3 Tosfos'es
Gemara Shiur - Boruch Hashem LeOlam
Gemara Shiur - Berachos 2a - Boruch Hashem LeOlam 1
Introduction to Sefer Shoftim
Tanya Chapter 24
Mitzvah 25 - To know that there is a God.
Aleinu
The Joy of Parshas Parah
Parshas Shemini: The Shechina and Imposter Syndrome
Siyum on Sefer Yehoshua
Yehoshua Chapter 24
Mitzvah 24: Not to leave the "techum" boundary on Shabbos
Tanya Chapter 23
How Esther teaches us all how to daven
The cold case of Amalek
Exemplary Jews and their exemplary sins
Yehoshua Chapter 23
Tanya Chapter 22
Mitzvah 23; a mitzvah I hope nobody ever does: Killing an unredeemed firstborn donkey.
Davening first thing
Gemara Berachos. The first sugya.
Simcha in Adar
A nation is built by building
Yehoshua Chapter 22
Tanya Chapter 21
Mitzvah 22 - Redeeming a firstborn donkey
The telescope and the microscope
Parshas Shekalim and Purim
How to set limits with foresight
Yehoshua Chapter 21
Tanya Chapter 20
Mitzvah #21: Telling the story of the Exodus from Mitzrayim
Davening and/or Learning?
The meaning of Megillas Esther
The danger of counting people
Yehoshua Chapter 20
Tanya Chapter 19
Mitzvah #20 - No chometz may be in a Jew's possession on Pesach
Davening in dignity
The meaning of Purim Katan
Tetzaveh and Investiture
Yehoshua Chapter 19
Tanya Chapter 18
Mitzvah #19: Don't eat Chometz on Pesach
Ma Tovu
Shabbos is a Mishkan
Parshas Terumah: Gold, Silver, Copper
Yehoshua Chapter 18
Tanya Chapter 17
Mitzvah #18 - Sanctifying the firstborn
V'shinantam L'vanecha V'Dibarta Bam
Menucha V'Simcha
4 for an ox and 5 for a sheep
Yehoshua Chapter Seventeen
Tanya Chapter Sixteen
Mitzvah #17: An 'Oreil' may not eat from the Korban Pesach
Anochi Metzavcha HaYom Al Levavecha
Yisro's advice to Moshe
Friday Night Kiddush
Yehoshua Chapter 16
Tanya Chapter Fifteen
Mitzvah #16 - Don't break a bone of the Korban Pesach
With all our heart, soul, and resources
The true meaning of Tu BiShvat
The central lesson of the Manna
Yehoshua Chapter Fifteen
Tanya Chapter Fourteen
Mitzvah #15 - Do not remove the Korban Pesach from its house
Birchos Krias Shema
Making 100 Brachos on Shabbos
Unconditional Surrender
Yehoshua Chapter Fourteen
Tanya Chapter Thirteen
Mitzvah #14: Don't allow a Ger Toshav to eat from the Korban Pesach
B'chol M'odecha
Tanya Chapter Twelve
Mitzvah 13 - A Jew who has rejected his Jewishness may not eat the Korban Pesach
God's Oneness and Love
The Holiness of Motzoei Shabbos
Moshe the Observant Jew
Yehoshua Chapter Thirteen
Tanya Chapter Eleven
Mitzvah 12: Not to eat food containing Chometz on Pesach
Boruch Sheim Kevod Malchuso L'Olam Va'ed
Giving Brochos to one's children on Friday Night
Shimon and Levi are brothers.
Yehoshua Chapter 12
Tanya Chapter Ten
Mitzvah #11: Chometz may not be found in a Jew's possession on Pesach
The two truths included in the Shema
The love and grief of Asara B'Teves
Yaakov meets Pharaoh
Yehoshua Chapter Eleven
Tanya Chapter Nine
Mitzvah #10 - To eat Matza on Seder Night
Asher Yatzar
Hallel on Chanukah
Parshas Mikeitz: Understanding Yosef as a unifying people person
Yehoshua Chapter Ten
Tanya Chapter Eight
Mitzvah #9: Eliminating Chometz on Erev Pesach (4:40)
What we say and sing on Chanukah
Feasting on Chanukah
Yosef and Mrs. Potiphar
Yehoshua Chapter Nine
Tanya Chapter Seven
Mitzvah #8: Leave no leftovers of the Korban Pesach
Individual and Community Davening
Speech on Shabbos
Shimon and Levi vs. Shechem - What happened?
Yehoshua Chapter Eight
Tanya Chapter Six
Mitzvah #7: Not to eat the Korban Pesach undercooked or cooked in water.
Asher Kid'shanu B'Mitzvosav V'Tzivanu
Shabbos Foods
How to ideally process a Mitzvah.
Yehoshua Chapter Seven
Tanya Chapter Five
Mitzvah #6: Eating the Korban Pesach
Melech HaOlam
Yitzchak as the middle-man
Shalosh Seudos
Yehoshua Chapter Six
Tanya Chapter Four
Mitzvah #5: Offering the Korban Pesach
Elokeinu
Shabbos Candles
And Avraham added...
Yehoshua Chapter Five
Tanya Chapter Three
Mitzvah #4: Kiddush Hachodesh
Hashem
Fish on Shabbos
Why Guests over God?
Yehoshua Chapters 3 and 4
Tanya Chapter Two
The Mitzvah not to eat the "Gid Hanasheh"
The meaning of the word Ata.
Shabbos Zemiros
Bris Mila: Not just Mila
Yehoshua Chapter Two
Tanya Chapter One
Bris Mila
The meaning(s) of the word Baruch
Shalom Aleichem
Why did God decide not to ever repeat the flood?
Yehoshua Chapter One
Tanya Chapter 0: The cover page
The first Mitzvah: Pru U'Rvu
The meaning of Mashiv Haruach Umorid HaGeshem
The Mystery of Simchas Torah
Ushpizin - David
Ushpizin - Yosef
Ushpizin - Aharon
Ushpizin - Yitzchak
Ushpizin - Avraham Avinu
Ushpizin Day Four - Moshe
Intro to Ushpizin
Ushpizin Day Three - Yaakov
All the Yomim Tovim and Succos - Birth and Life
From Yom Kippur to Succos - Continued
Between Yom Kippur and Succos
The point of Parshas Haazinu
Yonah and the Kikayon
The true meaning of the Shofar of the Akeida
Chana and Eli and the New Year
Nitzavim as prep for Rosh Hashana
Simcha in good times and especially in bad times
Simcha out of Sadness
Korach's good point
Friendly Neighborhood Korach
Parshas Naso: How a community can deal with its extremes.
Shavuos as Wedding Day
Trying to understand Parshas Bamidbar