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Judaism From Within — 114 episodes
Rav Hirsch On Kuruv (Outreach) & The Danger Of Walled In Righteousness ( Elul Collective Writings IV)
Rav Hirsch On The Stiff-Necked Advantage: A Flaw to a Virtue ( Elul Collective Writings III)
Rav Hirsch on The Danger of a Life Half Asleep & The Gift of Living Awake ( Elul Collective Writings II)
Mitzvah #89 - Why Vengeance Makes Sense, and Why We Must Rise Above It Rav Hirsch
No Room for Chance Rav Hirsch on Taking Responsibility for Our Lives ( Elul Collective Writings I)
Mitzvah #88 - its Not Yours Until It's Given — from tzedakah to gemiluth chasadim, on a foundation of peace Rav Hirsch
Mitzvah #87 - The Moment It Becomes Yours A Reminder, Right at the Threshold, That It Isn't Rav Hirsch
Pirkei Avot פרק ו through Samson Raphael Hirsch -The Meaning of Torah Lishmah - When Torah Leaves You Unchanged
Mitzvah #86 - Supporting Neighbors - A Vested Life & the Ethics of Wealth Rav Hirsch
Pirkei Avot פרק ה through Samson Raphael Hirsch - The Moral Architecture of the World
Walking Through the Underworld with Rav Hirsch Naftali Niftauti (Collective Writing IX)
Pirkei Avot פרק ד through Samson Raphael Hirsch - 4 Lenses On The Self
Judaism Is Not a Religion: Why It Cannot Be Reduced to Belief or Doctrine Rav Hirsch on Shavot ( Sivan Collective Writings I)
Don’t Dilute Sinai - Holding Torah in a modern world Rav Hirsch on Shavot ( Sivan Collective Writings IV)
*Pirkei Avot פרק ג through Samson Raphael Hirsch
Pirkei Avot פרק ב through Samson Raphael Hirsch
Pirkei Avot פרק א with Samson Raphael Hirsch
4 Cups & The Relevance of Freedom To Life Today - Rav Hirsch on Freedom ( Collective Writings IV)
From Wonder To Wisdom & Dealing With a Cynical Child - Rav Hirsch on חנוך ( Collective Writings III)
The Tyranny of Predictability: The Shepherd and the God Who Breaks the System ( Collective Writings II)
The Cruelest Month and Its Answer: How Pesach Reframes Time, Space, Self, and Suffering (Nissan I Collective Witings)
The Magna Carta of Pesach: How Slaves Became Individuals (Collective Writings VI)
Rav Hirsch on Purim: Meaning in Hindsight — and the Courage and Sacrifice of Our Soldiers
Rav Hirsch Mishpatim - How They Treat the Waiter On a Date: The Moral Baseline That Reveals Who You Really Are
Rav Hirsch on mission: Nihilism in a Talis & The Dangers of False Solutions
Mitzvah #84 Lost Articles & Testimony - The Morality of Attention
Mitzvah #83 - Chinuch Part 2 - Raising Them Right: A Spiritual Guide to Parenting Every Age T
Mitzvah #83 - Chinuch’s Triple Responsibility: Physical, Emotional & Practical & How We Can Betray It
When Hell Opens Up Beneath You - Rav Hirsch On Toldos
Mitzvah #82 - Yibbum & Chalitzah (Levirate Marriage) Love Enough to Let Go
Justification of the Aesthetic - Rav Hirsch On Bereishit and Noach
Mitzvah #81 Divorce - Freedom Within Form: The Moral Architecture of Divorce
Mitzvah #80 - Marriage with a Mission - Shared Purpose Leads To Unity
Mitzvah #79 - The Moral Frame Of The Home - How to Do It Right
Mitzvah #78 - Repentance - Sin as a Feature & The Inner Confrontation of Teshuvah
Horeb – Mitzvah #78 - Rabbinic Authority - Structure Over Charisma
Horeb – Mitzvah #77 - Intermarriage - Why Judaism Isn’t Racist, and What Makes a Marriage Sacred
Horeb – Mitzvah #76: Your Moral Environment - Snared by Influence (and what is חֵרֶם)
Mitzvah #75 – תלמוד תורה - Learning as Calling (Rav Hirsch Horeb )
Mitzvah #74 – מפני שיבה תקום Age, Wisdom & Virtue: AI and the Illusion of Insight
Rav Hirsch Mitzvah #28 Pesach - Haggadah Imbue The Spirit & Flood Their Minds (Archives)
Mitzvah #73 - כבוד אב ואם - Honor Thy Father and Mother: A Bridge to Transcendence
Mitzvah #72 - Mitzvah as Love: The Jewish Religious Consciousness in Action
Mitzvah #71 - Following The Many - The Heuristics of Experience, Law and Faith
Parshah Mishpatim - Why Start With Slavery? (His Copernican revolution) archives
Parshah Yisro - Yisro - A Unified Path Of the 10 "Archives"
Beshalach - How does Trust Makes Sense? "Archives"
Mitzvah #70 - Speech, Oaths & Vowels - The Quintessential Chuk
Bo - Unexpected depth of the Oral law "Archives"
Rav Hirsch On Parasha Vyarah - A Biblical Champion & the Philosophy of Prayer "Archives"
Mitzvah #69 - צניעות Modesty: The Master & Its Emissary
Shemot - Forgotten Humanism Of the Modern World
Mitzvah #68 - מאכלים אסורים Part 3 - Eating with Intent
Chanukah - Beware The Simplifies
Vayeshev - jealousy leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate.. to Fear "From Archives"
Vayishlach - The nerve of history "From Archives"
Vayeitzei - 3 Callings of the ladder "From the Archives"
Toldot - Off Whose Derech? a Corruption of the Jewish task
Chayei Sarah - Why no after Life? "From the Archives"
Mitzvah #68 - מאכלים אסורים Part 2 - Shechita Intentional Action and Reflection
Vayera - Akedah, Abraham's failure? "From the Archives"
Mitzvah #68 - מאכלים אסורים -The Symbolic and Spiritual Meaning of Forbidden Food - Part 1
Rosh Hashanah: Awakening to the Call of Renewal
Mitzvah #67: הרחקה מעריות - Guardians of the Mind: Mastering the Imagination & Fulfilling Your Noble Mission
Mitzvah #66: ערוה - Boundaries The Structure and Depth of Intimacy
Mitzvah #65: זנות - Foundations Of a Sexual Ethic
Mitzvah #64: פאת ראשכם - Cutting Hair & Beard - The Spiritual Significance of Hair & Male Modesty Rav Hirsch On Jewish Law
Mitzvah #63 - שרט - Scars and Symbols - Reflecting On Self Harm - Rav Hirsch On Jewish Law
Mitzvah #62 - מצוות שמירת נפש - Navigating The Question Of Suicide
Mitzvah #61 - קבורה Burial Of Dead - Fatalism & Responsibility
Mitzvah #60 - צער בעלי חיים Suffering Of Animals - Animal Rights & Man's Responsibility
Mitzvah #59 - אתו ואת־בנו - Mother & Child - Centrality Of Love in Relation With God
Mitzvah #58 - שילוח הקן Sending Away The Mother Bird - Social Responsibility & The Value Of Gender Roles
Mitzvah #57 Part 2 - Dairy Dilemma - Milk & Meat Its symbolic & Moral Significance
Mitzvah #57 Significance Of כלים - Part 1 - Its Moral Message
Mitzvah #56 Don’t Destroy בל תשחית - What’s Wong With Morden Environmentalism
Chukim - And Why They Have A Rational Principle
Mitzvah #54 Judges Witnesses #55 Cursing - The Parallel Path to Destruction
Mitzvah #53 Lashon Hara - Beyond Legalities Rediscovering Its Spirit
Mitzvah #52 Abuse - The Physical, Intellectual & Emotional
Mitzvah #51 - Confronting Oppression
Mitzvah #50 Falsehood & Lying Part 2 - Hypocrisy & Flattery
Mitzvah #50 Falsehood & Lying - Crafting Deceptive Realities
Mitzvah #49 Damages & Duties - Navigating Moral Responsibilities (Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch Reasons For Laws in Judaism)
Mitzvah #48 Quantifying & Enumerating The Pinnacle of Justice (Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch Reasons For Laws in Judaism)
Mitzvah #47 - To Transfer - Your Word, Break It You Brake You (Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch Reasons For Laws in Judaism)
Mitzvah #46 - To Steal - Treason To The Spirit (Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch Reasons For Laws in Judaism)
Mitzvha #45 - To Strike Or Kill - The Denial Of Meaning (Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch Reasons For Laws in Judaism)
Mitzvah #44 - Justice - Intersection of Love and Justice
Rav Hirsch’s Lens On The Goal Of God’s Law - From Edot To Mishpatim
Mitzvah #43 - Part 2 : Aveilus - Reflection On Where We Come From & Where We All Must Go
Mitzvah #43 - Part 1: Aveilus - Emotional Recognition Of Our Humanity
Mitzvah #42 - Part 2: Ma’aser - Holistically Serving G-d
Rav Hirsch Mitzvah #42 Part 1 CHALLAH - No greater enemy than Success
Rav Hirsch Mitzvah #41 Bechor - Rejection Of Child Ownership
Rav Hirsch Mitzvah #40 Mezuzah - Not Just Another Talisman
Mitzvah #39 Tzitzit Part 2 - In limits There Is Freedom
Mitzvah #39 Tzitzit Part 1 - Reality Of Not Living In An Enchanted World
Mitzvah #38 - Tefillin Part 2: The Mind In Service Of the Hand & Meaning of Torah Lishmah
Mitzvah #38 - Tefillin Part 1: The Symbol Of Integration & Refection
Mitzvah #37 - Gid Hanasheh : Symbol Of Cosmic Importance
Mitzvah #36 Brit Milah (Circumcision) - Part 3 Grounding The Spirit In The PERIA & MILAH
Mitzvah #36 Brit Milah (Circumcision) - Part 2 Philosophical Underpinning & Its Spirit
Mitzvah #36 Brit Milah (Circumcision) - Part 1 Purpose & Context
Yom Kippur Special - Confession Not to Man or God - Horeb - OU Torah
Rosh Hashanah Special - The Shofar Grounded Meaning - Horeb
Mitzvah #35 Chodesh - The Moon Tracing its Symbolism
Mitzvah #34 Chanukah & Purim Meaning In The Now
Mitzvah #33 Part 3 Voluntary Fasting Negation Of The Self Is Not a Value
Mitzvah #33 Fasting Part 2 - Integration Of The 5 Communal Fasts
Mitzvah #33 Fasting Part 1 - How Remembering & Fasting Lead To Transformation
Mitzvah #32 Shofer - Inner Shattering & Transformation
Mitzvah #31 Luluv - What Protects Us From Negation of Property & Self
Mitzvah #30 Sukkah - Gratitude, Companionship & The Armageddon