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Rabbi Effie's Podcasts — 468 episodes
The Prince-Turkey And Our Capacity to Change
Inspirational Story: When All Your Apples Fall At Once
Inspirational Story: You Can Ask For Anything
Eating Before Shofar and the Wordless Prayer
Golda Ice Cream Scandal in Halacha
Nitzavim-Vayelech 5786: Stand Tall And Confident
The Secret Of The Baal Teshuva
Why is Rosh Hashanah before Yom Kippur?
PTSD and Service Dogs in Halacha
Strategies For Success On Rosh Hashanah
What Should I Pray For On Rosh Hashanah?
הבאת הביכורים בתורתו של הרב קוק
Why Rabbi Akiva Laughed: Piercing the Veil of the 9 Days
Av: Lessening Our Joy, Increasing Our Longing
Step Into Your Next Chapter
The "Cost" Of Making Aliyah
Hu Haya Omer: What Is Your Teaching?
Weapons and Vaccine Development on Shabbat
Shavuot & The 50-Day Debate
An Honest Conversation About Aliyah
Moroccogate Pesach Program and False Advertising
Yom Yerushalayim: "I Come From Jerusalem"
Israel's Next 78 Years: Where does the compass point?
The Fractured Plaza: The Halachic Status of the Kotel
Why are there 2 Pesach holidays?
What would you add to Israel's National Anthem?
Playing God: Gene Editing and Jewish Bioethics
The Ultimate Israel Itinerary
Red Lights & Red Alerts
Upgrade Your Seder
From Captivity to Cheirut
Reaching For The Moon
The Seder Algorithm
The Light in The Lion's Roar
Between Sirens and The Chuppah
Amalek Then And Now
Matanot L'Evyonim and the Cynicism of Amalek
Opening The Door Of History
Can A Hater Become A Brother?
Departure By Design (MAID)
What Is A Zionist?
What Amalek Taught The Jews
How many times did Avraham make Aliyah?
Feeding Birds on Parshat Beshalach & Chag Tu Bishvat
Architects of the Exodus
Shnayim Mikra and Shemot
The Hidden Witness (DNA in Jewish Law)
How Jews Mark Nittel Nacht & NYE
Righteous and Unrighteous Strangers
Milk, Minus the Moo
Asara B'Tevet: Don't wait for a siege to unite
Bystanders Beware
Deception in airports, shops, and relationships
Wartime Shabbat Evacuation On A Cruise
Sheelot from Captivity: Matan Angrest Daily Prayers in the Tunnels of Gaza (Part II)
Soulmates II: How do I know he's 'the one'?
Sheelot from Captivity: Bar Kuperstein's Dream About Tefillin (Part I)
Can ChatGPT be sued for causing someone's death? (Part II)
פרשת וירא- הנסיון האחרון של אברהם אבינו
Can ChatGPT be sued for causing someone's death? (Part I)
Rains of Unity and Love
The Nazi who wanted to convert to Judaism
Becoming A Father After Death (Part II)
Soulmates: Lessons in Love From Our Forefathers & Mothers
The Hidden Hope Of Cheshvan
A Judaism Fueled By "Running Toward"
Becoming a Father After Death
Hostages Returning on Sukkot: Leaning Into The Journey
Vayelech (Shuva) 5786: On His Last Day
Nitzavim (Rosh Hashana) 5785: Blessing The New Year
Guide To A New Year: Fasting or Feasting?
Ki Tavo 5785: Adjusting Our Inner Clock
Ki Teitzei 5785: We Are Unstoppable
Shoftim 5785: We Are Influential!
Eikev 5785: Make An Impression
Vaetchanan (Nachamu) 5785: Change In Perspective
Pinchas 5785: The Outsider Perspective
פרשת פינחס: ברית שלום ובנות צלפחד
Balak 5785: Thank You My Enemy
Hashem Malach (Lema'an Achai)
Tzaddik KaTamar (Kah Echsof)
Mizmor Shir L'Yom Ha'Shabbat (Tov Lehodot)
Lo Tevoshi (Carlebach)
Lecha Dodi (Wedding Tune)
Lecha Dodi (Classic)
Ana BeKoach
Mizmor L'David (Song)
Hashem Malach 2
Mizmor Shiru (Song)
Hashem Malach 1
Shiru L'Hashem (Song)
Lechu Neranena
Yedid Nefesh
Introduction to Kabbalat Shabbat
Bamidbar 5785: A Spot At The Mountain
The Battle on Har Sinai
Behar 5785: A-Live Relationship
Reclaiming Redemption (Part I)
Maharal on Shavuot: Mountain Above Their Heads
Who must serve in the IDF? (Part II)
Who Must Serve In The IDF? (Part I)
Maharal on Shavuot: Why Didn't Avraham Receive The Torah?
Is Mashiach On His Way?
Shemini 5785: Be The Fire
Maharal on Purim: The Quiet Redemption
Machlokot L'Shem Shamayim on Zionism?
When Yarden Bibas Refused To Convert To Islam
Maharal on Purim: When Haman found our weakness
The "3 Oaths" Part II (Satmar Rebbe on Zionism)
Agam Berger's Moral & Halachic Dilemmas
Purim 5785: When Upside Down Is Rightside Up
Terumah 5785: Building Motivation
The 3 "Oaths" (Satmar & Religious Zionism)
The Six Knocks of Jewish History (Part II)
Mishpatim 5785: The Bricks of Pain and Redemption
Yitro 5785: Let Me Hear Your Voice
The Six Knocks of Jewish History
Trading terrorist prisoners for Israeli hostages (Part I)
Tu Bishvat 5785: Spring During Winter?!
Beshalach 5785: Singing Our Faith
Why do we need a Jewish State? (Part II)
Physician-Assisted Suicide in Jewish Law (Part III)
Bo 5785: Stepping Up Together
Why do we need a Jewish State? (Part I)
Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik ("The Rav"): Modern Orthodoxy is Born
Physician-Assisted Suicide in Jewish Law (Part II)
Vaeira 5785: The Wider Lens Of History
למה שבט לוי לא היו "עבדים לפרעה במצרים"?
Shemot 5785: The Key To Unlock The Exile
Physician-Assisted Suicide in Jewish Law (Part I)
What's in a Jewish Name? (Shemot 5785)
Vayechi 5785: To Live Or To Relax?
The Danger of Denying History
Vayigash 5785: What I See On Your Face
Miketz (Chanuka) 5785: The Jewish Doorway
Bystanders & Upstanders (Part II)
Rav Moshe Feinstein: Protecting our mesorah in a changing world (Part II)
Rav Moshe Feinstein: Protecting our mesorah in a changing world (Part I)
Bystanders & Upstanders (Part I)
Refusing to do business based on one's religious views (Part II)
Vayeishev 5785: Just Getting Started
Vayishlach 5785: The Results Are Not Up To Us
The Lubavitcher Rebbe (Part III)
Covenant of Fate and Oct. 7
Vayetzei 5785: The Stones That Became A Prayer
Refusing to do business based on one's religious views (Part I)
The Lubavitcher Rebbe (Part II)
Charity & Chesed With Gentiles (Part II)
To Wear a Magen David Proudly and Publicly Or Not?
Toldot 5785: The Battle for Eretz Yisrael
The Lubavitcher Rebbe (Part I)
Charity & Chesed Toward Gentiles (Part I)
The Roots of Antisemitism
Chayei Sarah 5785: Should it be easy to do chesed?
Stranger Danger? A Torah Approach To The Migrant Crisis
Unmasking the Perpetrators of the Holocaust (Part II)
Rav Meir Shapiro: Unifying The Jewish People One "Daf" At A Time
Vayeira 5785: Who will have the last laugh?
הכנסת אורחים בהלכה ומחשבה
Rav Kook: A Portrait of Activism for the Jewish People and Land of Israel (Part III)
Unmasking the Perpetrators of the Holocaust (Part I)
The Daniel Penny Trial: Good Samaritans Law in Halacha
Lech Lecha 5785: Keep Moving!
Rav Kook: A Portrait of Activism for the Jewish People and Their Land (Part II)
Can we forgive our enemies for the suffering they caused us? (Part II)
Assisting our enemies in a time of war
Where do the Jews come from?
Noach 5785: What does it take to be righteous?
Rav Kook: A Portrait of Activism for the Jewish People and Their Land (Part I)
Can we forgive our enemies for the suffering they caused us? (Part I)
Friendly Fire Tragedies in Jewish Law
Bereishit 5785: The Letters of the Torah
How Do Jews Remember Tragedies? (Part II)
Tzniyut and Modesty at 10,000 feet (Part II)
Sarah Schenirer: Bais Yaakov and Women's Torah Learning (Part II)
Sarah Schenirer: Bais Yaakov and Women's Torah Learning (Part I)
Story: The Holy Beggar in Jerusalem
October 7 Online Memorial
The Shortest Prayer of Yom Kippur
What is a Jewish #influencer?
Why Do Jews Remember Tragedies? (Part 1)
Tzniyut and Modesty at 10,000 feet (Part 1)
Ki Tavo 5784: We Each Have Ourselves To Bring
Story: The Lost Tourist
Story: The Master Key
Story: The Voice Outside Of You
Ki Teitzei 5784: Not Just About Lost Objects
Story: Pick up the phone
Story: The Blessing To Begin Again
Getting in the Zone for Rosh Hashana
Shoftim 5784: Never let someone walk alone
Re'eh 5784: Through your very next action
Eikev 5784: Yiddishkeit is not a game
Vaetchanan (Nachamu) 5784: Six days before Shabbat
Devarim (Chazon) 5784: Shabbat is our Rebbe
Matot-Masei 5784: Each stop on the journey matters
Pinchas (3 Weeks) 5784: You Count
Balak 5784: Why blessings come from an impure place
Chukat 5784: Pure motivations
Korach 5784: Why a room of holy books needs a mezuza
Shelach 5784: Be an optimist!
Naso 5784: Connect through our pipeline
Bamidbar (Shavuot) 5784: What we place in the middle
Bechukotai 5784: The ultimate blessing of confidence
Behar 5784: The secret to promoting growth
Kedoshim 5784: Holiness requires unity
Acharei Mot 5784: Don't just be a peace-lover
Sefirat HaOmer 5784: Judaism believes in the process
Metzora (Shabbat HaGadol) 5784: Believing that it will be great
Tazria 5784: The positive power of speech
Shemini 5784: Raise the other up through their good points
What were the Jewish people chosen for?
Tzav (Parah) 5784: How to purify the world
Purim 5784: Hashem, our hands are open
Vayikra (Zachor) 5784: Wipe out the voice of doubt
Pekudei 5784: No such thing as an extra Jew
Vayakhel (Shekalim) 5784: What the Jews gathered for
Ki Tisa 5784: The Torah of the Imperfect
Tetzaveh 5784: The power of sensing what cannot be seen
Terumah 5784: The goal is making space for Hashem
Mishpatim 5784: Who should we be paying attention to?
Yitro 5784: Are we responding to what we are hearing?
Beshalach 5784: We make history unfold
Bo 5784: Where does darkness come from?
VaEra 5784: How to carry another Jew's load
Shemot 5784: Pulled from the thornbush
Vayechi 5784: Discovering Redemption during the Exile
Vayigash 5784: The Beit Midrash of Yehuda
Asara B'Tevet 5784: Not a fast about the past
Miketz 5784: We don't know when salvation will come
Vayeishev (Shabbat Chanuka) 5784: The entranceway of our home
Vayishlach 5784: Shouting our message to the world
Vayetzei 5784: The Healing Tears of Rachel
Toldot 5784: Keep Digging for truth
Chayei Sara 5784: Focus on Life
Vayera 5784: Stand on the side of good
Lech-Lecha 5784: We are connected to eternity
Noach 5784: What Kind of People We Can Be
Bereishit 5784: Was the creation of man good?
Bereishit 5784: No Jew Who is Alone
Story: A Mother's Last Request
Inspiration: How Jews Fight Wars
Story: Yeled Shel HaMedina
Inspiration: Our Weakness Is Our Greatest Strength
Story: How Israel won the Yom Kippur War
Vezot HaBeracha (Simchat Torah) 5784: The gift of sharing Torah
Sukkot 5784: Opening Our Doors
Haazinu (Shabbat Shuva) 5784: Shabbat give us the space to redirect
Rosh Hashana 5784: The Shofar Breaks Our Confidence
Nitzavim-Vayelech 5783: Change is in our control
Ki Tavo 5783: Asking Hashem for Clarity
Ki Tetzei 5783: The Blessing That Comes With Giving
Shoftim 5783- Don't waste it, you only have one life
Reeh 5783 (Elul)- Move an inch toward blessing
Eikev 5783- Direct connection to Hashem
Vaetchanan 5783 (Nachamu)- Wipe off the ashes
Devarim 5783- If we are willing to listen
Pinchas 5783 (3 weeks)- The potential of these weeks
Balak 5783- We never know our role in history
Chukat 5783- Do we see the spark?
Korach 5783- Leaders of Truth
Shelach 5783- We are not tourists in Eretz Yisrael
Behaalotcha 5783- A Jew every single day
Bamidbar 5783- Pick Your Heads Up!
Behar-Bechukotai 5783- Connecting the lowest to the highest
Emor 5783- Bring out the light in the other
Acharei Mot-Kedoshim 5783- Infuse the world with Hashem
Tazria-Metzora 5783- A Good Word
Shemini 5783- Hashem doesn't create bad
Tzav 5783 (Shabbat Hagadol)- Faith born in speech
Chametz
Vayikra 5783- You Also Matter
Redemption
Vayakhel-Pekudei 5783- Look Different Every Shabbat
Exile
Ki Tisa 5783- The Secret to Getting Back Up
Kneidel
Purim 5783- The Unusual Redemption of Purim
Tetzaveh (Zachor) 5783- Don't Wait Until Tomorrow
Megillah
Terumah 5783- How to be an Architect
Diaspora
Mishpatim 5783- Hearing the Message
Yartzheit
Yitro 5783- Be a Teacher of the World
Levi
Beshalach 5783- The Song of our Blessings
Kohen
Bo 5783- Our Ancestors Have our Backs
Torah
VaEra 5783- What to do with Freedom
Milchig
Shemot 5783- Never Underestimate the smallest of actions
Fleishig
Vayechi 5783- Surviving Exile with Unity
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Vayigash 5783- I Love You My Brother
Fast Day (Tzom)
Chanuka All Year Long
Chanuka's One Extra Day
When A Candle Blows Out
Miketz 5783- Everything is Miraculous
Chanuka's Eternal Relevance
What Do You See In The Flames?
The Candles In A Row
The Menorah On The Doorstep
One Candle
Vayeishev (Chanuka) 5783: Showing our Appreciation
Chanukiah
Vayishlach 5783- How to Learn from Evil People
Menorah
Vayetzei 5783- Be a Magnet for Inspiring Others
Mezuza
Toldot 5783- Find Torah Wherever You Can
Tefillin
Chayei Sara 5783- Just Change One Life
Kabbalah
Vayera 5783- Becoming a Host
Beit Hamikdash
Lech-Lecha 5783- Be Like Avraham
Haredi
Noach 5783- We Can All Be A Window To Others
Chasidic
Payos
Sukkah
Yom Kippur
Bentching
Tzedaka
Tzitzit
Miketz 5782- What Are You Doing To Get Ready
Vayigash 5782- Hashem is Writing The Most Amazing Story
Vayeishev 5782- We Don't Know When The Story Will Turn
Vayishlach 5782- To Grow You Have To Let Go
Vayeitzei 5782- Build Yourself To Make An Impact
Toldot 5782- Becoming a Link and a Leader
Chayei Sara 5782- The True Test of A Person in this World
Vayeira 5782- Thank You for letting me Help You
Lech-Lecha 5782- Hashem Gives Us Good Advice
Noach 5782- Emunah when its Dark
Bereishit 5782- The Gift to Begin Again
Bereishit 5783- Ki Tov At The End of the Process
Vezot HaBeracha 5783- Torah Requires Work
Haazinu 5783- What is True Simcha
Vayelech 5783- Every Jew has to Write Their Own Story
Nitzavim 5782- The Closest Mitzvah
Ki Tavo 5782- Did We Remember to Bless?
Beracha
Kosher
Tefillin on Rosh Chodesh
Rules of Writing the Tefillin Parchment
The Themes of the 4 Passages in the Tefillin
Shoftim 5782- We Can All Be Kings
Eikev 5782- The Gift of The Land of Israel
Re'eh 5782- When Hashem is Close By
Ki Teitzei 5782- You Can Always Be Connected
Challah
Women and Tefillin
VaEtchanan/Nachamu 5782- Who Will Bring Us Comfort?
Shul
Tefillin on Tisha BAv
Devarim-9th of Av 5782- I Will Not Leave You
Masei 5782 - Keep Journeying
Matot 5782- How to Enter the Land of Israel
Balak 5782- See the Greatness of the Jewish People
Chukat 5782- A Jew Can Never Stop Growing
Korach 5782- Every Jew Has A Unique Mission
Shelach 5782- Never Be Afraid of Our Own Power
Behaalotcha 5782- Don't Be Defined By Your Failures
Bamidbar 5782- The Short and Long Journey
Shavuot 5782- Stand Up and Be Counted
Bechukotai 5782- Dig In
Behar 5782- How to Count Twice
Emor 5782- Not Just Words on a Page
Pesach 5782- Everyone is Welcome at the Table
Kedoshim 5782- I am Nobody without the Nation
Acharei Mot 5782- A Jew Should Never Be Afraid
Metzora 5782- Speak Positive
Tazria 5782- See the Good in Every Person
Shemini 5782- Bring the Energy into Our World
Tzav (Purim) 5782- Your Fire Needs to Travel
Vayikra 5782- Hashem is Talking to Us
Days we do not wear tefillin
Blessings on the tefillin
Disruption between placement of head and arm tefillin
Placement of tefillin on the head
Placement of tefillin on the arm
The gift to proudly wear the crown
Treating tefillin with respect and dignity
The 4 passages of tefillin from the Torah
When to make the blessing on tefillin
Get
Aveilut
Kiddush
Shomer Shabbat
Rosh Chodesh
Havdala
Shemot 5782- Names are Essence
VaEra 5782- Redemption is Unity
Bo 5782- Don't Be Sleeping!
Beshalach 5782- Leaders Create Leaders
Yitro 5782- Against the Nature of Am Yisrael
Mishpatim 5782- Connect to Yerushalayim
Terumah 5782- Building a Mishkan in Our Hearts
Tetzaveh 5782- Nobody Else Can Do the Job
Ki Sisa 5782- Getting in the Shabbat Mindset
Vayakhel 5782- No Jew Left Behind
Pekudei 5782- Every Detail is a Conduit for Hashem
Chanuka takeaways
We need 8 Nights
The fusion of Shabbat and Chanuka
The Unsung Hero of Chanuka
The Message on the Ox's Horn
Facing the Impossible
Shining our Lights Outward
Ma'alin BaKodesh
The Pure Flask
Kindling the Next Generation
Living with Uncertainty
Take the First Step
Days of Courage
Let's do what we need to do
Tisha Bav can be a Happy Day
Our lives can look different
Lessening our Joy for Av
Help Others Gain Perspective
Empathy always comes first
Open to Change
Don't feel sorry for yourself
Talk about good timing!
Open with a compliment
The Secret Weapon of Changemakers
The Finger of Blame
Breakdown in Relationships
The 22 Days of Return
The Blossoming Branch (Intro to 3 weeks)
Pirkei Avot Shiur 5
Pirkei Avot Shiur 4
Pirkei Avot Shiur 3
Pirkei Avot Shiur 2
Pirkei avot shiur 1
Avot 2:15-16 You have 60 Minutes
Avot 2:10 The purpose of life?
Avot 2:9 Don't be oblivious
Avot 2:9 Freshly paved paths
Avot 2:8 Why birds fly
Avot 2:4 There's always a slim chance
Avot 1:12 Practice, then preach
Avot 1:6-7 Do not despair!
Avot 1:4-5 Anchored & Open
Avot 1:3 Don't be afraid to teach
Avot 1:1 The next link in the chain
Intro to Avot: What we heard at Sinai
#15 Nirtzah: Writing your own stanza
#14 Hallel: A song of the future
#13 Barech: The story that is alive today
#12 Tzafun: Going to sleep with an empty fridge
#11 Shulchan Orech: Eating as a Song
#10 Korech: All the Children at the Table
#9 Maror: Catalysts for Growth
#8 Matzah: Matzah over Gold & Silver
#7 Motzi: Being Pulled Out to Change the World
#6 Rachtzah: Being Present in the Moment in Front of Us
#5 Maggid: Slavery and the Redemptive Life
#4 Yachatz: How to Build a Kind World
#3 Karpas: Having a Feast on a slice of Vegetable
#2 Urchatz: Our Lives Are Like Rhymes
#1 Kadesh: Hands-On Judaism
Intro: The Pesach Seder is a Journey