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Rabbi Yakov Bronsteyn - Parsha Classes — 443 episodes
443. Torah Broker Podcast Guest - Money
442. Tisha B’Av - Kinna 34
441. Shevuos - Women Are Torah’s Gatekeepers
440. Purim - Haman’s Gallows
439. When A Small Act Changes History
438. Sheva Brachos - Bas Yisrael in Phoenix
437. 85th Birthday - A Spiritual Achievement
436. Sheva Brachos - L’Chaim!
435. Chanukah - Torah: One Text, Infinite Voices
434. Lech Lecha - Accepting Metamorphosis in Life
433. Noach - Flood, Dispersion Collapses & Commitment
432. Shemini Atzeres - Finding Your Perfect Torah Level
431. Yahrtziet Shiur: Sukkah It’s In The Name
430. Yizkor Drasha 5786 - All For One
429. Rosh Hashannah - The Ripples Of Our Deeds
428. Rosh HaShanna - Image of God
427. Ki Sovo - Defilement of the Torah Scroll Version 2
426. Ki Tzeitzei - Rooftop Fences & Rosh Hashannah
425. Shev Shmattah - Majority Rules? Not So Fast..
424. Re’eh - Are Fish With Worms Kosher?
423. Guest at Torah Broker Podcast
422. Va’etchanan - Natural Superiority of Women
421 - Vaetchanan - The Universe From God’s Perspective
420. Tisha B’Av - Why We Mourn
419. Tisha B’Av Kinnos #45
418. Matos - Immersing Food Utensils in the Mikvah
417. Sheva Brachos - Marriage Is Epic
416. Driving Engine of Community - Torah
415. Emor - Thankful For The Pain
414. Vayikra - A Jew’s True Desire
413. Ki Sisa - Moshe’s Name
412. Truma - Megilla Day or Night
411. Mishpatim - Hashem’s Children No Matter What
410. Decalogue and Shabbos
409. Bo - Renewal & Redemption
408 - Vayeira - Hostage Exchange in Halacha
407. Shemos - Pregnancy Complications In Halacha
406. Vayechi - Perception In Halacha
405. Chanukah - Candles & Marriage
404. Vayeishev - Jezabel’s Merit
403. Vayeitzei - Bar Miztvah Drasha
402. Vayeitzei - Jacob’s Ladder According to the Rambam
401. Toldos - Mitigating Circumstances
400. Chaya Sarah - Why Is Derech Eretz Pivotal?
399. Vayeira - Does Hashem Sit?
398. Yahrzeit Shiur - Noble Intentions in Education
397. Yom Kippur - Yizkor Drasha
396. Yom Kippur - Ultruistic Mitzvah Performance
395. Sheva Brachos - Family Ties
394. Tisha B’Av - Kinna 23
393. Tisha B’Av - Kinna 45
392. Devarim - Israel and Tisha B’Av
391. Pinchas - It Was His Idea
390. Nasso - Peace in the Home
389. Nasso - Torah Exudes Infinite Light
388. Bechukosai - Why Does Vayikra End with this Parsha
387. Behar - Overcoming Difficulty
386. Emor - Extra Defilement for a Kohen
385. Applying Rov/Chazaka of One to Another
384. Beshalach - A Split That Forges a Connection
383. Forever in the Moment
382. Kedoshim - Shill Bidding in Halacha
381. Purim Toyrah - Mordechai's Persuasion of Esther.
380. Pekudei - Duel Purpose of the Temple
379. Vayakhel - The Child Who Couldn't Calm Down on Shabbos
378. Hilchos Kiddush, Havdalah, & the Ressurection
377. Ki Sisa - The Rabbi Removed The Torah During the Reading
376. Bo - The Golden Chain of Belief
375. Halacha - Oneg Shabbos
374. Va’era - Hashem’s Shadow
373. Halacha - Erev Shabbos 2
372. Miketz - The Brothers’ Confession
371. Chanukah - Metaphysical Molecular Structure of the Aleph Beis
370. Halacha - Erev Shabbos
369. Vayishlach - The Concept of Concealment
368. Vayeitzei - Angels of Jacob’s Ladder
367. Toldos - Bad Names
366. Importance of Knowing All of Torah
365. Vaeira - The Stamp of Hashem is Truth
364. Yahrtziet Shiur - Motion Is The Foundation Of Life
363. Yizkor Drasha - Parents’ Honor
362. Ten Days of Teshuva Inspiration
361. Intravenous Nasogastric Tubes on Yom_Kippur II
360. Sheva Brachos - Intuitive Sense of Simcha
359. Tisha B’Av - Kinna 45
358. Maasei - The Man Who Accidently Caused A Tragic Death Part 2
357. Pinchas - The Case of the $10K Lottery & Pizza
356. 60th Wedding Anniversary - Seudas Mitzvah
355. Chukas - Our Abilities
354. Korach - Korach’s Wife
353. Shelach - Jewish Burial And The Casket
352. Behaloscha - Kabbalistic View of Nutrition
351. Behaloscha - Torah A Beautiful Light
350. Bamidbar - Guarding The Sanctuary of Ourselves
349. Bechukosai - The Purpose of the Sefira Period
348. Bechukosai - Ohr HaChaim - Blessing of Security
347. Emor - The Three Pillars
346. Emor - The Apoplectic Taxi Driver on Shabbos
345. Emor - Capital Punishment In Jewish Law
344. Achrei Mos - Spiritual Enlivenment According to Kabbala
343. Bar Mitzvah - Bracha of Baruch Shepatrani
342. Tazria - Ohr HaChaim - Tzoras; It’s not Just Physical
341. Pre - Pesach Discussion Panel
340. Pesach - Kitniyos & Minhag Version 2
339. Vayikra - Torah's Existence Before Existence
338. Vayikra - The Sotah & Golden Calf
337. Pekudei - Tabernacle in the Image of Man
336. Pekudei - Mitzvos & Oneness of the Jewish People
335. Ki Sisa - Danger On Shabbos
334. Tetzaveh - Fix Yourself First
333. Sheva Brachos - Birthday Significance
332. Ohr HaChaim Truma - Ark & the Beis Hamikdash
331. Mishpatim - Me Bear a Grudge? Who said?
330. Yisro - Tanya Introduction Part 1
329. Yisro - Cars, Trains, & The Ailing on Shabbos
328. Beshalach - The Ultimate Medicine
327. Beshalach - How To Cut Shabbos Challah
326. Bo - What Does the Word Teshuva Mean?
325. Bo - Shmura Matzah for the Seder
324. Vaeira - Magic Shows in Jewish Law
323. Shemos - The Ultimate Gratitude
322. Vayigash - The Curiosity of Yaakov’s Old Age
321. Chanukah - The Silver Menorah
320. Vayeisheiv - Yosef & Mordechai Are The Same
319. Vayeishev - Soldiers Lighting Chanukah Candles In The Trenches
318. Vayishlach - Esav’s Intention
317. Vayishlach- Mitzvah To Honor An Older Brother
316. Vayeitzei - The Significance of Names
315. Toldos - Yitzchak Had No Merit for Eretz Yisrael?
314. Toldos - Is It Okay To Lie?
313. Doniel’s Vort - Hashem’s Chesed
312. Chaya Sarah - When We Are Tested
311. Chaya Sara - The Bride With A Broken Leg & A Cancelled Wedding
310. Vayeira - Praying to Hang On
309. Lech Lecha - Sacrificing Few To Save Many According To Rabbi J. David Bleich
308. Noach - What’s the Difference Between Moshe & Noach?
307. Noach - Does God Need Our Blessings?
306. Bereishis - Creation of Spiritual Light Version 2
305. Succos - Hidur Mitzvah
304. Yahrtzeit Shiur - Forefather Yitzchak
303. Esrog Hamurkov Shiur - Chol U'Moed Succos
302. Yom Kippur - Yizkor Drasha Rendition 2022
301. Yom Kippur - Intravenous Gastric Tubes on Yom Kippur
300. Kesubos 77B - Living That Avoids Death
299. Nitzavim - How Do We Change The Way We Think Part II
298. Ki Sovo - A Robbery That Would've Happened Even With the Alarm
297. Ki Sovo - Defilement of the Torah Scroll
296. Ki Tzeitzei - Purchasing Organs From Shady Sources
295. Teshuva A Transformative Agent
294. Shoftim - Winner Of The Substitute Lottery Ticket
293. Re’eh - Can I Wear A Mezuza As A Necklace? Version 2
292. Reaction to Tragedy
291. Importance of Quoting One’s Sources
290. Devarim - The Case of the Broken Computer & Selflessness Version 2
289. Tisha B'Av - It’s Antidote is Happiness
288. Mattos - Your Word Or Death
287. Maasei - The Man Who Accidentally Caused A Tragic Death
286. Pinchas - Ends Don’t Justify The Means
285. Pinchas - Addiction
284. Balak - Mental Illness In Halacha Part II - Committing to An Institution
283. Chukas - Sforno’s Perpective on The Red Hefer
282. Korach - Infidelity With Elijah The Prophet?
281. Shelach - Tekhelet The Mystery of the Blue Fringe
280. Behaloscha - Learn to Say “I Don't Know”.
279. Behaloscha - Resurrection Version 2
278. Nasso - Indirectly Causing Someone's Death During the Holocaust
277. Shavuos - Do & Understand According to Maharal
276. Bamidbar - Self Confidence
275. Bechukosai - The Promise of the World to Come
274. Experience of Death & NDE
273. Behar - The Sale With A Hidden Value
272. Abortion - Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
271. Emor - Understanding Requires Deliberation
270. Emor - Stocks and Shabbos
269. Taanis 21a - Ilpha & Nachum Ish Gam Zu
268. Kedoshim - God’s Kingdom Depends on Unity
267. Kedoshim - Stealing to Save Lives Version II
266. Achrei Mos - Can I Count the Omer in My Dreams? Version II
265. Insights Into The Haggadah Part 6
264. Metzora - Etiquette of the Wise
263. Pesach - Insights Into The Hagaddah Part 5
262. Tazria - Continuos Continuation of Creation
261. Tazria - Eliahu Hanavi At A Bris & Seder
260. Shemini - Aharon Understood Bad Things Happening To Good People
259. Shemini - Is Sturgeon Kosher?
258. Vayikra - Ramban’s Introduction
257. Vayikra - Our Souls Are Pure
256. Purim - Reasons For Mishloach Monos
255. Pekudei - Organized and Calculated is the Way To Be
254. Pekudei - Why We Will Live Forever
253. Vayakhel - Can I Brew Coffee With A Timer On Shabbos?
252. Ki Sisa - What You Hate Don't Do To Friends
251. Ki Sisa - Haman’s Bribe The Jewish Solution & God’s Half-Shekel Antidote
250. Tzaveh - How Many Shabbos Candles? Part 2: Duality of Shabbos
249. Tefilah - Why We Pray According to The Alter of Kelm
248. Teruma - The Synagogue Mechitzah According to R’ Moshe Feinstein Version 2
247. Mishpatim Gur Aryeh - Dogs and Rewards
246. Mishpatim - Bas Mitzvah In Jewish Law
245. Fascinating Laws Of Our Calendar
244. Yisro - Gur Aryeh - Like-Minded Spiritual Enjoyment
243. Yisro - One Father’s Need & Two Brother’ Desire: A Tale of Two Kidneys
242. Beshalach - Execution of Infidels - Not
241. Beshalach - Polar Regions, Moon & Outer Space In Jewish Law
240. Beauty Is A Beast - Taanis 7a.mp3
239. Bo - The Language of Messianic Times
238. Bo - The Plague Of Darkness
237. Vaeira - Moshe Aharon and Why We Turn Grey
236. Vaeira - Snow Mikvah in Jewish Law
235. Shemos - Gur Aryeh- Poverty Is Life-Support
234. Shemos - Heter Meah Rabbanim
233. Vayechi - No. The Messiah Did Not Come Yet.
232. Vayechi - Who Is The Angel Of Death?
231. Vayigash - Gur Aryeh - How Did Shimon Marry His Sister?
230. Vayigash - Spiritual Majesty: A Dignified Existence
229. Mikeitz - Gur Aryeh - Bris & Livelihood
228. Mikeitz- Chanukah & Telepathy
227. Vayeishev - Gur Aryeh - Yosef And The Butler
226. Vayeishev - Yosef, Chanukah, Trains, Planes, And Hotels
225. Ta'anis (2A) - Three Keys of Hashem
224. Vayishlach - Gur Aryeh - Collateral Death In War
223. Vayishlach - Tombstones
222. Vayeitzei - The Consummate Talmud Chacham
221. Vayeitzei - Gur Aryeh - Being Alive
220. Vayetzei - Special Natural Of The Western Wall
219. Toldos - We Are Greater Than Avraham?
218. Toldos - How Did Yaakov Trick His Father Yitzchak?
217. Chaya Sarah - The First Sin & Free Will
216. Chaya Sarah - The 25 Million Dollar Burial
215. Ohr Hachaim Lech Lecha - Avraham’s Charge
214. Noach - The Creation of Time
213. Bereishis - Creation of Spiritual Light
212. Succos - Simchas Beis HaShoava Lights
211. Succos - Arava Zecher L'Migdash
210. Empathy and the Succah
209. לולב הגזול - מצוה הבא בעבירה
208. Ha’azinu - Yizkor Drasha
207. Succos - The First Bite In The Succah
206. Basics of Eating on Yom Kippur
205. Vayeilech - Greatness And Ability
204. Judgement of Rosh Hashana
203. Selichos Inspiration
202. Ki Sovo - Serving Hashem With Love & Happiness
201. Ki Sovo - Secret To Healing In Jewish Thought
200. Ki Tzeizei - God’s Intension
199. Ki Tzeiztei - Polygamy in Jewish Law
198. Shoftim - Concurrent Humility & Pride
197. Shoftim - A Strange Case Of Dual Abandonment Without A Get
196. Re’eh - Animal Cruelty
195. Re’eh - A Kosher Pig & The Messiah
194. AfterLife - What Does It Mean To Die?
193. Danger Of One Versus Many
192. Afterlife - Reincarnation
191. Devarim - The Case of the Broken Computer & Selflessness
190. Devarim - A Parrot & A Lie Detector Test As Evidence in Court
189. Maasei - A Word of Inspiration To Eternal Life
188. Afterlife - Transmigration Of The Soul
187. Maasei - Is Eilat A Part Of Israel?
186. The Silver Lining In The Three Weeks
185. Pinchas - A Question of Eternity: Body or No Body?
184. Balak - How To Be Smart
183. Afterlife - Experience of Death and NDE
182. Space Travel In Halacha
181. Balak - What Appears Is Seldom The Truth
180. Chukas - Kohanim Flying Over Cemeteries & With Deceased
179. Korach - Moshe’s Plan
178. Korach - Marriage & The Resurrection
177. Our Relationship With God During Hard Times
176. Shelach - Hunting People On Shabbos
175. Bahaloscha - Confident Like A Wall
174. Behaloscha - The Wrong Operation that Worked
173. Nasso - Artificial Insemination
172. Nasso - Ohr HaChaim on Yissachar & Zevulin
171. Shavuos - The Day The Torah Was Given Is Ommited From The Pentateuch
170. Bamidbar - One Lost Earring & Shavuos
169. Bechukosai - Cannabalism In Jewish Law
168. Behar - One Water Two People: Who Should Drink It?
167. Bechukosai - Laws of the Battlefield
166. Behar - Life’s Slippery Slope
165. Exoteric Reason For Lag B’Omer
164. Emor - Sefira and Crossing the International Dateline
163. Kedoshim - Stealing to Save Lives
162. Achrei Mos - Why Is Embarrassing Like Killing?
161. Tazria - Is It Ok To Be Mean?
160. Tazria-Metzora - When The Bride has No Uterus Can The Doctor Tell?
159. Shemini - The Golem & What the Soul Is Not
158. Shemini - Are Giraffe & Bison Kosher?
157. Pesach - The Inadvertently Evil Egyptian
156. Pesach - Haggadah Insights 4
155. Pesach - Haggadah Insights 3
154. Tzav - When Exactly Is Mashiach Coming?
153. Vayikra - Why Children Start Their Study With This Book
152. Pesach - Checking For Chametz in Cars and Offices
151. Vayikra - Achieving Communal Unity
150. Pekudei - Will The Dead Be Revived In Perfect Health During the Resurrection?
149. Vayakhel - Life Force of the Universe
148. Pesach - Kitniyos and Minhag
147. Ki Sisa - The Theory of Everything
146. Ki Sisa - Miraculous Nature of Nature
145. Tzaveh - Incense: Inner Beauty With Outer Impact
144. Purim - Mordechai’s Resilience
143. Purim - The Case of the Messenger Who ate the Mishloach Manos
142. Purim - Seeing the Future In The Present
141. Teruma - The Synagogue Mechitzah According to R’ Moshe Feinstein
140. Mishpatim - The Floor Heater That Caused A Fire
139. Mishpatim - The Cantor’s Voice That Broke The Chandelier & Music In Jewish Thought
138. Yisro - Should We Celebrate When A Loved-One Dies?
137. Yisro - Separating Conjoined Twins
136. Beshalach - How to Become A Prophet
135. Beshalach - The Case of the Stolen Torah Cover and the Overzealous Gabai
134. Bo - Defining Elements of a President
133. Bo - Pharoh Dismantled For His Own Good
132. Bo - Alacrity with Mitzvos
131. Vaeira - What Is The World To Come?
130. Vaeira - Pharoh Was Happy With The Plagues
129. Shemos - The Case of the Woman Who Refused to Get a Divorce
128. Vayechi - Mitzvah to Fulfill the Wishes of the Deceased
127. Vayechi - Mausoleums In Jewish Law
126. Tenth Of Teves: History & Halacha
125. Vayigash - Is It Possible to Have Super Powers?
124. Vayigash - Israel Is The Highest Land
123. Mikeitz - Mirror Mirror On The Wall Which Is The Biggest Chanukah Miracle of Them All?
122. Zos Chanukah According to R’ Tzadok
121. Vayeishev - What’s Right In Front of Our “Sightless” Eyes
120. Vayeishev - Is An Electric Menorah Kosher?
119. Vayishlach - The Mistaken Get And The Treachery of Deception
118. Vayishlach - Good Bad Role Models
117. Vayeitzei - Copyright Infringement in Jewish Law
116. Vayeitzei - Real Trust In God
115. Toldos - Character as a Matter of Nature
114. Toldos - Blindness of Yitzchak and Divine Providence
113. Sheva Brachos - No need to be careful of what you ask for
112. Chayei Sarah - Burial in the Ground
111. Vayeira - Why Did Avraham Refuse to Listen to Sarah?
110. Vayeira - Avraham's Kindness According to the Alter of Slabodka
109. Lech Lecha - How Does The World Still Exist?
108. Lech Lecha - Sacrificing The Few To Save The Many According To Rabbi J. David Bleich
107. Eikev - Sheva Brachos - Being a Commoner isn’t so Common
106. Noach - Flood In Eretz Yisrael
105 Noach - Belief in God Through Understanding
104. Bereishis - Sheva Brachos Simcha Glue
103. Bereishis - Biblical Lifespans According to the Rambam and Ramban
102. Bereishis - Shabbos - The Purpose Of Creation
101. Gratitude and Simcha on Sukkos
100. Sukkah and Peace on Earth
99. Vzos HaBracha - Completion of the Torah and Yom Tov
98. Vzos Habracha - Binyamin as the Esrog and Succos
97. Taking Pills on Yom Kippur
96. Ten Days of Teshuva - R' Yonason Eibshitz
95. Rosh Hashana: Gratitude - an essential element.
94. Rosh Hashana - Holiness According Rabbi Shimon Shkop
93. Rosh Hashana - Why Do We Blow The Shofar
92. Vayeilech - Why Did Moshe Pass Away?
91. Netzavim - How Do We Change The Way We Think?
90. Ki Sovo - An Emergency Landing
89. Ki Savo - Do We Pay Ransom To Kidnappers?
88. Ki Tzeitzei - What do the Mitzvos do for us?
87. Ki Tzeitzei - Plastic Surgery in Jewish Law
86. Shoftim- Where is the Garden of Eden?
85. Shoftim - Ohr HaChaim - How to Overcome the Yetzer Harah
84. Re'eh - Are Fish with Worms Kosher?
83. Re’eh - Can I Wear a Mezuza as a Necklace?
82. Eikev - Ohr HaChaim: Hashem is our Father
81. Eikev - In Case Of Child Abuse
80. Tisha B'Av - Why We Mourn
79. Vaeschanan - The Universe From God's Perspective
78. Devarim - Dignity Thwarts Racism
77. Devarim - Lack Of Moshe's Entry Into Israel And the 9th of Av
76. Maasei - Flattery Will Get You Everywhere
75. Matos - Immersing Food Utensils in the Mikvah
74. Pinchas - Cruelty for a Good Purpose
73. Pinchas - Discipline - The Key To Success
72. Chukas - Being a Good Person has Consequences
71. Balak - Mental Illness in Jewish Law
70. Korach - Vending Machines on Shabbos
69. Korach- How to Convince Everyone Overnight
68. Shelach- Are We Biased or Just Others?
67. Shelach - How Did The Spys Falter?
66. Behaloscha - Pray for Peace in the Government
65. Behalsocha - Resurrection
64. Nasso - Who is Made in the Image of God?
63. Shavuos - Eating Dairy on the Holiday
62. Shavuos - Risky Business
61. Nasso - Priestly Blessings and Opening Car Doors on Shabbos
60. Bamidbar - Risk Assessment During a Pandemic
59. Bamidbar - The Sense of God's Census
58. Bechukosai - Torah the Default Activity
57. Lag B'omer
56. Behar - Israel is the best place to live
55. Emor - True Commitment
54. Emor - Sanctification of God's Name and the Great Escape
53. Achrei Mos - Car Roof Damage at a Funeral
52. Kedoshim - Mainstays of Societal Success
51. Achrei Mos - Stages of Child Development and Bar Mitzvah
50. Tazria - Order out of Chaos
49. Tazria-Metzora - Tzoras -- Is It Disease or Supernatural?
48. Shemini - the Miraculous Nature of the Anointing Oil
47. Can I Count the Omer or Do a Mitzvah in My Dreams
46. Pesach - Hagaddah Insights 2
45. Checking and Cleaning for Chometz
44. Pesach - Haggadah Insights 1
43. Tzav - Fear Can Be Lethal
42. Pesach - True Freedom
41. Tzav - A Pandemic is Dangerous
40. Vayikra - What is Stealing?
39. Ohr Hachaim on Vayikra - Sacrifices and Adam's Sin
38. Coronavirus - Proper Mental Approach with Torah
37. Vayakhel - Knowledge is the Key to Redemption
36. Ki Sisa - Helicopter Touring Over the Temple Mount
35. Purim and Self-driving Vehicles
34. Tzaveh - How Many Shabbos Candles
33. Purim - The Mitzvah to Become Intoxicated
32. Purim - Living Inspired
31. Purim - Amalek's Facade
30. Teruma - Living in an Opposite Existence
29. Teruma - $800 left in the Western Wall - Who Should Keep It?
28. Teruma - Women’s Minyan
27. Mishpatim- Knowing Malevolence is Knowing Good.
26. Mishpatim - Performing a Medical Procedure on One's Father
25. Yisro - Morphine to Hasten Death?
24. Yisro - Can I say Kiddush after Havdalah?
23. Beshalach - Orchestration of Providence
22. Beshalach - Can Jewish Law Save Lives?
21. Bo - Do we have alternative futures?
20. Bo - What do Miracles Prove Anyway?
19. Vaeira - Independence
18. Vaeira - A Frog's Kiddush Hashem
17. Vaeira - The Efficacy of Prayer on Behalf of Others
16. Shemos - Humility as a result of knowledge
15. Shemos - Being Happy for Others
14. Vayechi - Reciting a Bracha on one Thought to be Dead
13. Vayechi - Good people do good things
12. Vayigash - Age and Happiness Depend on Attitude
11. Mikeitz - Chanukah and Forgetting Torah
10. Chanuka - Using Cigarettes in Your Menorah
9. Vayeishev - When Darkness Disappears
8. Vayeishev - Reading Faces!
7. Vayeishev - Pondering Hatred and Jealousy
6. Vayishlach - With Brothers Like That
5. Vayishlach - The Face of a Jew and a Politician
4. Vayishlach - Anti Semitism
3. Vayetzei - Leah’s Intrusion
2. Vayetzei - What to do When One is Angry
1. Toldos - Can I Sell My Sins?