All Episodes

Be'haaloscha - Preparing the Leviim; every Jew is a Sefer Torah

Nasso - Singing with Joy and the Birchat Kohanim

Bamidbar: Rav Hirsch on the Counting, Shavuos, and the role of the Individual in the "army" of Jewish service

Behar: Rav Hirsch on Shmita and Yovel

Parsha shiur: Kedoshim and Holiness through Self-restraint, Parenting and Shabbos

Getting Your Kitchen Ready for Pesach

Halacha: A Review of the Mitzvos of Purim

Purim - Know Thine Enemy: What Made Haman tick?

Parsha Shiur: Tetzaveh - Rav Hirsch on the messages of lighting the Menorah and the Clothing of the Kohanim

Halacha shiur: Can you ask a Jew to do something on Shabbos that you are not allowed to do?

Parsha Shiur: Terumah - Rav Hirsch on the meanings and messages of the Mishkan

Parsha shiur: Mishpatim - Two fundamental insights from Rav Hirsch that define our nature to the Mitzvot

Parsha Shiur: Yitro

Halacha (12) Fish and Meat Friday night

Parsha shiur - Beshalach: Of detours and Jewish wit

Parsha Shiur - Bo: No one can be left behind

(5) Jewish Wisdom, 3 Minutes at a Time - Are you destined for the World to Come?

Parsha Shiur - Vayigash

Modern Jewish History (16): The Rise of Hitler

Shabbos Drasha: Miketz - What are searching for?

Moments of Chanukah - The Secret of Gratitude (Day 4)

Chanukah moments: Ascending or Descending in Holiness, but never static

Moments of Chanukah - The Centrality of the Jewish Home (Day 2)

Moments of Chanukah: "Oh yeah... it's Chanukah" (Day 1)

Shabbos Drasha: Vayeishev - Making Peace: There's an "I can't", and then there's an "I Can't"

Parsha shiur: Vayeishev - Rav Hirsch on Yosef's dreams and the Brother's calculation to sell him

Halacha (11) - Flowers on Shabbos

Modern Jewish History (15) - American Jews in the Roaring 20s

Modern Jewish History (14) - Palestine in the 20s

Halacha (10) - More from Retzei in bentching, plus forgetting Yaalah v'yavoh

Parsha Shiur: Vayishlach - The Eternal Wrestling Match Between Yaakov and Eisav

Shabbos Drasha: Vayeitze - To see the Blessings we have, not what we wished we had

(4) Jewish Wisdom, Three minutes at a Time - It's never too late to start

Parsha Shiur: Vayeitzei - Yaakov leaves home

Modern Jewish History (13) - The Third Aliya 1919-1929

Halacha (9) - I forgot to add 'retzei' in bentching on Shabbos, now what?

Shabbos Drasha: Toldot - The Atlanta Braves and the World to Come

(3) Jewish Wisdom, Three minutes at a time: The most valuable gift doesn't actually cost anything

Parsha Shiur: Toldot - The (Avoidable) Divergent Paths of Yaakov and Eisav

Halacha (8) - Netillat Yadayim (part 3) - What if there is no water?

Modern Jewish History (12): Palestine under the British Mandate

Shabbos Drasha: The Antidote to the Worship of the Self (Chayei Sarah)

(2) Jewish Wisdom, Three minutes at a time: The Gift of Different Minds

Halacha (7) - Netillat Yadayim (part 2): The Mechanics of washing; the cup, how much water, how much of the hand

Parsha - Chayei Sarah: An Ancient Purchase of Land, An Eternal Hope for the Future

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Yahrtzeit Tribute: Emotionally Spiritual Intelligence

Drasha: Vayeira - Aspiring to greatness while focusing on the task in front of us now

(1) Jewish Wisdom, 3 Minutes at a Time: Misplaced Anger

Halacha (6): Talking After Washing for Bread - Three great misconceptions

Halacha (5) Shabbos: Do I actually have to drink the wine/grape juice for kiddush?

Parsha - Vayeira: Rav Hirsch on the convergence of Milah, Tzedakah and the Destruction of Sedom

Drasha - Lech Lecha: Inaugural Shabbos of Aliya, "It's time to go home"

Gemarah shiur: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder (part 2)

Gemarah shiur: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder (part 1)

Halacha (4) - How many shofar blasts do I really need to hear?

Shofar: A whole complete sound in a broken world

(Elul 02) The Joy of Rosh Hashanah

Journey Through the Machzor - Une'taneh Tokef: A philosophical and historical look at the frightening and powerful text at the center of mussaf

Halacha (3) - Do really need to eat the Head of a Fish on Rosh Hashanah?

For the Love of Mitzvos - The connection between Elul and the question if we should all be buying a parcel of Land in Israel for Shmittah this year

Halacha (2) - What's the deal with...waving our hands before lighting Shabbos candles?

Ki Teitzei: Watch Your words - Of Vows, Miriam and Amalek

Modern Jewish History (3) - The Dreyfus Affair

Modern Jewish History (2) - The Chovevei Tzion

But I'm not ready to hear the shofar! (Elul 01)

Modern Jewish History (1) - The Mussar Movement

Halacha (1) - What's the Deal with... The 18 Minutes?

Parsha: Re'eh - Children to Hashem, Excessive Grieving, and Feeding the Poor