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Take Five For Torah — 240 episodes

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Title
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Hoshanah Rabbah

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Sukkot - A Holiday Like No Other

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My Way Or The Highway

4

The Succah Hut We Call Home

5

A Musical View Of Israel

6

Sukot - Exile Or Redemption

7

The Magical Magnifying Glass

8

Choice and Repentance

9

Selichot- the 13 Attributes of Mercy

10

The Brachot Of The Haftorah

11

Honor Offer

12

The Shofar On Rosh Hashanah - Deliverance Or Disturbance?

13

The Lesson Of Tekiah, Shvarim & Teruah

14

A Lesson From Katrina

15

A World Without Shabbat

16

Sefer Devarim - Nitzavim

17

Connecting The Past With The Future

18

Is My Chopped Liver Kosher?

19

Sefer Devarim - Ki Tavo

20

I Don’t Know

21

A Kosher Kitchen - Part 4

22

Praying From Your Heart

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Carrying On Shabbat

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Sefer Devarim - Ki Tetzei

25

One’s Approach To Suffering

26

A Kosher Kitchen - Part 3

27

Can One Pray For The Death Of The Terminally Ill?

28

Shabbat - The Seventh Day

29

Sefer Devarim - Shoftim

30

An Equal Share

31

A Kosher Kitchen - Part 2

32

Blowing The Shofar During Elul

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Shabbat Shalom

34

Organized Living

35

A Kosher Kitchen - Part 1

36

Adon Olam - Part 2

37

Shabbat - A Time To Reflect

38

Sefer Devarim - Eikev

39

Cups, Pockets, And Anger

40

When To Correct During Torah Reading

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Adon Olam - Part 1

42

Tosefet Shabbat - Part 4

43

Sefer Devarim - Va’etchanan

44

Aleinu

45

Tisha B’Av - Ruins As Vast As The Sea

46

Piety

47

Tosefet Shabbat - Part 3

48

Sefer Devarim - Devarim

49

Havdallah On Tisha B’av When It Is Motzei Shabbat

50

A Brachah Of Investment - Part 2

51

Friend Or Foe?

52

Tosefet Shabbat - Part 2

53

Sefer Bamidbar - Masei

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Sefer Bamidbar - Matot

55

A Brachah Of Investment

56

The Significance Of Maariv

57

Tosefet Shabbat - Part 1

58

Sefer Bamidbar - Pinchas

59

I Pledge Allegiance

60

A Capella Music During The Three Weeks

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The Shema - Part 2

62

Preparations for Shabbat - Part 5

63

Sefer Bamidbar - Balak

64

Nekiut - Cleansing Ourselves of Sin

65

The Power Of Destructive Forces

66

The Shema - Part 1

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Preparations for Shabbat - Part 4

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Sefer Bamidbar - Chukat

69

Objects In Rearview Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

70

A Talit At Mincha?

71

Praying Under The Influence

72

Preparations for Shabbat - Part 3

73

Sefer Bamidbar - Korach

74

The Importance Of Positive Reinforcement

75

Leaving Shul Too Soon

76

Kevannah - Meditation In Prayer

77

Preparations for Shabbat - Part 2

78

Sefer Bamidbar - Shlach

79

Recognizing The Beauty Of Nature

80

The Magic Formula

81

Preparations for Shabbat - Part 1

82

Sefer Bamidbar - Behaaloscha

83

Each Time Is A First

84

Modim D’rabanan

85

The Sound Of Silence

86

Oneg Shabbat

87

Can One Eat Before Mussaf?

88

Prayer And Tears

89

Kavod Shabbat

90

Is It Permissible To Greet A Woman?

91

Can We Sing During Kidush?

92

The Importance Of Time

93

Stirring Food On Shabbat

94

Greet, Do, and Smile

95

Silence In The Mourner’s Home

96

Davening While Standing On A High Place

97

Melechet Machshevet

98

The Meaning Of Good Midot

99

Summer, Barbecues & Netilat Yadayim

100

Understanding the Making of a Gadol

101

The Reason For The Shabbat Prohibition Of Muktzah

102

Using The Right Music In Our Speech

103

Yom Haatzmaut

104

Cosmetic Surgery on Shabbat

105

Sefer Vayikra - Tazria & Metzora

106

Hodu

107

Windows In The Synagogue

108

The Therapy of Prayer

109

False Labor on Shabbat

110

Opening Our Home to Others

111

A Personal Countdown

112

Know Your Limits

113

The Values Of Freedom

114

Finding Faith In Ourselves - The Secret Of Redemption

115

The 15 Steps Of The Seder - A Spiritual Perspective

116

True Freedom & Liberty

117

Tell Your Children About It

118

Matzah - Then And Now

119

Ashrei - Part 2

120

The Price Of Progress

121

Davening Maariv After Plag Hamincha

122

The Three Main Parts of Tefillah

123

Sefer Bereshit - Vayechi

124

Visiting The House Of Hashem

125

Following The Leader

126

Prayer From The Heart

127

Sefer Bereshit - Vayigash

128

Judging Others

129

Can A Kohain Soldier Perform Birkat Kohanim?

130

Combining Shabbat Candles With Chanukah Candles

131

Sufganiyot on Chanukah

132

Al Hanisim and Lentil Soup

133

Pirsumei Neis - Publicizing The Miracle Of Chanukah

134

Bimakom SheAin Ish

135

Ashrei

136

Sefer Bereshit - Vayeishev

137

Anger Management

138

Saying Hatikva in Shul

139

Hashem Sifatai Tiftach

140

What Constitutes Acceptance of Shabbat?

141

Sefer Bereshit - Vayishlach

142

Assimilating Torah Study Into One’s Being

143

The Essence of Prayer

144

The Challenges With Regard To Shabbat Observance

145

The Life of Yitzchak Avinu

146

The Ten Tests of Avraham Avinu

147

The Final Exam

148

Shabbat: The Boundaries We Build; The Boundaries We Break

149

Pots, Prophets, and Pastorial Care

150

Breaking The Laws To Change The Future

151

The Relationship Between Avraham and the Almighty

152

Time Management

153

Kiddush L’Zeicher Ma’aseh Beresheit

154

The Relationship Between Sarah and Avraham

155

A Perspective on Human Behavior

156

Thoughts on Hilchot Mezuzah

157

The Sum of its Parts

158

Shabbat: A Multifaceted Experience

159

Reflections of Character on Noach: Human Nature and Free Choice

160

Hilchot Pesukei D’Zimrah

161

Parshat Noach-Humility and Thankfulness

162

Shemini Atzeret-Transitional Objects

163

The Ambiguity of Shemini Atzeret

164

Chag HaSukkos-Appreciating Hashem’s Gifts

165

An Insight to L’David

166

What Should We Concentrate On in the Sukkah?

167

Sukkos-The Holiday of Unity

168

Sukkot in the Torah-Wonder of Wonders

169

The Unique Message of the Holiday of Sukkot

170

A Deeper Look Into the Book of Yona

171

No Ifs Ands or Buts

172

Why do we particularly read Yona?

173

The Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Connection

174

Your Relationship with HaKadosh Barechu

175

You Are What You Dream

176

A Time of Teshuva For Us All

177

The Sound of the Shofer

178

Communal Responsibility

179

Parshat Yitro

180

Parshat Beshalach

181

Parshat Bo

182

Perfection is Not Always Perfect!

183

Season of Happiness

184

Establishing the Holiness

185

Hashem is My Light

186

Reducing the Simcha

187

What’s the Connection?

188

Different Exiles

189

The Thinking Shield

190

The Turning Point

191

Learning from Everyone

192

Becoming a Gibor

193

Fearing Heaven

194

Chatzi Lashem v’Chatzi Lachem

195

The Secret Murder

196

Lag B’Omer on Lag B’Omer

197

Claiming the Day

198

A Miracle for All Israel

199

Roar Like a Lion

200

A Fast Overview of Today

201

Preparing is Not Just for Pesach

202

Four Days to Go…

203

The Purpose of the Haggadah

204

Round Matzot for a Reason

205

En"leaven"ing Your Avodat Hashem

206

The Wicked Son - More than Meets the Eye

207

Isn’t It a Little Late?

208

A Tale of Two Haggadot

209

Take “Five” at the Seder

210

Hop on the Freedom Train

211

See for Yourself

212

Parshat Parah, now?! Don’t have a cow!

213

Connecting with Hashem

214

Purims Large and Small Unite!

215

Revealing the Mystery of the Mask

216

Hilchot Mishloach Manot

217

Upside-Down and All Around

218

The Message Behind the Mask

219

Pointing Out Our Flaws

220

Wine at the Seudah

221

Amalek: Always Deceptive

222

Simcha Doesn’t Stand for Self Indulgence

223

Humility

224

The Dual Perspective of Hallel

225

The Tranquil Tzaddik

226

Facing Jerusalem

227

The Uselessness of Quarrelling

228

Tzitzit in the Cemtery

229

Finding Out About Yekum Porkan

230

The Beauty of Shabbos

231

The Intimate Knowledge of God

232

A Complete Look At Siyum

233

Candlelighting - It’s Electric!

234

The Severity of Gezel (Stealing)

235

Lecha Dodi

236

Inspiration of Yom Tov

237

“Eye” Want to Take Action

238

The Symbolism of the Sukkah

239

Sukkot: GPS for Life

240

Sukkos - Spreading the Joy