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The Rabbi Yonah Sklare Podcast — 318 episodes
Bamidbar: Counted, Called, Becoming - Discovering the Individual in Avodas Hashem
גרות דמ''ת [שיעור למדות בענייני שבועות]
First a Mensch: Then Kabbalas HaTorah — 49 Days to Become.
Behar–Bechukosai: The Long Road Home — Shemittah as the Pathway to Olam HaBa
סוגיא דחלב עכו''ם - ע''ז דף לה עמוד ב
Style and Substance: When Beauty Reveals Truth - The Hidden Theme That Permeates Parshas Emor
Sacred Proximity: Kirva, Gevul, and the Paradox of Kedusha in Acharei Mos
Drawn Close, Held Apart: The Dialectic of Relationship in Sefer Vayikra (Parshas Achrai Mos-Kedoshim)
Iyar: The Still Rays of Pesach
Fierce Enough to Be Gentle: Pesach—The Freedom to Surrender
Freedom in His Service: The Inner Mystery of Pesach
Tzav: Not the Devil in the Details—but the Divine
הלל בפסח 2
הלל בפסח
Mindfulness Meets Kedusha: Gather Yourself to Rise Higher — A Vayikra Perspective
From Stuck to Free: Nissan and the Unfolding of Inner Possibility
Vayakel-Pekudai: Divine Blueprint, Human Creativity
When Mitzvos Grow With You: The Changing Meaning of the Mishkan After the Eigel - Vayakel Pekudai
שיעור עיון - הקדמה לפ' ארבעה מיתות
Purim: Where the Heart Refuses to Grow Old
Purim: Where the Heart Refuses to Grow Old
Tetzaveh: Ivory Tower and Trenches: Two Models of Sacred Leadership
שיעור עיון ע''ז דף לד: - פרשא מותרת
שיעור עיון מגילה דף כז - אין מוכרין ס''ת אלא ללמוד תורה ולישא אשה
Tetzaveh: The Secret of Dwelling in our Midst
שיעור עיון מס' סנהדרין דף מח: - נכסיהם למלך
שיעור עיון מס' סנהדרין - סוף פ' נגמר הדין
Terumah: Intimacy vs. Intensity in Relationship
Mishpatim: Can We "See" Hashem?
Yisro: Why His Persona Looms So Large
מכירת ס''ת - שיעור עיון מגילה דף כז
Beshalach: Hashem is Now Discernable
Bishalach: We Are All Part Of The Mission
שיעור עיון, סנהדרין דף מח - מותר המת
שיעור עיון סנהדרין דף מח - בענין גוף הקדושה
Bo: A Jewish Conception of Hashem
Vaera: Knowing Vs. Believing
Va'era: Failure By Design
Shemos: Who Hashem Really Is
שיעור עיון, סנהדרין דף מח - עוד בענין הזמנה מילתא
שיעור עיון - סנהדרין דף מח, הזמנה מילתא
Shemos-Bereishis Throughline
Rebbe-Talmid Relationship
קריאת התורה: חובת יחיד או חובת ציבור
שיעור למדות - קביעות יו''ט דחנוכה במשנת הרמב''ם
שיעור עיון סנהדרין דף מז - מת מתוך רשעו
קריאת התורה: גדר השמיעה
Chanukah: Maintaining Penimius
Trail of Chanukah-Purim Hints in the Parsha
שיעור עיון- מגילה דף כג:, עוד בענין קריאת התורה כדבר שבקדושה
Vayashev/Chanukah: Attractive, Yet Spiritually Substantive
שיעור עיון מגילה דף כג: - קריאת התורה כדבר שבקדושה
שיעור עיון, סנהדרין דף כו:, תשובה בפסולי עדות
שיעור עיון על חנוכה: עוד בחילוק בין הלל להודאה
Chanukah (Vayashev) Meta-Rational Judaism
שיעור עיון, גמ' סנהדרין דף מה: אין דנים שנים ביום אחד
הודאה vs. שיעור למדות בענייני חנוכה: הלל
Lech Lecha: Embrace The Mystery of Life
Noach: Mutations In Early Man
שיעור עיון - מגילה דף כא:, בעל קורא ועולה
Self-Affirming Teshuva Lecture 4: The R' Yochanan - Reish Lakish Drama.
Self-Affirming Teshuva Lecture 3: Hashem Is In The Opaque
שיעור עיון - מגילה דף כא, שורש התקנה דקריאת התורה 2
שיעור עיון - מגילה דף כא, שורש התקנה דקיראת התורה
שיעור עיון - מגילה דף כו, מעלין בקודש
שיעור עיון - מגילה דף כו, מעלין בקודש
Self-Affirming Teshuvah 2: Secret of the Gemstones
Self-Affirming Teshuvah Lecture 1: The Life of Rav Tzadok
שיעור עיון - בענין קידוש לבנה, סנהדרין דף מב
Elul: Who Is Hashem, Who Are We?
שיעור עיון, סנהדרין, דף מא - התיר עצמו למיתה
שיעור עיון, סנהדרין דף מ - שי' הרמב''ם בדרישות וחקירות
Re'eh: Perceiving the Sublime
Eikev: Synthesizing Gashmiyus With Ruchniyus
Nachamu: How Consolation Comes Through Mourning
שיעור עיון ג' בענין דנים באומדנא - סנהדרין דף לז עמוד ב
שיעור עיון ב' בענין דנים באומדנא - סנהדרין דף לז עמוד ב
Matos: Tribes, Not Tribalism
שיעור עיון, דנין באומדנא - סנהדרין דף לז עמוד ב
שיעור עיון, פסול יחוס בסנהדרין - סנהדרין דף לו עמוד ב
שיעור עיון, אין מושיבין זקן בסנהדרין - סנהדרין דף לו עמוד ב
שיעור עיון- קבלת עול מצוות בגיירות
שיער עיון, סנהדרין דף לה - עונשין בשבת
שיעור עיון סנהדרין דף לו - לא תענה על ריב
Shelach: Emotional Vibes
Naso: Yiddishkeit Is Not A Burden
Matan Torah: Not a Religion But a Relationship
שיעור עיון, מגילה דף יט: - חרש בקריאת המגילה
שיעור עיון, מגילה דף ז - מגילה נתנה ליכתב
Behar: Devil in the Details - Divine in the Details
Emor: The Home As A Mini Mishkan
Acharai Mos-Kedoshim: We Are All Kohanim
Shemini: Boundaries Along With Love
Shabbos Hagaol: What Makes It Gadol?
שיעור עיון, מס' פסחים- הלל דיו''ט
Vayikra: Reframing Sin
מס' מגילה - שיעור עיון בענין משלוח מנות
שיעור עיון, גמ' מגילה- חייב אינש לבסומי בפוריא
שיעור עיון- גמ' מגילה, משתה ושמחה 2
שיעור עיון- גמ' מגילה, משתה ושמחה 1
בי''ד להודאה - שיעור עיון, גמ' סנהדרין
Terumah: The Mishkan As A Human Body
Elaboration of ''Mishpatim- Can Rules Be Liberating
Mishpatim: Can Rules Be Liberating?
Yisro: Don't Be Jaded
Vaera: Birth-Pangs of Geulah
חיוב נשים במקרא מגילה : שיעור עיון- מגילה דף ד
סנהדרין דף כט: אין טוענין למסית [שיעור עיון]
Vayechi: Don't Play G-d
Vayashev: Triumph Through Travail
Vayishlach: Can The Truth Be Relative?
Vayatzai: Why So Many Rocks?
Toldos: Fusing Mesorah with Individuality
שיעור עיון, מס' מגילה- יחס בין הל' מגילה לחנוכה
Chayai Sora: Giving The Jewish Woman Her Due
Vayera: Vivid Vision
Lech Lecha: Avraham's Holy Chutzpa
Noach: Were the Dor HaMabul Actually Great Souls?
Sukkos: Finding Safe Space
מלך חפץ בחיים - Hashem is All About Life
Avinu - Malkanu: Two Sides of One Coin (a Yamim Noraim shiur)
Yamin Noraim: Fearsome of Forgiving?
Elul: Holy Yearnings in Unexpected Places
Ki Satzai: Hashem’s Audacious “Self-Incrimination”
Shoftim: Maintaining the Public's Trust
Nechama: The Magical Jewish Power to Reframe
Nachamu and Tu B'Av: Hope is on the Way
Nine Days Message: A Gentle Touch Can Be The Forceful Grip
Matos: Proactive Individuality
Pinchos: Each Family is Unique
Balak: Trust is the Key in Relationship
Chukas: "Make Yourself Dead Over Torah" - Does This Sound Healthy?
Korach: Socialism and Stifling the Individual
Parshas Shelach: The Feeling of Sovereignty Comes From Within
Joy of Yiddishkeit, Lecture in Dallas. TX
Message in a Bottle of Milk: A Spectacular New Approach to Milchigs on Shavuos
Don't Be A Martyr Address in Dallas, Texas
Sefira: Does Frumkeit Guarantee Menshlichkeit?
The Art of Being Opinionated, Yet Tolerant - Righting the Wrong of Talmedai Rebbe Akiva
Achdus Event in Columbus, OH
Kedoshim: How Do You Conceive of Hashem?
Sefiras Haomer and The Modern Malady of Stress
Interview with Rabbi Sklare about his book: The Breathtaking Panorama - A Sweeping Thematic Approach to Yetzias Mitzrayim
Do We Castigate the Evil Son (Ben HoRasha)?
Tazria- Humans Crave Structure
Pre-Pesach: Z'man Cherusanu- Be True to Thyself
Post Purim Message: More On "I Look Green, But I am Still Beautiful''
Purim: I Look Green, But I am Still Beautiful
Vayakel: Romantics vs. Practical Engineers
Terumah- The Mishkan as a Human Body
Mishpatim: A Judaism Which Makes You Feel Lowly CANNOT be the Real Thing
Yisro: Do You Feel that Your Life is Unglamorous?
Beshalach-- Self-Advocacy as The Mark of True Freedom
Bo- Feeling Hashem's Love by Shedding Childhood Baggage
Vaera: Lesson from a Chometzdige Matzo Ball-- Never Write off a Jew
Shemos through the lens of Rabbi Sklare's new book
Vayechi: The Magic of Hope and Shevet Dan
Vayigash- Dealing with Difficult Family Members
Chanukah: Radiate Your Beauty
Vayaishev: Hamas Hostages in the Parsha
Vayishlach: Origins of the Hamas Monster
Vayatzai: Our Matzav in the Parsha
Toldos: ותלך לדרש את השם -The Quest for Your Divine Portal
Chayai Sora: Living Life Out of Love
Vayera: Can Religion Be Inhumane?
Lech Lecha: The Gumption and Courage to Do Kiruv
Parshas Noach: A Grand Reversal of Tragedy
Sukkos- Clouds of Glory and Finding Hashem in the Haziness of Life
Elul Redefined
Elul: From Self-Loathing to Personal Redemption
Menachem Av: A Healthy Grieving Process
Eikev: Pious and Prosperous- Yes, You Can Have It All
Vaeschanon: Does Judaism Believe In Self-Sacrifice?
Tisha B'Av: Yearning for our Mother
Behaloscha: A Redemptive Perspective of Miriam and Her "Mistake"
Shavuos: Celebrating What WE Have Become
Shavuos: Can We Outdo Hashem?
Why R' Akiva's Talmidim Still Matter Today
Sefira: The Art of Being Both Opinionated and Tolerant
Vaera: The Enchanting Truth of What Lies Beyond Nature
Shemos: The Viciousness of Verbal Bullying
Vayechi: Is Happily Ever After a Fairytale Fantasy?
Vayigash: Do We All Believe in the Same Hashem?
Chanukah’s 3 M’s: Milk, Menorah, and Maternity
Vayeshev: Finding Meaning in Human Suffering
Vayishlach: Find Your Guardian Ma’lachim
Vayatzai: Finding A Safe Space
Kislev: Finding Life Amidst the Dead of Winter
Chayai Sorah: Homage to the Jewish Women
Chayai Sorah: Chessed Which Empowers the Other Person, And Doesn’t Subordinate Them
More on Vayera: Don’t Jettison Your Past
Vayera: Don’t Jettison Your Past
Lech Lecha: Discovering Hashem, Discovering Yourself
Lech Lecha: Terach, the Unacknowledged ‘’Patriarch”
More on Noach: Embracing the Opportunities of Take Two
Noach: Embracing the Opportunities of Take Two
Sukkos: Finding Refuge in Ourselves
Teshuvah: Embrace Yourself, Don’t Negate Yourself
Rosh Hashanah: The Magic of a Weep
Elul: The Poignant Inner Voice When the Shofar Falls Silent
Ki Savo: The Challenge and Opportunity of Maturing into Adulthood
Elul: It’s About Love, Not Fear
Ki Satzai: Finding Purpose in Non-Idyllic Life Circumstances
Ki Satzai: Discipline in Service of Love
More on Shoftim: Leadership Done Right- How to Maintain the People’s Trust
Shoftim: Leadership Done Right- How to Maintain the People’s Trust
More on: Re’eh-- The Worst Travesties are Committed in the Name of Religion, and We Share Nothing in Common with Those Faiths
Re’eh: The Worst Travesties are Committed in the Name of Religion, and We Share Nothing in Common with Those Faiths
Eikav: A Healthy Relationship with Materialism
Eikav: I’ve Got a Little Bit of Moshe in Me
How to Refresh Yourself Amidst a Mid-Life Crises
Masai: From Fear of You I Run to You
Avos 1:17b: More on Silence is Golden
Avos 1:17: Silence is Golden
Avos 1:16: The Quest for Certitude and Security
Pinchos: The Sacredness of Jewish Family Life
Pinchos: Don’t Snuff out Individuality by Institutionalizing the People
Avos 1:15c G-dliness Personified by the People
Avos 1:15b Complementary Leadership Styles
Avos 1:14 Taking Responsibility For One Own Spiritual Future
Balak: The Attack Upon Our Choseness
Balak: Snuffing the Soulfulness out of Relationship— A Lesson from The Hideous Ritual of Ba’l Peor Worship
Avos 1:15 Hillel and Shamai= Ahava and Yira
Avos 1:13 The Frivolous Pursuit of Fame
Chukas: More on An Adolescents Craze for Independence
Chukas: The Adolescent’s Craze for Independence
Avos 1:12c Humble Leadership
Avos 1:12b Inclusivity of all Mankind
Avos 1:12a The Consummate Peacemaker
Korach: Inspiring Confidence in Torah Leadership
Korach: If I am I and You are You, Then, I am Truly I
Avos 1:11b: Balance
Avos 1:11a: Don’t Lust Power
Shelach: Loving Eretz Yisroel as Our Mother
Avos 1:10-11a Work Ethic
Avos 1:8-9b Discipline through Love
Avos 1:8-9a Judge with Humanity
Behalosicha: Balancing Personal Initiative with Deference to Authority
Behaloscha: The Power of a Mother’s Love Coupled with The Power of Her Own Self-Confidence
More On- Naso: Who Is Holding Whom? How to Feel Elevated Rather Than Burdened by Our Mitzvah Responsibilities
Naso: Who Is Holding Whom? How to Feel Elevated Rather Than Burdened by Our Mitzvah Responsibilities
Avos 1:6-7a: The Expanding Concentric Circles of Human Relationship
Avos 1:5b Don’t Abdicate Your Dignity
Avos 1:5a Respecting Woman
Avos 1:4c Limiting Self to Become Enriched by Others
Avos 1:4b Shechinah in the Jewish Home
Shavuos: Bringing Heaven Down to Earth
Shavuos: The Role of Humanism in Matan Torah
Avos 1:4a Family as a Expansion of Yourself
Avos 1:3d Loving Authority vs. Disclination — Chassidishe Rebbe vs. Bad Cop Mashgiach
Avos 1:3c The Students as an Active Participant
Avos 1:3b Personal Growth vs. Responsibility to Community
Avos 1:3a Altruism and the Afterlife
Shavuos: A Celebration of Ourselves
Shavuos: Fidelity in Our “Marriage” to the Torah
Avos 1:2b A Sense of Self
Avos 1:2a Human Initiative Yields Divine Results
Avos 1:1e Demanding of Self, But Accommodating Towards Others
Avos 1:1d Inclusivity of All Jews
Behar: We Too, Have A Relative In High Places
Avos 1:1c Who Were the Anshai Keneses HaGedolah
Avos 1:1b Relating to Our Students’ Wavelengths
Avos 1:1a A Path to Transcendence
Emor: Image Matters
Emor: A Beautiful Face with a Beautiful Mind
Intro to Pirkai Avos 3: Why is Avos in Seder Nezikin
Intro to Pirkai Avos 2: Why Is It Called "Avos"?
Intro to Pirkai Avos 1: Why Do We Learn This Text During The Sefiras Haomer Period?
Kedoshim: The Danger of a Smothering Relationship
More on our Post Pesach Message: Barking Dogs and The Audacity to Hope
Post Pesach Message: Barking Dogs and The Audacity to Hope
Asking Hashem the Mah Nishtana
Pre-Pesach: The Freedom of Self-Awareness and Self-Expression
Gemara Sota 11b- The Merit of Righteous Women
Mishna Pesachim 1:1- The Power of Reframing
Shabbos HaGadol: What Makes it so Unbelievably ‘’Gadol’’?
Parshas HaChodesh: More On The Waxing of Hope and Salvation
Parshas HaChodesh: The Waxing of Hope and Salvation
Shemini: More On Unbridled Love Kills…But So Does Overbearing Discipline
Shemini: Unbridled Love Kills…But So Does Overbearing Discipline
עד דלא ידע בין ארור המן לברוך מרדכי: Are We Supposed to Muddle the Differences Between Good and Evil?
More on Adar: What’s So Funny?
Adar: What’s So Funny?
Pekudai: More On “Home is Where the Heart of Yidishkeit Beats”
Pekudai: Home is Where the Heart of Yidishkeit Beats
Vayakel: Aspiring to the Divine Amidst Human Conditions, The Secret of Tzelem Elokim.
Vayakel: We Too Become Divine Creators- The Secret of Shabbos
Ki Sisah: Rechanneling Wayward Passions of the Past
Ki Sisah: Finding Your Self-Worth-- The Hidden Secret of Machatzis HaShekel
Tetzaveh: We Are Fragrant to the Divine Nostril – Deciphering the Secret of Ketores
Terumah: Rendezvous with Hashem, Rendezvous with Torah
Terumah: The Magical Appeal of a Simple Home
Mishpatim: Should We Try to Make Sense Out of Torah or For That Matter Out of Life Itself?
Mishpatim: Freedom Can Be Lost in a Generation
Yisro: Never Lose the Twinkle in Your Eye
Yisro: Is Torah Divine Legislation or Divine Love?
Beshalach: Dispelling the Cloud of Doubt
Beshalach: Reframing Demons of the Past
Bo: The Grand Comedy of the Makos
Vaera: Can Pharaoh Be Redeemed?
Vaera: A Loving G-d Bursts Upon the Scene
Shemos: Where Was Hashem in Auscwitz, Where Was Hashem in Egypt
Shemos: Melting the Wicked Witch-- A Redemptive Perspective to Suffering
Vayechi: End of Life with Vigor
Vayechi: Connecting to Your Inner Prince
Vayigash: A Blissful Moment of Peace in the Jewish Family
Vayigash: Entering Someone Else’s Skin
Chanukah: The Beauty of a Modest Flicker
Parshas Vayeshev: The Unforeseen Swirl of Divine Redemption-- How the Last Straw of Defeat Can Actually Be the First Spark of Deliverance
Parshas Vayashev: Secret of the Shoe- Why the Mitzvah of Yibum Serves as the Icon of Geulah
Parshas Vayishlach: A Genteel Soul Learns How to Face Down a Bully
Parshas Vayishlach: Coming to Grips With the Tragic Life and Death of Rochel Imanu
Parshas Vayatzai: Saga of Sisters-- Demystifying the Troubling Epic of Rochel and Leah
Parshas Vayatzai: How Leah Teaches Us To Say Thank You
Toldos: The Parent Child Bond as the Bloodstream of Mesorah
Parshas Toldos: Life is Hilarious - Understanding the Persona of ‘’Yitzchok’’
Lech Lecha: An Energetic, Engaged Life
Parshas Noach: The Grit and Courage to Renew and Redo