Episodes
Published 07/24/23
Published 07/10/23
Chapter seven of Rambam’s Laws of Torah Study
Published 05/29/23
The crown of priesthood and king ship are not available tomorrow just anyone. But the crown of Torah can be obtained by anyone who dedicates their life to it. Rambam Laws of Talmud Torah chapter three.
Published 05/25/23
Rambam Laws of Character (Deiot) chapter 7.
Published 05/22/23
Dreams
Published 05/20/23
Rambam laws of the foundations of the Torah chapter 10
Published 05/15/23
Published 05/03/23
The new cycle of traversing the entire breadth of Torah law began today Sunday, April 23, 2023. Get on the train and take a journey through the body of divine wisdom. 20 minutes a day (if you listen on hi speed) will give you the entire corpus of Jewish law in under three years. Welcome on board!
Published 04/24/23
Published 12/12/22
Published 12/01/22
Published 11/14/22
The Akedah is uncomfortable subject. Trigger warnings abound. Yet it is a foundational story of our people. Here's part II of our series reading the text.  Genesis chapter 22, verses 6-12.
Published 11/09/22
Tonight we got rather kabbalistic. What is the world of Atzilut? What's it like to be a soul of Atzilut? Who in history were the souls of Atzilut? What is the function of Malchut in Atzilut? Why is Shechinah, the Divine presence, also called G-d's word, mother and queen?From Epistle 25 of Igeret Hakodesh by the Alter Rebbe, founder of Chabad.
Published 11/02/22
From Epistle 25 of Igeret Hakodesh by the Alter Rebbe, founder of Chabad, part I.
Published 10/31/22
The builders of the Tower wanted to wage war directly with G-d. Yet G-d treats them with kids gloves, especially in comparison to the generation of the flood. Why? Turns out G-d is more concerned with how we treat each other than how we treat Him (!). In this portion we also learn from G-d how to be patient judgment, even when you hear that someone's building a tower to fight G-d.  Text: Genesis chapter 11, verses 1-9
Published 10/24/22
Laws of Yom Kippur, Shulchan Aruch of the Alter Rebbe chapter 606
Published 09/30/22
New Series!  What triggered Abraham's final test? Why does a "chasid" say Hineni ("Here I am")? Why is Jerusalem called Mount Moriah? All this and more in The Binding of Isaac, part I Text: Genesis Chapter 22 with Rashi: Vayera-Torah-Reading Akeidah
Published 09/21/22
Can you desecrate the holiday to retrieve a shofar at the top of a tree? Can you swim across a river for it? Can you clean a shofar on the holiday and what cleanser can never be used to clean a shofar? Bonus: A sermon tip to be derived from the latter law. Text source: Laws of Rosh Hashanah, Shulchan Aruch of the Alter Rebbe #586
Published 09/19/22
Why a "Trump" shofar would not be kosher and why in Berkeley they would agree you should take off your hearing aids to hear the shofar.
 One of the most powerful sounds of Judaism is the piercing cry of the shofar. It cuts through layers of apathy to the heart and core of the soul. In this 4th installment of the seemingly very technical laws of Rosh Hashanah, we discover deep lessons on the power of a mitzvah, no matter who does it, the importance of sincerity and maintaining the pure,...
Published 09/14/22