Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEthics: Asking and Answering (6.6.42)
Questions are arguably the most potent tool by which to open up a complex subject. Asking questions on a given matter; asking many, diverse questions…
1 year, 7 months ago
Parshas Mattos & Masei (Rebroadcast)
This year, the Book of Numbers ends with a double parsha – Mattos and Masei. We learn about the laws of vows and oaths; the miraculous war with Midia…
1 year, 7 months ago
Parsha: Pinchas - Eggs Not Cheese
Pinchas, Aaron's grandson, did a valorous and zealous act of bravery when he skewered the prince of the tribe of Shimon and stopped the plague from w…
1 year, 7 months ago
Parsha: Pinchas - Staying Hungry (5782)
Although a paternal grandson of Aaron the Kohein, Pinchas was not initially - prior to his heroic act of martyrdom - a Kohein. The law stated that on…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ethics: Well-Grounded (6.6.41)
What is our relationship with our studies? For some (many?) studying Torah is very important. It is a great priority. But is it the permanent fixture…
1 year, 7 months ago
Parshas Pinchas (Rebroadcast)
Pinchas was a man of action, a zealot who avenged God’s vengeance and was handsomely rewarded for it. In this parsha we read about his reward, Moses’…
1 year, 7 months ago
Parsha: Balak - Donkey Gait Keeper
In every generation there are malevolent forces seeking to destroy the Jewish people. They have never been successful, nor will they ever be. The Alm…
1 year, 7 months ago
Parsha: Balak - A Single Point (5782)
Our nation has no shortage of enemies. This is not new. Even in antiquity, our nation was always a target. Laban, Jacob's father-in-law, try to smoth…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ethics: Truth and Peace (6.6.40)
Truth and peace are often incompatible. A peaceful solution to a problem is often not truthful; unvarnished truth is rarely diplomatic. In way number…
1 year, 7 months ago
Parshas Balak (Rebroadcast)
After the Jewish nation trounced the mighty kingdoms of Sichon and Og in last week's parsha, the comparatively smaller and weaker kingdom of Moab res…
1 year, 7 months ago