Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEthics: 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, 11 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, 11 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years ago
Parsha: Chukas - Mourning Clouds
Two giants passed away in this week's Parsha: Moshe two elder siblings, his sister Miriam and his brother Aaron - two of the great leaders and benefa…
2 years ago
Ethics: Judging Favorably (6.6.39)
Not everyone is a saint. In fact, the verse testifies that there is no righteous person in the land who does only good and never sins. So everyone is…
2 years ago
Parshas Chukas (Rebroadcast)
In this week's parsha, we read about a highly unusual mitzvah: The Red Heifer, when an entirely red cow is burned together with a motley concoction o…
2 years ago