Podcast Episodes

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…

2 years, 1 month 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’…

2 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month ago

Parsha: Chukas - Between a Rock and a Wet Place (5782)

2 years, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago