Podcast Episodes

Ethics: How to Boost Your Intelligence (5:15-8)

There are different types of people in the world. Just as our faces are not identical, our perspectives and abilities and innate qualities differ. Regarding a host of things, our Sages tell us that t…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

But I’m a Good Person with Dan Kullman

When my dear friend, Dan Kullman, asked me to join him on The Shema Podcast to discuss the phenomenon of people saying, “But I’m a good person,” I was not aware of how pervasive such a sentiment is a…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Parsha: Parshas Noach (Rebroadcast)

In this week’s parsha: Noah and his family build an Ark as a refuge from an extinction-level Flood brought by God to destroy the world’s sinners.

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Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Parsha: Bereishis – Making Partner

What connection do we have with Genesis? In our parsha, God creates the world in six days and ceases to create of day seven, on Shabbos. What exactly does this have to do with us is a great mystery. …

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Parsha: Parshas Bereishis (Rebroadcast)

With praise and appreciation to the Almighty, we begin another year of Torah study and a new cycle of the Parsha Podcast. This year, we will reupload the previous year’s podcast which covered the ent…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Parsha: Vezos Habracha – Antidotes to Mediocrity

In the Torah’s final Parsha, and indeed, in its final words, we say goodbye to the greatest human to have ever lived. With the passing of Moshe, the Torah ends, and on Simchas Torah- the day that we …

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Hoshana Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah: The Meaning of Sukkot’s Climax

The Festival of Sukkot ends with a three-day constellation of significant days: The seventh day is Hoshana Rabbah, the eighth is Shemini Atzeres, and the ninth is Simchas Torah. These days have uniqu…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Dreaming of a Sunny Sukkah

We are amid the incredible Festival of Sukkos. Each day (except Shabbos) we shake the Lulav and Esrog, we celebrate with our family, and we dwell in our temporary residence, the Sukkah. But what happ…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

The Glorious Clouds of Sukkos

Over the course of the Festival of Sukkos (sometimes spelled “Sukkot”, sometimes “Succos”, rivaled only by the nightmare of trying to find the definitive spelling of Chanukah – Hannukah, Hanukkah), w…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Parsha: Parshas Vezos HaBeracha (Rebroadcast)

The final parsha of the Torah details the blessings that Moshe conveyed to the tribes of Israel immediately prior to his passing, and the Torah ends with the description of the death, burial, and eul…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago