Podcast Episodes

Rabbenu Yonah's Four Kitot 7: Rounding Out R. Yonah's Liars

Rabbenu Yonah's Four Kitot 7: Rounding Out R. Yonah's Liars, by Rav Gidon Rothstein

Liars with no specific profit, what they do wrong, with some exce…

3 years, 10 months ago

Vayishlach | Rachel's Tragic Death: Why Did It Have To Happen?

Vayishlach | Rachel's Tragic Death: Why Did It Have To Happen? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom

The dramatic event of the birth of Binyamin, the only child o…

3 years, 10 months ago

Rabbenu Yonah's Four Kitot 6: Rabbenu Yonah's Most Serious Liars

Rabbenu Yonah's Four Kitot 6: Rabbenu Yonah's Most Serious Liars, by Rav Gidon Rothstein

Starting Rabbenu Yonah's second group who will not greet the…

3 years, 10 months ago

Vayetze | Who Knew What, When?

Vayetze | Who Knew What, When? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom

The famous deception of Yaakov on his wedding night, in which Leah was brought in to his cham…

3 years, 10 months ago

Rabbenu Yonah's Four Kitot 5: Last Discussion of Moshav Leitzim

Rabbenu Yonah's Four Kitot 5: Last Discussion of Moshav Leitzim, by Rav Gidon Rothstein

Closing up our analysis of leitzim, with a few examples of ho…

3 years, 10 months ago

Toldot | Why "Beersheva"?

Toldot | Why "Beersheva"? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom

What does "Beersheva" mean? Well of an oath? (If so, which oath) Well of the seven? (seven of what…

3 years, 10 months ago

A Conversation About Covenants | Rabbi Lord Sacks zt"l

A Conversation About Covenants | Rabbi Gavriel Rosen featuring Rabbi Lord Sacks zt"l,  special commemorative marking Rav Sacks's second yahrzeit

3 years, 11 months ago

Rabbenu Yonah's Four Kitot 4: Moshav Leitzim in Avot and Shulchan Arukh

Rabbenu Yonah's Four Kitot 4: Moshav Leitzim in Avot and Shulchan Arukh, by Rav Gidon Rothstein

A further way to understand leitzim in general, from …

3 years, 11 months ago

Chayei Sara | What's The Matter With Canaanite Girls?

Chayei Sara | What's The Matter With Canaanite Girls? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom

When Avraham's days are nigh, he summons his chief slave and administe…

3 years, 11 months ago

Rabbenu Yonah's Four Kitot 3: Other Views of Leitzim

Rabbenu Yonah's Four Kitot 3: Other Views of Leitzim, by Rav Gidon Rothstein

Expanding our understanding of what qualifies as a letz, as someone who …

3 years, 11 months ago