Podcast Episodes

Who Are You Meant to Be? | Rabbi Yisroel Bernath Rosh Hashanah Sermon

Sometimes it takes a crisis to stop us in our tracks and ask: Who am I? What kind of spouse am I? What kind of person am I becoming?

On Rosh Hashanah, Judaism invites us to ask these very questions. A…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Make a Confession: Reclaiming Judaism’s Lost Art of Owning Our Goodness

In this class, Rabbi Bernath reframed the very idea of confession in Judaism. While most people think of confession as listing sins and failures, the Torah introduces Vidui Ma’aser, a “confession” wh…

Published on 2 months ago

Finding G-d in Our Struggles: The Firstborn of the Unloved

In this week’s Torah portion, Ki Seitzei, we learn the law of the firstborn: even if the firstborn son comes from the “unloved” wife, he must be given the double portion. Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explor…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

One G-d, Many Voices: How Diversity Makes Us Whole

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath unpacks a fascinating teaching: why does G-d reject the idea of a single-stone altar? At first glance it’s just about ancient rituals, but the deeper message is timeless. Real f…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rebroadcast: Elul & High Holidays - Our Marriage with G-d

The 5-Step Program of Spiritual Courtship, Engagement, Marriage, Honeymoon, and Real Life: Discovering the Divine Romance in Our Lives

In this sermon, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores the deep and mysti…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Integrity & Ambition: The Torah’s Blueprint for Shining in a Broken World

In this class, Rabbi Bernath drew a powerful line from Hitler’s Germany to Hamas today, using a hidden diary entry of the Lubavitcher Rebbe dated September 11, 1941. The Rebbe reflected on why kosher…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Life, Love, and Everything in Between | A Conversation with Jeffrey Warner

I just returned from the JLI Retreat in Washington DC, at retreat at around 1:30am on Saturday night, I sat down with Jeffrey Warner, a university student from Arizona who has been listening to my po…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Joseph Got In and Moses Didn’t: Unpacking a Story of Loyalty, Land, and Leadership

Why was Joseph, the viceroy of Egypt, buried in the Land of Israel, while Moses, the greatest Jewish leader in history, was not?

In this timely and emotionally-charged class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath unp…

Published on 3 months ago

Eicha by Candlelight - Tisha B’Av 5785 (2025)

onight, in a darkened room lit only by the soft flicker of individual candles, over a hundred souls gathered in sacred stillness for Eicha by Candlelight. This was not just an event, it was a ritual …

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Vain Tears: Reclaiming Our Power After Generations of Silence

On the night of the 9th of Av, our ancestors cried tears of despair—tears the Talmud calls “בכיה של חנם”, baseless weeping. G-d’s response wasn’t punitive, it was prophetic: “You wept in vain, and th…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago