Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchExtreme Measures (4:4)
My wise grandmother, of blessed memory, used to quip, “Everything in moderation.” That sagacious advice is, in fact, the backbone of Rambam’s underst…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Critical Hour (4:3)
How valuable is an hour of time? How much of a person’s life can be changed in one hour? In this mishna, Ben Azzai teaches us the power of a single h…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Miracle Drugs and Superfoods (4:2)
Something dramatic happens when the Soul is fed. It is empowered and its place in a person’s identity is augmented, and concurrently the Yetzer Hara’…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise (4:1)
Does it make sense to take pride in one’s intellect, fitness, or wealth? Our Sages teach us that those things are determined before someone is born, …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Complex Calculations (3:23)
What is the relationship between Torah and secular disciplines such as astronomy mathematics? In a pithy and cryptic teaching, Rabbi Elazar Chisma – …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Preconditions to Torah (3:21-22)
Torah is unlike any other discipline. Every other discipline can be acquired without preconditions; Torah can only be unlocked by someone who has suc…
1 year ago
Hotel Incidentals (3:20)
In his fourth and final teaching, Rabbi Akiva shares a powerful and serious parable that is designed to shake us up and take life seriously but also …
1 year ago
World Building (3:18)
In an astonishingly profound teaching, Rabbi Akiva informs us of the special role that humans have in completing the objective of the Almighty’s crea…
1 year ago
Bulletproof Fences (3:17)
Rabbi Akiva is one of the titanic figures of the Mishnaic Era. He served as the vital link transmitting the Torah that he studied from his predecesso…
1 year ago
Greeting Everyone with Joy (3:16)
Rabbi Yishmael was the scion of one of the most prestigious families of our nation and a titanic Sage of the Mishnaic Era. In this podcast we share s…
1 year ago