Podcast Episodes

Swelled Heart (6.6.36)

It is a mark of Torah ignorance to be content with the degree of Torah study that you have. It is broader than the land and deeper than the sea. Tora…

1 year, 10 months ago

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Aversion to Honor (6.6.35)

Honor is a funny thing. It yields no tangible, discernible, sensory benefit to the recipient, yet it is so highly coveted and desired. We all want re…

1 year, 11 months ago

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Loving Rebuke (6.6.34)

No one likes criticism. To receive criticism is painful. To be told what we did wrong stings. We bristle at the notion that we are flawed and imperfe…

1 year, 11 months ago

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Loving Straightness (6.6.33)

Straightness is a virtue. Straightness means to be proper and upstanding in all of your conduct. It means doing what’s proper and just and good. It a…

2 years ago

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Loving Charities (6.6.32)

Charity is a big element of religious life. Our Sages tell us that the mitzvah of charity equals all the mitzvos of the Torah combined. But monetary …

2 years, 1 month ago

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Loving Humanity (6.6.31) + TORCH Fundraiser

TORCH Fundraiser — support the Ethics Podcast

Our organization, TORCH, does only one fundraiser a year, and that is happening right now at giveTORCH.…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Loving God (6.6.30) + TORCH Fundraiser

TORCH Fundraiser — support the Ethics Podcast

Our organization, TORCH, does only one fundraiser a year, and that is happening right now at giveTORCH.…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Beloved (6.6.30 Intro)

Season 1

Torah was not given to angels. Torah was given to humans. One way to expand our ability to acquire Torah is by enhancing our humanity. The more human…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Sense of Mission (6.6.29)

Season 1

We love Torah. Torah study is our national pastime and obsession. It is enjoyable; it is fun; it is interesting — but to acquire it – we have to now …

2 years, 3 months ago

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Making Fences (6.6.28)

Season 1

Humans are fallible. We are imperfect, yet we are tasked with being the stewards and the guardians of the perfect. We hold the Almighty’s Torah in ou…

2 years, 5 months ago

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