Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMiracle 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’…
6 years, 7 months 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, …
6 years, 7 months 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 – …
6 years, 8 months 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…
6 years, 8 months ago
Advanced Conflict Resolution (3:21)
Rabbi Elazar Ben Azaria got an unusual and controversial promotion at a very young age. Due to an escalating dispute between two of the great leaders…
6 years, 10 months 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 …
6 years, 10 months ago
Divine Foreknowledge and Free Will (3:19)
In this pithy teaching, Rabbi Akiva addresses some of the knottiest questions of Jewish philosophy: If God knows what we do ahead of time, do we have…
6 years, 11 months 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…
6 years, 11 months 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…
6 years, 11 months 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…
7 years ago