Episodes

  • Ask the Rabbi: Modest Prayer; Teenage Girl Advice; Youthful Skills; and Religious Difficulties

    Ask the Rabbi: Modest Prayer; Teenage Girl Advice; Youthful Skills; and Religious Difficulties
    Nov 17 2024
    Today’s podcast is a wild card. This past Shabbos I was invited to join a panel of rabbis to answer a series of interesting questions submitted by high school students from the all-girls high school in Houston. In this special episode I share some of the fascinating questions and some of what I said – […]
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    56 mins
  • How To Actualize Potential (Abraham Shows the Way)

    How To Actualize Potential (Abraham Shows the Way)
    Nov 10 2024
    Abraham’s storyline in the Torah is curiously: There are some parts of his life that are told in detail, while other seemingly important events are omitted entirely. What we discover is that the storyline of Abraham serves as a prototype for how to actualize our potential. In this very special podcast, we dissect Abraham’s story […]
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    55 mins
  • Your Vote Matters

    Your Vote Matters
    Nov 3 2024
    It’s election season in America. Your vote matters. Even if you don’t live in the swing state, it is recommended that you vote and exercise your civic right and duty. There is another area where you need to vote. The other area is much more consequential. The effects of how you vote in that area […]
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    43 mins
  • Glimpsing Into Adam’s Book

    Glimpsing Into Adam’s Book
    Oct 28 2024
    Serious people face a serious problem: once you understand that the Almighty created you for a purpose, and that purpose is completely unique to you – there is no one else who can fulfill whatever it is that you must fulfill- you recognize the imperative to discover your personal mission. But how do you find […]
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    46 mins
  • Tablets and Tabernacle: The Revelation of Sukkos

    Tablets and Tabernacle: The Revelation of Sukkos
    Oct 15 2024
    The Jewish holidays are not evenly spaced out. They appear in bunches. A mere five days after Yom Kippur comes the seven-day (truthfully nine when you tally everything) Festival of Sukkos (appendaged by Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah). The next Festival (excluding the Rabbinic holidays of Chanukah and Purim) does not occur for six months. […]
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    59 mins
  • The Six Impetuses for Repentance

    The Six Impetuses for Repentance
    Oct 6 2024
    Repentance draws a person out of darkness into eternal light. It transforms the penitent into a completely new person. But how exactly does repentance work? How do you repent? What are the various elements and facets of repentance? The authoritative book on these questions, Shaarei Teshuva, the Gates of Repentance, was written in the 13th […]
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The Gates of Repentance

    The Gates of Repentance
    Sep 29 2024
    The Ten Days of Repentance are upon us. In just a few days is the Day of Judgment, Rosh Hashanah. These powerful high holidays culminate with the climax of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. What exactly is repentance though? How are we supposed to think about repentance? In this very special podcast, we study […]
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    50 mins