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Podcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationShabbat Service – July 19, 2025
2025-07-1951 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI & II Samuel – Part 13 – David & Bathsheba – Rabbi David Schiller – July 12, 2025In Part 13 of his series on I & II Samuel, Rabbi Schiller looks at the famous story of David & Bathsheba, and examines the power of sin, the need for Nathan’s in our life, and Y’Shua’s forgiveness on those who truly repent.
2025-07-1249 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationParshat Chukat:From the Red Heifer to the Resurrection – Rusty Acheson – July 5, 2025
2025-07-0550 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationKorah – The Ways of Life – Jamie Mireles – June 28, 2025
2025-06-2859 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI & II Samuel – Part 12 – Mephibosheth – Rabbi David Schiller – June 21, 2025In Part 12 of his series on I & II Samuel, Rabbi Schiller looks at the account of David embracing Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth, a would-be enemy, whom David blesses for the sake of his covenant with Jonathan, as a picture of the grace of Y’Shua, whereby although we were His enemies, He feeds us at his table and adopts us as His sons.
2025-06-2143 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationLiving the Shema – Lessons in Messianic Leadership – Baruch Frost June 7, 2025
2025-06-0736 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationShavuot & the Gospel according to Ezekiel – Matey Yanakiev – May 31, 2025
2025-05-3145 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationDavid takes the Ark to Jerusalem – I & II Samuel, Part 10 – Rabbi David Schiller – May 24, 2025In Part 10 of his series on I & II Samuel, Rabbi Schiller looks at the account of David taking the Ark to Jerusalem, and we see here a picture of the Gospel, both with God’s judgment when we try to do things our own way, as with Uzzah, and God’s provision through the Mercy Seat on top of the Ark.
2025-05-2446 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI & II Samuel – Part 9 – How to Love an Enemy – Rabbi David Schiller – May 17, 2025In Part 9 of his series on I & II Samuel, Rabbi Schiller looks at how David spared Saul’s life, and how we, too, can forgive our enemies through the power of the Gospel, which gives us both the humility to know that we, too, are sinners, and the affirmation that we are beloved in the LORD and therefore can overcome hurts inflicted by others.
2025-05-1746 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI & II Samuel – Part 8 – Gospel Friendship – Rabbi David Schiller – May 10, 2025In Part 8 of his series on I & II Samuel, Rabbi Schiller looks at the theme of friendship as modeled by David & Jonathan, featuring constancy, openness, loyalty, and common passion, and how Y’Shua is the ultimate friend, enabling us to be a godly friend when we’re transformed through a covenant relationship with Him.
2025-05-1042 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationAppreciating the Calm Before the Storm – John McKee – May 3, 2025
2025-05-0345 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI & II Samuel – Part 7 – Saul’s Jealousy – Rabbi David Schiller – April 26, 2025In Part 7 of his series on Samuel, Rabbi Schiller looks at Saul’s envy of David and how we can be freed from slavery to envy and jealousy by having the same attitude towards others that Y’Shua has toward us, by putting our happiness into the happiness of others.
2025-04-2641 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI & II Samuel – Part 10 – David takes the Ark to Jerusalem – Rabbi David Schiller – May 24, 2025In Part 10 of his series on I & II Samuel, Rabbi Schiller looks at the account of David taking the Ark to Jerusalem, and we see here a picture of the Gospel, both with God’s judgment when we try to do things our own way, as with Uzzah, and God’s provision through the Mercy Seat on top of the Ark.
2025-04-2446 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationPesach 5785 – The Passover That Could Have Been – Rusty Acheson – April 19, 2025
2025-04-1940 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI & II Samuel – Part 6 – David & Jonathan – Rabbi David Schiller – April 12, 2025In Part 6 of his series on the Book of Samuel, Rabbi Schiller looks at the relationship of David & Jonathan, some keys to true friendship, and how Jonathan looked beyond David to the ultimate Son of David, David’s Son who became David’s LORD.
2025-04-1240 min
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2025-03-2247 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationHaman’s Rise and Esther’s Disguise – Rusty Acheson – March 15, 2025
2025-03-1541 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationSaul & Self-Deception – I & II Sam, Part 3 – Rabbi David Schiller – March 8, 2025In Part 3 of his series on I & II Samuel, Rabbi Schiller looks at the story of Saul and the Amalekites and Samuel removing the kingship from Saul for his disobedience, and we look at how in our own life we can resist self-deception only if we fully acknowledge the LORD as our King.
2025-03-0846 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationAntisemitism – Vladimir Pikman – March 1, 2025
2025-03-0153 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationThe Great Psychologist – A God Who Heals the Heart and Mind – Matey Yanakiev – February 22, 2025
2025-02-2245 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationThe Ark & Dagon – I & II Samuel, Part 2 – Rabbi David Schiller – February 15, 2024In Part 2 of his series on I & II Samuel, Rabbi Schiller looks at the Philistine’s capture of the Ark and the LORD’s defeat of Dagon, the Philistine god, using this as a template for how we can experience God’s Presence and draw near to Him, through Yeshua, the ultimate embodiment of the Ark of the Covenant, containing both the Law and the blood-covered Mercy Seat.
2025-02-1542 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationHannah’s Song – I & II Samuel, Part 1 – Rabbi David Schiller – February 8, 2025In this new series on I & II Samuel, Rabbi Schiller looks at Hannah’s surrendering everything to the LORD and the birth of Samuel, who anoints David as King, and the parallels to Miriam and the birth of Yeshua.
2025-02-0838 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationThe Believer’s Ethic – Jacob Palmer – February 1, 2025Fallen humanity has many ideas about how to live a moral life. Let’s look at how the Bible says believers are to live a moral life. Philippians 1:9–11.
2025-02-0153 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI Peter – Part 26 – Resist the Devil – Rabbi David Schiller – January 25, 2025In the 26th & final part of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the theme of resisting the devil, with a focus on how the devil gains a foothold in our life through our sins, and we close these open doors to the Enemy through our true heart repentance.
2025-01-2546 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationSee You in the Clouds – a Jewish View of the Rapture – Vladimir Pikman – January 18, 2025In the Messianic movement the Christian idea of the “Rapture” is often met with hostility. However, the idea has Jewish roots and much practical significance for our life. So, let’s talk about it.
2025-01-1840 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim Congregation1 Peter – Part 25 – Two Ways to Live – Rabbi David Schiller – January 4, 2024In Part 25 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at chapter 4 and the theme of arming yourself with the Gospel and the Scriptures so that you may die to sin and live for righteousness.
2025-01-0439 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationHanukkah 5785 – Rusty Acheson – December 28, 2024
2024-12-2850 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI Peter – Part 24 – The End is Near – Rabbi David Schiller – December 21, 2024In Part 24 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at Peter’s statement that the End is Near, and how we should live in light of Messiah’s soon return, and in particular our call to love each other deeply from the heart, for love covers a multitude of sins.
2024-12-2139 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim Congregation1 Peter – Part 23 – How to Handle Suffering – Rabbi David Schiller – December 14, 2024In Part 23 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the theme of how to handle suffering, seeing it as a fiery ordeal by which your faith is proven and refined, as by fire.
2024-12-1446 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI Will No Let You Go Unless You Bless Me – Matey Yanakiev – December 7, 2024
2024-12-0742 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim Congregation1 Peter – Part 22 – Immersion & Resurrection – Rabbi David Schiller – November 30, 2024In Part 22 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the themes of Immersion & Resurrection in I Peter 3, focusing on the connections between the waters of Noah and the waters of baptism, and what the Resurrection tells us about the Gospel and the Kingship of Y’Shua.
2024-11-3042 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim Congregation1 Peter – Part 21 – Husbands, Honor your Wives – Rabbi David Schiller – November 23, 2024In Part 21 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the command for husbands to honor their wives; to walk in self-sacrificial love toward them; to put their needs above your own; and to nourish and cherish them as your greatest earthly treasure.
2024-11-2341 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationSukkot – Water and Wine – Rusty Acheson – October 19, 2024
2024-10-1949 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationIdols of the Heart – Rabbi David Schiller – Yom Kippur – October 12, 2024For Yom Kippur Day, Rabbi Schiller looks at the theme of the idols of our heart, our idolatry, as the ultimate sin behind the sin. We don’t commit outward sin unless we’ve first created an idol in our heart that competes with the LORD as King of our heart!
2024-10-1350 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationErev Yom Kippur 2024 – Create in me a Clean Heart – Rabbi David Schiller – October 11, 2024For Erev Yom Kippur 2024, Rabbi Schiller looks at Psalm 51, the steps of Repentance, including seeing your sin; confessing your sin; mourning your sin; hating your sin; and turning from your sin, the ultimate motivation of which is abiding in the joy of our salvation in Messiah Y’Shua
2024-10-1142 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationRepentance and the Holiness of God – Dr. Michael Schiffman – October 5, 2024
2024-10-0544 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationThe Parable of 2 Debtors – Rosh Hashanah 2024 – Rabbi David Schiller – October 3, 2024For Rosh Hashanah Day, Rabbi Schiller looks at the Parable of the 2 debtors, Simon the Pharisee and the Immoral Woman, in Luke 7, where the immoral woman ends up with her sins forgiven, and not Simon, as she acknowledges the depths of her sin and the costliness of her salvation, and gives all to Y’Shua, falling down at His feet.
2024-10-0346 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationTwo Parables of the Vineyard – Erev Rosh Hashanah 2024 – Rabbi David Schiller – October 2, 2024For Erev Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Schiller looks at the Parable of the 2 sons and the Parable of the Vineyard in Mth 21, focusing on themes of repentance, that we’re tenants, not owners, in God’s vineyard, and that we’re in need of radical grace.
2024-10-0344 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationThe Death of Y’Shua – 1 Peter, Part 19 – Rabbi David Schiller – September 28, 2024In Part 19 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the of Y’Shua, and its forensic, final, and voluntary nature, as well as its results of bringing you to God, that you might die to sins and live for righteousness.
2024-09-2841 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationLive As Free Servants – I Peter, Part 18 – Rabbi David Schiller – September 21, 2024In Part 18 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at our role vis a vis authority, including govt authority, and our calling to live as both free in Messiah, but also servants of all, and how to maintain this biblical balance.
2024-09-2145 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationGospel Ministry for All – 1 Peter, Part 17 – Rabbi David Schiller – September 14, 2024In Part 17 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at chapter 2 and the theme that we all are called to do Gospel Ministry, and we’re equipped as Prophets, Priests, and Kings to do so, looking to Y’Shua, our precious Cornerstone, for the power and motivation to enter into this ministry.
2024-09-1442 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationHow Adonai is moving on the hearts of Israelis – Richard Hyde – September 7, 2024How Adonai is moving on the hearts of Israelis in the Land today with personal testimonies.
2024-09-0753 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationFrom Brit Mila to the Wedding – Shaul Katzav – August 31, 2024
2024-08-3159 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationSharing the Jewish Messiah with Your Jewish Friend – Vladimir Pikman – August 24, 2024
Vladimir shares his own story of the emptiness he felt and how he came to recognize Yeshua as the Jewish Messiah and find joy and happiness. He then reflects on how you can effectively tell your Jewish family and friends about Yeshua.
2024-08-2442 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI Peter – Part 16 – The Glory in God’s Temple – Rabbi David Schiller – August 17, 2024In Part 16 of his series of I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the corporate Body of Messiah, and how we are corporately to display God’s Glory and Gifts, through the power of His Grace.
2024-08-1744 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI Peter – Part 15 – The Priesthood of all Believers – Rabbi David Schiller – August 10, 2024In Part 15 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the theme of the Priesthood of all Believers, where we’re called to be fitted together into a spiritual house, offering spiritual sacrifices, empowered as we properly relate to Y’Shua, our Chief Cornerstone.
2024-08-1042 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationThe Cornerstone – 1 Peter – Part 14 – Rabbi David Schiller – August 3, 2024In Part 14 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at Y’Shua as our Cornerstone – our life’s foundation; our federal head; our most precious pursuit; and the love of our life.
2024-08-0343 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationBorn to Grow – 1 Peter – Part 13 – Rabbi David Schiller – July 27, 2024In Part 13 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the manner, marks, and means of spiritual growth, contrasting it with mere mechanical, outward morality, and focusing on being purified by the Word and love for fellow Believers, especially those different from you.
2024-07-2743 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationDeath or the Crown of Life – Rusty Acheson – July 20, 2024
2024-07-2034 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI Peter – Part 12 – Practical Holiness – Rabbi David Schiller – July 13, 2024In Part 12 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the issues of Practical Holiness – how we can walk in holiness and the fear of the LORD, how the LORD judges a Believer’s works, and how we’re to follow David’s example, who cried out, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me!
2024-07-1345 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationJames – Part 2 – Rusty Acheson – July 6, 2024
2024-07-0650 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI Peter – Part 11 – The Battle for the Heart – Rabbi David Schiller – June 29, 2024In Part 11 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the theme of the battle for the heart, and the signs of a circumcised heart, especially a life transformed by love of God which produces obedience not to get things or avoid punishment, but rather because you love the LORD, in and of Himself, as an end in Himself, and your greatest heart’s desire is to please Him and delight Him and delight in Him.
2024-06-2941 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationShabbat Service – June 22, 2024
2024-06-221h 07Podcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationThe Jealousy of God – Shavuot 2024 – Rabbi David Schiller – June 15, 2024In his special Shavuot message, Rabbi Schiller looks at the 10 Commandments and the controversial topic of our God being a Jealous God, likening it the relationship of a husband and wife, where the LORD demands an exclusive marriage-like relationship with us of Priority, Fidelity, and most of all, Intimacy.
2024-06-1539 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationHoliness: The Battle for the Mind – 1 Peter, Part 10 – Rabbi David Schiller – June 1, 2024In Part 10 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller continues looking at the theme of Holiness, focusing today on girding up the loins of our mind, dedicating our entire cognitive thought and reason to the LORD.
2024-06-0100 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationWhat’s So Amazing About Grace? – 1 Peter, Part 8 – Rabbi David Schiller – May 18, 2024In Part 8 of his series on 1 Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at how Peter defines Grace, as initiated by God based on what Y’Shua has done; where He come in and invades your life; and you understand and receive the grace of God that’s amazing, shocking, counter-intuitive, and threatening, and it changes you forever.
2024-05-1800 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI Peter – Part 7 – The Gospel – Rabbi David Schiller – May 4, 2024In Part 7 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the Gospel as an imperishable seed with penetrating power that must be planted in your heart, which only happens when you see the overarching story running throughout the Word of God, and meet the Hero of the Story.
2024-05-0139 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationThe Leper Messiah – Christian Shippee – April 20, 2024How only Yeshua can heal us from the uncleanliness of our sin.
2024-04-2050 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI Peter – Part 5 – Supernatural New Birth – Rabbi David Schiller – April 13, 2024In Part 5 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the supernatural New Birth promised us in Y’Shua, which give us a Living Hope that can never perish, and which only grows stronger with suffering, for the suffering drives us deeper into Y’Shua, who is the source of our joy!
2024-04-1339 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationI Peter – Part 4 – The Problem of Evil & Suffering – Rabbi David Schiller – April 6, 2024In Part 4 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at the problem of how can a good and all-powerful God allow Evil & Suffering in the world? We examine this through the lens of the Cross, which proves that God does care for us and even shares in our suffering, and that He suffered not so that we wouldn’t suffer, but that when we do, we can become more like Him!
2024-04-0645 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationPurim 5784 – Rusty Acheson – March 23, 2024
2024-03-2329 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationA Living Hope – I Peter, Part 2 – Rabbi David Schiller – March 16, 2024In Part 2 of his series on I Peter, Rabbi Schiller looks at how we’re Born Again by God’s Spirit, and this results in both a Living Hope that allows us to face suffering with endurance, and a passionate love for the LORD that cannot be quenched.
2024-03-1642 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationWhatever Happened To Anguish – Shabbat Service – March 9, 2024
2024-03-0953 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim Congregation1 Peter – Part 1 – Joyful Exiles – Rabbi David Schiller – March 2, 2024Rabbi Schiller begins a new series on I Peter. This week, he looks at the theme of Believers being exiles in this world, but nonetheless called to be salt and light, by living out our identity as a Chosen People, a Royal Priesthood, a Holy Nation, God’s special possession.
2024-03-0246 minPodcast – Eitz Chaim CongregationJoel – Part 4 – I Will Pour Out My Spirit – Rabbi David Schiller – February 24, 2024In the 4th and final part of the series on Joel, Rabbi Schiller looks at how the LORD will pour out His Spirit in the Last Days, both on unBelievers for Salvation and on Believers for prophetic gifts and anointed worship, and will deliver His people Israel from the onslaught of the False Messiah and his hordes
2024-02-2446 min
Rabbi Daniel RoweNefesh HaChaim - Gate 1, Chapter 5a: The Soul That Spans Heaven and EarthUncover the multifaceted concepts of the divine universe in this enlightening episode, where we dive into the mystical teachings of Nefesh Chaim and strive to understand the profound concept of humans as the image of God. We delve into the doctrine that our actions influence a cosmic flow of energy and delve into the significance of life-altering events and the philosophy that our actions make a difference.
The discourse takes us deeper into hidden realms of understanding, explaining how deeper areas of Torah contain unlimited knowledge within their initial stance. It underscores the idea of the human...2024-01-2833 min
Great Jewish Stories of Iconic Torah GiantsRav Shmuel Kamenetzky• Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky was born in Tytuvėnai, Lithuania, to Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky, the town's rabbi.•The family emigrated in 1937, and he attended Eitz Chaim Day Schools in Toronto.•He studied at Ner Israel Rabbinical College under his father's cousin, Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman.•Kamenetsky then studied at Lakewood Yeshiva and received rabbinic ordination from Aharon Kotler.•In the mid-1950s, he and Dov Schwartzman were sent to found the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia.Support the show SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on S...2023-04-3001 min
Jewish History SoundbitesFrom Young Rosh Yeshiva to Senior Sage: Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer Part IIRav Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1953) was a great Torah leader of the 20th century, whose life story spanned eras and continents. As a young teenager he studied in the vaunted Volozhin Yeshiva, then married into the prestigious Frank family of Kovno, where he subsequently was appointed rosh yeshiva of Slabodka. This was followed by his departure for Slutzk where he remained as rosh yeshiva and later as communal rabbi for decades.
Following the formation of the Soviet Union and the challenges of maintaining religious life therein, he immigrated to Palestine in 1925. There he assumed the leadership of...2022-07-2839 min
JH SoudbitesFrom Young Rosh Yeshiva to Senior Sage: Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer Part IIRav Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1953) was a great Torah leader of the 20th century, whose life story spanned eras and continents. As a young teenager he studied in the vaunted Volozhin Yeshiva, then married into the prestigious Frank family of Kovno, where he subsequently was appointed rosh yeshiva of Slabodka. This was followed by his departure for Slutzk where he remained as rosh yeshiva and later as communal rabbi for decades.
Following the formation of the Soviet Union and the challenges of maintaining religious life therein, he immigrated to Palestine in 1925. There he assumed the leadership of...2022-07-2839 minTachlis Media SuperfeedFrom Young Rosh Yeshiva to Senior Sage: Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer Part IIRav Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1953) was a great Torah leader of the 20th century, whose life story spanned eras and continents. As a young teenager he studied in the vaunted Volozhin Yeshiva, then married into the prestigious Frank family of Kovno, where he subsequently was appointed rosh yeshiva of Slabodka. This was followed by his departure for Slutzk where he remained as rosh yeshiva and later as communal rabbi for decades.
Following the formation of the Soviet Union and the challenges of maintaining religious life therein, he immigrated to Palestine in 1925. There he assumed the leadership of...2022-07-2839 min
Tachlis Media SuperfeedFrom Slabodka to Slutzk: Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer Part IRav Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1953) was a great Torah leader of the 20th century, whose life story spanned eras and continents. As a young teenager he studied in the vaunted Volozhin Yeshiva, then married into the prestigious Frank family of Kovno, where he subsequently was appointed rosh yeshiva of Slabodka. This was followed by his departure for Slutzk where he remained as rosh yeshiva and later as communal rabbi for decades.
Following the formation of the Soviet Union and the challenges of maintaining religious life therein, he immigrated to Palestine in 1925. There he assumed the leadership of...2022-07-2535 minJH SoudbitesFrom Slabodka to Slutzk: Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer Part IRav Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1953) was a great Torah leader of the 20th century, whose life story spanned eras and continents. As a young teenager he studied in the vaunted Volozhin Yeshiva, then married into the prestigious Frank family of Kovno, where he subsequently was appointed rosh yeshiva of Slabodka. This was followed by his departure for Slutzk where he remained as rosh yeshiva and later as communal rabbi for decades.
Following the formation of the Soviet Union and the challenges of maintaining religious life therein, he immigrated to Palestine in 1925. There he assumed the leadership of...2022-07-2535 min
Jewish History SoundbitesFrom Slabodka to Slutzk: Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer Part IRav Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1953) was a great Torah leader of the 20th century, whose life story spanned eras and continents. As a young teenager he studied in the vaunted Volozhin Yeshiva, then married into the prestigious Frank family of Kovno, where he subsequently was appointed rosh yeshiva of Slabodka. This was followed by his departure for Slutzk where he remained as rosh yeshiva and later as communal rabbi for decades.
Following the formation of the Soviet Union and the challenges of maintaining religious life therein, he immigrated to Palestine in 1925. There he assumed the leadership of...2022-07-2535 min
The Jewish Education Experience Podcast48: Developing Independent Learners with Rabbi Nachum Aaron KutnowskiRabbi Nachum Aaron Kutnowski grew up in Thornill, Ontario, Canada. He attended Yeshivas Eitz Chaim and Darchei Torah of Toronto. He continued his Jewish education in Eretz Yisrael at Derech Etz Chaim for a few years. He returned to Toronto and received an honors degree in English Literature from York University. After getting married, he became involved with the Kollel Ohr Yosef of Thornhill. After two years of working at a special educational school, he moved to Hamilton, Ontario and has been working as a Rebbi at the Hamilton Hebrew Academy for the past 7 years. He also founded the...2022-02-2445 min
The Honest ReportThree years after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, will social media giants ever be held to account? A fireside chat with Mark Oppenheimer, author & historian - episode 34Three years ago, on October 27, 2018, a gunman entered the Eitz Chaim synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and murdered 11 Jews at prayer, in the worst attack on Jews in the United States ever. The next year, a man brandishing a machete had attacked a Chanukkah celebration in New York, murdering a rabbi, and in April 2019, a worshipper was murdered at a Chabad synagogue near San Diego.
In the attack in Pittsburgh, the shooting suspect had posted antisemitic hate online in advance of the shooting, but it went unnoticed. As antisemitism threatens Jews around the world, are social media giants...2021-11-1119 min
Tachlis Media SuperfeedAccording to Rav Tikochinsky…. The Live of Rav Yechiel Michel TikochinskyOne of the leaders and influential poskim of the Old Yishuv in Jerusalem, Rav Yechiel Michel Tikochinsky (1871-1955) had an outsized impact on the world of halacha, especially in regards to zmanim- halachic time. As the long-time administrator of the Eitz Chaim Yeshiva and accompanying institutions, he oversaw its move to the new city in Yerushalayim, where it entered an era of expansion and growth.
He pioneered many areas of halacha, including the laws of mourning, shmittah, the halachic international dateline, laws of Jerusalem and the Bais Hamikdash. Having cultivated both a love as well as a k...2021-10-2833 minJH SoudbitesAccording to Rav Tikochinsky…. The Live of Rav Yechiel Michel TikochinskyOne of the leaders and influential poskim of the Old Yishuv in Jerusalem, Rav Yechiel Michel Tikochinsky (1871-1955) had an outsized impact on the world of halacha, especially in regards to zmanim- halachic time. As the long-time administrator of the Eitz Chaim Yeshiva and accompanying institutions, he oversaw its move to the new city in Yerushalayim, where it entered an era of expansion and growth.
He pioneered many areas of halacha, including the laws of mourning, shmittah, the halachic international dateline, laws of Jerusalem and the Bais Hamikdash. Having cultivated both a love as well as a k...2021-10-2833 min
Jewish History SoundbitesAccording to Rav Tikochinsky.... The Live of Rav Yechiel Michel TikochinskyOne of the leaders and influential poskim of the Old Yishuv in Jerusalem, Rav Yechiel Michel Tikochinsky (1871-1955) had an outsized impact on the world of halacha, especially in regards to zmanim- halachic time. As the long-time administrator of the Eitz Chaim Yeshiva and accompanying institutions, he oversaw its move to the new city in Yerushalayim, where it entered an era of expansion and growth.
He pioneered many areas of halacha, including the laws of mourning, shmittah, the halachic international dateline, laws of Jerusalem and the Bais Hamikdash. Having cultivated both a love as well as a k...2021-10-2833 min
Jewish History SoundbitesGreat American Jewish Cities #20: Toronto Part IIJewish Toronto in the post war saw a development of the community in its leadership and institutions. Rav Dovid Ochs replaced Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky at the helm of the Toras Emes community, and Chabad began to have a presence in town as well. A rising rabbinic leader at this time was Rav Gedalya Felder, while at the same time there started to arrive a large influx of Holocaust survivors, with Rav Meir Grunwald, the Teitcher Rov as a leader in the community as well.
The Holy Blossom Synagogue started off as Orthodox and gradually shifted towards Reform in t...2021-04-1929 min
Jewish History SoundbitesGreat American Jewish Cities #18: Boro Park Part IIThe most Jewish place outside of Israel? The center of the universe? Boro Park seems to be the epicenter of Jewish life in many ways. As it developed pre war, it was an out of town upscale neighborhood for those distancing themselves from Manhattan and Williamsburg. The original shuls like Shomrei Emunah, Temple Beth-El, Anshe Sfard, Bnei Yehuda and others grew at the time. Eitz Chaim Yeshiva and the Shulamis school for girls were the first schools of its kind in the neighborhood, and in the case of the latter in the entire country.
Slowly the neighborhood attracted different kind...2020-09-2044 min
Jewish History SoundbitesGreat American Jewish Cities #18: Boro Park Part IThe most Jewish place outside of Israel? The center of the universe? Boro Park seems to be the epicenter of Jewish life in many ways. As it developed pre war, it was an out of town upscale neighborhood for those distancing themselves from Manhattan and Williamsburg. The original shuls like Shomrei Emunah, Temple Beth-El, Anshe Sfard, Bnei Yehuda and others grew at the time. Eitz Chaim Yeshiva and the Shulamis school for girls were the first schools of its kind in the neighborhood, and in the case of the latter in the entire country.
Slowly the neighborhood attracted different kind...2020-09-1544 min
Daily Daf Differently: Masechet ShabbatShabbat, Daf 106
Welcome to the Hundred and Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Adam Kligfeld looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 106. Within this page of Talmud we have the laws of how to react, substantively, to the death of a brother or a member of our group of friends. And we have an expansive discussion on the laws of trapping on Shabbat. For small animals, for fish, and for birds, how trapped does an animal have to be in order for it to be considered fully trapped? Within both of these topics are wonderful ideas about how...2020-06-2012 minDaily Daf Differently: Masechet ShabbatShabbat, Daf 105
Welcome to the Hundred and Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Adam Kligfeld looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 105. Within this page of Talmud we have examples of numerous types of rabbinic argumentation, all centered around how much of a particular act or mlakha (labor) one must do in order to become fully liable for having violated Shabbat. Both on the surface of, and buried deep within, this technically complicated page are beautiful teachings about how each rabbi, and Jew, should/must find pathways to interpret the Torah in personally meaningful ways, and also about...2020-06-1913 min
Jewish History SoundbitesA Tzadik For All Of Time: The Story of Rav Aryeh LevinFew people were as beloved by all who knew him as was Rav Aryeh Levin (1885-1969). Titled "The Tzadik of Jerusalem", "the Rabbi of the Prisoners", "Mashgiach of Eitz Chaim" or simply Reb Aryeh, his warmth and influence traversed the whole spectrum of society. With a simplicity and sincerity, he cared for each individual irrespective of class or background. The stories in this regard are simply limitless, and here are presented a few anecdotal gems about this remarkable individual.
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2020-04-0427 min
This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov WolbeIntroduction to SelfWho are you? That unusual question is an example of what we ought to be asking ourselves if we seek character perfection and ethical refinement, says Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal) in his short book “derech eitz chaim”. The truth is that it is a bit more difficult to answer than we would imagine. But if we do not know what we are how can we attempt to construct a plan to achieve that perfection. In this podcast we examine the building blocks of man and build a model of a life tailored for that.
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