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Rabbi Shaanan Gelman
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The Maggid Method
The Maggid Method: Rabbi Shaanan Gelman
Rabbi Shaanan Gelman is Senior Rabbi at Kehilat Chovevi Tzion in Skokie, IL. In one succinct sentence, Rabbi Gelman sums up the task at hand any time someone approaches the Drasha speaking slot: Make the familiar unfamiliar - and the unfamiliar familiar. He’s a rabbi adept at spotting transformative Drasha material - and is willing to wait as long as it takes until a particular Torah message comes to life for him Rabbi Gelman also places a high premium on great, personal stories to help illustrate Torah ideas - and is a...
2024-04-25
54 min
TorahCast
Tefila Bites_1
Enjoy this brief series on kavana in tefila - what are we supposed to be thinking about? What happens if we become distracted? How do we restore focus? A fascinating exploration of the halachic and philosophical approaches to bringing meaning into prayer.
2023-06-13
07 min
TorahCast
Davening in YOUR Shul - A Fulfillment of Tefilla Be'Tzibur
Halachic and philosophical discussion of the obligation to pray with a minyan and in shul. How do we prioritize between supporting one's local shul vs davening with greater intensity? Beit Medresh vs Beit Knesset. The individual's obligation weighed against the mitzvah of supporting a community and a shul.
2023-05-29
36 min
TorahCast
Critical Conversations - Halachik Wills, Inheritance, and End of Life Planning
Rabbi Yona Reiss, Av Beth Din of the cRc with a comprehensive overview of the laws of Halachic Wills, Inheritance, and Health Care Proxy. As well as Tamara Kushnir Groman JD, from CJE Senior Life, with practical legal counsel and personal advice on how to talk with family about end of life care and decision making
2023-05-22
1h 24
TorahCast
Addiction? Not my Problem...Think Again, a Conversation with the Recovery Chevra
Purim is a challenging time for those grappling with addiction, triggering them and placing them and their families at risk. The Recovery Chevra aims to provide a place to go, where others understand your struggle and can support you through the process of recovery.
2023-03-01
56 min
TorahCast
Pesach and the Cancel Culture - Shabbat Hagadol 5781
2021-03-21
52 min
TorahCast
Parshat Chayei Sara - An Everlasting Bond
2017-11-10
10 min
TorahCast
Parshat Ki Teitze - Magic Stones
2017-09-01
07 min
TorahCast
Parshat Shoftim - "We Didn't Do It!"
2017-08-25
11 min
TorahCast
Parshat Ve'etchanan - Empty Spaces
2017-08-04
08 min
TorahCast
Parshat Matos - Masei - Lessons Learned in a Restroom
2017-07-21
13 min
TorahCast
Parshat Pinchas - Putting out the Fire
2017-07-13
12 min
TorahCast
Parshat Balak - The Invisible People
2017-07-06
14 min
TorahCast
Parshat Behar - Shemitta and Har Sinai
2017-05-19
12 min
TorahCast
Parshat Emor - The Relevant Resume
2017-05-12
14 min
TorahCast
Parshat Teruma - "Rabbi" Barbie
2017-03-03
11 min
TorahCast
Parshat Mishpatim - To Serve and to Guard
2017-02-24
16 min
TorahCast
Parshat Yitro - The Guilty Bystander
2017-02-17
12 min
TorahCast
Parshat Beshalach - There's No Easy Way Out
2017-02-10
10 min
TorahCast
Parshat Bo - The Leap
2017-02-03
13 min
TorahCast
Parshat Vaera - Eich Yishmaeni
2017-01-27
09 min
TorahCast
Parshat Shemot - One Little Goat
2017-01-20
13 min
TorahCast
Parshat Vayigash - A Whispering Match
2017-01-06
12 min
TorahCast
Parshat Vayishlach - If Esav Were on our Team
2016-12-16
16 min
TorahCast
Parshat Vayetze - Ladders and Angels and Tigers Named Hobbes
2016-12-09
11 min
TorahCast
Parshat Toldot - What Rivkah Saw that Yitzchak Could Not
2016-12-02
16 min
TorahCast
Parshat Vayera - The Lonely Man of Faith, Is it a Viable Model?
2016-11-16
10 min
TorahCast
Parshat Noach - Moral Relatavism
2016-11-04
09 min
TorahCast
Nitzavim - Taking a Stand
2016-09-30
07 min
TorahCast
Parshat Ki Tavo - The Magic of Being First
2016-09-23
09 min
TorahCast
Parshat Ki Teitze - Amalek and The Fear of God
2016-09-16
09 min
TorahCast
Parshat Shoftim - Draft Dodgers
2016-09-09
14 min
TorahCast
Parshat Re'eh - Peer Pressure
2016-09-02
07 min
TorahCast
Pashat Matot - Bnei Gad u'Bnei Reuven and Buyer's Remorse
2016-08-05
09 min
TorahCast
Parshat Pinchas - Inspire Not Indoctrinate
2016-07-29
15 min
TorahCast
Parshat Chukat - Snakes on a Stick
2016-07-15
14 min
TorahCast
Parshat Shelach - Be Afraid, But Not Very
2016-07-01
13 min
TorahCast
Parshat Bahalotecha - Some Guys Have All the Luck
2016-06-24
14 min
TorahCast
From Pesach to Shavuot
2016-06-03
14 min
TorahCast
Parshat Emor - To Be Desired
2016-05-20
12 min
TorahCast
Parshat Kedoshim - On Secrets and Social Equity
2016-05-13
16 min
TorahCast
Parshat Acharei Mot - Necessary Initiative
2016-05-06
14 min
TorahCast
Parshat Pekudei - Smoke and Mirrors, The Magic Behind the Marot Tzovot
2016-03-11
11 min
TorahCast
Parshat Vayakhel - Mishkan L'eidut , The Leftovers
2016-03-04
08 min
TorahCast
From Peshicha to Kotzk
The rise and fall of a radical movement in Chassidut, what made Kotzk so unique? Why it ultimately failed?
2016-03-01
33 min
TorahCast
Parshat Ki Tissa - Tzedaka vs Chesed
2016-02-26
11 min
TorahCast
Chassidic Masters: The Seer of Lublin
2016-02-23
42 min
TorahCast
The Lion of Judah: Hadar, Jewish Pride and Self Defense
2016-02-19
46 min
TorahCast
Parshat Terumah - A Different Kind of Real Estate
2016-02-12
12 min
TorahCast
Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk
Part 2 of series on Chassidic masters
2016-02-09
44 min
TorahCast
Parshat Mishpatim - Majority Rules not Majority Fools
2016-02-05
11 min
TorahCast
The Baal Shem Tov
Part one of series on the foundations and major personalities in Chassidut Includes a biographical sketch as well as philosophical underpinnings of the Baal Shem Tov's ideas.
2016-02-03
51 min
TorahCast
Parshat Yitro - A Hair Raising Experience
2016-01-29
15 min
TorahCast
Parshat Beshalach 5776 - Toxic Water and the Bnei Yisrael
2016-01-22
13 min
TorahCast
Parshat Vaera - 5776 Two Handfuls of Ash
2016-01-08
16 min
TorahCast
The Ethical World of Dr. Seuss - Horton Hatches the Egg; Adoption vs Biological Parenthood
2015-12-06
57 min
TorahCast
The Ethical World of Dr. Seuss: The Lorax, Torah, the Environment and the Virtues of Greed
2015-11-24
53 min
TorahCast
The Ethical World of Dr. Seuss - The Butter Battle Book, War Ethics, Escalation and Fighting Terrorism
War Ethics, Escalation and Fighting Terrorism
2015-11-17
57 min
TorahCast
The Ethical World of Dr. Seuss - Horton Hears a Who
"A Person's a Person no Matter How Small", Abortion, Euthanasia and the Value of Human Life according to Judaism
2015-11-17
56 min
TorahCast
The Case of Spam Filtering
Reading someone else's email, is it ever permissible? What if it is done for the purpose of a mitzvah or to check up on a child out of concern for his/her well being? Can you read someone else's note which was placed in the Kotel? Is it permissible to set up a hidden camera to ensure that employees do not steal?
2014-11-25
44 min
TorahCast
The Trolley Problem
There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing some distance off in the train yard, next to a lever. If you pull this lever, the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. However, you notice that there is one person on the side track. You have two options: (1) Do nothing, and the trolley kills the five people on the main track. (2) Pull the lever, diverting the trolley onto the side track...
2014-11-18
46 min
TorahCast
Moral Dilemmas in Judaism: Reading Email on Company Time
The second part of the Moral Dilemmas series. Does an employee "own" the time of an employee? Which leisure activities are acceptable and which are considered theft or inappropriate while on the company payroll? Find out now.
2014-11-17
40 min
TorahCast
Moral Dilemmas in Judaism: Heinz's Dilemma
A Textual and Legal Analysis of the classic problem: A woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctors thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, but the druggist was charging ten times what the drug cost him to produce. He paid $200 for the radium and charged $2,000 for a small dose of the drug. The sick woman's husband, Heinz, went to everyone he knew to borrow the money, but he could only...
2014-11-17
54 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 10
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2013-02-15
34 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 9b
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2013-02-11
33 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 9
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2013-02-04
42 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 8
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2013-01-28
29 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 7
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2013-01-08
40 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 6
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2013-01-01
34 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 5
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2012-12-20
38 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 4
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2012-12-11
32 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 3
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2012-12-06
41 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 2b
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2012-12-06
48 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 2a
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2012-12-05
43 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Chapter 1
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2012-12-05
40 min
TorahCast
Megilat Esther - Introduction
In depth Study of the Megilah, using textual analysis, classical commentaries and thematic development
2012-12-05
35 min