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The OU's Daily Tehillim and Chizuk CallTehillim Call, 08/17/2023, Rabbi Yisroel Isaacs2023-08-2100 minThe OU's Daily Tehillim and Chizuk CallTehillim Call, 08/17/2023, Rabbi Yisroel Isaacs2023-08-2100 minThe OU's Daily Tehillim and Chizuk CallTehillim Call, 05/03/2023, Rabbi Yisroel Isaacs2023-06-1500 minThe OU's Daily Tehillim and Chizuk CallTehillim Call, 05/03/2023, Rabbi Yisroel Isaacs2023-06-1500 minThe OU's Daily Tehillim and Chizuk CallTehillim Call, 01/11/2023, Rabbi Yisroel Isaacs2023-01-1300 minThe OU's Daily Tehillim and Chizuk CallTehillim Call, 01/11/2023, Rabbi Yisroel Isaacs2023-01-1300 min
Birthing ConversationsS1 Ep 003: The Necessity of EducationEsther Kenigsberg and Yisroel Isaacs LCSW discuss how the lack of widespread education regarding perinatal issues, even amongst the very people that are supposed to help those struggling, prevents people from getting the proper help and healing needed to recover.
About the Guest: Yisrael Isaacs is the founder and CEO of Essence Mental Health. Along with counseling individuals as a licensed mental health professional, Yisrael is at the forefront of helping fellow therapists aid people with the challenges faced by our communities today.
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10 Parsha Points PodcastKi Sisa #024Or Hachaim, Rav Soloveitchik: Anticipating Shabbos2020-03-1405 min10 Parsha Points PodcastPurim #023Simcha (joy) around the year
Rav Soloveitchik: 2 models of leadership: Purim - bottom up; Chanukkah - top down2020-03-1005 min10 Parsha Points PodcastTitzaveh #022This week we discuss:
The uniforms of the kohanim - why? The external influences the internal
Why the Golden Mizbeach (Alter) instructions were delayed until all of the other instructions were given - seeing the forest from the trees. 2020-03-0608 min10 Parsha Points PodcastTeruma #021This week we discuss:
Quantifying how much space in the Torah is devoted to the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and why - goldharschool.com
The Mishkan needs to be built for G-d's name - the literal approach and the idea that we can only flourish in the right environment
Rav Soloveitchik: Where did Moshe hear G-d's voice from, and why it matters
Rav Pam: The reasoning behind the ordering of the items donated by the people - easy come, easy go2020-02-2816 min10 Parsha Points PodcastMishpatim #020Topics discussed:
Why is the slave punished for his desire to stay longer? R. Shaul Yisraeli
Why isn't the slave's ear pierced when he first gets into trouble? The Maharil Diskin
The need to temporarlily return a collateral reflects an expansive view of the Torah's mandate. R. Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg
Love the convert since you were strangers in Egypt is said immediately after they left Egypt;
Sensitivity when there's an open wound - you were strangers, not you were slaves. R. Kenneth Hain from R. Sholom Carmy
We...2020-02-2117 min10 Parsha Points PodcastYisro #019This week we discuss:
Why so many judges were needed - how to relate to other peoples money including stories about R. Yisrael Salanter
The lesson we learn from Yisro's alias "Yeser" - the value of proactive problem solving
Rav Solovetichik: The duality of the Torah transmission - the role of father and the role of the mother
2020-02-1419 min10 Parsha Points PodcastBeshalach #018Don't miss the last piece, starting at 7:28 :)2020-02-0712 min10 Parsha Points PodcastBo #017This week we discuss:
Gerrer Rebbe's daughter Fayge; Rav Soloveitchik: G-d is with Moshe when he approaches Pharaoh
Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky: The life-long deepening of emunah (conviction)
The Dubno Maggid: Moshe's abrupt exit - why now?
How long did the plague of Locusts actually last?
Nachmanidies (Ramban) and Rabbeinu Chananel: The enduring power of prayer of a righteous person
Rav Soloveitchik: Moshe and the Bnei Yisroel didn't know when they would be leaving or how many plagues there would be
Rav Hirsch: they asked for g...2020-01-3125 min10 Parsha Points PodcastVaeira #016This week we discuss:
Message of the connection between the Four Cups and the four terms of redemptionMoshe Aharon, Aharon Moshe - defining success & individuality vs. confomrity in Jewish life
Rav Solovetichik: Binary star system - the pattern of dual Jewish leadership
Torah 101: Did Pharoh's magicians really know magic - is magic real?
Torah 101: How did Pharoh get punished for his stubborness if the Almighty hardened his heart? Two approaches
One frog or many? Indirect approaches are often more effective agents of change in ourselves and others
Rav...2020-01-2424 min10 Parsha Points PodcastShemos #015In this episode we cover these topics:
Introduction to the Book of Shemos:
Titles of the book
Overview of Shemos
This week's parsha:
A large, growing, Jewish population
The paradoxically direct relationship between population affliction and population growth
The incremental development of the Egyptian enslavement and persecution of the Jews
Rav Soloveitchik: Women lead the Jewish people at a crucial point in their history
The qualities that made Moshe the ultimate Jewish leader
Curious parallels in the lives of...2020-01-1725 min10 Parsha Points PodcastVayechei #014The last parsha in the Book of Bereishis2020-01-1120 min10 Parsha Points PodcastVayigash #013After summarizing Vayigash, we discuss:
- Yehuda speaks accurately to the best of his knowledge
- Yosef personifies sensitivity to not embarrass others and a humorous story about Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
2020-01-0409 min10 Parsha Points PodcastMiketz #012In this episode we discuss:
Vayeishev (con't)
The logistics of Yosef's journey to check on his brothers
Factoid: The date of Yosef's sale
Refusing to be comforted: Yaakov's grief
Paraoh's B-day party
Miketz
Why a person with understanding and wisdom was needed
A brief thought on Chanukkah2019-12-2716 min10 Parsha Points PodcastVayeishev #011***This week's podcast is shorter since I'm traveling. Thanks for listening!
Summary of the book of Bereishis
The complexity of the rift between Yosef and his brothers
Two dreams = two aspects of Yosef's personality and his special coat2019-12-2013 min10 Parsha Points PodcastVayishlach #010This week, we discuss the following topics:
Rivka's original plan and Esav's evergreen resentment
Narrative continuity: Why Yaakov left Charan
People are like angels
The three pronged plan - How to address the threat of increased antisemitism
The three pronged plan - Living as a Jew in greater society
One very powerful mitzvah
Justified killing - in battle and squirrels2019-12-1331 min10 Parsha Points PodcastVayeitzei #009This week's topics:
Two reasons to leave
Leaving a positive impression
Detour no. 1: Yaakov goes to grad school
Detour no. 2: Yaakov has a dream
Kindness: a requirement for Jewish education
A story about Rabbi Yehoshua Horodner
Clear communication - Yaakov and Bob Iger 2019-12-0621 min10 Parsha Points PodcastToldos #008This week, we discuss the following topics:
- The questionable paternity of Yitzchak, son of Avraham, and the challenge of defying the haters
- The prayers of Yitzchak and the prayers of Rivka
- Is the Torah chauvinistic? and the Mandalorian on Disney+
- Why Yaakov and Esav were born as twins - free choice
- Soup vs. Birthright: What does it take for us to pass up growth opportunities?
- Yitzchak digs wells and forges his own religious path
- Mazal tov Esav! Mazal tov Es...2019-11-2826 min10 Parsha Points PodcastChayei Sara #007This week we discuss:
- What we learn from the way Sara experienced aging
- The first mourning and eulogy in the Torah
- The fundamental lesson of Rav Soloveitchik's take on Avraham's description of himself as a stranger and a resident2019-11-2213 min10 Parsha Points PodcastNitzavim #006Understanding some of the Torah's multiple covenants
The Torah's concept of communual responsibility
An inspiring promise hidden in a curse
The passage of Teshuva's concept of the ingathering of exiles and its correlation to contemporary times
Nachmanidies: You must repent!
Maimonidies: Must you repent?2019-09-2727 min10 Parsha Points PodcastKi Tavo #005The role of the Bikurim declaration in the Passover Haggadah
Having gratitude even for difficulties we have had in life
Several vignettes and stories about the gratitude of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
Two reasons why these 11 sins were singled out for the blessing/curse ceremony
The passage of the Tochacha (rebuke) and the connection to the joy of mitzvos.
2019-09-2028 min10 Parsha Points PodcastKi Teitzei #004This week we talk about:
A lesson from an aspect of the allowance of the beautiful captive woman from R. Yechezkel Abramsky (including a bio and some anecdotes)
How two sages from the time of the Talmud fulfilled the mitzvah of returning lost items
Shiluach Haken - the mitzvah of sending away the mother bird and its implications regarding the reward of other positive commandments
Lessons from various aspects of the laws regarding converts from the Biblical nations of Ammon, Moav, Egypt and Edom, with a focus on the Torah's extreme expectations of gratitude
Do not hold a p...2019-09-1233 min10 Parsha Points PodcastShoftim #003In this podcast we learn about two court cases from ancient times, the concept of a Jewish king, the mitzvah of loving Hashem, and the mitzvah of clinging to Him. 2019-09-0630 min10 Parsha Points PodcastRe'eh #002In this episode, we discuss one approach to a marketing strategy for the Torah, the commandment to slaughter animals, a deep dive into Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik's approach to the pivot that permitted non-sacrificial meat when the Jews reached the Land of Israel and how it relates to the prohibition of consuming blood, Maimonides' eight levels of charity, and an explanation of the prohibitions of adding to or subtracting from the Torah's commandments. 2019-08-3021 min
10 Parsha Points PodcastEikev #001Parashas Eikev
10 interesting points about what the Parasha means and what lessons we may learn from it. Thanks for listening!
Tags: Parsha, Parasha, Torah, Chumash, sidra, Eikev, Ekev2019-08-2330 min