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Tehillim: Quality vs Quantity for the refuah shelema of Binyamin ben Zilpa

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Pesach Haggadah: Begin with Shame and End with Praise

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Parashat Va'era 2023

10 Plagues in Mitzrayim - The first seven of 10 plagues are covered. 
Freedom of Will 
Names of Hashem 

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Parashat Shemot 2023
Change Takes Time

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Parashat Shemot 2024 - Torah
The Beginnings of the Exodus Story

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Torah Parashat Shofetim 2023  
Law & Order 
Honesty & Integrity 
Pursue Righteousness 
Kings

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Parashat Re'eh 2023
Living within Your Means
Kosher and Self-Discipline
Charity 
Refreshing Your Soul

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Torah Parashat Ekev 2023 
Count Your Blessings 
Remembering our Humble Past
It's All for Our Own Best

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Parashat Matot Masei 2023
Laws of Vows and Oaths
The Return of Bilaam
Reuven's and Gad's Request
Naming the Chapters of our Journeys

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Torah Parashat Pinchas 2023 
Pinchas's Response & Reward 
Zelophchad's Daughters and their claim 
Moshe's Final Request 

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Parashat Shelach 2023 - The Spies and the Nation's Response

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The Story of Ruth
A Story of Kindness and Loyalty - Shavuot

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Parashat Acharei Mot Kedoshim 2023
Yom Kippur Service
Verbal Confession
Love Others as You Love Yourself
Techniques of Eliminating Bad Habits

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Parashat Tazria Metzora 2021 Overview 
Tzara'at

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Parashat Shemini 2023 overview
Aaron's Sons, Nadav & Avihu
The Laws of Kosher

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Parashat Vayikra overview.

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Week 4 of the Megillat Esther Series, as part of the SBM Ladies Program

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Parashat Vayakhel Pekudei overview.  

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Parashat Ki Tisa overview.  The full video with screensharing can be found on the YouTube channel.

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Parashat Tetzaveh overview.  The full video with screensharing can be found on the YouTube channel.

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We are rebranding the Sefer Hamitzvot Podcast to Adam's Torah. We will continue with the Sefer Hamitzvot series, but we will also upload additional content. 

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Week 1 of the Megillat Esther Series, as part of the SBM Ladies Program
February 9, 2023

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Positive mitzvah #64 is to cancel all debts in the shemita year.

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Positive mitzvah #63 is to return a collateral to a borrower when needed.

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Positive mitzvah #62 is to lend money to the poor.

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Positive mitzvah #61 is to love a convert.

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Positive mitzvah #60 is to love your fellow as yourself.

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Positive mitzvah #59 is for a Kohen to attend a relative's funeral. In this context, the seven relatives are: wife, mother, father, son, daughter, brother, and sister.

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Positive mitzvah #58 is for the Kohen to bless the Jewish people daily.

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Positive mitzvah #57 is to separate challah, or the first portion from your dough, and give it to a Kohen.

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Positive mitzvah #56 is to break the neck of the unredeemed firstborn donkey.

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Positive mitzvah #55 is to redeem the firstborn donkey with a sheep or a goat.

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Positive mitzvah #54 is to redeem the firstborn son, referred to as a pidyon haben.

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Positive mitzvah #53 is to sanctify the firstborn. 

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #52, which is to give a Kohen the first of your sheep's wool shearings. 

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #51, which is to give a Kohen the foreleg, cheeks and maw of an animal when doing shechita. 

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #50, which is to honor a Kohen and treat him as holy. 

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #49, which is to cover the blood of an animal after slaughtering it, if one wishes to eat meat. 

This mitzvah is related to positive mitzvah #48.

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #48, which is to slaughter an animal properly, if one wishes to eat meat.

Five forbidden techniques:
1) Shehiyah (שהייה‎; delay or pausing) 
2) Derasah (דרסה‎; pressing/chopping)
3) Haladah (חלדה‎; covering, digging, or burying)
4) Hagramah (הגרמה‎; cutting in the wrong location)
5) Iqqur (עיקור‎; tearing)

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #47, which is to circumcise every male, beginning at the age of eight days old.

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #46, which is to perform chalitza, which is an alternative to yibum (levirate marriage).

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #45, which is to perform yibum, or levirate marriage.

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #44, which is to get married through a process called kiddushin.

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #43, which is to marry and have children.

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #42, which is to respect one's father and mother.

As a general rule, honoring one's parents (positive mitzvah #41) is all of the the positive acts one does to show honor to his or her parents. Examples include, standing up for them when they enter the room, helping them around physically, bringing things for them, etc.

Continuing with that framework, respecting is all of the negative things one refrains from doing to show respect to his or her parents. Examples include, not sitting or standing in their designated spots, not contradicting or affirming their words, and not calling them by their first names.

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #41, which is to honor one's father and mother.

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #40, which is to deal with cases of nullifying vows or oaths.

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #39, which is to fulfill your vows or oaths.

• This mitzvah is to keep your promises. 
• We have the ability to create other mitzvot, simply by promising to do something.
• This applies to both vows ("nedarim") and oaths ("shevuot"):
  • Vows are typically on an item or object
  • Oaths are typically related to an action that the person will do
  • This distinction is explained more in the podcast

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #38, which is to give charity to the poor.

This mitzvah to give charity is known as giving "tzedaka."

The Rambam (Maimonides, or Moshe ben Maimon) (born approx. 1135 CE / died 1204 CE) compiled a list of the eight levels of charity, starting with the highest and most ideal form of charity, working his way down the list in descending order. In this episode, we go through the Rambam's eight levels of charity in detail.

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In this episode, we learn positive mitzvah #37, which is to rest from work on the holiday of Shemini Atzeret.

• This mitzvah applies to the 22nd day of Tishrei (the seventh month of the year). This is the day immediately after the last and seventh day of Sukkot. Outside of Israel, it also applies to 23rd day of Tishrei.
• It is called the "eighth day," because it is the day after the seventh day of Sukkot. However, it is a completely distinct holiday from Sukkot.
• Other than the date, this mitzvah is identical to positive mitzvah #25, which is to rest from work on the first day of Passover. Similar to the first day of Pesach,  food related melachot (work activities) are permitted on Shemini Atzeret, which is referred to as ochel nefesh.
• This mitzvah concludes a series of mitzvot that are to rest on specific days:
  • Positive #20 - To Rest from Work on Shabbat
  • Positive #25 - To Rest from Work on the First Day of Passover
  • Positive #27 - To Rest from Work on the Seventh Day of Passover
  • Positive #28 - To Rest from Work on Shavuot
  • Positive #29 - To Rest from Work on Rosh Hashana
  • Positive #31 - To Rest from Work on Yom Kippur
  • Positive #34 - To Rest from Work on the First Day of Sukkot
  • Positive #37 - To Rest from Work on Shemini Atzeret

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