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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The spies, like the media, sowed the seeds of destruction | 28 Jul 2025 | 00:58:15 | |
Parshat Devarim/ The Three weeks | |||
| The Three Weeks - 21 or 22 days? | 27 Jul 2025 | 00:52:45 | |
The Three Weeks - 21 or 22 days? | |||
| Yom Yerushalayim | 26 May 2025 | 01:00:00 | |
Chessed shebeMalchut and the curse-reversal of "veShavarti et Ge’on Uz’chem" | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 13 May 2025 | 00:50:28 | |
The history and debate behind VeShamru as the preamble to the Friday night Amida | |||
| The meaning behind a baby boy’s Upsherin and its connection to Lag baOmer | 13 May 2025 | 01:15:57 | |
The meaning behind a baby boy’s Upsherin and its connection to Lag baOmer | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 05 May 2025 | 00:49:50 | |
Deeper dimensions of Friday night Barechu and Hashkiveinu | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 30 Apr 2025 | 00:53:59 | |
The unique status of Friday night Maariv | |||
| The tipping point of Shoah | 30 Apr 2025 | 01:02:18 | |
The tipping point of Shoah | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:35:20 | |
Hashem Malach, Bameh Madlikin | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:43:18 | |
Mizmor Shir leYom haShabbat | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:56:22 | |
Bo’i beShalom - turning around | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:47:50 | |
Lecha Dodi - Shamor veZachor | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:36:50 | |
The inclusion of Ana beCho’ach in Kabbalat Shabbat | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:38:26 | |
Shabbat themes hinted to in the six Tehillim of Kabbalat Shabbat | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:53:20 | |
Six chapters of Tehillim corresponding to six days of the work week | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:44:00 | |
R Moshe Cordovero and the start of a formal Kabbalat Shabbat - Yedid Nefesh | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:51:30 | |
Various Minhagim associated with Kabbalat Shabbat | |||
| Kabbalat Shabbat | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:40:21 | |
Mincha Erev Shabbat, the evolution of Kabbalat Shabbat | |||
| Parshat Vayakheil-Pekudei | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:51:02 | |
The chosen status of Israel, was it always guaranteed? | |||
| A Pesach message to our hostages | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:45:57 | |
A Pesach message to our hostages | |||
| Parshat Zachor - Redeeming Shaul’s mistake | 10 Mar 2025 | 00:45:41 | |
Parshat Zachor - Redeeming Shaul’s mistake | |||
| Parshat Tetzaveh - Purim’s Spiritual Wardrobe | 10 Mar 2025 | 01:04:35 | |
Parshat Tetzaveh - Purim’s Spiritual Wardrobe | |||
| Parshat Teruma - Mishkan Matters in Adar | 27 Feb 2025 | 00:58:16 | |
Parshat Teruma - Mishkan Matters in Adar | |||
| Why Ya’akov let the enemy - angel go | 09 Dec 2024 | 00:51:32 | |
Parshat VaYeitzei / VaYishlach | |||
| Parshat Toldot - Rivka’s 3 year old Neshama | 02 Dec 2024 | 00:46:32 | |
Parshat Toldot - Rivka’s 3 year old Neshama | |||
| Trying Times - the purpose of Divine Trials | 26 Nov 2024 | 00:58:17 | |
Trying Times - the purpose of Divine Trials | |||
| Lot’s abandonment of his daughters to the rabid mob of Sodom: an interpretation | 18 Nov 2024 | 00:50:17 | |
Lot’s abandonment of his daughters to the rabid mob of Sodom: an interpretation | |||
| Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba) | 27 Aug 2024 | 00:40:21 | |
Tefillot Shabbat - Mincha Erev Shabbat; the evolution of Kabbalat Shabbat | |||
| The unique events of Tu’ beAv | 26 Aug 2024 | 00:55:57 | |
The unique events of Tu’ beAv | |||
| Is there any validity to certain forms of idol worship and astrology? | 26 Aug 2024 | 00:52:09 | |
Is there any validity to certain forms of idol worship and astrology? | |||
| Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba) | 01 Aug 2024 | 00:44:31 | |
The nature of the added time, pre and post Shabbat | |||
| Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba) | 23 Jul 2024 | 00:46:25 | |
Tosefet Shabbat - Why Shabbat is observed for more than 24 hours | |||
| How one deals with evil: a litmus test of a quality civilisation | 23 Jul 2024 | 00:45:06 | |
How one deals with evil: a litmus test of a quality civilisation | |||
| The three time phases of Sefirat ha'Omer | 04 Jun 2024 | 01:02:08 | |
The three time phases of Sefirat ha'Omer | |||
| Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba) | 04 Jun 2024 | 00:51:02 | |
Consequences whether candle lighting serves as acceptance of Shabbat; waving hands over candles, the match | |||
| Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba) | 04 Jun 2024 | 00:45:25 | |
Where best to light, where you eat or sleep? Making a b’racha before or after candle lighting | |||
| The spiritual energy behind Yom Yerushalayim | 04 Jun 2024 | 00:48:45 | |
The spiritual energy behind Yom Yerushalayim | |||
| Pesach Sheni - the Chesed of Hod | 22 May 2024 | 00:49:22 | |
Pesach Sheni- the Chesed of Hod | |||
| The week of Tif’eret - The world of balance, beauty and harmony | 22 May 2024 | 00:51:08 | |
The week of Tif’eret - The world of balance, beauty and harmony | |||
| Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba) | 22 May 2024 | 00:44:11 | |
Penalty for forgetting to light, what one uses to light, using electric lights as Shabbat candles | |||
| Haftarot of Acharei and Kedoshim | 15 May 2024 | 01:00:37 | |
Predictions of exile and redemption in the Haftara of Acharei and Kedoshim | |||
| Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba) | 15 May 2024 | 00:57:08 | |
Lighting Shabbat candles with a B’racha while electric lights are on | |||
| Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba) | 15 May 2024 | 00:52:13 | |
Reasons for lighting Shabbat candles | |||
| Hilchot Shabbat - Tzurba | 21 Mar 2024 | 00:47:03 | |
Preserving one's appetite for Shabbos | |||
| Purim - The nature of women's obligation to hear Megilla | 21 Mar 2024 | 00:56:24 | |
The nature of women's obligation to hear Megilla | |||
| Why does the letter Bet have its back to the Alef? | 20 Mar 2024 | 00:45:24 | |
Why does the letter Bet have its back to the Alef? | |||
| Purim | 14 Mar 2024 | 00:50:19 | |
Rav Hutner’s insights into the ‘fatal’ Purim Se’udah of Rabba and R Zeira and the uniqueness of Purim | |||
| Hilchot Shabbat (Tzurba) | 14 Mar 2024 | 00:46:42 | |
Personal involvement in Shabbat preparations | |||
| Parshat vaYakheil | 14 Mar 2024 | 00:52:13 | |
Revealing Inner Dimensions of the Alef Bet | |||
| “veNahafoch Hu“ - revealing Hashem’s Providence | 14 Mar 2024 | 00:54:46 | |
“veNahafoch Hu“ - revealing Hashem’s Providence | |||