Mussar HaTorah

Welcome to the Mussar HaTorah Podcast for Parshas Netzavim-Vayelich. Join us as we explore the weekly Parsha, uncovering valuable insights and striving to become the best versions of ourselves through Mussar teachings. In this week's double parsha, Hashem tells Beni Yisroel of a time when they will be exiled and while they are there they will "call to mind". The Sforno comments that this "calling...

Welcome to the Mussar HaTorah Podcast for Parshas Ki Savo. Join us as we explore the weekly Parsha, uncovering valuable insights and striving to become the best versions of ourselves through Mussar teachings. In the parsha, Moshe says "הַסְכֵּ֤ת ׀ וּשְׁמַע֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַיּ֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ נִהְיֵ֣יתָֽ לְעָ֔ם לַיהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃". This translates to "Keep silence and listen, Israel. This day you have...

Welcome to the Mussar HaTorah Podcast for Parshas Ki Tatze. Join us as we explore the weekly Parsha, uncovering valuable insights and striving to become the best versions of ourselves through Mussar teachings. At the beginning of the Parsha we have the interesting case of the Ben Sorer u'Moreh. Rashi comments that he is put to death because of what he will become. However, there is a rule we see i...

Welcome to the Mussar HaTorah Podcast for Parshas Shoftim. Join us as we explore the weekly Parsha, uncovering valuable insights and striving to become the best versions of ourselves through Mussar teachings. I was in Chicago this past week for a niece's wedding and my brother-in-law has a sefer that caught my eye, Rav Pam on Chumash. This is from that sefer and is sponsored l'zacher nishmas Henoc...

Welcome to the Mussar HaTorah Podcast for Parshas Reeh. Join us as we explore the weekly Parsha, uncovering valuable insights and striving to become the best versions of ourselves through Mussar teachings. In this week's parsha, Moshe Rabbenu starts by telling us blessings and curses will be given. When it comes to the brachos the Torah uses the word "asher" meaning "that". The Targum translates t...

Welcome to the Mussar HaTorah Podcast for Parshas Eikev. Join us as we explore the weekly Parsha, uncovering valuable insights and striving to become the best versions of ourselves through Mussar teachings. There is a very interesting passuk in this week's Parsha warning Beni Yisroel when they come into the land not to forget how and who gave them all the goodness (8:17): וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ...

Welcome to the Mussar HaTorah Podcast for Parshas V'Eschanan. Join us as we explore the weekly Parsha, uncovering valuable insights and striving to become the best versions of ourselves through Mussar teachings. In this week's parsha Moshe Rabbenu continues speaking to Beni Yisroel in his final address to the nation and the Aseres Hadibros are repeated: וְלֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֑ךָ  וְלֹ֨א תִתְ...

Welcome to the Mussar HaTorah Podcast for Parshas Devarim. Join us as we explore the weekly Parsha, uncovering valuable insights and striving to become the best versions of ourselves through Mussar teachings. At the beginning of the Parsha, and Sefer, Moshe tells the people (1:16-17) about his setting up judges: I commanded your judges at that time, to say, ‘‘Listen between your brothers and you a...

Welcome to the Mussar HaTorah Podcast for parshas Mattos Masei where we learn to be the best version of ourselves through the Mussar we can find in the weekly Parsha. In this week's parsha the Sevatim of Gad and Reuven ask Moshe if they can have their inheritance on the eastern side of the Jordan River. The Shevatim were always going to help the rest of Beni Yisroel take over Eretz Yisroel. They v...

Welcome to the Mussar HaTorah Podcast where we learn to be the best version of ourselves through the Mussar we can find in the weekly Parsha. This is Season 1; Episode 2: Parshas Pinchas 5784. One of the things we see in this parsha are the various korbanos musaf that we are required to bring on various holidays. For the Chag of Succos we see an interesting thing the number of cows starts at 13 an...

Welcome to the Mussar HaTorah Podcast where we learn to be the best version of ourselves through the Mussar we can find in the weekly Parsha. This is Season 1; Episode 1: Parshas Balak 5784. In the parsha we have amazing scene of Billam having a conversation with his donkey. Where the donkey rebuked Billam because he had a lack of appreciation for everything the donkey did for him. Billam was coul...