Explorations

Mitzvah #21: Telling the story of the Exodus from Mitzrayim 21.02.2022 5:20 ↓

Exploring the mitzvah of Haggada at the Seder.

Davening and/or Learning? 20.02.2022 5:55 ↓

What's more important? Davening or learning? The answer defines davening itself.

The meaning of Megillas Esther 18.02.2022 3:56 ↓

Exploring the significance of Megillas Esther instead of thinking of Purim.

The danger of counting people 18.02.2022 4:32 ↓

Exploring what's wrong with counting Jews.

Yehoshua Chapter 20 17.02.2022 6:30 ↓

Exploring the Arei Miklat, Cities of Refuge.

Tanya Chapter 19 15.02.2022 4:35 ↓

Exploring Tanya Chapter 19, what a Jew REALLY wants.

Mitzvah #20 - No chometz may be in a Jew's possession on Pesach 14.02.2022 4:19 ↓

Exploring the mitzvah NOT to own Chometz on Pesach.

Davening in dignity 13.02.2022 5:58 ↓

Exploring the connection between serving Hashem and personal dignity.

The meaning of Purim Katan 11.02.2022 6:48 ↓

Exploring the significance of the days known as Purim Katan.

Tetzaveh and Investiture 10.02.2022 4:41 ↓

Exploring the connection between clothing and the real theme of Parshas Tetzaveh

Yehoshua Chapter 19 09.02.2022 6:58 ↓

Exploring the portions of Eretz Yisrael allotted to the remaining 6 tribes, and how the brochos of Yaakov and Moshe were fulfilled.

Tanya Chapter 18 08.02.2022 6:52 ↓

Exploring how a Jew without intellectual or emotional skills can access closeness to God and Torah observance.

Mitzvah #19: Don't eat Chometz on Pesach 08.02.2022 4:18 ↓

Exploring the sin of eating Chometz on Pesach. Check out Mitzvah #12 as well for more insights on this topic.

Ma Tovu 08.02.2022 5:45 ↓

Exploring the role that Ma Tovu, and the space of a Shul, has in our davening.

Shabbos is a Mishkan 04.02.2022 6:11 ↓

Exploring how Shabbos is the time counterpart to the Mishkan in space. 

Parshas Terumah: Gold, Silver, Copper 03.02.2022 7:37 ↓

Exploring the 3 metals found in the Mishkan, and their symbolic meaning.

Yehoshua Chapter 18 03.02.2022 6:52 ↓

Exploring this important and deep chapter, Yehoshua 18. Shilo, unfinished conquest, tribal lottery, Binyamin! 

Tanya Chapter 17 01.02.2022 6:19 ↓

Exploring Tanya Chapter 17, the concluding chapter of Part One of Sefer shel Beinonim.

Mitzvah #18 - Sanctifying the firstborn 31.01.2022 5:09 ↓

Exploring the Mitzvah to give holy significance to our firstborn children and firstborn animals.

V'shinantam L'vanecha V'Dibarta Bam 31.01.2022 3:59 ↓

An exploration of two clauses in the Shema that define how we communicate its message.

Menucha V'Simcha 28.01.2022 3:45 ↓

Exploring a way Zemiros can be a source of Oneg for everyone, even the musically challenged

4 for an ox and 5 for a sheep 28.01.2022 7:15 ↓

Exploring the halacha that an ox thief pays 5 times the value while a sheep thief only pays 4.

Yehoshua Chapter Seventeen 28.01.2022 7:17 ↓

Exploring Yehoshua ch.17; the place of Menasheh within Klal Yisrael

Tanya Chapter Sixteen 26.01.2022 6:45 ↓

Exploring Tanya Chapter Sixteen, and how you know if you're succeeding as a Beinoni.

Mitzvah #17: An 'Oreil' may not eat from the Korban Pesach 26.01.2022 4:55 ↓

Exploring the mitzvah that an uncircumcised Jew may not eat from the Korban Pesach, even if he can't have a Mila for medical reasons.