Explorations

Anochi Metzavcha HaYom Al Levavecha 25.01.2022 4:57 ↓

Exploring an often-overlooked line in the first parsha of the Shema

Yisro's advice to Moshe 21.01.2022 7:04 ↓

Exploring the connection between Yisro's arrival at Har Sinai and his advice to Moshe.

Friday Night Kiddush 21.01.2022 3:29 ↓

Exploring the mitzvah of making Kiddush on Friday night

Yehoshua Chapter 16 20.01.2022 4:05 ↓

Exploring Yehoshua Chapter 16, and the relationship between Ephraim and Menasheh

Tanya Chapter Fifteen 18.01.2022 6:23 ↓

Exploring Tanya Chapter Fifteen, how a Beinoni is always meant to strive.

Mitzvah #16 - Don't break a bone of the Korban Pesach 17.01.2022 5:18 ↓

Exploring the mitzvah not to break a bone of the Korban Pesach - as a window to understanding Mitzvos in general.

With all our heart, soul, and resources 16.01.2022 5:30 ↓

Exploring the three descriptions in the Shema of how we are expected to love Hashem.

The true meaning of Tu BiShvat 14.01.2022 5:34 ↓

An exploration of what is actually celebrated on Tu Bishvat.

The central lesson of the Manna 14.01.2022 4:40 ↓

An exploration of the Manna, and why it defines Emuna - faith.

Yehoshua Chapter Fifteen 12.01.2022 5:57 ↓

Exploring Yehoshua Chapter Fifteen, and its description of the lands of the Tribe of Yehuda, with some fascinating foreshadowing of big events to follow.

Tanya Chapter Fourteen 12.01.2022 7:21 ↓

Exploring Tanya Chapter 14, the freedom to be a Beinoni and the aspiration to think like a Tzaddik.

Mitzvah #15 - Do not remove the Korban Pesach from its house 12.01.2022 6:28 ↓

Exploring the mitzvah not to remove the Pesach meat from the room where it's being eaten - with 3 insights 

Birchos Krias Shema 06.01.2022 3:47 ↓

Exploring the connection between the Shema and the Blessings that are said before and after it.

Making 100 Brachos on Shabbos 06.01.2022 4:28 ↓

Exploring the requirement to make 100 blessings every day, and how this can be done to enhance the Shabbos experience.

Unconditional Surrender 06.01.2022 5:13 ↓

Exploring the change in Pharaoh's attitude in the two Parshios with the plagues: Va'eira and Bo.

Yehoshua Chapter Fourteen 05.01.2022 6:29 ↓

Exploring Chapter 14, and the meaning of Kalev's historic request to his old colleague Yehoshua. 

Tanya Chapter Thirteen 04.01.2022 5:55 ↓

Exploring Tanya Chapter 13, how being a Beinoni is a good thing, even though one is not a Tzaddik.

Mitzvah #14: Don't allow a Ger Toshav to eat from the Korban Pesach 03.01.2022 4:35 ↓

Exploring why a legal non-Jewish resident of Eretz Yisrael may not eat the Korban Pesach.

B'chol M'odecha 02.01.2022 5:37 ↓

An exploration of the words B'Chol M'odecha, found in the first paragraph of the Shema, but not the second paragraph.

Tanya Chapter Twelve 28.12.2021 7:02 ↓

An exploration of the hero of this book, the Beinoni.

Mitzvah 13 - A Jew who has rejected his Jewishness may not eat the Korban Pesach 27.12.2021 5:56 ↓

Exploring why the Torah picks on an estranged Jew specifically with regard to the Mitzvah of the Pesach.

God's Oneness and Love 26.12.2021 3:47 ↓

An exploration of the relationship between God being One and the Mitzvah of "V'Ahavta"

The Holiness of Motzoei Shabbos 24.12.2021 5:37 ↓

An exploration of the special status of Motzoei Shabbos in Jewish thought and practice.

Moshe the Observant Jew 23.12.2021 6:12 ↓

An exploration of a oft-missed detail in Torah's account of Moshe's encounter at the Burning Bush. 

Yehoshua Chapter Thirteen 22.12.2021 4:54 ↓

Exploring Yehoshua Chapter 13, which begins Part Two of this book.