Torah Weekly

Topics: -Why of all Mitzvos was this practiced in mitzrayim? -The unique hope in Kiddush Levana - R Chaim Shmuelevitz and the holocaust survivor -The value of the life of one with altzeimers or special needs -Why don’t women say Kiddush Levana? -The shelah’s shitta that women caused the moons problems -Why do we say Shalom Aleichem three times? -Why say it specifically Motzaei Shabbos? -Why repeat...

Topics: -Names as mission statements for life -Why do we remember our names at the end of Shemoneh Esrei -Rav Dessler on why we won’t recognize ourselves in Gan Eden -The Goal of Eisav’s Malach, to make us forget our Names -The merit of not changing our names in Mitzrayim -The danger of changing one’s name when sick -Stories about Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld’s Crazy Gematriyos -The deeper meaning i...

-Why don’t we bless to be “like Avraham” anymore? -The Pitfall in placing too many expectations upon our children -The first brothers in the Torah who didn’t fight -Focusing on the Positivity of Efraim and not the Negativity of Menashe -Blessing our Children to be Leshem Shamayim whatever their path -Why is this bracha davka given on Shabbos? -The only way to give a no strings attached bracha to a...

Topics ​ Why did Yosef Expose his Bris Milah to his brothers? ​ How was it proof that it was him and not a circumcised Mitzri? ​ The story of Nasan of Tzutzisa and Chana the Eshes Ish ​ The trick for success your Yetzer Hara doesn’t want you to know ​ Yehoshua and Rachav paralleling Yosef and Eshes Potifar ​ The Zona of the 7 beds and Eshes Potifar ​ Being saved from wild animals in merit of the b...

Topics: ​ Why do all pesukim in Vayeshev start with the letter Vav other than 8? ​ The fight against the greeks and their nature only view ​ The danger in connecting to the wrong people - Misyavnim and Inquisition Spain ​ The power of Peretz and connection of Rus to Vayeshev ​ The theme of the missing 11, and this parsha’s twins fixing Yaakov and Eisav ​ The fight between Eisav and Yaakov over the...

Topics: ​Why did Leah not marry Eisav and bring him back in Teshuva? ​R Aharon Kotler on Personal Growth vs Affecting Others ​The danger of frumkeit to crush empathy and emotion ​Woman is like Shabbos for a Man ​Why a woman is like a tail ​The difference in Dina and Leah marrying Eisav in Neshamos ​Yaakov Avinu suspecting Leah and her children of connection to Eisav ​Would Eisav have done Teshuva...

Topics: ​ The “Malachim” Guarding Yaakov as his own Father’s Soul ​ The “ladder” of parents coming from Gan Eden to help their Children ​ The depths of a relationship that shares the same root of Neshama ​ Which Neshama comes to us as our extra neshama on Shabbos? ​ The Holiness we feel when our parent finishes purification in shamayim ​ ”Will you say Kaddish when I die?” Stories from the other si...

‘Lzecher Nishmas Ben Tzion Ben Tzvi Hakohen Topics: ​ The Teshuvah of Yishmael; when and how complete? ​ The Meshech Chochmah on the Teshuva of Yishmael’s Descendents ​ Avraham Vs Nimrord, Yaakov Vs Eisav ​ Yitzchak’s Nemesis - the Plishtim ​ Two Types of Laughter and the History of the Phillistenes ​ Struggles with The Plishtim in our parsha and Tanach ​ R Mordechai Eliyahu and How to deal with Y...

Topics: ​ Avraham’s plan to prevent the Muslims from treating us like the Christians ​ When to compromise with an OTD child ​ If Buddhism is Abrahamic why does it share nothing with Judaism? ​ Doing Aveiros with Joy is a sign of deep inner bitterness ​ What it means to be a good friend and how Avraham exemplified ​ Not letting our emotions overrun our seichel ​ R Moshe’s underrated problem with Ma...

Topics: ​ Lots wife - the woman without a gilgul ​ The tremendous lesson from salt ​ The Blindness Caused by Sdom's Salt ​ Mayim Acharonim and Spousal Abuse ​ Avraham Avinu's Unreal Dan L'kaf Zechus ​ Stories of Gedolim and Dan L'kaf Zechus ​ What is the Shalsheles in our Parsha hinting? ​ What common theme links all 4 shalsheles instances in the Torah?

Topics: ​ The Segulah to say Amaslai Bas Karnevo ​ Why is Avraham’s Mother never mentioned in the Torah? ​ Avram’s Birth and his Mother’s Protection ​ Avraham - the ultimate proof that a child of rape should not be aborted ​ The Arizal on why Avraham had to come from such impurity ​ Avraham and Haman both having mothers named Amaslai ​ Gematriyos about the fight between Avraham and Haman ​ The Seg...

Topics: ​ The Alter of Kelm on why the world was destroyed ​ What is the sin in being trans for a non Jew ​ The incredible effect of surroundings ​ Cham, the Raven adn the Dog. Why these animals? ​ Why was Cham punished with black skin? ​ The need to publicize others sins while hiding our own ​ Cham covering for his wife's giant infidelity ​ Was Cham into his wife or homosexual? Yesod of Ramban

Topics: -The Potential Chilul Hashem of Simchas Torah -David Hamelech as the Esrog - parallel tikkunim -Adam Harishon committing the three unforgivable -The Avos as the Tikkun to these three sins -Adam Harishon as David Hamelech and its myriad explanations of David Hamelech's life

Topics: ​ Counting from creation ​Ldavid Mizmor - the besht and r Chaim brisker ​Lamnatzeiach livnei korach davka before tekias shofar ​ Crying and being bsimcha at the akeida- lessons in human emotion and this upcoming simchas Torah ​ Three chassidic Rebbes using halacha to “force” Hashems hand - chozeh Noam elimelech r Levi Yitzchak ​ The zechus of Ben Adam lachaveiro ​ The memories of the shofa...

Stories and lessons about the Chofetz Chaim - To many topics to list!

Topics: ​ Why such harsh punishment for not serving Hashem with Joy? ​ Why do we go back to Lavan and Mitzrayim to give our Bikkurim? ​ Why do so many rewards for mitzvos seem to not come true in our daily lives? ​ The Hashgacha Pratis required for my fig to exist ​ The Power of Mitzvos for simcha and the power of that simcha ​ Creating Simcha in our Mitzvos and Learning ​ Simcha of Mitzva vs temp...

Topics: ​ Why do species go extinct? ​ The little bird is the Shechinah ​ The mercy awakened by the Mitzva of Shiluach Hakan ​ The Zohar on the 974 lost generations rectified by the mitzva of shiluach hakan ​ The Erev Rav and Erev Shabbos ​ Endless Chutzpa and Free Love Pre Mashiach ​A bortion, Homosexuality, Trans as the antithesis of the Jew yet pushed by Jews ​ Yibum of a tzaddik ​ Shiluach Hak...

Topics: ​ The Giving Tree and Hippies Hypocrisy ​ Lessons from Trees ​ Treating others better than ourselves ​ The tree and man as connection of two realms ​ The Maharal on man as the inverted tree ​ The Shelah's chiddush about the Palm Tree ​ All trees bearing fruit in the time of Mashiach ​ Why grow roots more outwards than downwards? A limmud zechus on unafilliated Jews ​ Painting struggling pe...

Topics: ​ Lessons from Yosef Mishisa and Miriam Bas Bilga ​ The power of kedusha ​ The menorah in the Vatican ​ How a Baal Habos can raise better children than an avrech ​ Limud zechus on the worst of the worst ​ Rav Moshes shita on homosexuality

Topics: ​The curse of krias shma- did it ever happen? ​Are the Christians right about us? ​Iyunim on 10 lost tribes

Timestamps: (0:00) – The Arizal and speaking about someone on their yahrtzeit (2:15) – R Moshe Feinstein and the issur of seeing an aveira (9:25) – Palm Reading – the wisdom the Arizal kept secret (11:00) – We get Palm Reading from Aristotle?! (15:45) – Reading the Letters of the Soul (21:20) – Pre-Arizal Palm Reading (23:45) – R Mordechai Sharabi and Palm Reading (28:40) – Is Palm Reading Assur?...

Topics: (00:00) - Should one say Shed or the names of Shedim? (3:55) - R Ruderman on Moshe Vs Bilam (8:45) - Zeh Leumas Zeh of Avoda Zara and Nevuah (11:00) - Zeh Leumas Zeh of Bas Kol and Shedim, Nissim and Dibbukim (13:45) - How can the Rambam say Shedim don’t exist if the Gemara says they do? (17:30) - When you wish upon a dibbuk (19:30) - Shedim today, lessons from Abaye - R Kaduri, Chazon Ish...

Topics: ​ The Segulah of mentioning that the daughter of Asher was named Serach ​ Was she Asher’s daughter? The story of Serach’s adoption ​ The name of our Neshama and the name of our Yetzer Hara ​ Why always named after her father Asher? And where did her music come from? ​ Her connection to Eliyahu Hanavi and Pinchas ​ What do women do in Gan Eden? ​ Women of music, art, and dance and Serach Ba...

Timestamps: (00:00) - Why do Pirates have Peg Legs and Eye Patches (04:22) - Eisav and Yishmael - The Ox and the Donkey (10:04) - Eisav and Yishmael - Fire and Water (14:49) - Eisav and Yishmael together destroying the world (17:55) - The Nachash as the donkey and ox (20:22) - Amalek as the donkey and ox (22:00) - Bilam and Amalek (27:00) Balak and Bilam as Amalek (30:24) Lavan and Yaakov and the...

Topics: ​ The three mouths of the three parshiyos ​ The Be’er Miriam – in what merit of Miriam? ​ Miriam, Song, and the Be’er ​ Yishmael and the Be’er Miriam – Klippa Kodem Hapri ​ Mashiach as a time of Pri Kodem Laklippa ​ What was Be’er Miriam and how did it operate in the desert? ​ Why is water connected to the woman and food to man? ​ Where is Be’er Miriam today? ​ Be’er Miriam and the Arizal...