The Maggid of Melbourne

Citing the Holy Alsheikh’s Biblical commentary, Levi Cooper explores another way to understand Viduy Maaser – the declarative confession that we have properly distributed all our tithes … Part three of this riveting series! CreditsLevi Cooper – HostAdam … Read the rest The post Confessing Good Deeds 3: Why must the needy wait for a handout? first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading...

Levi Cooper looks to the words of the Sages in the Midrash in order to understand the Viduy Maaser confession: Even as we fastidiously keep the commandments, there may be something that we should be ashamed of … Part two … Read the rest The post Confessing Good Deeds 2: Keep mitzvot and be ashamed first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading Confessing Good Deeds 2: Keep mitzvot and b...

In this first installation in a new mini-series, the Maggid of Melbourne introduces two mitzvot that are performed twice every seven years: Biyur Maasrot – ensuring that all tithes have been distributed (Deuteronomy 14:28-29), and Viduy Maaser – the celebratory … Read the rest The post Confessing Good Deeds 1: A couple of triennial commandments first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue rea...

Our very own Levi Cooper ponders the recent Beresheet space mission to the moon – an exciting moment for Israel, that sadly did not deliver all that it promised. Levi focuses on the decision to try again, recalling the notion … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Beresheet and New Moons first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: Beresheet and New Moons at Elmad...

The Talmud prohibits walking upright in a haughty manner (Bavli, Kiddushin 31a), so how should we understand the biblical promise to walk in such a manner (Leviticus 26:13)?… Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Yom Hashoah – Komemiyut: Walking upright first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: Yom Hashoah – Komemiyut: Walking upright at Elmad Online Learning. Ho...

The Maggid of Melbourne adds the teaching of the twentieth century master, Martin Buber, who called the Hebrew translation of his Tales of the Hadisim by the title: Or Haganuz!… An opportunity to keep up with Levi's chassidus class … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Or Haganuz 7: What should you do with hidden light first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah:...

Rabbi Zev Wolf of Zhitomir also discussed the magical-mystical, sequestered light, identifying a reference in our prayers to the hope that we will can perceive this hidden light.… An opportunity to keep up with Levi's chassidus class – part … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Or Haganuz 6: Praying for access to hidden light first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of...

Levi continues looking at the sequestered, spiritual light – this time exploring the words of Rabbi Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl, and how he described the Besht's mystical experience aimed at accessing the light that is hidden in the words of … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah – Or Haganuz 5: The Besht mystically accesses hidden light first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A...

Shivhei HaBesht relates another tale that describes the Baal Shem Tov's capabilities to see across space. The Maggid of Melbourne recounts the story and links it to the spiritual valence of the Land of Israel…. An opportunity to keep up … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah – Or Haganuz 4: What did the Besht see in the Holy Land? first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot...

Levi relates how the idea of hidden light is rendered in Shivhei HaBesht – the sacred biography of the Baal Shem Tov.… An opportunity to keep up with the Maggid of Melbourne's Hasidism class – part three in the… Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah – Or Haganuz: What can you do with the light? Episode 3 first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah – Or Haganuz: What...

In the wake of Tu Bishvat, Levi reflects on patience and planning for the future.… Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah – Lessons from Nature first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah – Lessons from Nature at Elmad Online Learning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing the discussion of mystical-magical hidden light, Levi recounts how the Besht used the notion to prod people to study Torah.… An opportunity to keep up with the Maggid of Melbourne's Hasidut class – part two in the series. … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah – Or Haganuz: Where is the light? Episode 2 first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah – Or Hag...

Levi looks at the earliest discussions of the notion of a mystical-magical hidden light that will only be revealed for the righteous at some time in the future.… An opportunity to keep up with the Maggid of Melbourne's Chassidus … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah – Or Haganuz: The Earliest Mention, Episode 1 first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah – Or Hagan...

Levi recounts the unique custom of Djerban Jewry to pray for rain as if they were in the Holy Land, and to celebrate the practice by not reciting tahanun, extra supplications that are normally added to the prayer service.… Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah – Pray for Rain first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah – Pray for Rain at Elmad Online Learning. Hosted...

Levi compares the prevalent sign in many synagogues with the source of these words, offering an insight into the challenge of prayer spaces. Listen to more episodes in this series. … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Know Before Whom You Stand first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: Know Before Whom You Stand at Elmad Online Learning. Hosted on Acast. See a...

Following up on his last podcasts, Levi recalls the teaching of Rabbi Nachman about creating spaces for hitbodedut, meditative solitude. Listen to more episodes in this series. … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Meditate Under the Tallit first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: Meditate Under the Tallit at Elmad Online Learning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Levi considers the origins of the common practice of taking children under the tallit during the birkat kohanim, the priestly blessing, citing the words of Rabbi Hayim David Halevi. Click here to listen to more episodes in this series.… Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Under the Tallit first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: Under the Tallit at Elmad Onli...

As we leave the Hebrew month that is filled with festivals, Levi considers Jewish life and heroism in the long winter months. Click here to listen to more episodes in this series.… Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: From Tishrei to Heshvan first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: From Tishrei to Heshvan at Elmad Online Learning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Levi explores different explanations for when God asks Adam “Ayeka, where are you?” in Genesis 3:9, offering a hasidic tale with contemporary meaning. Click here to listen to more episodes in this series.… Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah for Bereishit: Adam – Where are you? first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah for Bereishit: Adam – Where are you? at Elma...

After recounting a fascinating custom from Djerba, Levi relates what they do in Zur Hadassa when there is a brit milah on Shabbat. Click here to listen to more episodes in this series.… Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Circumcision on Shabbat first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: Circumcision on Shabbat at Elmad Online Learning. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

In this week's A Shot of Torah, Levi shares his experience of a brit milah that occurred on Rosh Hashana in his community in Zur Hadassa. He discusses the laws of circumcision on Rosh Hashana and the various customs associated.… Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Circumcision on Rosh Hashana first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: Circumcision on Rosh Hashan...

The Maggid of Melbourne explores the economic angle of the prohibition against exporting fruits and vegetables from the Land of Israel, and considers its applicability in modern times. Click here to listen to more episodes in this series.… Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Exporting Israeli Produce first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: Exporting Israeli P...

In this week's podcast, Levi discusses different ways to understand the contemporary relevance of the commandment to build a Temple (Exodus 25:8), suggesting how modern people might build temples in our day and age. Click here to listen to more … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Making a Sanctuary for God first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: Making a Sa...

Levi considers the suggestion of Nahmanides that the Ten Commandments can be divided into two categories: mitzvot that are between humans, and mitzvot that are between humans and God. What can we learn from this division? Click here to listen … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Two Tablets first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: Two Tablets at Elmad Online...

How hard do you find it to carver out time for Torah study? Levi – a lawyer by training – looks at a recommendation of Rabbi Nahman of Breslov to steal! Click here to listen to more episodes in this … Read the rest The post A Shot of Torah: Stealing some time first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading A Shot of Torah: Stealing some time at Elmad Online Learning. Hosted on Acast. See...