The Rabbi Noah Podcast

This video is part of **Chassidic Spirituality**, a series exploring the timeless wisdom of the Chassidic masters and the inner spiritual teachings of Torah. Why have the Jewish people never forgotten Jerusalem? Why, after thousands of years of exile, do Jews still turn toward Jerusalem in prayer and long for the rebuilding of the Beis HaMikdash? Drawing on the teachings of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach,...

This episode is the beginning of The Greatest Converts in Jewish History , a series exploring the extraordinary men and women whose decision to join the Jewish people helped shape Jewish history forever. In this first episode, we ask a fascinating question: Was Avraham the first convert? What does it mean to choose Hashem before there was a Jewish nation? And what can Avraham's journey teach...

This episode is part of **Foundations of Chassidic Spirituality**, a series exploring the timeless wisdom of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and the Chassidic masters. In this episode, we explore one of the great paradoxes of the spiritual life. True humility means recognizing how much we don't know—but authentic Jewish spirituality also calls us to live with deep certainty. What are the truths we mus...

This episode is part of **The Torah of Conversion**, a series exploring the Torah's teachings on conversion to Judaism, the spiritual significance of the ger (convert), and the unique relationship between converts and the Jewish people. In this episode, we explore one of the Torah's strongest warnings: never cause pain to the ger. Why does the Torah repeat this command so many times? Why...

The holiest thing you can say is I don't know. Reb Shlomo teaches something that cuts right to the heart of what it means to be a spiritual person. We spend so much energy thinking we know what other people need. What their tikkun is. What mussar they need to hear. What they should do with their lives. But here's the truth. We barely know ourselves. The Baal Shem Tov was choosing a son i...

Loving the convert isn't just a nice idea. It's a double mitzvah straight from the Torah. Every Jew has a mitzvah to love their fellow Jew. But when it comes to the ger, the convert, the Torah doubles it. Twice. Two separate mitzvot to love this soul who chose to come home. And then Hashem says something that stops you in your tracks. The sages ask, who is greater, the one who loves the...

The Torah tells you what to eat. What to wear. When Shabbos begins and ends. But it doesn't tell you who to marry. Where to live. What to do with your life. Those answers aren't written in any book. Not because Torah isn't everything. It is. But there's the will of God generally, and then there's the will of God as it lives inside your unique soul. Your life is a secret be...

Shabbat is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Not Yom Kippur. Not Rosh Hashana. Not Pesach. Every single week. The proof is hiding in plain sight. The number of aliyos given on each day tells you exactly how holy that day is. Weekday: 3. Rosh Chodesh: 4. Yom Tov: 5. Yom Kippur: 6. Shabbat: 7. Seven. Every week. Judaism flips the whole idea of holidays upside down. The holiday that comes more...

The most powerful Jewish morning meditation in the world. The first law in the entire Shulchan Aruch is about waking up like a lion. And the first word out of your mouth sets the entire tone for your day. מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ חַי וְקַיָּם שֶׁהֶחֱזַרְתָּ בִּי נִשְׁמָתִי בְּחֶמְלָה רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ Grateful. Facing God. The living King. My soul returned. Great is Your faithfulness. If you...

Hey everyone, first of all, thank you so much. The fact that you're here, that you've been listening and learning with me, that genuinely means so much to me! So just a quick update. The short clips you've been hearing on this feed were always just reposts from my social media, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, WhatsApp. That's where that content lives. Going forward I'm...

What does it actually mean to bring Mashiach? Reb Shlomo Carlebach teaches something so deep and so real. Every single one of us has to be a Mashiach Katan, a mini Mashiach, in our own life. Not someday. Not abstractly. Right now, with the person in front of you. That means doing for others with your whole heart and soul. It means making someone laugh. It means being accessible, relatable, and ful...

**Every Breath Is a Gift** Your soul is always with you. Your breath is always with you. In Hebrew, the word for soul — *neshama* — and the word for breath — *neshima* — share the same letters. That's not a coincidence. That's Torah. When you come back to your breath, you're not just doing mindfulness. You're touching your soul. You're feeling the presence of God, who brea...

B"H Converts are the most special souls. ❤️ We as a Jewish people don't always realize who is in our midst. After October 7th — in the middle of the pain, in the middle of the darkness — something moved in people's souls. They felt the pain of Am Yisrael in the core of their being. With all the antisemitism, the hatred, the demonization of Israel — they stood with us. And they didn&...

B"H The personal growth world is missing one key ingredient — God. In Judaism, it's not called personal growth. It's called serving God. Am Yisrael left Egypt and is still going through a process of refining character — through Sefirat HaOmer, counting toward the Torah we receive on Shavuot. Yes, we work on ourselves. We put in hishtadlut. But here's the secret: personal growth...

B"H Anti-Zionists are kind of right 🇮🇱 The Torah was given in the desert — no man's land. The message? Torah can be lived anywhere. You carry it with you. That part, they got right. But then there's this: *Ki miTziyon teitzei Torah* — a Torah from Zion shall come forth, and the word of God from Jerusalem. Sinai or Jerusalem? Both. We survived exile because, as Heinrich Heine wrote,...

B"H Here is how you can get ready for Shavuot. The first words Hashem says at Sinai are “Anochi Hashem Elokecha.” I am Hashem your God. “Elokecha” is singular. Yes, the Torah was given to the entire Jewish people in one overwhelming moment of unity and revelation. But at the same time, Hashem was speaking personally to every single soul. That means Torah is not generic. Your soul has a chelek...

B"H Torah learning is a relationship, not an academic exercise. 📖 We're about to celebrate Shavuot — the day God spoke to Am Yisrael at Har Sinai. The day of the Chuppah. The day of our Chatuna — our wedding to God. Some say all we heard at Sinai was the letter Aleph. But Aleph is enough. Because Torah is about hearing God's voice. Whatever you are learning — Halacha, stories, phil...

B"H Converts bring Mashiach. 👑 On Shavuot we read the Book of Ruth — one of the greatest converts in all of Tanach. Ruth joins Am Yisrael with courage and love. Ruth and Boaz have a son, Oveid. Oveid has Yishai. Yishai has David HaMelech — King David. And from the seed of King David comes Mashiach. The Messiah comes from the soul of a convert. Every single convert carries a light that was at...

B"H Jerusalem is the center of the Jewish soul. 💍 The Chasidic masters teach [Reb Shlomo in the name of Reb Shaul Yedidya of Modzitz] that when the Torah says "when you go to the land I will give you" — it doesn't just mean a place. It means אֲנִי — your I. Your center. Your soul. Jerusalem is the מֶרְכָּז — the center of the Jewish Neshama. Just being there is a download. A s...

B"H Converts aren't followers; they're leaders. If you've converted or are converting and feel like you're starting late, like you'll never catch up — that is a lie. One of the most important figures in all of Torah is Yitro — a convert. And the parsha where we receive the Torah at Sinai? It's named after him. His name comes from the word יֶתֶר (Yeter) — to add....

B"H What makes a mother so special? 🌹 Hebrew gives us a clue in two tiny letters — Aleph and Mem. The same letters spell two completely different words. אִם (Im) — "if." A conditional relationship. If you do good, good things come. אֵם (Em) — "Mother." The exact opposite. No conditions. No ifs. Just infinite, unconditional love. That's what a mother holds — a love th...

B"H Israel is not a luxury — it's our bread. 🇮🇱 The Torah doesn't describe the Land of Israel as something extra. It's a centerpiece of our connection to God. He took us out of Egypt specifically to bring us home. Anti-Zionism tries to gaslight us into believing we don't need it. We're not falling for that. We weren't safe before the Land. And our history will no...

B"H Judaism isn't just a religion — it's a people. 🕍 Am Yisrael. A nation. And that changes everything about how we connect to God. To get closer to God, we have to get closer to each other. As Mesillat Yesharim teaches: God loves those who love His people. Go anywhere in the world as a Jew — there's a Shabbat table with your name on it. And the most beautiful thing? How norma...

B"H What does Kabbalah really ignite in you? 🔥 It's not just about mystical knowledge — it's about how much your heart and soul are on fire. For God. For being Jewish. For the people you love. Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai, Rebbe Akiva, the Zohar — they all point to the same truth: וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ — love your neighbour as yourself. Love is a fire. What are you doing to ligh...

B"H What is Kabbalah REALLY about? Kabbalah — known in Hebrew as פְּנִימִיּוּת הַתּוֹרָה (Penimius HaTorah) — means the "Inner Torah." It's not just about mystical knowledge. It's about letting Torah reach your heart, your soul, and transform who you are. True inner Torah makes you more loving, more connected, closer to God and to the people around you. And sometimes, the...