The Yishai Fleisher Israel Podcast

Malkah joins Rabbi Yishai  to ask whether the achievement of the UAE-Israel Abraham Accords merits a Peace Prize. And Israel is number one again - in Corona sickness, that is. Then, Rav Mike Feuer joins to follow the command of Torah portion of Netzavim-Veyelech to stand together. And finally, Yishai's long-lost interview with the late-great Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz ZT"L. Support the show

Rabbi Yishai is joined by Malkah Fleisher to figure out whether flying to the UAE will be a norm in Israeli life and whether we should celebrate the start of school and the brace for Corona lockdown? Then, the Torah portion of Ki Tavo is about the highest highs (knowing God) and the lowest lows (Shoa). Finally, renowned geopolitical scholar and author Dr. Michael Doran joins to discuss the threat...

A whole society can be healed by following the laws set out in the Torah portion of Ki Tetze. Rav Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai Fleisher to "shoo away the mother bird". Then, Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel, co-founder of the Land of Israel Network, hangs with Yishai on the Mediterranean beach. Support the show

First Malkah Fleisher joins Yishai to celebrate their son's birthday with adventures in bowling in Jerusalem. Then, Dr. Mordechai Kedar on what the folks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and especially Mohammed Bin Zayid (MBZ), think about Israel. And finally, Rav Mike Feuer on the Torah portion of Shoftim and how to build a Torah society without de-funding the police or the courts. Support...

After a week of vacation Yishai and Malkah Fleisher chat with listeners about the Abrahamic Accords with the UAE, about the historic sea at Ashkelon, and about the Torah portion of Re'eh and the search for God's Holy Place. Support the show

Yishai and Malkah celebrate their 18th anniversary by singing "I just called to say I love you" in Jerusalem's Machane Yehuda Shuk! But what was that explosion in Beirut? And are Palestinians really Jordanians? Then, Rav Mike Feuer comes aboard to discuss building a Hindu shrine on the site of a Muslim mosque in India, and the Torah portion of "Ekev" where we learn how to...

How sad should we be about the destruction of Jerusalem - when we live in the time of a rebuilt Jerusalem? Malkah Fleisher joins Yishai to talk about all the stuff that broke during the 9 Days, the Aliyah Revolution CD, and your Imagination Vacation. Then, Rav Mike Feuer on the Decalogue on Israeli trucks with stickers that read: Ein Od Milvado! Support the show

It's the new month of Av and the memorial day of Aaron the High Priest. Malkah Fleisher joins Yishai to talk about the love, or absence of it, in the discourse, to find new connections to Jerusalem, and to keep Israel from becoming a Beinartistan - a bi-national state. Then, Rav Mike Feuer on the second reading of the Torah and the real story of why Moses didn't enter the land. Support t...

The Biblical Pinchas goes 'Harry Potter' on the evil wizard Bilaam with Hashem's name and snakey sword. Then, Yishai and Malkah Fleisher witness an unknown force attacking the military installations of Iran. And Corona is attacking all of us - but thank God we have cities of refuge in time and in space. Support the show

How can you feel ungrateful in Judea?? Malkah Fleisher learns the lesson of the Manna while shopping for her family in the heartland. Then, Rav Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai to understand the place of zealotry in our lives, the power of Jewish women and the love of Zion to heal a generation's broken relationship with God. Support the show

First, Yishai is joined by Rav Mike Feuer to feel the burden of the Biblical she-donkey ridden by the evil wizard Balaam who wanted to curse the nation that God had blessed. Then, terror on the eighth night of Chanukah: Chaim Silberstein's daughter and son in lawn survived miraculously - but the baby, and other victims, did not make it. The Jihadist murderer now received four life sentences -...

A New Yorker article poo-pooing the veracity of King David sets Rabbi Yishai off on the full-court press of narrative attacks against Israel. Rav Mike Feuer joins to play defense and helps understand the place of the science "lens". Then, Yishai speaks at a Sovereignty Movement rally and addresses President Trump, Israeli leadership, and the Arab world. Support the show

The world, and the Biblical Korach, are mad, but Rabbi Yishai and Rav Mike Feuer are calm because they behold the the flowering staff of the High Priest Aaron. Then, Malkah Fleisher on Yishai's birthday and on the Second Wave! Support the show

12 reconnaissance spies enter the land of Israel - but only two come out with a good report and project courage! Rabbi Yishai and Rav Mike Feuer try to be like those two spies and to push back on subversion narratives. Then Malkah and Yishai on FB - answering your questions about fearless Israeli sovereignty. Support the show

In America - riots, protests, and a fight for the character of the nation. In Israel - the battle for sovereignty and the identity of the Jewish people. Will the chaos lead to destruction - or something else? Yishai is joined by Malkah Fleisher for a discussion of change and cherries, and Rav Mike Feuer on the Biblical riot against Moses and the resulting quail binge. Support the show

How does Jewish tradition deal with the narcissistic story of Narcissus? The Nazarite is the antidote! Rabbi Yishai is joined by Rav Mike Feuer for an unselfish perspective. Then, Malkah Fleisher on completing the last day of counting to Shavuot, and shares the US concerns about Chinese encroachment in Israel. Support the show

Join Rabbi Yishai to celebrate Jerusalem Liberation and Reunification Day. First, Rav Mike Feuer joins Yishai to talk about the Babylonian exile's "Jerusalem Day" and today's rectification of it. Then, Malkah Fleisher on EU's continued hostility towards a Jewish Jerusalem, and the tale of Yishai being thrown off the Temple Mount. Support the show

Is the land of Israel sensitive to Jewish behavior? Rav Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai Fleisher to walk on the good side of the good land in the Torah portion of Behar-Bechukotai. Then, writer and scholar Dr. Sherry Sufi, on the simple question of whether the Jewish State is a European colonial enterprise as is often heard in anti-Israel circles. Support the show

First, Rabbi Yishai is joined by Rav Mike Feuer for a discussion on the Torah's story of the Blasphemer - where we learn to watch our rage. Plus: the hidden power of Second Passover - a special holiday for those who ask God for more! Then, Yishai plays an installment of Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw's podcast "We Hold These Truths" - where he interviews Zeev Orenstein, Directo...

Three top thinkers join Rabbi Yishai to discuss the rise of Israel and the challenges to freedom and nationalism around the world. With author and columnist Caroline Glick. Founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, David Horowitz. And UK talk show host and celebrity Katie Hopkins. Support the show

Start the pre-party of Israel's 72nd independence!! First, Malkah Fleisher joins Rabbi Yishai to talk about Yom HaAtzmaut under Coronavirus. Then British war hero, Colonel Richard Kemp on the great men who gave birth to international recognition of Jewish rights in the Land of Israel. Then, Rav Mike Feuer on biblical skin lesions and on receiving the State of Israel on the "silver platte...

We are living in the age of revelation, from the secrets of science to the communications revolution, and, of course, the return of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel - as promised by God and written in the Bible. But the greatest original revelation happened at the Red Sea when the Jewish people saw the God of Israel reach down and interfere with the natural order. Join Rabbi Yishai Fleisher...

Is there a difference between hoping for Messiah and being a Messianist? Rabbi Yishai Fleisher is joined Rav Mike Feuer to discuss pragmatic redemption. Then, Malkah Fleisher on the Mossad acquiring COVID-19 supplies, a Palestinian Israeli identity, and advice for Passover de-stress!!! Support the show

There's a new month, a new book of the Torah, a new global pandemic, potentially a new Israeli government - and maybe a new world waiting to be formed! Rabbi Yishai is joined first by Rav Mike Feuer to find a Biblical precedent for this crisis. Then Leah Fleisher on a young person's perspective on being housebound. And finally, Malkah Fleisher on staying positive and connected to God whe...

First, Yishai and Malkah on the dealing with Coronavirus in Israel, and the State of the Jewish State in medicine and the politics (and the politicians that need to get over their egos!) Then, Rav Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai on Zoom to build the Tabernacle like Bezalel - from the outside in. Support the show