The Yishai Fleisher Israel Podcast

A very special Spiritual Cafe as Yishai Fleisher and Rabbi Ailon Meir drive down the Biblical highway from Jerusalem to Hebron while discussing the Torah portion of Vayera, overcoming fear through Torah, and Abraham's journeys in the very same places. https://yishaifleisher.com Support the show

In the hight of a wave of terror, a conference is taking place about the future of Israel. Yishai is joined at the conference by Jewish world correspondent Zvika Klein and discuss Israelis in America, French anti-Semitism, and a major broohaha involving Zvika and the Prime Minister. Then, after a horrific terror attack in a quiet Jerusalem neighborhood, Eytan Morgenstern and his friends are giving...

The Jewish forefather Abraham has to leave his home in Charan and move to the Holy Land, he has to change his body, and even his name gets changed - all in order to get closer to God. But why does God need change - are His creations imperfect? And why do the Jewish people always struggle with evil and persecution? Rabbi Mike Feuer and Yishai Fleisher sit down in Beit Midrash Sulam Yaakov in the he...

Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Yishai Fleisher to discuss the great Torah portion of Noach (Noah). Why does the word Hamas appear in the Torah before God decided to destroy the world? Why was Noah chosen to be the Messiah who saved the remnant of that world? And finally, why did the world decide to use all of its power & unity to fight God? Powerful lessons which also help us understand why there is t...

Why did God create the world, and what does the word "Bereshit" tell us about creation? And does the Torah teach us about the nature of violence in general and blood in the streets of Jerusalem in particular? As we leave the holiday season behind, we enter a new phase in the Torah and a new phase in our lives - let's get it started right! Join Yishai Fleisher and Rabbi Mike Feuer fo...

Get ready for the Day of Atonement with Rabbi Mike Feuer and Yishai Fleisher. Why does Rosh HaShana precede Yom Kippur? Why is the scapegoat used as a scapegoat? Why do we dunk in the ritual bath before the great day? And is Yom Kippur a joyful or mournful day? Join Yishai and Rav Mike and get your Spiritual Caffein from Jerusalem - and Shana Tova!http://yishaifleisher.com Support the show

Israel is engulfed in an epic dust storm - but what is the spiritual meaning of it? Join Yishai Fleisher and Rabbi Mike Feuer, recording at Beit Midrash Sulam Yaakov in Jerusalem, for a discussion of dust, the prohibitions of slander, the ingathering of the Exiles, and choosing life in the new year!! Shana Tova! Check out more episodes on http://yishaifleisher.com Support the show

Yishai and Malkah are back! As they overlook the Temple Mount Yishai and Malkah discuss Israeli kids going back to school, German support for Iran deal, and the Godly blessings which get channeled into this world on Rosh HaShanna - the Jewish new year. Support the show

The Yishai Fleisher Show is back! This week, the beloved Spiritual Cafe series with Rabbi Mike Feuer on the Torah portion of "Ki Tetze" - going out to war. Yishai and Rav Mike deal with the complex dichotomy of the commandment to retain the consciousness of both hate for Amalek and compassion for the other & Biblical divorce between man and women but not between man and God. A must-h...

From New York's New School to opening his own school -- Saxophonist and singer Daniel Zamir talks about dodging rockets on the Tel Aviv beach, his passion for Israel's national anthem Hatikva, and his shlichus (emissary work) in this world. Hear how this secular Israeli jazz protege befriended Matisyahu in New York and embarked on a journey to spirituality. Today Daniel is academic direc...

Isi Leibler's newest New York Times article managed to anger both left and right. On the one hand, he says that the two-state solution is not currently feasible, but at the same time he believes that as an eventual goal it must not be abandoned. So which one is it? Leibler served as president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and Chairman of the Governing Board of the World Jewish...

The US State Department has voiced displeasure with Israel's appropriation of 400 acres of land in the Gush Etzion settlement block as 'state-owned land,' and has demanded that Israel's government rescind the controversial designation. Do US demands challenge Israeli sovereignty? Bobby Brown, former adviser to Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, claims that Israe...

Malkah Fleisher discusses the first day of school for Israeli children. Plus, Irit from Israel's Ramat Gan Safari tells Yishai about the recent birth of a rare female rhinoceros! Support the show