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This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

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This Jewish Life is Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe’s flagship podcast. Since its founding in January of 2013, This Jewish Life has featured a delightful potpourri of podcast episodes on a myriad of Jewish subjects. In its current incarnation, the podcast focuses on exploring the deeper elements of Jewish life and philosophy. In each episode our objective is to go a bit deeper into subjects that we may be familiar with, to plumb the depths and uncover the essence of the beauty and sublimity of Jewish life and customs, and Torah wisdom. Please email any questions, comments, or feedback to rabbiwolbe@gmail.c...

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The Torah as a Divine Document: An Analysis of Higher Bible Criticism and why the Authorship of the Torah Matters 23.05.2016 1:01:50

This is the first lecture that revolves around the question of who wrote the Torah and how can we prove our conclusions. In the first session we clarify what the traditional belief is regarding the authorship of the Written and Oral Torah and engage with contemporary critics who question it. Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi […]

Creating New Worlds with Torah 23.05.2016 53:35

This is the last of 11 lectures on why Jews study Torah. Part 1: http://rabbiwolbe.com/the-jewish-obsession-with-torah-study/ Part 2: http://rabbiwolbe.com/torah-study-jewish-intimacy/ Part 3: http://rabbiwolbe.com/filling-gaps-in-our-spiritual-avatar-how-torah-study-angelifies-humans/ Part 4: http://rabbiwolbe.com/think-how-torah-study-unleashes-our-most-potent-power/ Part 5: http://rabbiwolbe.co...

The Greatest Force of Progress in Human History 22.05.2016 49:23

The Shabbat Prayers, Meaning and Structure 15.05.2016 1:45:03

The Three Loves: The Torah’s Timeless Guidance to Obtaining, Maintaining and Deepening our Relationships 09.05.2016 1:40:14

Rashi: A Biographical Sketch of The Consummate Teacher of Israel 17.04.2016 1:45:50

For it is our Life: How Torah Sustains our Better Half 13.04.2016 55:20

Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 10

Humanity’s Sole Hope: How Torah Guides the World to it’s Destiny and Saves it from Destruction 30.03.2016 52:53

Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 9

Conquering the Endgame: How Torah Study Engenders Character Change and Transformation 29.03.2016 53:53

Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 8

Does Judaism Really go through the Mother: Demystifying Patrilineal and Matrilineal Descent 29.03.2016 14:34

Sinai 2.0: How Purim Reinvigorated our Nation and Lessons of Love and Relationships 22.03.2016 53:59

Life, Death and Suicide: A Jewish Perspective in the Face of Tragedy 16.03.2016 45:14

Food and Eating in Jewish Philosophy: More than Bagels and Deli 16.03.2016 57:20

Rabbi Akiva Ben Yosef: A Biographical Sketch 14.03.2016 1:31:13

The Four Ways that Torah Connects us to our Creator 04.03.2016 52:09

Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 7

Reversing Birth: How Torah Enables us to Reverse the Curse of Life 25.02.2016 47:45

Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 6

The Three Atheists: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 25.02.2016 1:11:58

The Only Antidote to The Deadliest Disease: The Battle of Torah and the Yetzer Ra 17.02.2016 50:21

ת”ר ושמתם סם תם נמשלה תורה כסם חיים משל לאדם שהכה את בנו מכה גדולה והניח לו רטיה על מכתו ואמר לו בני כל זמן שהרטיה זו על מכתך אכול מה שהנאתך ושתה מה שהנאתך ורחוץ בין בחמין בין בצונן ואין אתה מתיירא ואם אתה מעבירה הרי היא מעלה נומי כך הקב”ה אמר להם לישראל בני […]

Alei Shur Vaad: Emunah Part 3 17.02.2016 42:22

A Traditional Response to Higher Bible Criticism 15.02.2016 1:17:23

In the 19th Century a collection of German scholars promulgated a theory as to the authorship of the Torah- the Documentary Hypothesis. How does it differ from the traditional Jewish perspective and can we reconcile their evidence? In this podcast Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe presents a traditional Jewish response to Bible Criticism.

Think: How Torah Study Unleashes our most Potent Power 10.02.2016 46:37

Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 4

Bridging the Unbridgeable: How Torah, Mitzvahs and Science bring us to Emunah – Special Guest Lecture by Eric L. Pines 07.02.2016

Eric L. Pines, Esq. is a member of the Maryland, California, and Texas State Bars, and founder of Pines Federal, a law firm specializing in Employment Law for Government and Military Employees. Mr. Pines’ firm represents federal employees from all branches of the U.S. Military (Army, Navy, Air Force) and the VA as well as other federal agencies. Mr. […]

Filling Gaps in our Spiritual Avatar: How Torah Study Angelifies Humans 03.02.2016 42:15

Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 3

God, Faith and Emunah Part 5 31.01.2016 1:31:48

with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

God, Faith and Emunah Part 4 27.01.2016 1:40:51

with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe