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Yosef's Dreams & Effects • Parshas Vayeshev • Ep. 1
Yosef's Dreams & Effects • Parshas Vayeshev • Ep. 1
Dec 6, 2017
14:05
After Yosef's first dream, the pasuk says his brothers hated him. After the second, it says they were jealous of him. Why the change, and what is the difference between sheaves bowing in a field and stars bowing in a circle? Rabbi Asaf Prisman follows the Bais HaLevi, who reads the two dreams closely and finds two very different kinds of greatness hiding in them. From there Rabbi Asaf Prisman turns to how much we let money and possessions define us, and what our children learn when they watch us react to a scratched car or a chipped coffee table. It ends with a man in Israel whose shiny new BMW left him worried about ayin hara, and the short questions Rav Steinman asked him in reply.
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Oil Your Potential • Chanukah • Ep. 2
Oil Your Potential • Chanukah • Ep. 2
Dec 12, 2017
7:06
Why is olive oil the best way to light the Chanukah candles? Why was oil poured on every new king, on Aharon the Kohen Gadol, and on the vessels of the Mikdash when they were first put to use? And what do the letters of the word shemen share with the neshama and with the number eight? Rabbi Asaf Prisman shares his own idea about what oil stands for, and why it was the very thing the Greeks fought against. He ends with a mashal of a man lost on a pitch dark night in a raging storm, where every flash of lightning hands him a choice. It is a challenge for anyone who comes out of a Yom Tov asking only how it went.
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Being in Control of Ourselves • Parshas Vayigash • Ep. 3
Being in Control of Ourselves • Parshas Vayigash • Ep. 3
Dec 21, 2017
13:29
Why was Yosef holding himself back from revealing who he was, and what do the words "in the presence of all who stood before him" add to the pasuk? And when Yosef is rushed out of the dungeon, why does the pasuk switch to say he shaved and changed on his own? Rabbi Asaf Prisman builds on the Kli Yakar and the Shem MiShmuel to show what was happening inside Yosef. It is about acting on impulse, in anger or in joy, and the regret that follows. He ends with three gedolim: Rav Chaim Kanievsky on a Chol HaMoed of loss, Rav Simcha Zissel Broide struck by a snowball outside the yeshiva in Chevron, and Rav Steinman locked out by a boy who refused to believe it was him.
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Efraim & Menashe • Parshas Vayechi • Ep. 4
Efraim & Menashe • Parshas Vayechi • Ep. 4
Dec 28, 2017
10:21
Why do we bless our sons to be like Efraim and Menashe, of all people? Our daughters are blessed to be like the Imahos, so why are our sons not blessed to be like the Avos? Rabbi Asaf Prisman brings an answer from Chazal and the Targum Yonasan, and then a halacha in the Rema that the Vilna Gaon traces back to baby Moshe refusing to nurse from the Egyptian women. It is a talk for every parent thinking about schools, friends and the world our children grow up in. He ends with a mashal of the Chofetz Chaim about travelers on their first train ride, who paid for good seats and then followed the wrong crowd, and what it says about remembering who we are.
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Living Up Life • Parshas Shemos • Ep. 5
Living Up Life • Parshas Shemos • Ep. 5
Jan 4, 2018
14:26
When Pharaoh stopped supplying straw but kept the quota of bricks the same, why not just double the quota? Why were their cities called arei miskenos? And what does the Midrash mean when it says Moshe sinned with the word "az" and fixed it with the same word? Rabbi Asaf Prisman starts from a question of Rav Zev Leff and a halacha in the Rambam, then brings a Gemara in Beitzah with the Chasam Sofer. Along the way comes a prisoner in a Soviet labor camp, made to turn a handle in his cell wall for ten years, and what he found out when he was freed. For anyone whose days feel like an endless loop of work and chores, this changes how every ordinary hour looks.
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When Did You Last Check Your Brakes • Parshas Shemos • Ep. 6
When Did You Last Check Your Brakes • Parshas Shemos • Ep. 6
Jan 5, 2018
12:16
Moshe asks what merit Bnei Yisrael have to leave Mitzrayim, and Rashi says it is the Torah they will receive. Yet Chazal say it was the blood of Milah and the blood of Pesach. Which was it? Rav Yaakov Galinsky came to the question through a sticker in a taxi in Eretz Yisrael. Rabbi Asaf Prisman shares the cab ride, and a simple warning about cars that reaches much further than the road.
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Having The Right Perspective • Parshas Vaera • Ep. 7
Having The Right Perspective • Parshas Vaera • Ep. 7
Jan 11, 2018
9:33
Hashem tells Moshe how much He misses the Avos, who never complained the way Moshe did. Why is that a fair comparison, when Moshe was crying out for his people and not for himself, as he did again after the Egel? The Dalki Moshe on the Midrash in Parshas Vaera finds the rebuke in one word Moshe chose. It touches what we call good and bad when life hits hard, and Rabbi Asaf Prisman closes with a recent headline that showed how one man lived it.
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To Do What is Really Right • Parshas Bo • Ep. 8
To Do What is Really Right • Parshas Bo • Ep. 8
Jan 18, 2018
13:20
Why would the same garments be a merit in one place and a command in another? In Parshas Bo, Bnei Yisrael are saved in the merit of not changing their clothing, yet Hashem tells them to take clothing from the Egyptians. Three yeshiva boys, a popular band, and a Rosh Yeshiva who gives an ultimatum over something that was perfectly permitted bring the question close to home. Why would a Rosh Yeshiva care so much? It reaches every choice we make about things that are allowed.
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Hakaras Hatov • Parshas Beshalach • Ep. 9
Hakaras Hatov • Parshas Beshalach • Ep. 9
Jan 25, 2018
14:52
What did the sea see that made it split? The Midrash in Yalkut Tehillim says it saw the coffin of Yosef, and compares the sea to Yosef running away. But why would Hashem need such an open miracle at all, when Bnei Yisrael could have fought Mitzrayim? The Ksav Sofer's answer touches how we treat people who did us both good and harm. A short scene from Rav Steinman and a doctor closes it, with a few words that stay with you.
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Listen, Internalize & Act or Else • Parshas Yisro • Ep. 10
Listen, Internalize & Act or Else • Parshas Yisro • Ep. 10
Feb 1, 2018
12:48
Most of us have walked out of a powerful shiur saying "wow" and changed nothing by Monday. The Zohar in Parshas Yisro asks why the whole world heard about the splitting of the sea and shuddered, yet only Yisro came. Rashi says he heard of Kriyas Yam Suf and the war with Amalek. Why those two, and why does his arrival sit right before Matan Torah? Rabbi Asaf Prisman adds the story of a man in a sandwich line in Israel, and a memory that stopped him in his tracks.
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The Way To Do Chessed • Parshas Mishpatim • Ep. 11
The Way To Do Chessed • Parshas Mishpatim • Ep. 11
Feb 8, 2018
12:35
The Torah doesn't just say to lend money to a poor person. In Parshas Mishpatim it adds that you must not press him, not take interest, and return his collateral at night. Why spell out so much for a mitzvah everyone understands? Rav Chaim Shmulevitz finds a principle behind the details, and the Gemara in Bava Basra gives it numbers. Rabbi Asaf Prisman brings a Chofetz Chaim story about an innkeeper, a guest and a glass that did not go where you would expect.
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When Absence Speaks Volumes • Parshas Tetzaveh • Ep. 12
When Absence Speaks Volumes • Parshas Tetzaveh • Ep. 12
Feb 22, 2018
13:23
Moshe asked Hashem to erase his name from the Torah if Israel wasn't forgiven, and one parsha, Tetzaveh, is the only one without his name. Why is a man punished for caring so much about his people? And why this parsha, the one about the Kohanim? A Gemara in Zevachim says Moshe lost the role of Kohen Gadol, and that points to two ways of serving Hashem. Rabbi Asaf Prisman closes with Rebbetzin Kanievsky back from the hospital, and a line of women waiting.
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Messages We Ignore • Purim • Ep. 13
Messages We Ignore • Purim • Ep. 13
Feb 28, 2018
10:30
Rashi on the very first pasuk of the Megillah stops at one small word, "he," and says Achashveirosh stayed the same from beginning to end. Why make a point of that, and why single out Achashveirosh when Chazal rarely do this? A comment that sounds like a note about a king turns into a message for Purim, with the help of the Rambam's two things that move a person to change. Purim asks a quiet question about the signals in our own lives.
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Our Reality Vs. The Absolute Truth • Parshas Ki Sisa • Ep. 14
Our Reality Vs. The Absolute Truth • Parshas Ki Sisa • Ep. 14
Mar 1, 2018
13:13
Everyone asked the young chassan the same thing: how will you learn all day with no house and no support? His answer sounded like a plan with nothing in it. Years later, it looked very different. The story comes at the end of Parshas Ki Sisa, after Moshe asks to understand why the righteous suffer and Hashem shows him only His back. Why does the Gemara in Brachos tell us to bless the bad with the same full heart as the good, and how can anyone do that?
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Work Hard, Rest Harder • Parshas Vayakhel & Pekudei • Ep. 15
Work Hard, Rest Harder • Parshas Vayakhel & Pekudei • Ep. 15
Mar 8, 2018
12:08
Before Moshe asks for a single donation to the Mishkan, he first talks about Shabbos. The pasuk then says the work of the six days "will be done," as if by someone else. Why does Shabbos come first, why mention the six days at all when the mitzvah is to rest, and why that passive wording? Rashi and the Or HaChaim each give their own reading, and Rabbi Asaf Prisman adds another that speaks to anyone working long hours. A factory owner in Russia and the Chofetz Chaim give it a sharp ending.
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The Idea Behind Matzah • Pesach • Ep. 16
The Idea Behind Matzah • Pesach • Ep. 16
Mar 30, 2018
8:51
Matzah says two opposite things at the Seder. At the start of the Haggadah we lift it and call it the bread of the poor man in Mitzrayim, and later we lift it again and it means freedom. How can the same piece of matzah stand for poverty and for freedom? The Maharal faces the contradiction head on, and his answer begins with a surprising definition of a slave. It leaves a question to ask yourself about everything you own, before you sit down at the Seder.
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Lashon Hara Hurts Your Skin • Parshas Metzora • Ep. 17
Lashon Hara Hurts Your Skin • Parshas Metzora • Ep. 17
Apr 12, 2018
9:54
It is easy to tell yourself that what you said about someone was true, and that you had a good reason. Parshas Metzora gives lashon hara a very specific punishment: tzaraas on the skin. Why that, when Hashem's punishments match the sin? Rav Chaim Shmulevitz points to the Gemara that counts a metzora among those considered as if dead, and the reason says something about connection between Jews. A second idea explains why it appears as a spot. Rabbi Asaf Prisman ends with the Chofetz Chaim in old age, a doctor's advice, and his surprising reaction.
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Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize • Parshas Emor • Ep. 18
Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize • Parshas Emor • Ep. 18
Apr 26, 2018
13:06
On a flight from Toronto to Israel, an elderly woman handed Rabbi Asaf Prisman a small card with three cartoon panels, and it stayed with him. In Parshas Emor, why is the Korban Omer named after a measurement, when the Mincha offering has the exact same volume and isn't called that? And why does the counting to Shavuos begin with it? The Be'er Yosef and a Gemara in Kiddushin turn the question toward how we think about our work and our income.
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Beyond the Cave • Sefiras Haomer • Ep. 19
Beyond the Cave • Sefiras Haomer • Ep. 19
May 2, 2018
11:36
Why did Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai bring his son Elazar into the cave when the Romans were only after him? And why do people cut a three-year-old's hair at his kever on Lag BaOmer? A Gemara in Makkos says a mother should have a child like Rabbi Shimon or else not give birth at all, and Rashi softens it into a tefillah. Rabbi Asaf Prisman offers a thought of his own that ties the cave, the haircut and that sentence together, and what it asks of parents who work hard for their children's chinuch.
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Bitachon in Hashem • Parshas Behar • Ep. 20
Bitachon in Hashem • Parshas Behar • Ep. 20
May 10, 2018
13:53
Shemitah comes with a promise that seems to reward the doubters. Hashem says "if you ask what we will eat in the seventh year, I will give three times the crop in the sixth." So do only the people who worry get the bigger harvest, and doesn't Hashem already promise we will be satisfied? The Sforno and Rashi read the promise in a way that asks each of us where our own trust stands. Rabbi Asaf Prisman closes with a king's sick son and three brothers who each think they saved him.
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The Nazir's Mixed Messages • Parshas Naso • Ep. 21
The Nazir's Mixed Messages • Parshas Naso • Ep. 21
May 24, 2018
12:00
Is the nazir holy or a sinner? In Parshas Naso the Torah calls him holy, and a few pesukim later he must bring a chatas, and Rabbi Elazar HaKappar says the sin is that he denied himself wine. Yet the Ramban in Kedoshim praises the person who holds back from physical pleasure, with no mention of any sin. How can both be true? Rabbi Asaf Prisman finds a way through, and a young man comes back from a date to tell his Rabbi what impressed him most about her.
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Trusting Hashem • Parshas Behaaloscha • Ep. 22
Trusting Hashem • Parshas Behaaloscha • Ep. 22
May 31, 2018
9:17
Every parent wonders when a child is ready to leave the shelter. Parshas Behaaloscha ends with Bnei Yisrael leaving Har Sinai like a child running from school, complaining about the man and demanding meat. Why would the generation that saw all those miracles act so badly? And if their reasons were sincere, why was the punishment so heavy? A reading of their motives answers it, and it speaks to how we choose schools, friends and timing for our children. A short mashal about a young tree and a strong wind makes the point.
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Positive Attitude • Parshas Shelach • Ep. 23
Positive Attitude • Parshas Shelach • Ep. 23
Jun 7, 2018
14:54
At a seudas hoda'ah, a young man who was given no chance of surviving stands up and thanks one doctor at the table for something he heard from his hospital bed six years earlier. Then the doctor stands up to answer him. It is the closing story for Parshas Shelach. The Torah uses three different words for the spying: Vayaturu, Vayachperu and Vayiraglu. Why three, and why does the Kli Yakar say each one fits a different mindset? The same land and the same mission led to very different outcomes, depending on how the people walked in.
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Korach: True Oved Hashem • Parshas Korach • Ep. 24
Korach: True Oved Hashem • Parshas Korach • Ep. 24
Jun 14, 2018
12:32
Korach's two hundred and fifty men were warned that the earth would swallow the rebels, and they went ahead anyway. Rashi asks whether they were fools and answers that they "sinned with their souls," which sounds like it answers nothing. The Netziv notices that the two groups are mentioned separately and die differently, one by fire and one by the earth. What does that tell us about their motives? Rabbi Asaf Prisman adds a mashal of a king, a loyal servant and an offer too good to refuse.
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True Reasoning of Mitzvos • Parshas Chukas • Ep. 25
True Reasoning of Mitzvos • Parshas Chukas • Ep. 25
Jun 21, 2018
13:08
Parshas Chukas calls the Parah Adumah "Chukas HaTorah," the law of the Torah, when we would expect the law of the Parah. Shlomo HaMelech worked to understand its reasons and gave up, yet a Gemara in Sanhedrin says it was knowing the reasons that led him to sin. Why would his admission be that he thought he understood, rather than that he trusted himself too much? And why does the Gemara silence someone who prays "have mercy on us as You do on the mother bird"? Food and its taste hold the thread.
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Using the Opportunities We Have • Parshas Balak • Ep. 26
Using the Opportunities We Have • Parshas Balak • Ep. 26
Jun 28, 2018
12:21
Bilaam stands on the road with his donkey, and the donkey tells him he needs a sword to kill even her, so how will he destroy a nation with his mouth? The Midrash Tanchuma says he had no answer. Why not? And why would Balak ask for a curse instead of just blessing Moav? The Navi in Michah, recalling the places Bnei Yisrael passed, holds a hint. Rabbi Asaf Prisman ties the donkey, the curse and one small mitzvah into a message for anyone who can't always do what they planned.
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Partnering with Hashem • Parshas Pinchas • Ep. 27
Partnering with Hashem • Parshas Pinchas • Ep. 27
Jul 5, 2018
15:06
If Hashem loves the poor, why doesn't He take care of them Himself? Turnus Rufus asked Rabbi Akiva exactly that, and the answer in Bava Basra connects to Pinchas, whom Rashi says was rewarded because he acted for Hashem when Hashem was angry. Rav Moshe Feinstein finds a principle there that reaches tzedakah, learning Torah and Milah. Rabbi Asaf Prisman ends with a young avreich, a growing family and a registered letter from a court that arrived at an odd time.
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In the Eyes of Hashem and Man • Parshas Matos • Ep. 28
In the Eyes of Hashem and Man • Parshas Matos • Ep. 28
Jul 12, 2018
14:29
Gad and Reuven come to Moshe and recite a list of cities, and Moshe says nothing. They add that the land is green and their herds are large, and he is still silent. Only when they spell out their request does he answer. Why the hinting, and why did Moshe care how it looked even though they meant well? In Parshas Matos, being right in Hashem's eyes comes with a second requirement. Rabbi Asaf Prisman ends with a hall booked for a wedding, friends who stopped giving, and a surprise.
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Self Worth • Parshas Vaeschanan • Ep. 30
Self Worth • Parshas Vaeschanan • Ep. 30
Jul 26, 2018
15:20
Chazal pair the first five commandments with the second five: Anochi with "do not murder," and the second with "do not commit adultery." The pairs make sense until you reach honoring parents and "do not covet." What could those two possibly share? In Parshas Vaeschanan, Rabbi Asaf Prisman offers an answer that touches how we see ourselves, and how that shapes what we want from others. A story about a happy shoemaker and a king who walks the streets in disguise is a good one for the Shabbos table.
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100 Blessings a Day • Parshas Eikev • Ep. 31
100 Blessings a Day • Parshas Eikev • Ep. 31
Aug 2, 2018
12:56
What is Hashem really asking of us, and why did Chazal read the word "mah" as "me'ah," a hundred? What does reciting a hundred blessings a day have to do with fear of Hashem, and why a hundred, not eighty or a hundred and twenty? Rabbi Asaf Prisman brings a question of the Divrei Yoel on a Gemara in Menachos. Then come a stitched-up foot after a family trip to the Kinneret and a watch that fell in the street, two small moments that carry the whole idea.
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Achas Sha'alti Me'is Hashem • Elul • Ep. 32
Achas Sha'alti Me'is Hashem • Elul • Ep. 32
Aug 11, 2018
16:40
Dovid HaMelech was chased by Shaul, rebelled against by Avshalom, and carried a whole nation on his mind, yet in the Elul Tehillim he says he asks Hashem for "one thing," and then repeats himself in the same breath. Why the repetition, and why only one request? The Chida finds the answer hiding in a single word, tied to a Gemara in Berachos about three gifts. Along the way, a family flees Iran in 1979 with a smuggler who seems cruel beyond reason. It is a question about what we are asking for as Rosh Hashanah approaches.
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Impact of Our Actions • Parshas Shoftim • Ep. 33
Impact of Our Actions • Parshas Shoftim • Ep. 33
Aug 16, 2018
11:26
Most of us ask whether what we're doing is permitted. Few of us ask what the person watching will take from it. In Parshas Shoftim, the officers tell a frightened soldier to go home before the battle, and the reason has nothing to do with his own safety. Why should one man's fear matter that much, and what does it say about our own responsibility for the people around us? A boy walks into a yeshiva lunchroom, and one small moment with a cup of coffee decides his whole future.
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Chessed and boundaries • Parshas Ki Seitzei • Ep. 34
Chessed and boundaries • Parshas Ki Seitzei • Ep. 34
Aug 23, 2018
12:50
Amon and Moav could not join Klal Yisrael for ten generations, and the Torah gives two reasons. One is that they hired Bilam to curse us. The other is that they did not meet us with bread and water. Those two do not seem to weigh the same. The Or HaChaim asks exactly that, and the Ramban looks back to Lot and what Avraham had done for him. A second answer looks at the one midah Lot was known for, and what the Torah expected of his descendants because of it.
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The 3 Big Presents From Hashem • Parshas Ki Savo • Ep. 35
The 3 Big Presents From Hashem • Parshas Ki Savo • Ep. 35
Aug 30, 2018
14:41
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says in Berachos that Hashem gave Yisrael three gifts, and every one of them comes only through hardship. Which three, and what does that say about the hard stretches in our own lives? In Elul, Rabbi Asaf Prisman reads Dovid HaMelech's "one thing I ask" through the Chida, and connects it to why Ki Savo punishes us for serving without simcha. A mother, three children and a smuggler with a gun at the Iranian border make the point vivid.
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The Two Hats of Rosh Hashanah • Rosh Hashana • Ep. 36
The Two Hats of Rosh Hashanah • Rosh Hashana • Ep. 36
Sep 9, 2018
19:03
Rosh Hashanah is the Day of Judgment, and yet there is almost no vidui and hardly a mention of sin in the davening. The same day is also when we crown Hashem as King, and the Vilna Gaon would jump for joy. Why put two such different themes on one day, and why would a judgment day leave out asking forgiveness? Rabbi Asaf Prisman answers both, then takes a reader's questions about Avraham Avinu and mercy. A family whose children could not find shidduchim, and a noisy construction job upstairs, bring it down to what Hashem is looking for from us.
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Sticking to Our Letter • Parshas Vayelech • Ep. 37
Sticking to Our Letter • Parshas Vayelech • Ep. 37
Sep 13, 2018
14:57
Every Friday night, a man in prison hears name after name called out at mail time, and his own is called again and again. A prisoner next to him is furious. What does Rabbi Asaf Prisman take from that scene for the days before Yom Kippur? Parshas Vayelech starts with a mitzvah that seems redundant: even a man who inherits his father's sefer Torah must write his own. Why, and what does the Ksav Sofer say about doing mitzvos out of habit? It raises a question for anyone who simply follows the way they were raised.
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Peeling Back the Layers • Yom Kippur • Ep. 38
Peeling Back the Layers • Yom Kippur • Ep. 38
Sep 18, 2018
15:09
Kol Nidre is an annulment of vows, something that could have been said on any day of the year, yet Chazal placed it at the very start of Yom Kippur. Why there? The Torah says Lot moved to Sodom for his crops, while Rashi gives a very different reason, and the gap between the two leads straight back to Kol Nidre. Rav Elchanan Wasserman travels to America to raise money for his yeshiva and visits a childhood friend about a loose button on his suit. What was he really doing there?
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Uniqueness of Sukkos • Sukkos • Ep. 39
Uniqueness of Sukkos • Sukkos • Ep. 39
Sep 23, 2018
11:55
Sukkos is the only Yom Tov the davening calls "the time of our happiness." Every Yom Tov is supposed to bring simchah, so what makes this one different? Rav Yitzchak Hutner points to the way Sukkos sits in two groups at once, and Rav Emanuel Bernstein connects it to the number of korbanos on Sukkos. A tzaddik arrives in town, and a man comes to mock him. He tells a parable about a king, a precious gold watch and the one he trusted to guard it. The watch matters more than anyone in the room realizes.
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Bent but Not Broken • Sukkos • Ep. 40
Bent but Not Broken • Sukkos • Ep. 40
Sep 24, 2018
5:33
A king leaves for a few weeks and hands his most precious possession, a delicate gold pocket watch, to the servant he trusts most. Every day the servant winds it, and every day he can't help playing with the jewels. Then comes one moment, and a tzaddik in a crowded town turns pale. Among the listeners is a man who came only to mock. The parable is about Yom Kippur, and a Midrash about the lulav shows why it leads straight into Sukkos and a very particular kind of happiness.
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Win, Win when doing Ratzon Hashem • Parshas Bereishis • Ep. 41
Win, Win when doing Ratzon Hashem • Parshas Bereishis • Ep. 41
Oct 4, 2018
13:50
Anyone who has done the right thing and watched it cost him has asked this question. Hevel brought the best of his flock and was killed. Kayin brought simple fruit and went on to build a family. Where is the justice in that? The Chasam Sofer asks exactly this on the first story after Bereishis, and the question seems to ignore the whole point of this world. Rabbi Asaf Prisman follows it to a simple rule about doing Hashem's will. A father drags his neighbor to court in Israel, and the judge recognizes him.
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The Truly Wealthy Person • Parshas Vayakhel • Ep. 66
The Truly Wealthy Person • Parshas Vayakhel • Ep. 66
Feb 28, 2019
12:16
Why would Moshe open a fundraising appeal for the Mishkan by talking about Shabbos? And why does he say that for six days work "may be done," in the passive, as if it gets done by itself? Rav Shlomo Ganzfried, the author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, reads the wording as a lesson about our income, and about what it means to be rich. The Chofetz Chaim makes it vivid with a mashal of a bucket of water and a man working very hard to fill it.
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Would You Pass the Boring Test? • Parshas Lech Lecha • Ep. 456
Would You Pass the Boring Test? • Parshas Lech Lecha • Ep. 456
Oct 22, 2026
12:59
Avraham walked out of Nimrod's blazing furnace alive, so why does the Torah never tell the story? Why is one of the biggest miracles of his life hidden inside a place name, while a plain command to pack up and move gets open, detailed pesukim? Rabbi Asaf Prisman brings Rav Frand and the Sam Derech on Avraham's ten tests, and tells the story of a wounded soldier in Lebanon whose friends could not understand why he kept rolling onto his side. A Lech Lecha episode about what the Torah really counts, and where in your own week it may be hiding.