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Ep. 78: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 2: Hasmoneans, Herod, and Hillel)
Ep. 78: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 2: Hasmoneans, Herod, and Hillel)
Mar 30, 2021
47:30
The Second Temple Era was an eventful time for the Jewish People and the perpetuation of Torah. Over the course of the Second Commonwealth our nation was blessed with great legends, such as Ezra, Shimon Ben Shetach, and Hillel, but the Nation faced unprecedented tests too: We were forced to contend with hostile foreign nations; […]
18202
Ep. 79: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 3: Roman Rule and Rabbinic Reconciliation)
Ep. 79: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 3: Roman Rule and Rabbinic Reconciliation)
Apr 13, 2021
53:51
The final century of the Second Temple and the one that followed its destruction were pivotal ones of Jewish history. It was an era replete with absolute Torah giants – Hillel the Elder, Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakkai, Rabban Gamliel of Yavneh and his colleagues, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Akiva and his students, among […]
18203
Ep. 79: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 3: Roman Rule and Rabbinic Reconciliation)
Ep. 79: The History and Development of Oral Torah (Part 3: Roman Rule and Rabbinic Reconciliation)
Apr 13, 2021
53:51
The final century of the Second Temple and the one that followed its destruction were pivotal ones of Jewish history. It was an era replete with absolute Torah giants – Hillel the Elder, Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakkai, Rabban Gamliel of Yavneh and his colleagues, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Akiva and his students, among […]
18204
Chullin 62
Chullin 62
Jan 28, 2019
46:22
About signs for kosher birds
18205
Chullin 63
Chullin 63
Jan 29, 2019
49:08
More about kosher birds
18206
Chullin 64
Chullin 64
Jan 30, 2019
51:50
All about kosher eggs
18207
Chullin 65
Chullin 65
Jan 31, 2019
19:21
More about birds and kosher grasshoppers
18208
Chullin 66
Chullin 66
Feb 1, 2019
41:18
More about grasshoppers and onto kosher fish
18209
Chullin 68
Chullin 68
Feb 3, 2019
56:39
Permissibility of the fetuses with the slaughtering of the mother
18210
Chullin 69
Chullin 69
Feb 4, 2019
50:59
More about the offspring with a leg sticking out
18211
Chullin 70
Chullin 70
Feb 5, 2019
52:32
Firstborn questions with difficult birth
18212
Megilla 11
Megilla 11
Feb 5, 2019
9:11
All about the beginning of the Megilla
18213
Chullin 71
Chullin 71
Feb 6, 2019
55:38
More about the fetus with regards to impurity
18214
Chullin 72
Chullin 72
Feb 7, 2019
48:09
Status of extended limb of fetus
18215
Chullin 73
Chullin 73
Feb 8, 2019
55:29
Dangling limbs
18216
Chullin 75
Chullin 75
Feb 10, 2019
59:59
Ben Pakua (full term live fetus) laws
18217
Chullin 76
Chullin 76
Feb 11, 2019
48:25
Broken legs and cut sinews
18218
Chullin 77
Chullin 77
Feb 12, 2019
54:43
Kosher placenta
18219
Chullin 78
Chullin 78
Feb 13, 2019
51:56
Slaughtering mother and child same day
18220
Chullin 79
Chullin 79
Feb 14, 2019
49:02
Mulish musings
18221
Chullin 80
Chullin 80
Feb 15, 2019
49:41
Questionable species
18222
Chullin 82
Chullin 82
Feb 17, 2019
51:16
Multiple transgressions in Mother and offspring slaughterings
18223
Chullin 83
Chullin 83
Feb 18, 2019
40:54
Need to inform of sale of the mother or offspring and covering of the blood
18224
Chullin 83
Chullin 83
Feb 19, 2019
36:21
The part that got cut off
18225
Chullin 84
Chullin 84
Feb 19, 2019
54:09
Covering the blood of slaughtered animals
18226
Chullin 89
Chullin 89
Feb 24, 2019
51:25
What to cover the blood with and sciatic nerve
18227
Chullin 90
Chullin 90
Feb 25, 2019
50:45
Sciatic nerve laws
18228
Chullin 91
Chullin 91
Feb 26, 2019
53:16
Rabbi Yehuda’s opinion
18229
Chullin 92
Chullin 92
Feb 27, 2019
54:11
Yaakov’s dream and fight with the angel
18230
Chullin 93
Chullin 93
Feb 28, 2019
51:32
Forbidden fats
18231
Chullin 94
Chullin 94
Mar 1, 2019
57:16
Genaivas daas -fooling someone
18232
Chullin 96
Chullin 96
Mar 3, 2019
51:16
Sciatic nerves
18233
Chullin 97
Chullin 97
Mar 4, 2019
34:42
Forbidden mixtures
18234
Chullin 98
Chullin 98
Mar 5, 2019
48:15
60 to 1 or more
18235
Chullin 99
Chullin 99
Mar 6, 2019
43:11
100 to 1?
18236
Chazara 99
Chazara 99
Mar 7, 2019
16:00
100
18237
Chullin 100
Chullin 100
Mar 7, 2019
28:33
Bittul
18238
Chazara 100
Chazara 100
Mar 8, 2019
17:58
Bittul
18239
Chullin 101
Chullin 101
Mar 8, 2019
1:13:31
Gid Hanasheh
18240
Chazara 102
Chazara 102
Mar 10, 2019
18:27
Ever min hachai
18241
Chullin 103
Chullin 103
Mar 10, 2019
28:55
Prohibition on top of prohibition
18242
Chullin 104
Chullin 104
Mar 11, 2019
24:00
Meat and Milk
18243
Chazara 103
Chazara 103
Mar 11, 2019
1:12:25
Living limbs and more
18244
Chazara 104
Chazara 104
Mar 12, 2019
16:32
Meat and Milk
18245
Chullin 105
Chullin 105
Mar 12, 2019
1:27:08
Waiting between meat and milk
18246
Chazara 105
Chazara 105
Mar 13, 2019
30:12
Between Meat and Milk
18247
Chullin 106
Chullin 106
Mar 13, 2019
21:27
Washing hands
18248
Chazara 106
Chazara 106
Mar 14, 2019
16:10
Hand washing
18249
Chullin 107
Chullin 107
Mar 14, 2019
29:04
Netilas Yadayim laws
18250
Chazara 107
Chazara 107
Mar 15, 2019
29:35
Hand washing
18251
Chullin 108
Chullin 108
Mar 15, 2019
22:24
Meat and Milk mixture
18252
Chazara 109
Chazara 109
Mar 17, 2019
22:24
Udder!
18253
Chullin 110
Chullin 110
Mar 17, 2019
19:47
More udder and liver
18254
Chazara 110
Chazara 110
Mar 18, 2019
13:04
Udder/Liver
18255
Chullin 111
Chullin 111
Mar 18, 2019
35:26
Liver and more
18256
Chullin 112
Chullin 112
Mar 19, 2019
19:56
Salting
18257
Chazara 111
Chazara 111
Mar 19, 2019
22:54
Nossain Taam
18258
Chazara 112
Chazara 112
Mar 20, 2019
17:33
Salting
18259
Chullin 113
Chullin 113
Mar 20, 2019
26:51
Salting and meat and milk
18260
Chazara 113
Chazara 113
Mar 21, 2019
16:54
Salt
18261
Chullin 114
Chullin 114
Mar 21, 2019
33:47
What meat and what milk
18262
6000 Years, 3 Epochs, 3 Forefathers, 3 Temples and One Eternal Nation: The Talmudic Perspective on World and Jewish History
6000 Years, 3 Epochs, 3 Forefathers, 3 Temples and One Eternal Nation: The Talmudic Perspective on World and Jewish History
Oct 20, 2014
1:29:16
תנא דבי אליהו ששת אלפים שנה הוי עלמא שני אלפים תוהו שני אלפים תורה שני אלפים ימות המשיח (סנהדרין דף צז.) “They taught in the Academy of Elijah: Six thousand years is the world; two thousand chaos, two thousand Torah, two thousand years Messiah” (Sanhedrin 97a) The core tenet of the Jews that the world had a […]
18263
6000 Years, 3 Epochs, 3 Forefathers, 3 Temples and One Eternal Nation: The Talmudic Perspective on World and Jewish History
6000 Years, 3 Epochs, 3 Forefathers, 3 Temples and One Eternal Nation: The Talmudic Perspective on World and Jewish History
Oct 20, 2014
1:29:16
תנא דבי אליהו ששת אלפים שנה הוי עלמא שני אלפים תוהו שני אלפים תורה שני אלפים ימות המשיח (סנהדרין דף צז.) “They taught in the Academy of Elijah: Six thousand years is the world; two thousand chaos, two thousand Torah, two thousand years Messiah” (Sanhedrin 97a) The core tenet of the Jews that the world had a […]
18264
Judges, Prophets, Monarchs, Sovereignty, Secession, Downfall and Reclamation: The Waxing and Waning Story of Utopia and Maelstrom from Joshua to Ezra
Judges, Prophets, Monarchs, Sovereignty, Secession, Downfall and Reclamation: The Waxing and Waning Story of Utopia and Maelstrom from Joshua to Ezra
Oct 21, 2014
1:45:26
The Jewish Bible consists of 24 books. All 613 mitzvot are instructed in the first five books collectively known as the Torah. The very end of the Torah tells the story of the death of Moses on the doorstep of Israel. The next section of the Bible, collectively known as the Prophets and beginning with the […]
18265
Judges, Prophets, Monarchs, Sovereignty, Secession, Downfall and Reclamation: The Waxing and Waning Story of Utopia and Maelstrom from Joshua to Ezra
Judges, Prophets, Monarchs, Sovereignty, Secession, Downfall and Reclamation: The Waxing and Waning Story of Utopia and Maelstrom from Joshua to Ezra
Oct 21, 2014
1:45:26
The Jewish Bible consists of 24 books. All 613 mitzvot are instructed in the first five books collectively known as the Torah. The very end of the Torah tells the story of the death of Moses on the doorstep of Israel. The next section of the Bible, collectively known as the Prophets and beginning with the […]
18266
When Bad Things Happen To Good People: Jewish Perspectives On Pain, Suffering and Tragedy
When Bad Things Happen To Good People: Jewish Perspectives On Pain, Suffering and Tragedy
Oct 27, 2014
1:47:32
Jews are not strangers to suffering. Jewish History is most easily described as an endless litany of expulsion, dispersion, exile, antisemitism, pogrom, Inquisition, Holocaust, blood libels, Autos-da-fé, ghettoization and ceaseless economic and social marginalization. When a person of faith is confronted with suffering – and especially when the sufferer is a person of good moral character – […]
18267
When Bad Things Happen To Good People: Jewish Perspectives On Pain, Suffering and Tragedy
When Bad Things Happen To Good People: Jewish Perspectives On Pain, Suffering and Tragedy
Oct 27, 2014
1:47:32
Jews are not strangers to suffering. Jewish History is most easily described as an endless litany of expulsion, dispersion, exile, antisemitism, pogrom, Inquisition, Holocaust, blood libels, Autos-da-fé, ghettoization and ceaseless economic and social marginalization. When a person of faith is confronted with suffering – and especially when the sufferer is a person of good moral character – […]
18268
Men of the Great Assembly: How a Group of Great Visionaries Built a Thriving Judaism out of the Ashes of a Broken Nation
Men of the Great Assembly: How a Group of Great Visionaries Built a Thriving Judaism out of the Ashes of a Broken Nation
Nov 3, 2014
1:27:23
It is probably impossible for us to truly recognize the enormity of the existential challenges confronting the Jewish people during the beginning of the Second Commonwealth, circa 350 BCE. The nation was still reeling from the trauma of the destruction of the first Temple and the subsequent exile 70 years prior and had just narrowly […]
18269
Men of the Great Assembly: How a Group of Great Visionaries Built a Thriving Judaism out of the Ashes of a Broken Nation
Men of the Great Assembly: How a Group of Great Visionaries Built a Thriving Judaism out of the Ashes of a Broken Nation
Nov 3, 2014
1:27:23
It is probably impossible for us to truly recognize the enormity of the existential challenges confronting the Jewish people during the beginning of the Second Commonwealth, circa 350 BCE. The nation was still reeling from the trauma of the destruction of the first Temple and the subsequent exile 70 years prior and had just narrowly […]
18270
The Three Transcendentals: How Shabbos, The Sun and using the Restroom Provide Insight into Another World
The Three Transcendentals: How Shabbos, The Sun and using the Restroom Provide Insight into Another World
Nov 24, 2014
1:57:13
שלשה מעין עוה”ב, אלו הן: שבת, שמש, ותשמיש. תשמיש דמאי, אילימא תשמיש התטה, הא מכחש כחיש, אלא תשמיש נקבים (ברכות דף נז:) The Talmud does not dispense secrets like gumballs. Therefore the Aggadic secrets of the Talmud are masked in parables, fantastic stories, allusions and the like and only after much toil can one uncover their […]
18271
The Three Transcendentals: How Shabbos, The Sun and using the Restroom Provide Insight into Another World
The Three Transcendentals: How Shabbos, The Sun and using the Restroom Provide Insight into Another World
Nov 24, 2014
1:57:13
שלשה מעין עוה”ב, אלו הן: שבת, שמש, ותשמיש. תשמיש דמאי, אילימא תשמיש התטה, הא מכחש כחיש, אלא תשמיש נקבים (ברכות דף נז:) The Talmud does not dispense secrets like gumballs. Therefore the Aggadic secrets of the Talmud are masked in parables, fantastic stories, allusions and the like and only after much toil can one uncover their […]
18272
God and Man: The Balancing Act of Faith and Personal Responsibility
God and Man: The Balancing Act of Faith and Personal Responsibility
Nov 24, 2014
1:39:15
As Jews we believe that God is not only the Creator of the Universe, but also is constantly sustaining the world with spiritual and physical nourishment and individually supervising all humans. The extent of how involved God is with us in the most minute fashion is revealed when the Talmud declares “A person cannot bend […]
18273
God and Man: The Balancing Act of Faith and Personal Responsibility
God and Man: The Balancing Act of Faith and Personal Responsibility
Nov 24, 2014
1:39:15
As Jews we believe that God is not only the Creator of the Universe, but also is constantly sustaining the world with spiritual and physical nourishment and individually supervising all humans. The extent of how involved God is with us in the most minute fashion is revealed when the Talmud declares “A person cannot bend […]
18274
There are Prophets and there is Moses: The Qualifications, Screening and Content of Prophets and the 4 Distinctions between Moses and all other Prophets
There are Prophets and there is Moses: The Qualifications, Screening and Content of Prophets and the 4 Distinctions between Moses and all other Prophets
Dec 1, 2014
1:06:23
Belief in the idea that God communicates to man is an essential principle of our religion. In fact, various elements of prophecy comprise four of the thirteen principles of the Jewish faith that Maimonides enumerates as necessary for inclusion in the religion. What does prophecy mean? How does one become a prophet? How are claims of […]
18275
There are Prophets and there is Moses: The Qualifications, Screening and Content of Prophets and the 4 Distinctions between Moses and all other Prophets
There are Prophets and there is Moses: The Qualifications, Screening and Content of Prophets and the 4 Distinctions between Moses and all other Prophets
Dec 1, 2014
1:06:23
Belief in the idea that God communicates to man is an essential principle of our religion. In fact, various elements of prophecy comprise four of the thirteen principles of the Jewish faith that Maimonides enumerates as necessary for inclusion in the religion. What does prophecy mean? How does one become a prophet? How are claims of […]
18276
Ungracious Hosts: The Story of Greek and Roman Oppression of Jews (323 BCE – 66 CE)
Ungracious Hosts: The Story of Greek and Roman Oppression of Jews (323 BCE – 66 CE)
Dec 9, 2014
1:22:00
At the beginning of the Second Commonwealth Era the Jews were introduced to a reality that they were previously unexposed to; namely living in Israel under foreign rule. With relatively minor exceptions such as the successful Macabbean revolt in 67 BCE and the Bar Kochba Revolt in 132 CE, Israel will be thenceforth dominated by […]
18277
Ungracious Hosts: The Story of Greek and Roman Oppression of Jews (323 BCE – 66 CE)
Ungracious Hosts: The Story of Greek and Roman Oppression of Jews (323 BCE – 66 CE)
Dec 9, 2014
1:22:00
At the beginning of the Second Commonwealth Era the Jews were introduced to a reality that they were previously unexposed to; namely living in Israel under foreign rule. With relatively minor exceptions such as the successful Macabbean revolt in 67 BCE and the Bar Kochba Revolt in 132 CE, Israel will be thenceforth dominated by […]
18278
On Love and Relationships: Lessons from the Torah
On Love and Relationships: Lessons from the Torah
Dec 23, 2014
1:33:59
What does the Torah have to say about love? How can we be required to love God? Why is there an additional mitzvah to love a convert? This class was given in Cypress, TX at Shalom Cypress.
18279
On Love and Relationships: Lessons from the Torah
On Love and Relationships: Lessons from the Torah
Dec 23, 2014
1:33:59
What does the Torah have to say about love? How can we be required to love God? Why is there an additional mitzvah to love a convert? This class was given in Cypress, TX at Shalom Cypress.
18280
Lessons in Suffering from Jacob and Joseph
Lessons in Suffering from Jacob and Joseph
Dec 23, 2014
1:42:21
Jacob’s life was a seemingly endless streak of suffering and challenges. His own brother was hellbent on murdering him; his father in law tricked him into marrying the woman whom he did not desire to marry; his father in law also marginalized him professionally. Joseph’s life path follows a similar line: His brothers conspire to […]
18281
Lessons in Suffering from Jacob and Joseph
Lessons in Suffering from Jacob and Joseph
Dec 23, 2014
1:42:21
Jacob’s life was a seemingly endless streak of suffering and challenges. His own brother was hellbent on murdering him; his father in law tricked him into marrying the woman whom he did not desire to marry; his father in law also marginalized him professionally. Joseph’s life path follows a similar line: His brothers conspire to […]
18282
The Mission of Transmission: Why Jews must Believe that the entire Written and Oral Torah is Divine and how that is a Reasonable and Logical
The Mission of Transmission: Why Jews must Believe that the entire Written and Oral Torah is Divine and how that is a Reasonable and Logical
Dec 23, 2014
1:12:21
Maimonides, in including this as the ninth of the thirteen principles of faith, makes it abundantly clear: If you do not believe that every word of the Torah is true you have no place in the Jewish people. The Talmud further clarifies (Sanhedrin 99a) that even if someone acknowledges that all the Torah is divine […]
18283
The Mission of Transmission: Why Jews must Believe that the entire Written and Oral Torah is Divine and how that is a Reasonable and Logical
The Mission of Transmission: Why Jews must Believe that the entire Written and Oral Torah is Divine and how that is a Reasonable and Logical
Dec 23, 2014
1:12:21
Maimonides, in including this as the ninth of the thirteen principles of faith, makes it abundantly clear: If you do not believe that every word of the Torah is true you have no place in the Jewish people. The Talmud further clarifies (Sanhedrin 99a) that even if someone acknowledges that all the Torah is divine […]
18284
The Simple and Clear Reasons why Jews Reject Jesus and Christianity
The Simple and Clear Reasons why Jews Reject Jesus and Christianity
Dec 23, 2014
1:37:34
Jesus is not, and never was, the Messiah because he fulfilled none of the personal qualifications of Messiah, accomplished none of the necessary requirements of the Messiah and the Messianic Era is clearly not underway. Jesus is not, and never was, divine because assigning godly qualities to a man is anathema for Jews and against […]
18285
The Simple and Clear Reasons why Jews Reject Jesus and Christianity
The Simple and Clear Reasons why Jews Reject Jesus and Christianity
Dec 23, 2014
1:37:34
Jesus is not, and never was, the Messiah because he fulfilled none of the personal qualifications of Messiah, accomplished none of the necessary requirements of the Messiah and the Messianic Era is clearly not underway. Jesus is not, and never was, divine because assigning godly qualities to a man is anathema for Jews and against […]
18286
Exodus: Redemption as Everlasting Inspiration
Exodus: Redemption as Everlasting Inspiration
Feb 2, 2015
1:08:11
18287
Exodus: Redemption as Everlasting Inspiration
Exodus: Redemption as Everlasting Inspiration
Feb 2, 2015
1:08:11
18288
Ten Plagues: Ten Faith-Building Tools for Molding a Nation
Ten Plagues: Ten Faith-Building Tools for Molding a Nation
Feb 2, 2015
1:52:03
18289
Ten Plagues: Ten Faith-Building Tools for Molding a Nation
Ten Plagues: Ten Faith-Building Tools for Molding a Nation
Feb 2, 2015
1:52:03
18290
Q&A: Nuclear Iran
Q&A: Nuclear Iran
Feb 2, 2015
11:05
18291
Q&A: Nuclear Iran
Q&A: Nuclear Iran
Feb 2, 2015
11:05
18292
Q&A: Jewish Stance on Homosexuality
Q&A: Jewish Stance on Homosexuality
Feb 2, 2015
19:41
18293
Q&A: Jewish Stance on Homosexuality
Q&A: Jewish Stance on Homosexuality
Feb 2, 2015
19:41
18294
Q&A: Who Gets Into Heaven?
Q&A: Who Gets Into Heaven?
Feb 2, 2015
11:06
18295
Q&A: Who Gets Into Heaven?
Q&A: Who Gets Into Heaven?
Feb 2, 2015
11:06
18296
Q&A: Mixing Fish, Meat and Poultry with Cheese
Q&A: Mixing Fish, Meat and Poultry with Cheese
Feb 2, 2015
14:46
18297
Q&A: Mixing Fish, Meat and Poultry with Cheese
Q&A: Mixing Fish, Meat and Poultry with Cheese
Feb 2, 2015
14:46
18298
Q&A: Root Causes Of Antisemitism
Q&A: Root Causes Of Antisemitism
Feb 2, 2015
11:03
18299
Q&A: Root Causes Of Antisemitism
Q&A: Root Causes Of Antisemitism
Feb 2, 2015
11:03
18300
Q&A: Ultra Orthodox Mistreatment of Women
Q&A: Ultra Orthodox Mistreatment of Women
Feb 2, 2015
19:53