ChabadTalk by Tzvi Freeman

1

Real Jews Never Repent

Sep 14, 2026

15:44

Thirteen essays and stories that explore the what, why and how of of the most powerful force known to man--the power of self-transformation

2

The Parable of the King in the Field

Nov 30, -0001

12:26

What does it actually mean?

3

Am I just a Figment of Someone's Imagination?

Sep 15, 2020

29:00

Unpredictable + Self-Conscious = Free Choice. Bingo, we have a formula for free-choice figments!

4

Rosh Hashanah and the Warping of Time

Sep 14, 2020

24:07

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

5

George Floyd and the Healing of America

Jun 8, 2020

9:28

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

6

Living in the Good of Every Moment

May 21, 2020

11:30

A great source of optimism, strength and courage for generations of chassidim who have treasured and memorized its words, especially in challenging times, its final lines form the basis of the well-known advice of the Tzemach Tzedek, "Think good and it will be good."

7

Can the Modern Mind Find Peace Without Delusion?

May 4, 2020

14:52

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

8

How Does a Jew Do a Seder Alone?

Apr 6, 2020

11:22

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

9

Why This Passover Will Be More Special Than Any Other Passover

Mar 26, 2020

5:03

When your ship is tossed by raging waves, don’t dispose of your anchor.

10

How to Stay Calm and Happy in the Coronavirus Days

Mar 12, 2020

3:07

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

11

What’s So Joyous About Being Jewish?

Mar 2, 2020

9:49

Happiness is an explosive. Happiness blows holes through every barrier. It starts with the ultimate barrier.

12

The Etzem: How Each of Us Contains All of Us

Feb 3, 2020

22:49

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

13

Ten Hacks for Mental Control That Every Human Being Should Know

Jan 21, 2020

17:38

It’s your brain, after all, and it's still the most sophisticated device we know of. Why shouldn’t you be the exclusive user?

14

How the Stories We Tell Mold Our Future

Jan 13, 2020

7:57

Much as our sense of touch knows a thing through manipulation, so too our minds.

15

Chanukah and the Battle of Artificial Intelligence

Dec 24, 2019

13:35

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

16

Winning the War Against Thinking

Dec 16, 2019

13:42

I like to sit and think. People think I’m mad. Try it.

17

Should You Trust It Will Be Good When Everything Looks Bad?

Dec 3, 2019

7:31

Even as the cold blade of a sharp sword lies upon your neck…

18

How Does Yom Kippur Work?

Oct 3, 2019

18:43

Only you can fix yourself. What does a particular day of the year have to offer?

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Why Is Rosh Hashanah Before Yom Kippur?

Sep 23, 2019

27:46

Maybe we’ve got everything 100% wrong. Because if we’re thinking the holidays are backward, it’s likely we’ve got their meanings backward.

20

The Tear-Soaked Selichot of Reb Meir

Sep 19, 2019

5:37

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

21

Tehillim With Tears

Sep 12, 2019

13:25

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

22

How To Avoid Exploding In Elul

Sep 10, 2019

7:10

What happens if you gain wisdom but refuse to grow up?

23

Three Simple Steps To Disarm an Angry Person

Sep 3, 2019

11:01

Return bullets with flowers. Lie low. Ponder what you like about this person. And then defuse the whole situation with a smile.

24

Three Friends and Three Dogs

Jun 3, 2019

2:46

A king had three friends. But he was informed that they were not his friends. So he gave each of the three friends a royal dog.

25

America’s White Militant Neo-Antisemitism

May 29, 2019

12:56

The only way to actually reduce antisemitism is to deal with it at its core.

26

Why Now Is the Time for a Moment of Silence in Our Schools

May 14, 2019

11:06

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27

Poway and the Struggle for America’s Soul

May 7, 2019

11:45

If you’re a Jew in America today, there’s a good chance you’re concerned.

28

Redeeming the Wicked Child of Passover

Apr 16, 2019

20:35

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29

If the Haggadah Is Right, We’ve Got Education All Wrong

Mar 19, 2019

15:53

From a child's answers, you might know something about what the child knows. From a child's question, you know who the child is.

30

Divine Madness

Mar 18, 2019

8:08

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

31

10 Things I Really Don’t Want to Hear From My Rabbi on Rosh Hashanah

Aug 23, 2018

11:57

Rabbi, here are a few tips, just suggestions mind you, of things you might say in your sermon that might interest me—if come.

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What Brought This Rebel Back for Rosh Hashanah

Aug 21, 2018

10:54

By adolescence I was doing my own thing on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—and it wasn't anywhere near a synagogue.

33

Darkness Speaks

Aug 16, 2018

7:06

At the outset of Creation, He removed all light. And that is the source of all that ever goes wrong.

34

Can My Free Will Mess Up G-d's Plans?

Aug 15, 2018

15:38

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

35

Who Came Up With Tikkun Olam?

Aug 14, 2018

18:31

From the soon-to-be-released book “Wisdom to Fix the Earth”

36

The Real Hard Problem of Consciousness

Aug 13, 2018

25:24

It is the height of human audacity to assume that we are fantastic instances of consciousness that have somehow emerged out of a dumb universe—much like the teenager who can’t understand how such a bright guy like me came from parents who have no brains.

37

Psilocybin and the 40-Year Trip

Jan 2, 2018

9:21

If you don't get there on your own, you're prone to trip and fall.

38

Should We Use Gender-Neutral Language for G-d?

Sep 15, 2009

16:04

Judaism has been understood as the effort to reunite the feminine and masculine aspects of G-d.

39

How to Shine Like the Moon in a Big Dark Sky

Nov 30, -0001

2:46

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

40

How Should We Commemorate a Simchat Torah Massacre?

Nov 30, -0001

15:00

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

41

You Are Not Powerless. You Never Are.

Nov 30, -0001

7:16

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

42

What Is a Yetzer Hara and How Do I Get Rid of It?

Aug 3, 2026

13:28

The yetzer hara is an instinctive impulse for self-gratification (bad), embodied by the emotional responses of the beast within you.

43

How Does Kosher Work?

Aug 21, 2025

10:15

There’s an essential difference between kosher foods and non-kosher. And your body knows that difference.

44

Six Misconceptions of the Modern Mind

Apr 2, 2025

22:59

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

45

Holiness Is a Crack in the Wall

Jan 19, 2025

12:07

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

46

The Four Worlds

Dec 9, 2024

21:13

47

Is AI the New Tower of Babel?

Oct 30, 2024

18:32

48

Three Steps to Focused Meditation: Chochmah, Binah, Da’at

Aug 21, 2024

29:58

49

Seven Haggadah Passages That Must Bug You

May 29, 2024

20:15

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We, the Jewish People, Are a Single Body

May 29, 2024

15:19

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