This Jewish Life · Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

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Q&A: Suicide and Euthanasia in Jewish Law

Feb 23, 2015

10:04

What does Jewish Law say regarding suicide? What about physician assisted suicide? We briefly outline the central element of these laws, although we may revisit it at greater length in the future.

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Q&A: Suicide and Euthanasia in Jewish Law

Feb 23, 2015

10:04

What does Jewish Law say regarding suicide? What about physician assisted suicide? We briefly outline the central element of these laws, although we may revisit it at greater length in the future.

803

Moses and Rabbi Akiva on Suffering and Tragedy

Feb 16, 2015

1:09:06

The experience of pain and suffering is ubiquitous across all spectrum of human life. All of us, in some capacity, experience difficulties and challenges. Any measure of human suffering creates a dilemma for believers in a just God: How can a just God supervise over injustice? Why do bad things happen to good people? This […]

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Moses and Rabbi Akiva on Suffering and Tragedy

Feb 16, 2015

1:09:06

The experience of pain and suffering is ubiquitous across all spectrum of human life. All of us, in some capacity, experience difficulties and challenges. Any measure of human suffering creates a dilemma for believers in a just God: How can a just God supervise over injustice? Why do bad things happen to good people? This […]

805

Patience: The Gateway to Greatness

Feb 9, 2015

1:53:49

Striving for character development and ethical refinement are included in the demands that the Almighty expects from every Jew. The very first step on the path to total character perfection is acquiring and refining our capacity to have patience.

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Patience: The Gateway to Greatness

Feb 9, 2015

1:53:49

Striving for character development and ethical refinement are included in the demands that the Almighty expects from every Jew. The very first step on the path to total character perfection is acquiring and refining our capacity to have patience.

807

On the Religious & Political Tension in the State of Israel

Feb 2, 2015

1:55:37

Ever since the founding of the Jewish state tension between the political and societal elements in Israel and the religious implications of a Jewish state have existed. In truth, the Zionist dream was hotly divisive across a very broad spectrum of the Jewish world fifty years before Israel’s founding. Recently several issues in the Israeli […]

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On the Religious & Political Tension in the State of Israel

Feb 2, 2015

1:55:37

Ever since the founding of the Jewish state tension between the political and societal elements in Israel and the religious implications of a Jewish state have existed. In truth, the Zionist dream was hotly divisive across a very broad spectrum of the Jewish world fifty years before Israel’s founding. Recently several issues in the Israeli […]

809

Exile and the Emergence of Moses

Feb 2, 2015

1:39:22

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Exile and the Emergence of Moses

Feb 2, 2015

1:39:22

811

Bible, Talmud and Beyond: A Primer On Jewish Literature

Feb 2, 2015

1:33:03

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Bible, Talmud and Beyond: A Primer On Jewish Literature

Feb 2, 2015

1:33:03

813

Q&A: Ultra Orthodox Mistreatment of Women

Feb 2, 2015

19:53

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Q&A: Ultra Orthodox Mistreatment of Women

Feb 2, 2015

19:53

815

Q&A: Root Causes Of Antisemitism

Feb 2, 2015

11:03

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Q&A: Root Causes Of Antisemitism

Feb 2, 2015

11:03

817

Q&A: Mixing Fish, Meat and Poultry with Cheese

Feb 2, 2015

14:46

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Q&A: Mixing Fish, Meat and Poultry with Cheese

Feb 2, 2015

14:46

819

Q&A: Who Gets Into Heaven?

Feb 2, 2015

11:06

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Q&A: Who Gets Into Heaven?

Feb 2, 2015

11:06

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Q&A: Jewish Stance on Homosexuality

Feb 2, 2015

19:41

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Q&A: Jewish Stance on Homosexuality

Feb 2, 2015

19:41

823

Q&A: Nuclear Iran

Feb 2, 2015

11:05

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Q&A: Nuclear Iran

Feb 2, 2015

11:05

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Ten Plagues: Ten Faith-Building Tools for Molding a Nation

Feb 2, 2015

1:52:03

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Ten Plagues: Ten Faith-Building Tools for Molding a Nation

Feb 2, 2015

1:52:03

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Exodus: Redemption as Everlasting Inspiration

Feb 2, 2015

1:08:11

828

Exodus: Redemption as Everlasting Inspiration

Feb 2, 2015

1:08:11

829

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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.

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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 […]

838

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 […]

839

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

843

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

847

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 – […]

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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 – […]

849

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 […]

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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 […]

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