Best Jewish Coffee House Podcasts (2024)

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Eat A Bagel! 20:10

2d ago20:10

20:10

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a wealthy Jew who comes to the Chasam Sofer for a loan and the second about the Rebbe Maharash before he was rebbe and a very insistent woman who wanted a blessing for children.If you're enjoying these Chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhul…

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One Mitzvah Or Thousands Of Mitzvot? 22:04

9d ago22:04

22:04

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a wedding dowry and the controversy that it creates and the second about a very insistent milkman who finds a bag of coins in the street.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your…

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Is The Baal Shem Tov Truly Holy 22:57

18d ago22:57

22:57

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about how the Maggid of Mezritch came to find out if the Baal Shem Tov is truly holy or just does miracles and the second about a special chevruta of two Torah scholars and one of them having doubts about Hashem's existance.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to bu…

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Laughter: When All You Want to Do Is Cry/Yell/Scream (Season 7 Episode 15) 26:32

18d ago26:32

26:32

When Avi was called up on October 7 (for 5 of the next 8 months), his wife, Bazy, became a "Milu-Ima" (a reservist is called a miliumnik). Home with 4 beloved children and an uncountable number of diapers to change, Bazy was one of 70 women in comparable situations in her neighborhood alone. She set out to do something for her neighbors... and her …

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A Stuffed Lion, A Suit And A Rabbi 24:35

23d ago24:35

24:35

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a Misnaged (an opposer to the Chassidim) who came to Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk to determine whether he was really a tzadik or a big fake and the second a story I heard on shabbos when a Haredi rabbi was asked by an injured former solider why Haredim like him don't have to serve in the IDF.If …

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Thank You Hashem For Burning Down My House 25:43

30d ago25:43

25:43

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a wealthy Torah scholar who insists that the Baal Shem Tov teach him the secret of understanding the birds' speech and the second about an unlikely Chassidic minyan in the middle of nowhere in Italy.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. http…

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Is This What God wants? With Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll 1:59:13

1M ago1:59:13

1:59:13

Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll has a deep end insightful conversation with Sony Perlman of Brainstorm Podcast on how we've outsourced our Judaism, and gone far from the source.By Anne Gordon and Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll

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Asking For The Right Blessings 23:16

1M ago23:16

23:16

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a German Jewish businessman who comes to Reb Yishochor DovBer of Radoshitz (known also as the Saba Kadisha) for a blessing to heal his son who has been deaf since birth and the second about Rabbi Yaakova Landa, a close Chassid of the Rebbe Rashab who asks the rebbe for an unual request.If you…

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The Horse Thief And The Wayward Son 21:51

1M ago21:51

21:51

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a Jewish businessman falsely accused of stealing who comes to the Shpoler Zayde for a blessing not to have to go to jail and the second about the love Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe had for his wayward son.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://k…

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People's College for the Liberation of Palestine: U.S. Jews on Campus (Season 7 Episode 14) 45:09

2M ago45:09

45:09

Even as the war rages in Israel, American campuses have become a whole other front line. Anne and Shoshanna speak to two US college students about their experiences of antisemitism and anti-Zionism on campus, and marvel at the strength of these incredible young people. Music: "Misery" by The WhipsBy Anne Gordon and Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll

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You Call That Coffee? 20:56

2M ago20:56

20:56

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about Rabbi Asher Zeev Werner of Tiberias who can't figure out how to pay for his yeshiva's expenses until he has a dream and the second a gift given by Rabbi Meir Shapiro to a young boy that does wonders.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. http…

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The Angel Of A Thousand 20:41

2M ago20:41

20:41

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about an old Torah scholar in Tzfat who asks for a crazy blessing from the Baba Sali and the second about a wealthy Jew in Toronto who needed help from the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullma…

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If the Hostages Aren't Home by Pesach, What's a Holiday of Freedom? (Season 7 Episode 13) 39:09

2M ago39:09

39:09

How can we celebrate when our people are in captivity? Yet, Passover isn't cancelled this year, even if you feel it should be, so how do we make sense of it? In what is now an annual pre-Passover episode to help boost our seder experience, Anne and Shoshanna talk to Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz about how to approach the holiday this very difficult year. Mu…

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An Erev Pesach Visitor (Baal Shem Tov Story) and Previous Pesach Stories 1:16:40

2M ago1:16:40

1:16:40

This week I have two stories for you and then all of the previous Pesach stories from past years, the first story this week is about a chassid of the Baal Shem Tov who comes to visit his grandson, the Rebbe Reb Baruch of Mezibuz just before Pesach and the second about a wine merchant who wants to get a Kosher for Pesach certification from Rabbi Yec…

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The Agunah, The Beggar And A Piece Of Matza 22:31

3M ago22:31

22:31

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about an Agunah, a Jewish woman stuck in her marriage because her husband can't or won't give her a divorce, who comes to the Tzemach Tzedek for help and the second about Reb Mendel Futerfas and Pesach in the Gulag.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a co…

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No, Serving in the IDF Is NOT Worse Than Being Killed by Hamas (Season 7 Episode 12) 23:41

3M ago23:41

23:41

Six months into Israel's war with Hamas, and nearly all sectors of Israeli society are feeling it, but extended army service and a sadly rising death toll have turned Israeli attention to the Haredim who (for the most part) do not serve in the IDF. Much of Israel is irate, but with the yeshiva exemptions newly canceled, Haredim are irate too. Anne …

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Discovering A Buried Treasure 21:37

3M ago21:37

21:37

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a visiting beggar that spreads a rumor that gets him invited to the wealthiest Jews homes and the second about the Apta Rav having divine inspiration that contradicts the Torah.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhul…

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No Resistance To Doing A Mitzvah 22:38

3M ago22:38

22:38

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a visit to the Gerer Rebbe's Tish in Jerusalem and the second about Reb Naftoli of Rophshitz collecting tzedakah for poor Jews.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support!A…

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Feibish The Holy Thief and other Purim stories 1:38:46

3M ago1:38:46

1:38:46

This week I have one long Baal Shem Tov story for you and then all of the previous Purim stories. Enjoy. Gut Purim, my sweetest friends.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support!Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hu…

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Why Flatbush Girl Started a S*x Strike: An Interview with Adina Sash (Season 7 Episode 11) 39:08

3M ago39:08

39:08

Adina Sash has set the Orthodox world buzzing about the strike she hopes will help agunot. Shoshanna and Anne talk to Adina about her campaign and what has come of it (so far). Music: "Misery" by The WhipsBy Anne Gordon and Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll

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Herschel, His Goats & Crooked Legs 26:23

4M ago26:23

26:23

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a simple Jew who the Baal Shem Tov sees has a holy fire burning above him and tries to understand why and the second is about a young boy with crooked legs that gets a bracha from the last Lubavitcher Rebbe.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coff…

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Learning To Fix The World 22:25

4M ago22:25

22:25

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a spice merchant that gives Reb Leib Sarah's a loan and gets back much more than he could imagine and the second a couple that hosts is tested by Heaven.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply…

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Democracy at Work - For Men (Season 7 Episode 10) 24:29

4M ago24:29

24:29

Yes, representation in Israeli politics really matters. Shoshanna and Anne delve into why women running for municipal office is so important (even during the war). For all that elected officials should represent the concerns of the entire population, it is too easy to miss issues that don't touch one directly. Thus, the need for women to focus on c…

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Hashem Is Running The World Perfectly All The Time 25:09

4M ago25:09

25:09

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a chassid of the Rebbe Mordechai of Nadvorna who is asked to do a favor for a gentile woman and the second about the Rebbe Maharash visiting the fanciest casino in Paris.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Th…

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The Tzadik's Bracha Can Never Be Stopped 22:23

4M ago22:23

22:23

This week I have two stories for you, the first about a simple woodchopper who gets a bracha from Reb Moshe Lieb of Sassov and the tzadik's bracha can never be stopped and the second about a desperate tavern owner that comes to Reb Zusha for help.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi…

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The War Goes On (Season 7 Episode 9) 20:09

4M ago20:09

20:09

Does "Together, we will win" inspire you or depress you? Shoshanna and Anne "take the temperature" of how people are reacting differently to the same general experience of war, from how it is a different experience for Israelis as compared to those around the globe, and how it is different for every Israeli. As promised in the episode, the insane s…

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A Wallet, A Mirror And An Extra Dollar 25:55

4M ago25:55

25:55

This week I have two stories for you, the first about a Chassid of the Rebbe Rashab who is down on his luck but discovers a lost wallet and the second about a wealthy Jew who makes a special reminder for himself to remember to remain humble and a third very short story about the last Lubavitcher Rebbe.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, plea…

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The Chassidic Wheel Of Fortune 20:31

5M ago20:31

20:31

This week I have a two stories for you from the archives since I'm recovering from the flu and couldn't record this week, the first is about a woman who gives tzedakah to the Pressburg yeshiva to say kaddish for anyone who doesn't have someone to say kaddish for them and the second about a wealthy Chassid delivering a letter for Baal Shem Tov.If yo…

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A Role Model in the Reserves (Season 7 Episode 8) 26:17

5M ago26:17

26:17

Shoshanna and Anne speak with the very talented Shani Weinmann Kay about her experience as a religious woman in the IDF, especially during this time of war, and how her experiences have strengthened her commitment to the army, her family, and her personal religious practice. Music: "Misery" by The Whips…

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The Misnaged Who Hated The Baal Shem Tov 24:44

5M ago24:44

24:44

This week I have a two stories for you, the first is about a Misnaged that hated the Baal Shem Tov, but has no choice than to go to him and the second about the son of the Pnei Yehoshua being an ignoramus.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appr…

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A Miracle Or Nature? 23:11

5M ago23:11

23:11

This week I have a two stories for you, the first is about a high ranking KGB officer who comes looking for the local mohel and the second about a chassid of the Rebbe Rashab hoping for a miracle to get out of being drafted into the Russian army.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.…

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Bearing Witness: Who Must Visit the October 7th Destruction (Season 7 Episode 7) 24:14

5M ago24:14

24:14

In one of our more personal (and we think powerful) episodes, Shoshanna and Anne speak frankly about their respective decisions to tour some of the destroyed communities of the Gaza Envelope -- and to avoid doing so. Music: "Misery" by The WhipsBy Anne Gordon and Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll

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Keeping Kosher Is Harder Baba Sali Stories 20:58

5M ago20:58

20:58

This week I have a few stories for you about the Baba Sali, the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Reb Meir Abehsera and the power of tzadikim. If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support!Also available at https://soundcloud.com/barak-hullman…

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Getting What You Deserve 20:44

6M ago20:44

20:44

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a kind couple that hosts the Chernobyler Rebbe every year, but this year the rebbe refuses to come to their house and the second about a nobleman who became sick and got a blessing from the Rebbe Maharash of Lubavitch.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to bu…

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Learning from the Pros: Advocate for Israel Without Losing Your Mind (Season 7 Episode 6) 56:32

6M ago56:32

56:32

Eve Barlow, Fleur Hassan Nahoum and Adiel Cohen are warriors on the front lines of the media war against Israel - joined of course by our own Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll. In this special double-length episode, Anne and Shoshanna talk to these pros about how they do what they do, how YOU can do it too, and why being cancelled is actually a great thing. …

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When The Gates Of Heaven Are Closed 19:58

6M ago19:58

19:58

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a poor Jew who needs to marry off his daughter and comes to the Kosover Rebbe for advice and the second about a wealthy couple that weren't blessed with children and come to the Radzyminer Rebbe for advice.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffe…

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Riches, Long Life Or Wisdom 21:48

6M ago21:48

21:48

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a special guest at a brit mila for a couple that was married for 20 years and didn't have children before and the second a story that I heard from my rabbi of blessed memory, Reb Sholom Brodt, about a Jew that survived the Holocaust and did everything he could to avoid keeping Torah or mitzvo…

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Women of the War (Season 7 Episode 5) 27:10

6M ago27:10

27:10

Were the pre-October 7th warnings dismissed because they originated with women? Are the men of the old-boy network at a disadvantage because they have been trained to think in certain ways? Shoshanna and Anne recognize the women who were involved in so many various aspects of October 7th and the war since, with an eye to how women can (and we'll sa…

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Mitvot That Save Lives 22:56

6M ago22:56

22:56

This week I have two stories for you. The first is about a top student of the Chofetz Chaim who makes him promise to never break shabbos and the second about a generous wealthy Jew helping a poor orphan couple to get married.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Than…

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Baal Shem Tov Story: The Prince Who Never Stopped Learning 28:00

7M ago28:00

28:00

This week I have one long Baal Shem Tov story about a wealthy couple that is blessed by the Baal Shem Tov to have a son that he promises to raise as his own.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullman Thank you! I deeply appreciate your support!Also available at https://so…

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A Rebbe Doesn't Make Mistakes & Many More Chanukah Stories 1:00:31

7M ago1:00:31

1:00:31

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a Chassid of the Mittler Rebbe that asks for help but the Rebbe apparently made a mistake and the second about a broken bottle of oil used for Chanukah, then I have four other Chanukah stories for you from previous years.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to…

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Brought Together by Death and Mourning (Season 7 Episode 4) 31:04

7M ago31:04

31:04

Since October 7, Israel has tragically, devastatingly seen more people burying loved ones and sitting shiva than the country could ever have been prepared for. Enter the newly founded organization Chesed Shel Emet, and Pnina Pfeuffer, who speaks with Shoshanna and Anne about how four Haredi women have stepped up (with others) to make this painful p…

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The Horses That Thought They Were Angels 21:41

7M ago21:41

21:41

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a Chassid of the Mittler Rebbe that becomes a wagon driver because the rebbe told him so and the second about the horses of the Baal Shem Tov who came to think that they were angels.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/bar…

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The Baal Shem Tov Asks Can It Rain Now? 25:04

7M ago25:04

25:04

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a genius Torah scholar who has questions that no one except the Baal Shem Tov can answer and the second from the Six Day War in 1967 with Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu and the Cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in Hevron.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to bu…

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"Not Today, Antisemite!" (Season 7 Episode 3) 26:53

7M ago26:53

26:53

Antisemitism is the oldest hatred in the book, yet, even in the wake of the October 7th massacre, it's new for each generation, and each person experiences it fresh. Shoshanna and Anne call attention to what's been going on, and consider how we as a people stick together to combat the hatred against us. Plus, a postscript on the American Jewish com…

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Each Person Has Their Shlichut 18:49

8M ago18:49

18:49

This week I have two stories for you, the first is about a young man who decides to leave being a religious Jew at the time of the enlightenment and the second about every person have their particular mission in this world.This is the link the article I mentioned at the end of the podcast where I answer some of the difficult questions being asked a…

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The Wealthy Jew Who Became a Melamed 18:01

8M ago18:01

18:01

This week I have two stories for you, the first about the Vorker Rebbe before he became rebbe when his rebbe, the Seer of Lublin advised him to become a simple teacher even though he was very wealthy and the second about a great Torah teacher that got a gift from the Tzemach Tzedek.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick mome…

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A Tanya In Beirut Mamish 20:44

8M ago20:44

20:44

This week I have two stories for you, the first about the Lubavitcher Rebbe asking his Shluchim in Tzfat to print the Tanya in Lebanon during the 1982 war and the second a story about Reb Shlomo Carlebach and the Lubavitcher Rebbe.If you're enjoying these chasidic stories, please take a quick moment to buy me a coffee. https://ko-fi.com/barakhullma…

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Post-Traumatic Growth: Pain Is Power (Season 7 Episode 2) 26:44

8M ago26:44

26:44

The new reality of Israel and really all Jews is stressful and even traumatic. Anne and Shoshanna talk with Sherri Mandell, a certified pastoral counselor, a founder of the Koby Mandell Foundation, and the bereaved mother of Koby Mandell Hy"d, about how to navigate this challenging time, from parenting to handling oneself to helping others. Music: …

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There's Nothing Like a Cossack's Horse 23:47

8M ago23:47

23:47

This week I have two stories for you, the first about a desperate father calling Rabbi Chaim Drizin erev shabbos to help find his daughter and the second about a Cossack's horse and Reb Mendel Futerfass in the Gulag. To my loyal listeners, I only realized after spending many hours editing that I'd already recorded this story. After hundreds of stor…

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