Best Shma Podcasts (2024)

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R. Elie Kaunfer: Praying Against Our Enemies in the Aleinu 50:42

2h ago50:42

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In this session, we will look at one of the most controversial - and censored - prayers in our tradition: Aleinu. How are we meant to understand the lines in these prayers? Who are the enemies and how might we relate to those concepts today? Who censored the prayers - and how? This class will explore all these questions through various textual trad…

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NCSY Kollel Daily Halacha Shiur #6 - Birchos Krias Shma as Birchos HaTorah 2:36

10d ago2:36

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NCSY Kollel Daily Halacha Shiur #6 - Birchos Krias Shma as Birchos HaTorah - Aug 8, 2024 -By Sobolofsky, Rabbi Zvi

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R. David Kasher on Parashat Va'Etchanan: Seeking Acceptance 9:48

13h ago9:48

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The opening of Parashat Va’Ethanan can serve both as a warning to us all, not to seek more power or privilege than is our due—but also as a reminder to honor our life’s accomplishments, and even to acknowledge, every one of us, our own greatness.By Hadar Institute

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BIG Secret 58:40

1h ago58:40

58:40

The darwinists are keeping a BIG Secret from us, and it is about time that it is revealed.By The Messianic Jewish Moment

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R. Avi Strausberg on Tisha B'Av: “Let it Not Totter and Fall” 11:06

1d ago11:06

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Beresheit Rabbah (3:7) teaches that God created and destroyed many worlds before finally allowing this world, our world, to stand. This midrash is teaching us three things. First, destruction and loss are a part of the fabric of our very existence. There is no avoiding it; there is only wrestling and reconciling and accepting it. Second, the midras…

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Hilchos Tisha B'Av A Complete Guide 33:30

2d ago33:30

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Hilchos Tisha B'Av A Complete Guide - Aug 11, 2024 -By Sobolofsky, Rabbi Zvi

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The World of Torah Sheba'al Peh #6 - Torah Sheba'al Peh from the Achronim to today 26:16

10d ago26:16

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The World of Torah Sheba'al Peh #6 - Torah Sheba'al Peh from the Achronim to today - Aug 8, 2024 -By Sobolofsky, Rabbi Zvi

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NCSY Kollel: Menachos #21 - מקום הנחת תפילין 53:30

10d ago53:30

53:30

NCSY Kollel: Menachos #21 - מקום הנחת תפילין - Aug 8, 2024 -By Sobolofsky, Rabbi Zvi

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Belonging 5:16

11d ago5:16

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Rabbi Laura Sheinkopf is CSK's part time associate rabbi and adds so much to our community. Check out her blogpost all about belonging, transition, and finding your place in the world.By Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss

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Clothed In Sin 1:06:40

5d ago1:06:40

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ALL of us, every year, become clothed in sin, but nothing unclean can enter the Kingdom. What do we do, then?By The Messianic Jewish Moment

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NCSY Kollel: Menachos #19 - תפילין בלילה שבת וביום טוב continued (3/3) 9:03

11d ago9:03

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NCSY Kollel: Menachos #19 - תפילין בלילה שבת וביום טוב continued (3/3) - Aug 7, 2024 -By Sobolofsky, Rabbi Zvi

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The World of Torah Sheba'al Peh #5 - Talmud Bavli Through the Rishonim 51:50

11d ago51:50

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The World of Torah Sheba'al Peh #5 - Talmud Bavli Through the Rishonim - Aug 7, 2024 -By Sobolofsky, Rabbi Zvi

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NCSY Kollel: Menachos #20 - היסח הדעת 37:49

11d ago37:49

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NCSY Kollel: Menachos #20 - היסח הדעת - Aug 7, 2024 -By Sobolofsky, Rabbi Zvi

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The World of Torah Sheba'al Peh #4 - From Ezra to the Amoraim 50:48

12d ago50:48

50:48

The World of Torah Sheba'al Peh #4 - From Ezra to the Amoraim - Aug 7, 2024 -By Sobolofsky, Rabbi Zvi

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The World of Torah Sheba'al Peh #3 - From Matan Torah to Churban Bayis Rishon 38:52

12d ago38:52

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The World of Torah Sheba'al Peh #3 - From Matan Torah to Churban Bayis Rishon - Aug 4, 2024 -By Sobolofsky, Rabbi Zvi

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NCSY Kollel: Menachos #18 - תפילין בלילה שבת וביום טוב continued 54:46

12d ago54:46

54:46

NCSY Kollel: Menachos #18 - תפילין בלילה שבת וביום טוב continued - Aug 5, 2024 -By Sobolofsky, Rabbi Zvi

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R. David Kasher on Parashat Devarim: Moshe the Deuteronomist 9:40

11d ago9:40

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As we head into the Book of Deuteronomy, we will quickly notice that something has changed. The style of narration is different than we have seen in the Torah so far. This book will consist mostly of Moshe’s own words. The first five verses set the stage for Moshe’s great final oratory. What follows for the next 33 chapters is Moshe retelling the s…

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R. Micha'el Rosenberg: On the Day the Messiah Was Born 48:10

8d ago48:10

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The Talmud Yerushalmi tells a distressing and perplexing tale about a cowherd who goes off in search of the newborn baby messiah on the day the Temple was destroyed. We will read this story, with its enigmatic ending, and try to understand what its authors are trying to tell us about how we should respond in the face of destruction. Recorded on Tis…

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The Stupid Ones 51:14

12d ago51:14

51:14

They engage in a religion that cannot be logically, or Scripturally, explained! No, it is not the flying spaghetti monster, either.By The Messianic jewish Moment

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R. David Kasher on Parashat Mattot-Mas'ei: Frothing With Rage 15:26

16d ago15:26

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Moshe has an anger problem. He is usually able to keep it under control. By nature, he is a quiet man, a brooder. He carries out his duties faithfully—as both a mouthpiece of God and a defender of the people. But the tension between these two roles pulls at him constantly, keeps him agitated. Sometimes the pressure gets too high… and he explodes.…

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R. Avital Hochstein: Do Moshe's Hands Make War? 32:40

15d ago32:40

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Since October 7, the word "Amalek" has often been invoked in regard to the Israel-Hames War. Is that an appropriate analogy? By looking at ancient responses to biblical verses about Amalek, including those that express discomfort, we can learn these verses anew, revisit the foundational ideas that underlie the verses, and shed light on present real…

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Another False god 42:51

19d ago42:51

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Leaving christianity for judaism, would be a lateral move for all, because the same gods, only with different names, are worshipped there.By The Messianic jewish Moment

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R. David Kasher on Parashat Pinhas: How to Read a Census 11:10

22d ago11:10

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For my mother’s 75th birthday, we surprised her by taking her to visit her mother’s childhood home. I knew my grandmother had grown up in Los Angeles, but I didn’t know exactly where, and there were no living relatives whom I could ask. So I did what anyone seeking information does these days: I Googled my grandmother’s name, hoping something would…

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R. Avi Strausberg on the 17th of Tammuz: In the Depths of Sorrow 8:02

22d ago8:02

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Tomorrow, we arrive at the second of the four annual fasts commemorating the destruction of the Temple. According to the Mishnah (Ta’anit 4:6), 17 Tammuz marks the end of the offering of the tamid, the daily sacrifice, as well as the breaching of the city walls. Until this point, despite the siege, the routine of Temple life had continued with the …

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Buy A Sword! 51:56

26d ago51:56

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When the Messiah instructs His talmidim to "buy a sword", did He mean to go and gather arms to protect themselves, or was it something else?By The Messianic Jewish Moment

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Better Than Cats 2:28

1M ago2:28

2:28

Join us tomorrow night for Shabbat led by Rabbi Scott and Rabbi Neal Katz!By Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss

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R. David Kasher on Parashat Balak: The View From Above 13:34

29d ago13:34

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Balak, King of Moab, has been made uneasy by Israel’s recent string of victories over enemy nations, and has begun to worry that he will be the next to fall before them. He decides to seek the advantage with a preemptive strike, hoping to weaken the Israelite forces before they have a chance to advance against him. His first plan of attack, however…

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R. Ethan Tucker: The Multivocality of Halakhah 1:10:58

29d ago1:10:58

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Halakhic works are often a dizzying compendium of multiple perspectives on a given issue, often making it difficult to determine how to behave in a given situation. In this lecture, R. Ethan Tucker argues this is a feature rather than a bug. Critical values that are meant to guide our lives are rarely fully manifest in any given time, place, or sit…

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An Epiphany 41:14

1M ago41:14

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A centuries old ponderance has been satisfied with simplicity and a keen sense of observation, please, indulge in the revelation with me.By The Messianic Jewish moment

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R. David Kasher on Parashat Hukkat: Language Falling on Language 10:09

1M ago10:09

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There is probably no more playful instance of wordplay in all the Torah than the nehash nehoshet, the copper snake described in Parashat Hukkat. With its string of repeated consonants, it sounds like it could be another of Dr Seuss’ whimsical creations, living in the same strange zoo with “the Cat in the Hat,” “Yertle the Turtle,” and “the Fox in S…

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R. Dena Weiss: Serving God From Yuck to Yum 46:30

1M ago46:30

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Rav Dena explores a Hassidic teaching from the Me'or Einayim which discusses a dimension of physicality that we rarely pay attention to: given that taste is not necessary to sustain us, why is food delicious? More perplexingly, why does some food taste good to some, but not to others? What is the relationship between what is physically nutritious a…

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Looking Forward 3:32

2M ago3:32

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Shabbat is the break our hearts and minds need to better do the work of our lives.By Rabbi Scott Hausman-Weiss

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Pre-Exodus Law 49:27

1M ago49:27

49:27

Just about all of the religions believe to one degree or another, that the Torah didn't come into existence until after the Israelites left Egypt, is this true?By The Messianic Jewish Moment

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R. David Kasher on Parashat Korah: Hevel’s Revenge 9:56

2M ago9:56

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From the very beginning of Parashat Korah, the Torah places unusually strong emphasis on his lineage. He is introduced not just with the standard patronym, but with three generations of ancestors, tracing him back to the tribal founder, Levi. A midrash in Bemidbar Rabbah picks up on this extended chain of forebears and suggests that it is there to …

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R. David Kasher: Midrashic Moves 1:09:36

2M ago1:09:36

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The genre of midrash has a reputation for taking creative license. In midrash, we come across the wildest stories our Rabbis ever told, and it sometimes feels like they can say anything. Yet the midrashic method was guided by precise rules of interpretation as well as general norms of discourse. But who keeps track of the rules and who monitors the…

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