Best Nefesh Hachaim Podcasts (2024)

The section of the Torah (Hebrew Bible) called 'Chukas' or 'Statute' (Bamidbar/ Book of Numbers19-22:1) opens with the law of he red heifer, the paradigmatic 'Chok' or incomprehensible law about the purification process of one who has come into contact with a corpse. the sprinkling of water mixed with ashes of the red heifer contains a paradoxical …

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Parsha Chukas — The Negatives Of Being Influential 6:52

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35 Pele Yoetz — Mumbling Brachos 13:46

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34 Pele Yoetz — HOW You Eat Says A Lot 9:11

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33 Pele Yoetz — You Are How You Eat 18:50

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Parsha: Korach —GPS-ing Life 10:46

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32 Pele Yoetz — Dumb Geniuses: Emunah vs. Atheists 8:58

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31 Pele Yoetz — Making Our Emunah REAL 23:26

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Shelach: How to Build and How to Destroy a Nation 41:30

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The Torah reading (Bamidbar/Numbers 13:1-15:41) focuses on the disasters report of the spies, and the Children of Israel rejecting the land. In this Shiur/lecture we discover that the consequence was not merely the need to wonder the Sinai desert for 40 years, but ultimately lead to wondering, exile and suffering for millenia. Subscribe for more vi…

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30 Pele Yoetz — Mourning Over the Beis Hamikdash 9:55

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29 Pele Yoetz — Embrace Being a Shmatte? 15:00

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Parsha: Beha’aloscha — Holy FOMO 11:00

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Aharon HaKohen felt left out from the dedications of the Nesiim - from what did he feel left out of and what did Hashem “gift” him to comfort himBy Rabbi Naftali Kassorla

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28 Pele Yoetz — Snitches Get Olam Habah: An Explainer 4:29

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The philosophy behind Snitches Get Olam HabahBy Rabbi Naftali Kassorla

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27 Pele Yoetz — Hyperfocusing on People’s Negative Traits 8:29

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Parsha: Naso — Making it Real 3:00

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Shavuos — Learning Torah: What Does Hashem Want 9:07

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Torah Learning is a life changing experience — how can we tap into “Vos Viltz Der Borei OlamBy Rabbi Naftali Kassorla

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The Story of Ruth Ch.3-4 The Love that Healed a Nation 38:34

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The Book of Ruth is one of the best known and best loved of all the Biblical works of the Jewish Bible. This series explores the hidden levels of depth and meaning. The last 2 chapters involve Ruth assuming two persons in one, as she suggests marriage of herself to Boaz. It seems unclear whether this is intended to be for her own good, her own actu…

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Parsha: Bamidbar — Leviim Are Built Different, But They’re Not 8:29

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26 Pele Yoetz — A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats 8:53

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25 Pele Yoetz — Seeing Others Suffer 14:57

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How we can use our power of imagination — to confront a dark part of ourselves — and come out of it loving our fellow manBy Rabbi Naftali Kassorla

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24 Pele Yoetz — Selfishness at the Core Of Loving Our Fellow Jew 15:49

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And how to use it to love other JewBy Rabbi Naftali Kassorla

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The Story of Ruth Ch.2 Beyond Givers and Takers 30:54

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The Book of Ruth is one of the best known and best loved of all the Biblical works of the Jewish Bible. This series explores the hidden levels of depth and meaning. The second chapter introduces Boaz, a wealthy landowner in Bethlehem Judea, who later turns out to be the head of the religious court. The Rabbis identify him with the porphet Ivtzan. O…

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23 Pele Yoetz — Saying Nice Things - Stories of Rav Nosson Tzvi זצ״ל 17:49

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Nefesh HaChaim Gate 1 Ch.13 The Power of Speech and the 4 'Worlds' (Levels of Reality) in Kabbala 42:14

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In this series, Rabbi Daniel Rowe learns and explains the classic Jewish mystical work, "Nefesh HaChaim" by Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, touching on many deep Kabbalistic and philosophical truths in Judaism. This episode explores the power of speech and also the 4 Kabbalistic worlds, or layers of relality, known as 'Atzilut' (Emanation), 'Beriah' (Crea…

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22 Pele Yoetz — Being Self Aware How You’re Perceived 4:58

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21 Pele Yoetz — The Lie of Not Being Judgmental 13:03

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Parsha — Behar: Growth Can’t Come From Constantly Checking Your Temperature 6:36

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What is the Jewish Approach to Freewill? 0:15

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What is the Jewish view of free will? In this video, Rabbi Daniel Rowe concludes a series of episodes reacting to arguments of great thinkers on the question of freewill. Do we have it? What is it? and how does the mind and soul connect to the brain? In this episode he concludes by sharing the Jewish approach to the subject. Subscribe for more disc…

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20 Pele Yoetz — Collecting Funds for Your Yeshiva 10:31

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Delivered to the Avreichim of Kollel Nefesh HaChaimBy Rabbi Naftali Kassorla

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The Story of Ruth Ch.1 The Breakdown of Society (or 'The Problem with Lovingkindness') 35:39

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The Book of Ruth is one of the best known and best loved of all the Biblical works of the Jewish Bible. This series explores the hidden levels of depth and meaning. The first chapter links back to previous episodes of Torah and the Book of Judges, arching all the way back to the traumatic departure of Abraham's nephew Lot to the anti-Abraham town o…

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Nefesh HaChaim - Gate 1 Chapter 12: Heaven and Gehinnom (Hell) in Kabbalistic & Jewish Philosophy? 39:04

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In this series, Rabbi Daniel Rowe learns and explains the classic Jewish mystical work, "Nefesh HaChaim" by Rav Chaim of Volozhin, touching on many deep Kabbalistic and philosophical truths in Judaism. This episode analyses the 12th chapter that discusses how the world to come is composed entirely of our own actions; we literally live inside the ac…

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Parsha — Emor: Strive to be a Ger 21:32

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Delivered to the Avreichim of kollel Nefesh HaChaimBy Rabbi Naftali Kassorla

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19 Pele Yoetz — Learning for the Soldiers and Other Jews 11:26

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18 Pele Yoetz — Stop Hating Torah Learners 11:14

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HESPED — Rav Yechiel Yitzchok Perr 31:07

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This is my meager attempt at trying to relate to my students the impact Rav Yitzchok Perr had on me — and specifically on my mehalech in Mussar. Yehi Zichro BoruchBy Rabbi Naftali Kassorla