Make Judaism’s greatest thinker and Halachic scholar part of your life. Rabbi Scott Kahn presents two halachot from the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah every weekday.
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Study the Final Work of the Rambam with the benefit of the most current commentaries of R' Shlomo Toledano and Machon Hagos VeDa'as Yisrael
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Our mission is to create a platform for all serious students to easily study the entire Tanach (Torah, Nevi’im and Ketuvim) in a comprehensible fashion. We seek to generate an experience that allows our members to become intimately familiar with the text, framework, and storyline of the Tanach. Our emergent objectives are to increase knowledge of our ancestral Jewish history, to strengthen our sense of awe and love of God, and reinforce our personal and national Jewish identity.
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Join Rabbi Gavin Michal for a look at some of the lesser-known events, books, and people in Jewish history. New episodes weekly based on articles from the Kotzk Blog, www.kotzkblog.com. This podcast was originated as conversations between Rabbi Gavin Michal and Dr Jordan Wosnick.
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Scholarly, Compassionate, and Practical Jewish Teachings on God, Prayer, Torah and Kabbalah with Rabbi Nadav Caine (ravnadav)
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Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui, a veteran Rabbi of forty years, author of www.maimonidesadvice.com and www.aspiritualsoulbook.com, a Pioneer Rabbi in Palm Beach, Florida, who started the first Orthodox Minyan and Mikvah there, now brings all his knowledge and experience to the field of Quantum Physics and Science. This Show will educate and demonstrate the incredible parallels between the fields of science and our age-old eternal wisdom and the practices of our traditions. It will broaden your understa ...
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Hosted by Rabbi Dr. Levi Brackman, "Truths: Jewish Wisdom for Today" is an insightful podcast exploring the confluence of religion, science, and philosophy. The podcast serves as a platform for curious minds who value nuance and pursue wisdom. It is not designed for individuals seeking absolute truths or those inclined towards unquestioning religious adherence, but instead for those who traverse our rapidly evolving world as seekers and explorers. With the mission to impart valuable insights ...
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The New Thinkery is a podcast devoted to political philosophy and its history, along with its many guises in literature, film, and human experience generally. Named after Socrates' infamous "Thinkery" in Aristophanes' Clouds, The New Thinkery strikes a balance between the seriousness of academia and the playfulness of casual conversation among friends.
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In Season two of The Evolution of Torah, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz takes usto four regions of the Medieval world to understand the specific Torah cultures that emerged from each place and their approach to Torah learning. The season covers Muslim Spain and North Africa, France, Germany, and Christian Spain over the course of 500 years, from the closing of the Talmud around the year 800 to the Spanish Inquisition. There is also one episode about Maimonides.
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Holy....! Each week we’ll discuss an episode of ”The Good Place” along with a Jewish text or idea or two that relates to the theme of the episode. Hosted by Jon Spira-Savett, rabbi and lover of great TV comedy and ethical philosophy, along with different co-hosts who teach Judaism and Torah and are smart and funny. We may not be as funny as ”The Good Place” itself, but we channel our own inner Chidis and Janets, as well as our Eleanors and Michaels and Tahanis and Jasons. Subscribe now, chec ...
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In an era of political division and polarized debate, we are losing our ability to hear each other. The volume of our disagreements is at an all-time high, while our ability to communicate with kindness and empathy is at an all-time low. This podcast seeks to change that by engaging people from different backgrounds and beliefs in good old-fashioned conversation. Listen in as Rabbi Michael Beyo and anthropologist Dr. Adrian McIntyre spend time listening, sharing, and discovering common groun ...
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Kotzk Podcast 077: Suspending Judaism between depth and accessibility: Maimonides and Yeshaya of Trani
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1:12:26Was Judaism enriched by the radical thought of Maimonides, or narrowed by the conservative pragmatism of Yeshaya di Trani? (Kotzk Blog 535)
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Ai Humility Fuels the Light of Hanukkah: The Science and Soul of the Menorah’s Oil.
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13:01'Humility, Oil, and Wisdom: The Essence of Hanukkah' by Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui, explores the spiritual and practical significance of olive oil as it relates to the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. The author uses the physical properties of olive oil—such as its purity, non-mixing nature, and tendency to rise—as a metaphor for spiritual growth and the acqui…
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Kotzk Podcast 075: The Seven Laws of Noah: Then and now
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1:20:59Did the early rabbinic tradition understand the Seven Laws of Noah as a model for a universal religion for non-Jews? (Kotzk Blog 533)
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Kotzk Podcast 076: Between Law and Magic: The Mezuzah as a test case in shifting cosmologies
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1:12:19This episode explores the shifting cosmologies surrounding the mezuzah from Talmudic times to this day. (Kotzk Blog 534)
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The AI Gods Taking Away our Souls and Our Community
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18:08My Kol Nidrei 2025 Sermon on how our phones are amplifying the centrifugal force of the pull of our individual lives, sacrificing the centripetal force of community, by holding out a fake community, a false version of ourselves (the shadow masquerading as the soul), and building Temples for us to worship the A.I. gods.…
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Ai 🧠 Ashreinu:: The Case for Looking Inward, Not Outward
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9:01This excerpt from Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui’s 'Ashreinu: The Inward Path to Jewish Completeness' argues that individuals, particularly students, must direct their focus inward toward their Jewish heritage rather than seeking completeness in the external world. The text emphasizes the importance of establishing deep spiritual foundations to sustain convic…
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Kotzk Podcast 074: Dialogues of vision: How we view Maimonides and how he might view us (Part II)
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1:36:32Part II now turns the focus on its head and examines, theoretically, how Maimonides might view contemporary Judaism as we know it. (kotzk Blog 532)
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Rabbi Yitz Greenberg on Haredim, Dissent, Ecstasy, and The Triumph of Life
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1:06:49What happens when a leading Orthodox theologian says that parts of the Haredi world exclude dissenting voices — and that doing so can actually undermine the Torah’s deepest call to choose life? In this episode of The Truth Podcast, host Levi Brackman sits down with Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg to talk about Haredim, dissent, ecstasy, and his new b…
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Ai 📻 The Quantum, The Jungian, and The Kabbalist. Physics, Psychology, and Mysticism.
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13:59📻 'The Quantum, The Jungian, and The Kabbalist,' outlines a philosophical synthesis combining the principles of Quantum Physics, the psychological concept of Jungian Synchronicity, and the mystical wisdom of Kabbalah. The author argues that reality is not deterministic but rather an infinite field of potentiality that requires a conscious observer …
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Kotzk Podcast 073: Dialogues of Vision: How we view Maimonides and how he might view us (Part I)
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1:19:01This episode examines how Maimonides was viewed by the rabbinic world (Part I), and how, in turn, Judaism as we know it today might (theoretically) be viewed by Maimonides (Part II). This creates a ‘dialogue of vision. (Kotzk Blog 531)
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Parashat Toldot: Is Imposter Syndrome a Fault or a Gift from God?
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17:12This is a revision of a podcast I released several years ago. It focuses on Isaac as the patriarch of Imposter Syndrome. In my own life, I've come to make peace with my own Imposter Syndrome, seeing the anxiety I must live with as a gift that leads me not to shame, but to service. It has made me appreciate Isaac enormously.…
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Ai ⚛️ The Rational Mystic: Maimonides, Abulafia, and the Oneness of All Things.
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12:19⚛️ Rational Mysticism: Maimonides, Abulafia, and Quantum Unity The provided text, an excerpt from Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui's writing 'The Rational Mystic,' examines the philosophical unity between ancient Jewish wisdom and modern scientific discoveries. The author argues that quantum physics, particularly findings related to quantum fields and the obser…
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Kotzk Podcast 072: Early textual layering in Zohar and Bahir as clues to their dating
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1:14:46How early layers of text from the Zohar and Bahir may shed light on the authorship, milieu, geography and dating of these two fundamental mystical works. (Kotzk blog 530)
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The Wonder Effect: From Shliach to Business Success to Author – A Conversation with Adam Haston
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1:19:20In this episode of Truths: Jewish Wisdom for Today, Levi Brackman sits down with his longtime friend Adam Haston, real estate investor and author of The Wonder Effect: An Adventurous Guide for Igniting Your Passions and Pursuing Your Calling. Drawing on nearly 30 years of shared history from yeshiva and Chabad outreach, Levi and Adam explore how to…
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Ai ⚛️ Embracing Faith Through Science and Sacred Wisdom.
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11:07⚛️ Quantum Faith: Finding God in Science and Torah1 source The provided text consists of excerpts from 'Quantum Faith: Finding God in Science and Torah' by Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui, which argues for reconciling religious belief with scientific understanding. Ezagui utilizes quantum physics to support the concept of a unified, intelligent energy field un…
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Kotzk Podcast 071: Avraham Ibn Daud: Maimonides’ unspoken mentor?
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1:21:16Is it possible that Maimonides (1138-1204) had an unspokenmentor who has been largely overlooked by history? This ‘mentor’ may have been the twelfth-century philosopher, translator, and historian Avraham Ibn Daud (c. 1110–1180). “[H]istory has been rather unkind” (Fontaine 2023:1) to Avraham Ibn Daud. Yet, it seems that Maimonides was not the first…
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Kotzk Podcast 070: Rationalism, Mysticism and Binitarianism
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1:12:44In this episode: It’s commonly assumed that Jewish belief in G-d has remained consistent throughout history. In truth, Jewish perceptions of the have been strikingly diverse, shaped and reshaped across centuries, cultures, and theological currents. (Kotzk Blog: 528)
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Kotzk Podcast 069: Neoplatonic echoes in Chassidic Mysticism
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1:19:37This episode explores the intellectual legacy of Abu Ya'qub Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-Israeli—also known as Yitzchak ben Shlomo haYisraeli (c.855–c.955)—a pioneering yet largely overlooked figure in early Medieval Jewish philosophy. Through a counterintuitive comparison between Yitzchak haYisraeli’s tenth-century philosophical writings and contemporary…
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Not Leaving, Not Faking: Staying Haredi While Asking Real Questions - With Rabbi Yitzchok Lowy
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1:59:36Rabbi Yitzchok Lowy grew up in Lakewood in a Hasidic–yeshivish home, learned in top Lithuanian yeshivot, and later immersed himself in the world of contemporary Hasidic and Kabbalistic teachers. In this conversation, we sit together in his beit midrash in New York and trace the “origin story” of his Beit Midrash Iyun LaMachshava—a study space built…
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Ai 🔭 The Blueprint of Creation: Torah and Quantum Physics Speak the Same Language
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13:57🔭 Torah and Quantum Physics: Creation's Blueprint The provided text, an excerpt from Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui's series 'Torah and Quantum Physics: The Blueprint of Creation,' asserts that ancient Torah principles and modern quantum physics reveal identical truths regarding the universe’s structure. The author argues that scientific discoveries increasin…
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What Can the Rabbinic Debate about Noah Teach Us About Equity?
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15:03I relate the debate from Bereishit Rabbah to This American Life episode 550.By Rabbi Nadav Caine
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Ai🌟 Touching the Invisible: The Spiritual and Scientific Truth in And It Was Very Good
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9:48🌟 The excerpt from Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui’s writing, 'The Divine Unity of Science and Kabbalah,' presents an argument that Kabbalistic spiritual wisdom aligns with modern scientific understanding, particularly in physics. The author uses the biblical phrase, 'And it was very good,' as a central theme to explain that all physical matter lacks intrinsic…
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Maimonides' Laws of War & Talking About Gaza
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26:17Most of us have been avoiding the painful conversations with friends and family over Gaza. Why? It seems like we have no common frame of reference, and so it hardly seems worth it. In this Rosh Hashanah sermon, I do something a little bizarre: I use Judaism's main halakhic code about war -- Maimonides' codification of all the Torah's statements on …
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Ai 🧬 The Spiritual Matrix of Creation, Cosmic Mysteries Decoded.
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12:29🧬 Torah Wisdom Reflected in the Fabric of the Universe The article, written by Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui, explores the mystical secrets of creation through the lens of Torah wisdom and attempts to show how these concepts are reflected in the physical structure of the universe. The author argues that the Torah holds intrinsic knowledge of reality, predati…
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Getting "Miracles" Right in Judaism and in Our Lives (Yom Kippur Sermon 2025)
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25:48Miracle may be the most misunderstood concept in Judaism. While some Jewish sects officially (like Chabad), and most Jews unofficially, construe "miracles" as supernatural interventions in the nature, as in Christianity, the Jewish tradition tends to understand the word "miracle" (in Biblical Hebrew: "nes") in a far more subtle way. In this sermon,…
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Ai ⚛️ Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezritch Anticipated Jung and Quantum Physics
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11:21⚛️ Mezritch Maggid Foresaw Jung and Quantum Physics An article by Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui, argues that the 18th-century Hasidic leader Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezritch, the Great Maggid, anticipated major concepts later developed in modern psychology and quantum physics. The author emphasizes that the Torah and Hasidic philosophy have long understood a fundam…
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Kotzk Podcast 068: Tashlich, water and 'bribing' demons
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1:05:05Kotzk Podcast 068: Tashlich, water and 'bribing' demons (Kotzk blog 525) texts, of demons and spirits inhabiting bodies of water, and how they can be manipulated by knowledgeable practitioners. These texts may relate to the notion of Tashlich originally being instituted to bribe the Satan into not revealing human sins before G-d.…
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Kotzk Podcast 067: Radical rabbinic models of universalism
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1:02:55Radical Rabbinic models of universalism (Kotzk blog 523) This episode explores four radical rabbinic approaches to universalism from the sixteenth century to R. Adin Steinsaltz.
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Kotzk Podcast 066: Editing Jewish texts: Between reverence and revision
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54:39Editing Jewish texts: Between reverence and revision (Kotzk blog 524) This episode examines how Isaac Benjacob's edition of 'Shem haGedolim' by the Chida, completely reworks the ethos of the original work. Benjacob's editorial methodology is then highlighted against that of Maimonides.
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Kotzk Podcast 065: Italian letters: The battle over the Zohar
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1:11:04Italian letters: The battle over the Zohar (Kotzk Blog 522) This episode explores the recently translated - and highly charged - correspondence between two nineteenth century Italian rabbis on the authenticity and importance of the Zohar.
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Kotzk Podcast 064: Confronting or Escaping? -Beyond the "Back of the Wagon of the Baal Shem
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56:30Confronting or Escaping? -Beyond the "Back of the Wagon of the Baal Shem Kotzk Blog 521 This episode challenges the widespread belief that the Baal Shem Tov offered a straightforward, one-step path to joy. Rather than promoting effortless happiness, he appears to have called for profound and often unsettling introspection—urging individuals to conf…
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Ai 😇 The Jewish and Quantum Blueprint for Unshakable Happiness
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15:22😇 The Jewish and Quantum Blueprint for Unshakable Happiness The provided text, excerpts from 'The Jewish and Quantum Blueprint for Unshakable Happiness' by Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui, presents a holistic framework for achieving lasting happiness by integrating ancient Jewish spiritual teachings with modern quantum physics concepts. It posits that happines…
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Ai ⚛️ The Divine Signature: Science, Spirituality, and the Creation of the Universe
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9:34⚛️ The Divine Signature: Uniting Science and Creation The provided text, excerpts from Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui's 'The Divine Signature in Creation and Science,' argues for the discernment of God's presence through scientific discovery. It emphasizes that modern science supports ancient spiritual teachings, particularly those found in Kabbalah and the T…
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Special Episode: Maimonides, With Earl Schwartz
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1:13:39As long promised, a conversation about Rabbi Moses Maimonides! Maimonides’ specific formula of teshuvah, the Jewish metaphor for personal change, is at the core of this entire podcast series. Jon Spira-Savett talks with Earl Schwartz, Jon’s own first teacher about moral philosophy and education. We discuss Maimonides and his ethical theory, his vie…
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Ai ⚛️ Men & women. atomic parallels in Kabbalah and Torah
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15:28⚛️ Atomic Kabbalah: Men, Women, and the Divine Blueprint This excerpt from Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui's 'Atomic Kabbalah: Men, Women, and the Divine Blueprint' explores profound parallels between the structure of an atom and core tenets of Jewish mysticism, specifically Kabbalah and Torah. The text draws connections between atomic particles and spiritual …
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Ai ✨ Invisible Quantum Fields and Discovering the Presence of God in Every Moment.
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32:31✨Quantum Fields: God's Omnipresence in Every Moment Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui's 'The Omnipresent God and the Invisible Quantum Fields' explores the profound connections between ancient spiritual wisdom and modern scientific understanding, specifically Quantum Field Theory (QFT). The text argues that QFT's description of reality emerging from omnipresent,…
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Parashat Behaalotkhah: Grievance and Getting the Leaders We Deserve
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12:34In this long section of the Torah, where Miriam and Aaron are disciplined by God for challenging Moses, where Moses tries yet again to resign his leadership, where the 70 Elders to help Moshe go ahead and prophesy, but strangely nothing seems to come from it, I am struck by how much the parashah speaks to our time, where the strangest of leaders ar…
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Ai ⚛️ When Reality Depends on Perspective: Torah and Quantum Wisdom.
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12:25⚛️ Torah and Quantum: The provided text, primarily an excerpt from Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui's 'Torah and Quantum: Reality's Shifting Canvas,' explores the profound idea that individual perspective, awareness, and mindset can fundamentally shape experienced reality. The author draws parallels between ancient Jewish teachings from Kabbalah, Chassidus, and…
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Ai The Future Is Not in Our Hands—And Physics Proves It
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14:32🙏 Physics, Faith, and the Creator's Unseen Hand The provided text, an excerpt from 'Science, Chaos, Quantum, and the Creator's Unseen Hand' by Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui, explores the relationship between modern scientific understanding and religious faith. It argues that while science, particularly classical physics, once fostered a deterministic worldvi…
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Kotzk Podcast 063: 'Creating' sacred sites: Who is buried there, and does it matter?
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1:12:24'Creating' sacred sites: Who is buried there, and does it matter? (Kotzk Blog: 520) This episode examines the sometimes-spontaneous emergence of burial sites attributed to Sages and biblical figures, raising the question of whether historical accuracy should play a role in how such sacred spaces are recognized.…
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Ai 🪷 Bittul and the Quantum Harmony: Spiritual and Scientific Truths of Coexistence
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12:20🪷 Bittul: Spiritual and Quantum Harmony Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui's 'Bittul: Quantum Harmony of Spiritual and Scientific Coexistence' explores the concept of Bittul, or self-nullification, as a path to spiritual growth and connection with God within Chassidic thought. The text uses anecdotes to illustrate how humility and releasing ego create space for o…
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Ai 🧬 Shaatnez: "Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science Converge,"
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14:43🧬 Shaatnez: Unraveling Ancient Wisdom's Energetic Truths Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui's text, 'Shaatnez: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science Converge,' explores the Jewish prohibition against mixing wool and linen, known as shaatnez, viewing it through both ancient mystical and modern scientific lenses. The author posits that this Torah commandment, initially…
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Kotzk Podcast 062: When rabbis dared to challenge the Divine: The case of Midrash Tehillim
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54:18When rabbis dared to challenge the Divine: The case of Midrash Tehillim (Kotzk Blog: 519) This episode—based extensively on the research by Professor Dov Weiss[1]— examines the rise and decline of rabbinic protest theology. It looks at the audacious attempts by some Mishnaic rabbis to defy a general ethos of protest prohibition, particularly upheld…
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Rabbi Irwin Kula reminds us that when we engage deeply with Torah, it can serve "as our mirror" which illuminates our inner complexities, strivings, horizon of significance, so we can better understand ourselves, others, and the world. In this presentation, I note how the Biblical story of Pinchas (who gets his own name on a parashah!) is a little …
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Chabad Without Lubavitch — A Conversation with Rabbi Avrohom Wilner
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1:07:32Rabbi Avram Wilner has reissued, footnoted, and clarified key works of Rabbi Aharon of Staroshelye, a towering but under-learned student of the Alter Rebbe. We explore the fault line between learning Chabad as a path of inner avodah and affiliating with the modern Lubavitch movement; the two tiers of Kabbalah (universal vs. elite); the role of hisp…
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Ai 😁 The Jewish Blueprint for Unshakable Happiness
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11:22The Jewish Blueprint for Unshakable Happiness Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui's 'The Jewish Blueprint for Unshakable Happiness,' published on Israel National News and Times of Israel, presents happiness not as fleeting emotion or luck, but as a conscious, cultivated state of mind. Drawing from Jewish wisdom and scripture, the text emphasizes that thoughts shap…
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Kotzk Podcast 061: Messianic Immunity - The Perfect Storm: The case of R. Avraham Baruch haRofeh
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1:00:04Messianic Immunity—The Perfect Storm: The case of R. This episode—based extensively on the research by Professor Abraham Ofir Shemesh(1) examines an extreme case of messianic immunity. In the sixteenth century, a medical doctor, haRofeh, under the influence of the *Sabbatian* messianic movement of Shabbatai Tzvi, felt he could administer harmful dr…
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Kotzk Podcast 060: A historical context to Midrashim
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45:02A historical context to Midrashim (Kotzk blog 517) This episode—based extensively on the research by Professor Gary Porton [1](https://d.docs.live.net/cf7c519617ad128d/Documents/KOTZK%20BLOG%20517.docx#_ftn1) — investigates the historical conditions that may have fostered the complex and often elusive evolution of *Midrash*. *Midrashim* are the cre…
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Kotzk Podcast 059: When Midrash is too much for the Midrash
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1:06:53When Midrash is too much for the Midrash (Kotzk blog 516)This episode—based extensively on the research by Rabbi Dr Zvi Ron—examines various Midrashim that have been rejected by an unofficial form of collective rabbinic consensus. These include Midrashim from lesser known sources as well as, surprisingly, those from classical Midrashic sources such…
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Kotzk Podcast 058: Missing in Manuscript:the additional biblical verses added to the Mishna
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52:02Missing in Manuscript: The additional biblical verses added to the Mishna (Kotzk blog 515) This episode—based extensively on the research by Professor Jason Kalman—examines the question of additional biblical verses, cited as proof texts added to our versions of the Mishna. Based on comparisons between our Mishna texts and their earlier manuscripts…
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