Welcome to Parsha Knowledge! Parsha Knowledge is a weekly publication with Torah thoughts, stories, and inspiration on the weekly Parsha. This website also features the Jewish and Joyful podcast – a podcast hosted by Aryeh Fingerer which features wild interviews with people with incredible stories.
- Meilech Kohn: From Hasidic to Homeless on Drugs… and Back
Listen on: Spotify Torah Anytime Apple Meilech Kohn grew up Jewish, raised in a deeply Chasidic world. After years of bullying and pressure, he walked away from Judaism — and his life completely collapsed. Meilech became homeless. He struggled with drugs. He lost everything he once had. And then… he came back. In…Read More “Meilech Kohn: From Hasidic to Homeless on Drugs… and Back” »
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Jewish and Joyful Podcast: Interview with Ari Lesser – The Rapper who Found God Through Music
Ari Lesser was chasing music — then music led him back to God. In this episode of Jewish and Joyful, we sit down with Ari Lesser, the viral Jewish rapper whose lyrics went from hip-hop to Torah, Psalms, and faith. Hear how rapping Tehillim (Psalms) changed his life and brought him to Orthodox Judaism. Ari…Read…
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Jewish and Joyful Podcast: The Gang Member who Found God in Prison – the Wild Story of Dr. Yehudah Pryce
Dr. Yehudah Pryce started out as a teenage gang member robbing drug dealers and committing many crimes. When he was 19. Yehudah was sentenced to 24 Years in prison. Behind bars everything changed. Inside the cell Yehudah found faith. Today, he’s a Jew, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and he now leads mental health programs…Read…
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Parshas Behaaloscha Inspiration
In this week’s Parsha, Aharon, the Kohen Godel was commanded to light the Menorah, The Torah says, “V’yas k’ein Aharon – Aharon did so.” On this pasuk Rashi says shelo shino – that Aharon didn’t change the way he lit the menorah. When Aharon lit the menorah, he didn’t deviate from Hashem’s command even one…Read…
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The Jewish and Joyful podcast hosted by Aryeh Fingerer features inspirational people with wild stories.
Meilech Kohn grew up Jewish, raised in a deeply Chasidic world. After years of bullying and pressure, he walked away from Judaism — and his life completely collapsed. Meilech became homeless. He struggled with drugs. He lost everything he once had. And then… he came back.
In this raw and honest episode, Meilech shares the shocking reality of what happened after leaving a religious Jewish life — including encounters with police, time spent in jail cells, surviving homelessness, and the toll it took on his mental health. We talk openly about addiction, trauma, identity, and what it feels like to completely lose yourself.
After everything fell apart, Meilech rebuilt his life and eventually became a popular Jewish singer, performing and recording music while living a very different life. In this episode, he shares the full story of how he found his way back — to his family, his Jewish roots, and his sense of self — after hitting rock bottom.
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