Torah Thoughts, Stories, and Inspiration on the weekly Parsha
He Walked Away from a Record Deal. Now he’s a Rabbi. Moshe Gersht was the famed Lead Singer of a popular Rock Band in LA . He had all the fame and money – but he wasn’t happy. Moshe went on pursuit for God and landed in Israel seeking the truth. Moshe has a wild…
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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 this raw…
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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…
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…
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…
How can one live a meaningful life while battling anxiety, depression, and the endless noise of the modern world? Meet Dr. Jacob Freedman, a Harvard-trained, board-certified psychiatrist who has treated thousands of patients — from Boston to Jerusalem. In this eye-opening interview, Dr. Freedman opens up about the mental health crisis, how to find meaning…
In this week’s Parsha we learn about the Sotah – a lady who was seen secluded and suspected of sinning with another man. The Torah says that by the case of a suspected sotah, the husband must take his wife to the Beis Hamikdash where the kohen does a special test to see if she…
In this week’s Parsha, a census is taken of Klal Yisroel and all the shevatim were counted. Each time a shevet was counted, the resulting number was rounded off to hundreds. For example, shevet Reuven’s count was 46,500 people and shevet Shimon’s count was 59,300 people. However, there is one exception to this: Shevet Gad….
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Inspiration from Aryeh Fingerer, host of the Jewish and Joyful podcast. In life we fall and mess up but we can’t look back. Rabbi Akiva lost 24,000 students but he rebuilt – and we must try to do the same.
In this week’s Parsha, the Yidden are traveling through the Midbar. The pasuk says V’chi yamuch achicha, Umata yodo imach – if your brother becomes impoverished and stretches out his hand – vehechzakta bo – you should give him strength. If a person needs help or assistance you should care for him and support him. There…
