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Jewish n’ Joyful: Life’s Biggest Blessings (feat. Rabbi Shlomo Landau)

November 16, 2024November 15, 2024 parsha

Money can be very confusing. In this video, you will hear the Jewish response to money and happiness. $10,000 changed an Hasidic beggar’s life teaching him a life lesson like never before. Rabbi Shlomo Landau undercovers the truth and power of money. ✬SPONSORS OF THE EPISODE✬ ►Ohr Olam: An Incredible Hebrew-English Mishnah Berurah that’s changing…

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Parsha Knowledge Parshas Lech Lecha Inspiration: You are a Star!

November 5, 2024November 5, 2024 parsha

In this week’s Parsha, Hashem compares the Jewish people to the stars in the heavens. The pasuk says, Vayeitzei Oso Hachutzah… – “Hashem brought Avraham outside and said, “Look towards the heaven and count the stars… That is how numerous your descendants will be.” The question is why? Why are Jews compared to stars? What…

Sefer Bereishis

Parshas Noach Inspiration: The Last Lion

October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 parsha

In this week’s Parsha, Noach built a Teiva (ark) to be saved from the Mabul. Noach took in all the different animals and took care of them. He was up day and night feeding them and tending to their needs. The Midrash Tanchuma says that the lion in Noach’s ark injured Noach. There is a…

Sefer Bereishis

Jewish n’ Joyful: Leaving Christianity and Islam for Judaism

October 27, 2024October 27, 2024 parsha

Finding the RIGHT Religion Efraim Nachman grew up as a devout Christian. In his teenage years he took a dramatic turn by converting to Islam. After still not finding the truth Efraim Nachman discovered Judaism and eventually converted leaving behind everything. Today he is a proud Jew inspiring others with his incredible adventure and stories….

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Parsha Knowledge Sukkos Inspiration

October 14, 2024October 14, 2024 parsha

According to Chazal, the arba minim, the four species, represent different types of people – different kinds of Jews. The Esrog represents the tzaddik, the wholly righteous person. The Lulav and Hadassim represent the Jew who is a work in progress, and the Arava personifies the Jew who is totally derelict – one hasn’t learned…

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Parsha Knowledge Yom Kippur Inspiration

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 parsha

As Yom Kippur is approaching I would like to share with you a beautiful and powerful story for this special day. On Yom Kippur, over 60 years ago, in Eretz Yisroel, a man was walking to shul when he saw something that perturbed him. He saw something that really bothered him. Not far away, a block away from the shul,…

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Parsha Knowledge Inspiration on Rosh Hashanah

September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 parsha

The Rambam (based on the Gemara in Berachos 34b) writes that in the place where a Baal teshuvah stands, the greatest tzaddikim can’t stand. Why? Because balei teshuvah suppress their desires. They conquer their impulses. That’s how great and special they are. I want to share with you something incredible: In Hashevinu – the prayer…

Rosh Hashanah, Yomim Tovim

Parsha Inspiration – Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech: The Secret to Attaining Good Judgment

September 24, 2024September 24, 2024 parsha

In this week’s Parsha, Moshe addresses the Jewish people as a whole. From the great leaders to the simple woodcutters, and water carriers, all the different types of Jews were gathered together. The pasuk begins, Atem Nitzavim Hayom Kulchem… you are all standing here today. There is a question here: What does today represent? What day…

Sefer Devorim

Inspiration on Parshas Ki Savo – Being Grateful and Judaism

September 17, 2024September 17, 2024 parsha

In this week’s Parsha, we are told about the immense blessing that the Jewish people will accrue upon following Hashem’s law. The Pasuk says, U’Vau Aecha kol ha’Berachos ha’Eleh v’Hisigucha, and all these blessings will come upon you and reach you. There is a question here: Seemingly the word V’Hisigucha – “and will reach you” is…

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Inspiration on Parshas Ki Seitzei: True Greatness!

September 10, 2024September 10, 2024 parsha

In this week’s Parsha we learn about a very important mitzvah – the law of burial in the earth. The pasuk says that you should bury a person because an unburied corpse is a curse to Hashem. There is a question here. This pasuk that teaches us the very important precept of Judaism, the mitzvah of burial,…

Sefer Devorim