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Top 10 Episodes of 2020: #2: A Grandson Remembers: Reflections, Stories, and Lessons of Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe

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This episode was originally featured on This Jewish Life Podcast on 03/03/2020

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My grandfather, Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe, was one of the 20th Century’s most important rabbis. But unlike many of his contemporaries, he had a very unusual path to becoming the transformative Torah Sage that he became. In this very special and personal podcast episode, I share several never-before-told stories about his life and I speculate several different theories to explain how he became such a great person. This is a unique podcast episode – stories, anecdotes, and lessons that can prove to be life-changing.

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Parsha: Vayechi – The Five Stages of Transformation

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The Book of Genesis is replete with interesting stories. We follow the narrative about Adam and Noah and their families, Abraham and his odyssey and trials, Isaac and his family’s challenges and triumphs, and of course Jacob and Joseph and their stories capture our imagination and curiosity. “Torah” means instruction. As part of the Torah, Genesis must be instructive. Where are the instructions of Genesis? Stories are great, but what are the lessons? In the final Parsha Podcast of 2020 we suggest several answers to this important question.

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This Parsha Podcast is sponsored by Eli and Temima Lebowicz in loving memory of Eli’s mother Nancy Lebowicz, Chana Rochel bas Azriel Zelig, whose yartzeit falls out this week. May her soul be elevated in Heaven

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Top 10 Episodes of 2020: #3: An Invitation to The Afterlife

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We all recognize that we will eventually die. Each of us know that there will come a point in time where our body and Soul separate and go their own way. The body will return to its origin, the dust, and the Soul will return to its Heavenly roots. What happens to our Soul in Heaven is certainly a tantalizing question. In this Mishnah we learn about Olam Haba, the Next world, commonly called the Afterlife. What is the Afterlife? Why is it worth preparing for? What can I do to ensure that I am included in the invite-list for this eternal bliss? In this very critical podcast we attempt to penetrate the great mystery of Olam Haba.

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Top 10 Episodes of 2020: #4: 11 Dimensions of Exile

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This episode was originally featured on The Parsha Podcast on 01/29/2020

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After centuries of subjugation and servitude, our nation was redeemed from Egypt and taken out by God on the wings of eagles. How long, exactly, were we in Egypt? That is actually quite a tricky question to answer. In this parsha we read how the Egyptian enslavement lasted for 430 years but in Genesis, God promises Abraham that the enslavement will only last 400 years. To make matters more confounding, Rashi gives us three different durations of the enslavement: 210, 193, and 117 years respectively. How long were we there and what is the lesson of all these contradicting figures?

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Top 10 Episodes of 2020: #5: The Indispensability of Each Jew

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This episode was originally featured on This Jewish Life Podcast on 05/21/2020

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Parshas Bamidbar is the Torah portion that we read immediately prior to Shavuos, the Festival of the Giving of the Torah, each year. In this special episode, we offer a mind-bending idea to ponder the connection between Shavuos and Parshas Bamidbar.

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Top 10 Episodes of 2020: #6: The Divine Torah: An Expanded Definition

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This episode was originally featured on TORAH 101 Podcast on 02/04/2020

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The Eighth Principle, that the Torah is Divine, is the central principle upon which all the Thirteen Principles lean. Our entire religion hinges upon the fact that the Almighty gave us His Torah. But what exactly does that mean? In this podcast we discover that the Eighth Principle is much deeper than a question of authorship; the divinity of the Torah means a great deal more.

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Parsha: Vayigash – Fruitful Famine

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In Parshas Vayigash, the Joseph trilogy comes to a close. The saga that began when Joseph was 17 ends when Jacob is reunited with his favorite son, now viceroy of Egypt. In this special edition of the Parsha Podcast, we offer three interesting observations: On Yocheved’s border-crossing birth, on Jacob’s second bargain with Esau, and on why the years of famine were worth it.

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This Parsha Podcast is sponsored by Alan and Phyllis Kritz in honor of the son Julian on the occasion of beginning to work at Jones Day. On behalf of the entire PP family, we wish Julian a hearty Mazal Tov and warm Congratulations on your new job. May you have tremendous success in this endeavor

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Top 10 Episodes of 2020: #7: Plagues, Epidemics, and Quarantines in Jewish Philosophy

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This episode was originally featured on This Jewish Life Podcast on 03/23/2020

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We are living in extraordinary times and facing unprecedented challenges: The coronavirus is upending everyday life in a way that we have never seen in our lifetime. People are scared, people are quarantined, markets are plummeting, schools are off, shuls and yeshivos are shuttered, no one can get toilet paper or bottled water – our equilibrium is off-kilter. In this special episode, we offer a Torah perspective on plagues, epidemics, and quarantines that tries to drill down on the question of, “what does God want from us?”

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