Category Archives: Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

Mitzvah: Matzah and Leavened Bread on Pesach (#9, 11-12, 19, 20, 485)

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For the duration of Pesach (Passover) Jews are commanded to eat matzah and to refrain from Chometz (Leavened Bread). This episode is extra crunchy!

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Jewish Life: How to Overachieve

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There is a learnable quality the underpins every transformational change and improvement that humanity has achieved. It is what separates the people who are inspired to change and actually implement grand ideas from the common folk who do not influence the world for the better.

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Parsha: Parshas Yisro

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The most significant event in all of human history is the Revelation at Sinai, which occurs in Parshas Yisro. Prior to that monumental experience and the conveyance of the Ten Commandments, Moshe’s father in law, Jethro, arrived at the camp and makes an important suggestion for improving the efficiency of the judicial process.

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The Parsha Podcast is sponsored by Olivia and Sam Volkin who got married last week. On behalf of the entire Parsha Podcast family we wish them a warm Mazal Tov and may their home be filled with joy, health, prosperity, and of course Torah.

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Ethics: Stockpiling Diamonds (3:9)

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In an unusually sharp statement, our Sages inform us of the severity of neglecting Torah study. The flip side is also true: Torah study is unfathomably valuable.

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Mitzvah: Pesach Offering (#5-8, 13-17, 89-90, 486-487)

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The Pesach offering is one of the most important mitzvos in the Torah, and there are many details of the procedure that are enumerated as standalone mitzvos. This podcast will cover 13 different mitzvos that relate to this sacrifice.

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Parsha: Parshas Beshalach

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Parshas Beshalach may be the most action-packed parsha in the Torah. After the Exodus, God directed the people to not take the shortest route to the Land in order to facilitate the great miracle of the Splitting of the Sea and the final destruction of the Egyptians. After those unprecedented miracles, the trouble began: Twice they ran out of water, they ran out of food, and a ferocious enemy launched an unprovoked attack.

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The Parsha Podcast is sponsored by Ilana and Eli Gutenmacher in loving memory of אברהם ב״ר דוד, Abraham Gutenmacher A”H, a loving husband, father, father in law, grandfather and great-grandfather, whose yahrzeit is on the 12th of Shevat. May his Soul merit a spiritual ascendency in Heaven

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Ethics: Charity or Piracy (3:8)

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Why do we give charity? Is there a cap of 20% to how much we can give? In this mishna we learn about a striking rationale for charity, answer these questions, and contrast the two types of givers.

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Mitzvah: Maintaining a Calendar (#4)

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The first mitzvah of the Book of Exodus and the first one commanded to us as a nation is the requirement to maintain a calendar consisting of lunar months and solar years.

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History: Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan

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After the death of Moses, Joshua was tasked with the leadership of the people and with the invasion, conquest, and division of Canaan. Precisely 3 days after the 30-day mourning period of Moses, the invasion commenced with a rapid flurry of miracles, battles, and monumental events. This podcast covers the story of Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan as told in the Book of Joshua and in other classical Jewish sources.

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This Jewish History Podcast is dedicated in loving memory of anonymously in loving memory of Soraya Nassimian. May her soul have an ascendancy in Heaven.

This Jewish Histry Podcast is also sponsored by Joe Grob in the zechut of a refuah shelima to Tzivia Shoshana Chaya bat Miriam. May she merit a swift and complete recovery

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Parsha: Parshas Bo

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After the first seven Plagues of Egypt related in last week’s parsha, Pharaoh and his people were still unwilling to release the Children of Israel. In Parshas Bo, the miracles and wonders of the Almighty intesified, culminating in the Death of the Firstborn and the Exodus from Egypt.

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Category Archives: Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

Mitzvah: Matzah and Leavened Bread on Pesach (#9, 11-12, 19, 20, 485)

Jewish Life: How to Overachieve

Parsha: Parshas Yisro

Ethics: Stockpiling Diamonds (3:9)

Mitzvah: Pesach Offering (#5-8, 13-17, 89-90, 486-487)

Parsha: Parshas Beshalach

Ethics: Charity or Piracy (3:8)

Mitzvah: Maintaining a Calendar (#4)

History: Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan

Parsha: Parshas Bo