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Did you ever wonder why of all the prayer services, we only cover our eyes during the Shema? And only for the first sentence of the Shema? Why is that?
Join Rabbi Moshe on this deep dive into the meaning of the Shema, why it's so important and why we cover our eyes for it!
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Rabbi Moshe
Sources:
Full Source Sheet can be found here: www.sefaria.org/sheets/361096
Deuteronomy 6:4: https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.6?lang=bi&aliyot=0
Pesachim 56a: https://www.sefaria.org/Pesachim.56a.7?lang=bi&with=Chidushei%20Agadot&lang2=en
Mishna Tamid 4:3, 5:1: https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Tamid.4.3?lang=bi&with=Rambam&lang2=en
Brachos 13b: https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.13b.18?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en
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If you were giving the Jewish nation the Torah, what would be the first national mitzvah (commandment) you would give?
In the Torah portion of Bo, G-d gives the Jewish nation the commandment of sanctifying the new moon each month! Seems like a strange choice.
Join us as we dive deeper into the understanding of Kiddush Hachodesh, sanctifying the new month.
Thank you to Kevin and Sabrina Burck for sponsoring this episode in memory of Kevin's father, Jeffrey Ira Burck z'l, Yitzchak Yodel ben Selig z'l, whose yahrtzeit was this week. The Torah that's learned through here should serve as a great merit for his soul.
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Rabbi Moshe
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Sources:
See full source sheet here: www.sefaria.org/sheets/360387
Rosh Hashana 25a: https://www.sefaria.org/Rosh_Hashanah.25a.14?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en
Rav Hutner, Pachad Yitzchak, Pesach, 46 (not available online)
Did you ever notice in the Torah that there are so many different names of G-d? In the first two verses of this week's Torah portion, the Torah uses THREE different names of G-d. What's going on here? Why does G-d have so many names and why are each of them used specifically here?
Join Rabbi Moshe on this episode and you'll also gain a deeper understanding of G-d's rebuke to Moses, the concept of Ma'aseh avos siman libonim (what occurred to our forefathers foreshadows what will happen to their descendants) and the forefather's role in the Jewish nation.
Feel free to reach out with any questions, comments, sponsorship opportunities or future topic requests, and I'll try my best to respond to everyone's emails: thethinkingjewpodcast@gmail.com
Sources:
To see the source sheet for this episode: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/360381?lang=bi
Hakesav Vi'hakabal (name of kel shakai): https://www.sefaria.org/HaKtav_VeHaKabalah%2C_Exodus.6.3?lang=bi
Piskei Rosh (name of Havaya) https://www.sefaria.org/Rosh_on_Yoma.8.19?lang=bi
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There are three basic functions that the Mikvah (Jewish ritual bath) has in the modern world: 1) for purifies the ritually impure male or female 2) for Jewish conversion and 3) for immersing metal vessels used in contact with food prior to using them?
The first two seem along the same lines but what's the deal with the last one? Why do we have to give our pots, pans, forks and knives a ritual bath before using them?
Join me on this fascinating dive into immersing vessels and discover an unbelievable depth to this holy mitzvah!
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Rabbi Moshe
As always, feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or future topic requests, and I'll try my best to respond to everyone's emails: thethinkingjewpodcast@gmail.com
Sources:
To see the source sheet for this episode: www.sefaria.org/sheets/360376
Jerusalem Talmud: https://tinyurl.com/jerusalem-az and Rav Hirsch: https://tinyurl.com/ravhirsch-tevilas-keilim
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We discuss in this episode the source of prayer in the Torah and the evolution into and meaning of the three daily prayers: shachris (morning prayer), mincha (afternoon prayer) and maariv (evening prayer).
Thank you to Rabbi Shaya Fox for sponsoring this episode in honor of the launch of the thinking Jew podcast and in honor of innovating new ways of spreading Torah and Judaism across the world! Thank you!
As always, feel free to reach out to me with any questions, comments or future topic requests at thethinkingjewpodcast@gmail.com
Happy Listening!
Rabbi Moshe
Source Sheet with all the sources quoted in this episode: www.sefaria.org/sheets/359483
Sources: Gemara Taanis: https://tinyurl.com/taanis, Brachos: https://tinyurl.com/brachos26b and Maimonides: https://tinyurl.com/rambam-prayer
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Did you ever wonder why so much of our national history has been spent in exile? We've been in exile for more years than we've lived on our land! Why did the Jews need to go into the Egyptian exile before receiving the Torah?
What about our individual lives? Do we have personal exiles?
Join Rabbi Moshe on this fascinating in depth look on what the role of exile really is in the Torah's perspective.
For those listening all the way until the end, here are the two words written out: exile = גלה redemption = גאל
As always, feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or future topic requests, and I'll try my best to respond to everyone's emails: thethinkingjewpodcast@gmail.com
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Rabbi Moshe
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To view the sources quoted in this podcast click here: www.sefaria.org/sheets/359479
Sources: Maharal: https://tinyurl.com/maharal-achila and https://tinyurl.com/maharal-galus
Welcome to episode 2 of the thinking Jew podcast. In this episode, we discuss a very fundamental question in Judaism regarding love of G-d. We say in the Shema "and you shall love Hashem your G-d with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your means" (Deuteronomy 6:5).
How can the Torah command an emotion? What if we're not feeling it? Listen as Rabbi Moshe suggests an answer that will not only improve your love of G-d but is a tool to increase and boost every single relationship in your life!
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Rabbi Moshe
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See source Me'or Ainayim: https://tinyurl.com/meor-einayim
Welcome to the first episode of the thinking Jew podcast. In this episode, we'll discuss an underlying theme of Jacob's final blessing to his children, the true power of self-awareness and a practical way to bring Mashiach.
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