Morning Machshava with Rabbi Shulman

Chazal tell us the the Mitzvah of ואהבת לרעך כמוך is a כלל גדול בתורה. How can this one mitzvah encompass everything?

Tzarras is a spiritual ailment which is a message from Hashem to bring a person back. Mysteriously on a person's home, Chazal tell us that they receive a side benefit of finding hidden jewels and gold in the walls. The reason for this is a powerful idea to help us understand why Hashem gives us yisurin and challenges. Have a Good Shabbos

Mitzvos demand that we often do things which go against our personal desires. The key to living a happy and content life as a Yid, is to work on transforming our will to be in concert with the Ratzon Hashem.

The Mishnah says we shouldn't serve Hashem to receive a reward. There still is a schar however, when we are sincere Ovdei Hashem.

The time for the final step in inaugurating the Mishkan has arrived, yet Aharon Hakohen is reluctant to bring the Korbanos. Why? What can we learn from Moshe's powerful words to Aharon at this moment? A beautiful message for Shabbos

The Torah gives us a Mitzvah to count seven complete weeks bridging the Yom Tovim of Pesach and Shabbos. According to many meforshim this is because Yitzias Mitzrayim was a prelude to receiving the Torah at Har Sinai. Our contemporary practice is to observe Minhagei Aveilus due to the tragedies that occurred. How can we reconcile these two approaches?

On Pesach Night one of the most beautiful sections of the Seder is the Hallel. But for some strange reason we eat a meal in the middle of the Hallel. This Hallel is unique in that it is said not a a Tefillah but as a Shira that we all say.

Rabban Gamliel famously stated that if you don't mention Pesach, Matzah, and Maror during the Seder you aren't Yotzei. Why would these mitzvos have this added requirement? The ultimate message is to know that Hashem is the master of all nature and events and Geulah can arrive at any moment, no matter how dark it may seem.

There is a strong connection between Parshas Vayikra and Pesach. Learn the deeper meaning behind the prohibition of eating Chametz.

Pesach is the Yom Tov of חרות, yet we find throughout the Seder elements of Aveilus. Based on an explanation of Rav Yaakov Emden we can gain a new insight into many of the minhagim of Leil Pesach and truly say לשנה הבאה בירושלים.

The Seder Night is an opportunity to transmit our national and personal Mesorah. How do we do that?

Welcome to the Morning Machshava Podcast with Rabbi Avraham Shulman