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What Only Those in the Sea Can See - On Yom Haatzmaut 5785

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 15:24


Drashat Leil Yom Haatzmaut 5785 at Or Torah

Tefilot & Nigunim To Remember - OT Yom Hashoa Commemoration 5785

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 29:58


Or Torah commemorates Yom Hashoa, remembering the six million, HY'D.

Matza and the Machine - On Technology and Torah

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 72:11


What is the nature of the mitzva of ushmartem et ha'matzot?What happened when a matza baking machine was invented?What meaning does this all have for us today?This guest shiur was delivered at Congregation KINS on 26 Adar 5785 - 03/25/25 as part of their Great Jewish Debates series.

May the Name of the God of Yaakov Protect Us on Chanuka

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 7:30


The Chayalim of David Hamelech, the Chashmonaim, and of Tzahal all look to an earlier warrior who fought to defend Am Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael: Yaakov Avinu. From the OU Daily Tehilim Call on 23 Kislev 5785 / 12232024

Setting the Table and the Tefila for Pesach 5784

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 9:53


How the Torah guides us to set up our table for Pesach - literal and spiritual- to enjoy it as a time of simcha, despite the difficulties of the moment. (Presented at Or Torah after Mincha on 14 Nisan.)

Seder Messages For This Year

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 40:35


Themes and Divrei Torah for Pesach This Year

Mission Day 1 - Sowing with Tears in Tel Aviv

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 1:20


Our tefila that Hashem bring back those in captivity -- and the abiding faith despite the anxiety

Mission Day 1 - Harvesting with Joy in the Fields Outside Rishon

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 1:45


How farming in Eretz Yisrael can be holy work

Mission First Night - This Forgotten Day in Jewish History

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 1:42


3 Adar is an important, if overlooked day for our moment.

P Mishpatim - We Will Do, We Will Hear--and We Will Win

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 3:21


שמות פרק כד, ז (ז) וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְקֹוָק נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע:

פ משפטים תשפד - נעשה ונשמע וננצח

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 3:01


שמות פרק כד, ז (ז) וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְקֹוָק נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע:

P Yitro - Telling Our Story Through Hard Times

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 4:05


שמות פרק יח, ח-ט (ח) וַיְסַפֵּר מֹשֶׁה לְחֹתְנוֹ אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְקֹוָק לְפַרְעֹה וּלְמִצְרַיִם עַל אוֹדֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כָּל הַתְּלָאָה אֲשֶׁר מְצָאָתַם בַּדֶּרֶךְ וַיַּצִּלֵם יְקֹוָק: (ט) וַיִּחַדְּ יִתְרוֹ עַל כָּל הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְקֹוָק לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הִצִּילוֹ מִיַּד מִצְרָיִם: 

Jumping Into a Sea of Challenge - Magen David Adom at Or Torah

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 59:43


Joel Gorenstein and Dr. Shafir Botner share reflections about their work in Eretz Yisrael, and descrive the ongoing, lifesaving efforts of Magen David Adom under incredibly challenging circumstances

P Beshalach - The Tefila in the Shirat Hayam

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 4:20


תִּפֹּל עֲלֵיהֶם אֵימָתָה וָפַחַד בִּגְדֹל זְרוֹעֲךָ יִדְּמוּ כָּאָבֶן עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ יְקֹוָק עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ תְּבִאֵמוֹ וְתִטָּעֵמוֹ בְּהַר נַחֲלָתְךָ מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ יְקֹוָק מִקְּדָשׁ ה׳ כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ יְקֹוָק יִמְלֹךְ לְעֹלָם וָעֶד 

התפלה בשירת הים - פ בשלח תשפד

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 3:40


תִּפֹּל עֲלֵיהֶם אֵימָתָה וָפַחַד בִּגְדֹל זְרוֹעֲךָ יִדְּמוּ כָּאָבֶן עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ יְקֹוָק עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ:

The Red Poppies on Tu Bishvat 5784

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 8:28


A new meaning to the flowers now covering areas of Southern Israel

Armies of Hashem - Parshat Bo

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 3:54


Who are the legions of Hashem here: שמות פרק יב, מא (מא) וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיְהִי בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יָצְאוּ כָּל צִבְאוֹת יְקֹוָק מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם: 

Parshat Vaera - Why So Many Plagues?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024 4:04


If the goal is rescue, why does Hashem bring so many plagues?

Parshat Shemot - When Moshe Grew Up

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 4:55


Does everyone grow up? When Moshe went out to his brothers with eyes and a heart of greatness

ויגדל משה - דברי חיזוק לפרשת שמות

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 4:25


וכי אין הכל גדלין? כשמשה רבינו יצא אל אחיו בעינים ובלב של גדולה

On Yaakov Avinu and Four Chapters of Tehilim

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 9:19


OU Daily Chizuk Tehilim Call on 12 Kislev 5783

On the Tragedy in Highland Park - Remarks After Tehilim

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 6:36


Initial remarks following tehilim on July 4, 2022, in reaction to the mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July Parade. Hashem yishmor.

Parshat Noach - Baruch SheAmar and Ten Opening Statements

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 3:16


לעילוי נשמת ברוך יהודה בן דוד הכהן ז״ל Sponsored Anonymously in Memory of Bert Kahn, z"l, on his first yahrzeit, 30 Tishrei 5781. To sponsor an upcoming shiur, please email ortorahrav@gmail.com To learn more about Baruch She'Amar, click here: https://rabbizviengel.org/soul-of-the-siddur-baruch-sheamar

Parshat Breisheet - Adon Olam and The Meaning of "Hashem"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 2:43


Tefila Notes on the Parsha 001

Daily Dvar Halakha - Selichot - 3 Elul

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 1:04


1 Minute Daily Dvar Halakha Recorded Live at Or Torah by R’ Engel and R’ Sprung Keeping it extremely brief owing to Covid 19 !

Making A Seder to Confront Chaos - Divrei Chizuk for Pesach 5780

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 87:57


For Shabbat HaGadol 5780

A Great Universal and National Day - Divrei Chizuk for OU Tehilim Conf Call 1 Nisan 5780

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 10:12


For more Divrei Chizuk please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvtQvAM_zd9fugtUbhWCl5g or www.ortorah.org

Parshat Ki Tisa 3MT - Washing Hands to Serve Hashem

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 2:55


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Parshat Tetzave 3MT - When We All Wear Sacred Clothing

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 3:06


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Parshat Truma 3MT - Where They Found the Wood

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 3:10


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Parshat Mishpatim 3MT - Kids at the Base

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 3:12


3 minute Divrei Torah on the Parshat Hashavua For more shiurim please visit www.ortorah.org

Parshat Yitro 3MT - The Positive Vision of Yitro

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 3:13


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Parshat Beshalach 3MT - Words in the Spaces of the Song

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 2:46


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Parshat Bo 3MT - What’s This?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 3:07


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Parshat Vaera 3MT - Impressions on the Heart

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 3:16


Short Divrei Torah For more shiurim please visit www.rabbizviengel.org

Parshat Shemot 3MT - New Meanings of Names

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 3:11


3 Minute Dvar Torah on the Parsha

Zot Chanuka - This is What Chanuka is About

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2019 3:58


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The Meeting of the Fire and The Flame - Parshat Miketz 3MT

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2019 3:13


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"And After That, Your Children Arrived"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 3:35


For more shiurim, please visit www.ortorah.org

What is the First Miracle of Chanuka?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2019 2:58


The first miracle is not victory or lights, but something much more subtle.

Lighting New Candles Each Night Tells the Story

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 2:47


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"Moshe, in the end, you will command it."

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 3:29


Where is Chanuka hinted at in the Torah? Linking the legacy of Moshe Rabeinu, Av HaNeviim, to his spiritual inheritors, Chazal.

The First of 36 Lights of Chanuka

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2019 2:16


For more shiurim, please see https://www.ortorah.org/online-learning1.html

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