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Take a stroll every week into the Torah portion of the week, and see how the 4 layers of the Parsha, the Peshat, Remez, Drush, and Sod intermingle to reveal a beautiful orchard. A refreshing view of the Pardes (orchard) will give you the proper view of your present life conditions

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz


    • Nov 21, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 8m AVG DURATION
    • 51 EPISODES


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    Parshas Vayetze - 5784 - What Is The Primary Reason for Suffering ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 69:35


    Parshas Chayei Sara - 5784 - Why Are Yishmael & the Arabs So Upset ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 86:11


    recorder on Nov. 1, 2018 - a few days after the Shooting in a Pittsburg Jewish House of Worship. As relevant today as it was 5 yrs. ago.

    Parshas Va'Eira - 5784 - What To Do When You Are Not Sure What To Do

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 72:59


    PARSHAS LECHA LECHA - 5784 - THE GREATEST TEST IS CHANGING THE HOMEOSTASIS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 72:40


    Parshas Noach - 5784 - How Your Worldview Shapes Your Truths

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 74:04


    ROSH HASHANA - 5784 - CHANA'S PRAYER SOULD BE OUR PRAYER

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 69:52


    PARSHAS NETZAVIM - 5783 - THE MITZVAH OF "CHOOSING LIFE"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 88:07


    PARSHAS KI SAVO - 5783 - THE MEANING OF BEING BLESSED OR CURSED

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 77:29


    BASED ON THE TEACHINGS OF R' YOCHANAN ZWEIG. WHAT DOOES IT MEAN TO BE AN "ADAM"? THE GREATEST BLESSING IS  TO BE AN "ADAM" . THE GREATEST CURSE IS TO LOSE YOUR HUMANNESS.

    PARSHAS KI SETZE - 5783 - EVERY JEW CAN RETURN TO HASHEM

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2023 71:12


    BASED ON THE NOVEL INTERPRETATION OF R' MOSHE WOLFSON WHO EXPLAINS THE CONFLICTING TALMUDIC STATEMENTS IF THE BEN SORER U'MOREIR EVER HAPPENED ; AND WHAT THE TALMUD MEANS THAT THE BEN SORER U'MOREIR IS BETTER OF DYING INNOCENT INSTEAD OF DYING GUILTY.

    Parshas Ekev - 5783 - A Mind Once Enlightened Can Not Be Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 70:53


    Pre Tisha B'av Talk - 5783 - Experiencing the Tisha B'av Seder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 49:54


    Parshas Va'eschanan - 5783 - Don't Settle For Second Best in Your Priorities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 68:41


    Based on essays from Rabbi Nevenzal.

    Parshas Devarim - The Nine Step Program for the Nine Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 73:23


    Based on the commentary of the Ohr Hachaim.

    Parshas Maasei - 5783 -Transitioning from the Fourth to the Fifth Book of the Torah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 67:45


    Based on the Shvilei Pinchos 5772 & Chabad teachings

    PARSHAS PINCHOS - 5783 - HASHEM NEEDS OUR PRAYERS BECAUSE HE LOVES US

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 71:27


    PARSHAS CHUKAS - 5783 - THE PARSHA OF TESHUVA - PART 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 19:46


    PARSHAS CHUKAS - 5783 - THE PARSHA OF TESHUVA - PART 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 44:20


    Parshas Korach - 5783 - Don't Confuse Vocation With Status

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 72:02


    Parshas Shelach - 5783 - How Good Is Your Eyesight ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 72:19


    Parshas Beha'alosecha – 5783 - How to Respond When You Don't See Transparency in Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 79:42


    Based on Likutei Moharan Vol. 2 , 52. who explains why it is  a good thing for people not to understand the  ways of G-d and the ways of Tzaddikim.

    Parshas Naso - 5783 - 3 Types of Jews & 3 Eras of Jewish History

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 67:23


    Explore what the families of Gershon, Kehas, and Merari symbolize for Jews and eras of Jewish history.

    Shavuos 5783 - The Angelsof Sinai Still Haunt Us

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 73:06


    Parshas Bamidbar - 5783 - Longing for the Flags

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 75:58


    What is the significance of a flag ? How does raising flags prepare us  for Shavuos ?

    Parshas Behar / Bechukosai: -5783: Mesiras Nefesh is as Easy as swallowing Rose Hip Jam

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 31:50


    Based on the teaching of R' Shalom Shwadron . What is  the test of keeping Shmittah if you are given  a triple crop in advance ? Great Story with the Ba''al Teshuva who was prepared to die for Hashem.

    La ba'omer - 5783 - Part 2 - Balanced Avodas Hashem By Being With a Chevra

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 51:17


    Lag Ba'omer - 5783 - Why is it Called a 'Hilula'?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 71:21


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    Parshas Emor - 5783 - Does the Torah Believe in Discriminating Against the Handicapped ?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 73:26


    Parshas Tazria / Metzora - 5783 - Why Do Only the Righteous Get Tzara'as?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 69:45


    Based on the Teaching of Rav Adin Steinsaltz z"l & the Degel Machaneh Efraim

    Parshas Tzav - 5783 - Cleaning Up Your Act After Your Fiery Service of Hashem

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 69:02


    PARSHAS VAYIKRA - 5783 - CONTEMPORARY MESSAGE OF KORBANOS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 73:00


    PARSHAS VAYAKHEL - 5783 - THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPERLY VALIDATE OTHERS:

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 72:32


    BASED ON THE TEACHINGS OF RABBI YOCHANAN ZWEIG. LESSONS ON HOW:  1)PARENTS CAN VALIDATE CHILDREN, 2) SPOUSES VALIDATING EACH OTHER , 3) PEOPLE VALIDATING OTHERS, 4) AND EVN HOW  PEOPLE  CAN  VALIDATE HASHEM. THIS EXPLAINS  WHY UNITY IS  SO IMPORTANT WHEN BUILDING A BEIS  HAMIKDASH & WHEN OBSERVING SHABBOS. 

    Purim vs. Yom Kippur - The Two Step Process of Purification

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 26:22


    PARSHAS TETZAVEH / ZACHOR - 5783 - THE HAMANTASH: THE COSMIC BATTLE WITH AMALEK OVER THE PURPOSE OF THE WORLD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 76:29


    SEE HOW THIS  TASTY PURIM TREAT EPITOMIZES THE COSMIC BATTLE  THROUGHOUT HISTORY BETWEEN AMALEK & THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND HOW IT ALSO CONNECTS TO THE MISHKAN. BASED, IN PART, FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE SHVILEI PINCHOS

    PARSHAS TERUMAH - 5783 - WHERE DID THE TREES COME FROM ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2023 57:49


    Based on Likutei Sichos Vol. 31 &  The Leil Shimurim Hagadah: Why did Yaakov have to shlep Acacia saplings from Eretz  Yisroel to Egypt ? Why did the 4 Tanaaim visit Rabbi Akiva in Benei Brak to read the Haggadah ? What does it mean to be  a Nasi ? Rabbi Akiva  being the Gilgul of Yaakov Avinu

    Parshas Mishpatim - 5783 - The Four Shomrim - Which One Are You ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 88:35


    Based on an essay of the Chalban (Rabbi Chaim Cohen zt"l) who expands on the Shalah's comparing the four guardians to four different types of Jews who guard Hashem's  world, and what hashem holds them responsible for. Surprise  ending of who is the best Shomeir of all !

    Parshas Yisro - 5783 - The Benefits of Repeating the Exodus Story All Year Round

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 71:38


    A class based on an essay by Rabbi Moshe Wolfson. Understand why Yisro merited to have a parsha in the Torah named after him. The value of 1) Relating the Exodus story; 2) As heard by a Tzaddik; 3) Which will enable you to overcome the obstacles of accomplishing your mission in life.

    PARSHAS VA'EIRA - 5783 - WHERE DOES FREE WILL COME FROM?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 84:26


    BASED ON THE TEACHING OF THE MEOR EINAYIM: EXPLAINING THE MEANING OF HASHEM REMOVING PARAOH'S FREE WILL & THE CONCEPT OF HASHEM'S FORE KNOWLEDGE IN SPITE OF MAN'S FREE WILL. INSIGHTS INTO OUR NEUROLOGICAL PATHWAYS & UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF THE GALUS OF DA'AS.

    PARSHAS SHEMOS - 5783 - HOW TO BE REDEEMED FROM DROWNING IN THE DAILY GALUS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 70:05


    BASED ON A SICHA FROM LIKUTEI SICHOS VOL. 15, SICHA 2. WHAT IS THE DEEPER CONNECTION BETWEEN MOSH E BEING THROWN INTO THE NILE RIVER & THE END OF THE DECREE OF THROWING BOYS INTO THE NILE ? HOW ARE WE GOING OUT OF EGYPT EVERY DAY WHEN WE SAY THE SHEMA. 2 GREAT STORIES ABOUT RAV MEIR ABUCHATZEIRA & THE TZEMACH TZEDEK.

    PARSHAS VAYECHI - 5783 - EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR SPACE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 84:37


    THE THEME OF PARSHAS VAYECHI IS THE CONCEPT OF "HAMTAKAS HADIN." YAAKOV MAKES HIS TIKUN IN THIS AREA. SEE WHY THE TENTH OF TEVES ALWAYS FALLS OUT ON PARSHAS VAYECHI.

    WHO ARE WE AT OUR CORE & WHAT IS OUR MISSION ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2022 70:35


    WHY WAS YEHUDA - AND NOT YOSEF OR ANY OF THE OTHER BROTHERS - GIVEN THE MISSION TO ESTABLISH THE YESHIVA IN GOSHEN ? UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RIGHTEOUS PERSON WHOSE UNDERSTANDING OF HASHEM IS "SURROUNDING THE WORLDS" VS. "FILLING THE WORLDS." THE MEANING OF "TORAH IS HIS PROFESSION."

    PARSHAS MIKETZ - 5783 : WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THE WORLD CUP FINISHING ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF CHANUKA ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 71:59


    UNDERSTANDING WHAT SPECIAL INSIGHT YOSEF OFFERED WHEN INTERPRETING THE DREAM: HAVING ABUNDANCE AND YET BEING SATISFIED. UNDERSTANDING THE TRUE MEANING OF "KIDDUSH HASHEM" & WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A "SHEM TOV." THE TWO VIEWS OF THE Existential question: What really gives us feeling of life? What gives you a zest for life ?

    PARSHAS VAYEISHEV - 5783 - FOUR WAYS TO DEAL WILL COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 71:38


    WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MUSICAL NOTE OF THE SHALSHELES ? WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM IT IN TERMS OF MAKING ULTIMATE DECISIONS IN LIFE AS TO WHO WE ARE ?

    PARSHAS VAYISHLACH - 5783 - THE MITZVAH OF GID HANASHE REVEALS HASHEM'S SUPERVISION

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 69:54


    Explore the reasons for the Mitzvah of Gid Hanashe based on the teachings of Chabad and Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch. Understand how we are able to remember Hashem's Historical Divine Supervision over the Jews from just a detail of Yaakov's injury.

    Parshas Vayeitze - 5783 - How to Successfully Raise Your Children & Improve Your Relationships with Others

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 69:57


    WHY DID YAAKOV NOT MAKE MAKE A TREATY WITH AVIMELECH ? WHY DOES THE MIDRASH CONSIDER YAAKOV AS HAVING TO GO INTO GALUS BECAUSE HE INADVERTENTLY KILLED EISAV ? HOW WAS YAAKOV ABLE TO RAISE ALL HIS CHILDREN ON THE PATH OF JUDAISM. LERAN ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUSHING AWAY EVIL VS. TRANSFORMING EVIL.

    Parshas Toldos - 5783 - You Are Not Evil Just Because You Struggle With Evil

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 73:10


    Why does the Torah portray Eisav as a figure we can empathize with; while Chazal condemn him as a Rasha ? Did Eisav ever have a chance once he was genetically designed to be evil ? How did Eisav actually trap Yitzchak into loving him? Ba'al Hatanya's explanation of the two kinds of "tasty foods" which people can present to Hashem. Does your struggle define you or do you define your struggle ?

    Parshas Chayei Sarah - 5783 - Understanding the Five Levels of Marriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 69:09


    Why does the Talmud learn the laws of Marriage from the Burial of Sarah? 5 explanations based on a Pardes understanding of Marriage & Chasidic understanding of the first Mishne in Tractate Kiddushin.

    Parshas Vayeira - 5783 - Avraham's Divine Kindness

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 70:08


    How can we provide hospitality to guests nowadays during our affluent times ? Why does the Rambam rule that escorting a guest is greater than providing him with hospitality ? How can we bestow kindness upon a person, if that very kindness will cause him great pain ? We will explore Rav Dovid Kronglass' explanation of his understanding of the Rambam.

    Parshas Lech Lecha - 5783 - The Words That Every Wife Wants to Hear !

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 71:22


    How is it possible that Avram would ask Sarah to say that "You are my sister" - putting her in grave danger? Is this the type of role model we are looking for in a husband ? Why are these words part of the first words which the Torah records Avraham as saying? What is the difference between the relationship of a spouse and that of a sibling ?

    PARSHAS NOACH - 5783 - WHEN CAN YOU SEE YOUR OWN FAULTS IN OTHERS ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 68:41


    AN ANALYSIS OF WHEN TO APPLY THE STATEMENT OF THE BA'AL SHEM TOV: "SEEING THE EVIL IN OTHERS IS A MIRROR OF YOUR OWN EVIL." PERHAPS SEEING THE EVIL IN OTHERS IS MEANT FOR THE PURPOSE OF YOUR REQUIREMENT TO REBUKE OTHERS?. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT HASHEM'S INTENTION IS WHEN YOU SEE THE EVIL ? THE ANSWER LIES IN ANALYZING THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT NOACH'S SONS REACTED TO HIS INDISCRETION AFTER HIS DRUNKENNESS.

    Parshas Ki Setze - 5782

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 69:40


    Ba'al Hatanya encourages people who feel like the "hated spouse" in their relationship with Hashem, and should realize that the very problems with their Avodas Hashem are the solutions that will give him the "double portion" in bringing the Moshiach.

    PARSHA SHOFTIM - 5782 - HOW TO RULE OVER ONESELF

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 71:15


    HOW DO THE 3 MITZVOS OF A JEWISH KING RELATE TO OUR LIVES ? WHY DID HASHEM REVEAL THE REASONS FOR THESE MITZVOS KNOWING THAT THIS WOULD CAUSE KING SHLOMO TO FAIL? WHY DOES AKING NEED 2 SIFREI TORAH ?

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