Podcasts about Mashgiach

Rabbi Stark speaks about the amazing advancements in AI, the lifecycle of animals, and how neither come close to the unbelievable opportunity which we, as people, are afforded.

Rabbi Stark discusses the Chareidi hesitation on joining the IDF. The explanation may surprise you.

The Mashgiach continues with the animal theme to explain what we can learn from the animalistic instinct of self-preservation.

Did the Rambam really not "hold of" Kabbalah and the danger of learning torah without a mesorah.

Rabbi Plotnik is the Mashgiach at Mesivta of West Bloomfield.

Ever wondered how to truly maximize the powerful spiritual potential of Elul? Beyond the theoretical understanding of these days as "Yimei HaRatzon" (days of divine favor), how do we practically transform our daily routines to harness this sacred time?Drawing from the wisdom of Moran Goin HaGodel Abenu Yeruchem HaLevi, the renowned Mashgiach of Mir Yeshiva during the 1920s, we discover a refreshingly practical approach to Elul. The secret lies in adopting the mindset found in Talmud Eruvin 54a: "Chatof v'achol, chatof v'ishti" - grab and eat, grab and drink. This world, like a wedding ceremony, is fleeting and temporary. During Elul especially, we must seize spiritual opportunities with spontaneity and courage rather than getting caught in the paralysis of perfect planning.The beauty of this approach transforms how we view our daily spiritual encounters. Morning prayers, opportunities for charity, moments to honor parents, chances for Torah study - these aren't pieces of a complex spiritual strategy during Elul, but immediate opportunities to grab. The teaching reminds us that these 40 days before Yom Kippur represent a spiritual smorgasbord with limited time to partake. Don't wait for the perfect chavrusa or ideal study conditions; seize what's available now, especially the low-hanging fruit of accessible mitzvot. As we move through these days of mercy, may we find the wisdom to grab what we can from this spiritual feast, knowing these precious moments, like Elul itself, won't last forever.What spiritual opportunity will you seize today? Share your Elul journey with us and join our community of seekers making the most of these transformative days.Support the showJoin The Motivation Congregation WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content!---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly talk on the week's Parsha. Listen on Spotify or 24six! Access all Torah talks and listen to featured episodes on our website, themotivationcongregation.org ----------------Questions or Comments? Please email me @ michaelbrooke97@gmail.com

Do you know what goes on behind the scenes for mashgichim that need to travel to every corner of the earth to ensure your products are kosher? Let's listen in to Rabbi Moshe Machuca - Rabbinic Field Representative for the OU, as he explains the hardships of traveling to places that aren't exactly accommodating to members of the faith. View it in its entirety at: https://www.kashrusawareness.com/post/tales-of-a-traveling-mashgiachTo Sponsor An Episode: https://pay.banquest.com/kashrusawarenessJoin the Let's Talk Kashrus WhatsApp Community for educational content and kashrus updates https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hk3SHVsBfELEgJet4ZNYDR

The Mashgiach gives a shiur to yeshiva bachurim helping them realize their greatness and the greatness of this generation. Rabbi Stark is currently giving the daily Hachzek mussar shiur. To access, click the link below: Hachzek.com. WhatsApp Chat. Free Sefer. Hachzek App (Apple). Hachzek App (Google).

On this erev Shabbos Chazon, the Mashgiach delivers a powerful and moving schmooze on how to approach Tisha B'Av 5785. Rabbi Stark is currently giving the daily Hachzek mussar shiur. To access, click the link below: Hachzek.com. WhatsApp Chat. Free Sefer. Hachzek App (Apple). Hachzek App (Google).  

Angels don't have free will—so whats so impressive about a "robot" doing Hashem's bidding?

Being a good mashgiach, sometimes involves a bit more than just knowing Yoreh Deah. This week when many minds are on the churban already, Rabbi Sholem Fishbane - Kashrus Administrator at the Chicago Rabbinical Council, and Executive Director of AKO, gives us an example involving not having wine and live music at the same meal.View it in its entirety at: https://www.kashrusawareness.com/post/the-mashgiach-who-didn-t-miss-a-beatTo Sponsor An Episode: https://pay.banquest.com/kashrusawarenessJoin the Let's Talk Kashrus WhatsApp Community for educational content and kashrus updates https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hk3SHVsBfELEgJet4ZNYDR

Does Hashem really need us? Yes—but only because He set it up that way. Rabbi Stark is currently giving the daily Hachzek mussar shiur. To access click the link below: WhatsApp Chat Free Sefer Hachzek App (Apple) Hachzek App (Google)

1)     Which Brocho should be said on frozen Grape Juice?[1]2)    I wear a bandage on my ankle, to keep the ankle from moving when doing exercise. May I wear it in the street on Shabbos?[2]3)    What should be the attitude of a Jewish child to his/her non-Jewish father?[3]4)    And what a Jewish father and non-Jewish children?5)    A Kohen married a divorcee; does their firstborn boy require Pidyon haBen?[4]6)    The said boy now got married and had a bechor. At the Pidyon haBen, the father says to the Kohen that since he's not sure that he had a Pidyon, therefore the money should be for both of us. Any good?[5]7)    Q. from Eastern Europe: We're doing a Pidyon haBen for several elderly men in our  community. Must they buy the coins for their Pidyon or could we just gift them to them?[6] 8)    A Pidyon haBen works out on a fast-day; should the Pidyon be delayed by a day?[7]9)    Why is it okay for one who has dental fillings to eat hot fleishig and milchig foods?[8]10)   In our moisad we have a commercial oven. The power switches off when the door is opened. Can we suffice with the Mashgiach switching it on once every morning?[9] 11)   Procedure for pouring 9 Kabin: [10]12)  Feedback re. שבת קדשך:[1]  שערי הברכה פי"ח ס"ח; פסקי תשובות סי' רב:ג. וראהשוע"ר ר"ס קסז ("שמשנח את הלב"). וע"ש סי' קעד ס"ד,שהיין פוטר שאר משקין "מפני שהוא ראש לכל מיני משקין". ולהעירמגמ' ברכות מא סע"ב ואילך בטעם שהיין אינו נפטר בברכת הפת, "דגורם ברכהלעצמו".[2]  ראהשוע"ר סי' שא ס"כ. ויש לחלק בין כורך דבר נוסף על התחבושת לביןנדו"ד שהתחבושת היא המרפאה. שי"ל שבתחבושת על המכה, אם נרפאה המכה יזרוקהתחבושת ויחזיק בידו המשיחה. משא"כ בנדו"ד דליכא למיחש לכך.[3] יש חיוב כבודהכרת הטוב להורה (ראה אשרי האי"ש יו"ד ח"ב פנ"ו סט"ו). [4] ראה שו"ע יו"דסי' שה סי"ט שהאב זכה בפדיונו. וראה ערוך השלחן שם ס"ס שהאב צריך להפרישהכסף ונוטלו לעצמו. אבל יש סוברים שגם אין האב צריך להפריש.  וישמקילים (פדיון הבן כהלכתו פ"ג הע' ע).[5] לדעה המקילה שבהערה הקודמתודאי שהאב אין צריך פדיון. א"כ אין האב חייב לשלם מספק. וא"כ כל הכסףניתן לפדיון התינוק.[6] ס' פדיון הבן כהלכתופ"ז סל"ה חושש בהזלה לכתחילה משום "כהן המסייע​ בבית הגרנות". ומשמע שבדיעבד הפדיון חל. ואף בהלוואה גמורה,אע"פ שלכתחילה חושש בזה להערמה.[7] ראה הדיעות בזמן עריכתהפדיון בס' פדיון הבן כהלכתו פ"ט סי"ד. בנדו"ד השאלה לגבי שליחבית-דין, אם הוא עובר בשהיית המצוה.[8] נשמת אברהם סי' פט (ב) 1בשם הגרשז"א.[9] בשו"ע יו"ד סי' קיב ס"י מתיר הרמ"א עדשהיית מעל"ע. ואף שי"א ששם הוא רק בדיעבד, לענ"ד בנדו"ד עדיף.כי שם, חימום התנור בפעם השני' אינו קשור לפעם הראשונה, ואילו בנדו"ד הריהחיבור לחשמל שעשה המשגיח הוא הגורם לחימום השני, ורק שהי' הפסק לזה מן הצד. [10] שוע"ר סי' תרו סי"א; נתיבים בשדה השליחותח"ב ע' 189.   

Shema contains both the essence of Torah and the instructions with which how to experience it.

For a 10% discount on Rabbi David Sutton's new book A Daily Dose of Perek Shira click the link below https://www.artscroll.com/Books/9781422644584.html Yesterday, we quoted a pasuk brought by Rabbi Avraham ben HaRambam from Hoshea 12, 7: ואתה באלקיך תשוב, חסד ומשפט שמר, וקוה אל אלקיך תמיד / As for you, return to Hashem, observe kindness and justice, and always hope to your God." That was his source showing that we have a command from God to constantly hope to Him and never to despair. Today I'd like to share the context of this pasuk with you. In pasuk 3 of that chapter it says, ריב לה' עם יהודה / Hashem has a contention with Yehudah (the Jewish people), ולפק ד על יעקב /and will visit upon Yaakov. What is Hashem's complaint? It says in the next pasuk: בבטן עקב את אחיו / In the womb he seized his brother's heel. ובאונו שרה את אלקים / And with his strength, he struggled with an angel. Rashi explains: Hashem is describing all that He did so Yaakov would become the chosen one. He seized the heel, he fought the angel, he prevailed. Basically, Hashem is saying: " Look how much I've done for you, from the beginning of your existence, Jewish people." Then in pasuk 6 it says, וה' אלקי הצבאות ה' זכרו / Hashem, the God of Legions, Hashem is His remembrance. Rashi explains: כאשר הייתי מאז כן אני עתה / Just as I was then, so am I now. אם הייתם הולכים עמי בתמימות כיעקב אביכם / If you would act with Me with simplicity like Yaakov Avinu (your father), הייתי נוהג עמכם כאשר נהגתי עמו /I would treat you as I treated him. Rabbi Yehudah HaChassid, in Sefer Gematriot , letter 152, connects יעקב איש תם to תמים תהיה. Yaakov is called איש תם, Ish Tam meaning " simple" or " pure " — and תמים תהיה Tamim Tihyeh means go with God in simplicity. Rashi on Devarim 18:13 says on תמים תהיה: התהלך עמו בתמימות ותצפה לו – Go with God with simplicity and l ook forward to Him. In other words. do not turn to fortune-tellers or sorcerers etc… Rather, כל מה שיבוא עליך קבל בתמימות/ Accept whatever happens to you with simplicity. ואז תהיה עמו ולחלקו /Then you will be with Him and part of His portion. (That's why the famous Meshech Chochmah says that when a person has bitachon , he fulfills the mitzvah of dveikut / cleaving to God.) So what is Hashem telling us through Hoshea HaNavi? Again, the words of Rashi: אם הייתם הולכים עמי בתמימות כיעקב אביכם/ If you went with Me with simplicity like Yaakov Avinu, I would act with you like I did with him. The Sefer Ikvot Moshe on Parashat Vayishlach, by Rav Moshe Akiva Tikutchinski, Mashgiach of Slabodka in Bnei Brak, writes: This shows that every Jew is capable and asked to go with the same Temimut/ simplicity and trust as Yaakov Avinu. And if we reach that level of connection, God will act with us like that. In the famous Mizmor in Tehillim perek 20 it says: יענך ה' ביום צרה, ישגבך שם אלקי יעקב /May Hashem answer you in a time of trouble; may the Name of the God of Yaakov lift you up. The Midrash says on that pasuk says it doesn't say אלקי Elokei Avraham or Elokei Yitzhak — only Elokei Yaakov. David Hamelech is saying: מי שענה ליעקב אביכם, הוא יענה אתכם – the One who answered Yaakov, will answer you. Furthermore, in Bereshit 35:3, it says about Yaakov לאל העונה אותי ביום צרתי / the God who answers me on my day of trouble. With that introduction, we come back to: ואתה באלקיך תשוב, חסד ומשפט שמר, וקוה אל אלקיך תמיד As for you, return to your God, observe kindness and justice, and always hope to your God." Rashi explains: What does it mean to hope to Him? בהבטחתו ובמשענתו /count on His guarantee and the ability to lean on Him. שהוא מבטיחך, אתה יכול לסמוך /He guarantees you; you can rely on His guarantee. And what should you do? לקוות לישועתו תמיד /constantly look forward to His salvation. This is all Rashi's explanation of God's words. But the very next pasuk (7) says : כנען בידו מאזני מרמה לעשק אהב – Instead, you are a Canaan/traitor who holds dishonest scales and loves to cheat. Rashi explains: Instead of relying on Hashem, you rely on shenanigans and crooked business. And you say about your wealth, אך עשר תי / I have become wealthy. ולא עבודת הקב״ה / I don't need to serve God. It wasn't God, it was me. Pasuk 8: ויאמר אפרים אך עשרתי מצאתי און לי – Ephraim says: I have become wealthy , I have found power for myself . כל יגיעי לא ימצאו לי עוון אשר חטא / I've worked hard and no one can find any sin in me. I'm clean. The Radak says this is the opposite of Kaveh el Hashem Hashem/ hoping to Hashem: They do not hope in Hashem. They do not admit that it is He who gives the power to succeed. Instead they say: כחי ועוצם ידי עשה לי את החיל הזה / My strength and my hand made this wealth. And they forget: ה' אלקיך, שנתן לו כח / that Hashem gave him the strength. They say: עשרתי מעצמי / I made myself wealthy. These are the two opposite paths. Either the person lives with the program of קוה אל אלקיך תמיד – constantly hoping to Hashem, or they take the אך עשרתי / I made myself rich approach.. Let's choose the path of קוה אל אלקיך תמיד Hope to Hashem constantly

The importance of having a mission statement and why "shema" is the Jewish one.

Korach claimed hierarchy's aren't necessary and that Moshe was just advancing his own interests when in reality Korach only started his movement for self-gain and "Nature" itself rejected his policies.

Klal Yisroel is described as Am Kelavi Yakum but the reason why differs from that of similarly named Operation Rising Lion.

Perspective, the key to success in your life's mission.

Its time we all take a good hard look at ourselves and be HONEST about where we are holding.

"If someone tells you there is Torah by the Goyim don't believe them. If they tell you there is wisdom by the Goyim, believe them." What is this wisdom and does it originate from the Torah or is it something else entirely?

The secret of Torah is the actual "magic" contained within which simultaneously changes a person while granting them their deepest desires.

We are Torah. And Torah is us.

How and why proper "self-love" is not just healthy but also the path to true emunah in Hashem.

Although widely accepted nowadays, the Zohar's acceptance came along with more controversy than you might expect.

In the classic song of Bar Yochai there is a line which translates to "when Hashem thought to make Man, he envisioned you (Rebbi Shimon)"—what was it about Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai which made him worthy of such a compliment?

The true definition of the word "kadosh" is "separate" (as opposed to "holy"). This begs the question, whats so special about being separate?

A relationship can be based upon many different things but if you want it to endure there is one thing which reigns supreme.

Why Lashon Hara is one of the only "aveiros" which cause a negative physical response.

The talmidim of Rabbi Akiva seem to have really loved one another, so why was it such a big deal that they didnt respect each other?

Seder night is truly a magical time but how does one overcome any stress and harness that "magic" to connect with their children, their spouse, and Hashem?

How structure defines one's values and why this is the essence of Torah.

So much of the Mishkan's beauty was totally hidden, this is not accidental but rather intentionally done and there is a major lesson we can learn from it.

Bein Hazmanim is not an "all or nothing" experience. Rabbi Stark explains what a successful Bein Hazmanim actually looks like, and how to achieve one.

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The secret to the Jewish people is that Hashem NEEDS us—and we NEED each other.

Taanis Esther is one of many fasts we keep, but something feels different about it compared to all other fasts. Rabbi Stark dives into the mystery of, and reason for, Taanis Esther.

The secret to Hashem's unbridled love for Klal Yisroel is the fact that He is "sameach b'chelki." The Mashgiach explains what that actually means.

A deep dive into Haman's conveniently warped view of the Jews.

In this episode of Shtark Tank, Rabbi Dr. Yosef Lynn joins us for a deep dive into the intersection of Mussar and Positive Psychology, and how these ideas can transform both personal and professional growth. As the Mashgiach of Machon Yaakov, Rabbi Lynn has dedicated his career to helping Bnei Torah integrate their learning into the workforce while maintaining their spiritual aspirations. He shares how understanding personal strengths, structuring learning effectively, and taking a proactive approach to marriage and career can unlock success and fulfillment.We also explore how organizations can foster healthier environments, the role of exercise in personal well-being, and practical strategies for overcoming digital distractions in today's workplace.You can check out his website, and connect with Rabbi Dr. Yosef Lynn on LinkedInYou can also check out his books: Nurture Their Nature: The Torah's Essential Guidance for Parents and Teachers Not A Partnership: Why We Keep Getting Marriage Wrong & How We Can Get It RightKey Topics Discussed: Machon Yaakov's Mission: How the yeshiva is designed to prepare students for success in both Torah and the workforce. Strength-Based Growth: Why identifying and leveraging your natural strengths is the key to thriving in all areas of life. Torah Learning That Works for You: Customizing your learning style and subject matter to maximize engagement and connection. Marriage & Family: The real definition of a healthy marriage (hint: it's not a partnership) and practical strategies for nurturing relationships amidst a busy life. Career Development: The importance of finding the right role rather than just focusing on job titles. Physical & Mental Well-Being: Why exercise isn't just a luxury but a necessity for high performance. Managing Technology: Strategies for staying present and minimizing distractions in an always-on world. Organizational Health: How company culture and team dynamics impact long-term success.Join Our Whatsapp Group! If you enjoy Shtark Tank, you don't want to miss our Quiet Whatsapp group, which includes updates, exclusive bonus content and more. You will also get the chance to submit questions for the show itself. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click Here to join.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Additional Content is also available at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shtarktank.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Partying, eating meat, and drinking wine is fun and all but true "simcha" is the only thing which can keep one out of a state of deep depression.

The Mashgiach explains how 1 and 10 are really two sides of the same coin and how the journey from 1 to 10 actually bring "everything" full circle.

What was greater, the miracle of Kriyas Yam Suf or Klal Yisroel signing Az Yashir?

Rabbi Stark explains the significance of the number ten and why Hashem brought exactly ten makkos.

Ultimately, being a person who has hakaras hatov brings you closer to Hashem.

During these weeks of Shovavim, the Mashgiach talks about how one can ensure a healthy home for themselves.

The Bnei Yisroel were redeemed from Mitzrayim because they maintained their "Jewish Identity"—but weren't they simultaneously worshipping Avodah Zarah??

Many people fail to recognize the good because they feel doing so negatively effects how they are perceived. Such people could not be more wrong.

Rabbi Stark speaks about the "mehalech" and greatness of his rebbi, Rav Moshe Shapiro.