Podcasts about Shabbat

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

It's Sukkot, 5787, 2026. Time to read the 'Megilla', Scroll of Ecclesiastes! It is time to rejoice! Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

Rabbi Hannah Jensen's teaching on Sukkot before the Torah reading on Shabbat 9.26.2026

R. Marcus Rubenstein's sermon on the night of the first day of Sukkot and Shabbat on September 25th, 2026 at Temple of Aaron.

Comment bien choisir ses modèles Dans ce premier épisode de la cinquième saison du podcast, Stéphane et Joan explorent notre rapport aux modèles qui inspirent nos vies et notre foi. Entre figures religieuses, personnalités publiques et proches du quotidien, ils questionnent notre quête de perfection et invitent à privilégier des modèles authentiques, imparfaits et humains, capables d'inspirer sans devenir des idoles. [Stéphane] Bonjour, bienvenue à Question de croire, un podcast qui explore la foi et la spiritualité une question à la fois. Et pour débuter notre cinquième saison, on se demande comment bien choisir ses modèles. [Joan] Bonjour, Stéphane, et bonjour à toutes les personnes qui nous écoutent. [Stéphane] Bonjour Joan. La pression liée à un prénom [Joan] Ah, tu as dit bonjour, Joan. Tu vois Joan déjà c'est un modèle pour moi parce que c'est qui? C'est John Baez. Eh oui. Mes parents ont choisi mon prénom parce que voilà, formidable, tu connais John Baez quoi, je veux dire révolutionnaire antitout ou pro-tout, chacun dira ce qu'il veut. Oui, ils ont fait encore plus fort. Ils m'ont donné aussi Angela ou Ángela. Bon, après, des Ángela, il y en a eu dans toute ma lignée espagnole sur plusieurs générations. Mais bon, Angela, on sait très bien que c'est Angela Davis. Et Rosa, il y a aussi beaucoup de Rosa dans ma famille espagnole. Mais là, c'était Rosa Luxembourg. Donc, mes parents étaient-ils, sont-ils des gauchos? Pas du tout! Quand les gens me demandent un peu, pourquoi tu t'appelles Joan? Parce que c'est vrai que normalement on se dit Joan et j'ai dit : « c'est John Baez », à chaque fois ils me font « oh là, là, sacré programme ». Sauf que moi, je vis assez bien avec cet héritage, parce qu'une fois, j'ai entendu un jeune étudiant en théologie, quand j'allais au Bénin pour les formations d'auxiliaires de bibliothèque, pour former des gens dans mon équipe et tout, qui a fait une prédication très drôle, assez humoristique, pour dire que lui, en tant qu'étudiant en théologie, futur pasteur, il avait toujours envie d'être président. Effectivement, c'est parce qu'il avait un prénom qui le prédestinait à cela, puisque ses parents, lui souhaitant un brillant avenir, l'avaient prénommé Chirac. Donc, il a dit que quand il est devenu président de l'Amicale des étudiants en théologie du Bénin, il a senti vraiment, quelque part, il avait honoré l'intention de ses parents, qui avaient pris Chirac comme modèle pour lui. Le pasteur comme modèle de la vie chrétienne [Stéphane] C'est vrai qu'on reçoit parfois, par nos noms ou par nos fonctions, une certaine pression. Moi, ça me fait penser au titre de pasteur. On utilise beaucoup « pasteur » ou « révérend » dans mon Église. Comme je l'ai déjà signifié, moi je suis un peu allergique aux titres qui sont un peu honorifiques. Je trouve ça pompeux. Je dis toujours : « appelez-moi Stéphane. Vous pouvez me tutoyer, ça va bien ». Mais je peux comprendre que dans certains contextes, c'est comme ça que ça fonctionne. J'ai reçu un mandat de travailler avec une communauté essentiellement camerounaise. Il y a des gens d'un peu partout, mais la majorité est camerounaise. Et depuis le début, c'est pasteur Stéphane, pasteur Stéphane, pasteur Stéphane. Bon, j'ai décidé d'accepter, pas de me battre, parce que pour eux et pour elles, c'est important. Mais je trouve des fois, on a tendance à mettre le pasteur sur une espèce de piédestal. On investit tous nos fantasmes dans le sens où le pasteur, c'est quelqu'un de bien nécessairement, c'est quelqu'un de très éduqué, c'est quelqu'un d'une très grande sagesse et Dieu sait qu'on en a rencontré que non, ce n'est pas du tout le cas. Mais on sent qu'on doit projeter quelque chose et il y en a qui jouent un peu le jeu. Moi, mon anecdote d'aujourd'hui, les Québécois peut-être comprendront la référence, surtout si vous avez été aux alentours du Québec dans les années 1990, j'ai vu une vidéo de l'Église ICM, je ne sais pas, je n'ai pas vérifié l'acronyme. C'est un jeune pasteur qui lance un message. Venez à l'église, 16 septembre! Vous allez être accueillis! et je vois le nom Benjamin Carbone. Puis là, j'ai dit, mais est-ce le fils du célèbre Alberto Carbone, qui était un télévangéliste au Québec dans les années 1990? Eh bien oui, il a repris l'entreprise familiale, je pourrais dire. [Joan] Benjamin, si jamais on vous ramène des followers, dis-le-nous, c'est important qu'on sache. [Stéphane] Ah ben oui. Ce que j'ai remarqué en faisant un peu de recherche, c'était lui et son épouse. Il y a des cas où, comme toi Joan, avec ton époux, vous êtes tous les deux pasteurs, mais ce n'est pas l'image du beau couple parfait, l'épouse, le mari, les enfants parfaits, ce que j'appelle la vie Instagram, il n'y a rien qui dépasse, tout est beau. Donc, il se présente comme des modèles de la foi, des modèles de bon chrétien. Ce n'est pas ça la vraie vie, là. Qu'est-ce qu'on cherche là-dedans? Qu'est- ce qu'on cherche à projeter? Qu'est-ce que les gens recherchent là-dedans, pourquoi on veut que nos pasteurs, nos prêtres ou nos leaders religieux, soient des modèles, soient plus que parfaits. Dolly Parton, un modèle surprenant [Joan] Et d'ailleurs, ça me renvoie un petit peu à l'idée source de l'épisode. En fait, moi, je t'ai dit, il y a Dolly Parton qui est morte. Tu m'as dit, « Je ne connais pas trop. Je n'écoute pas trop de la country ». En fait, Dolly Parton, quand elle est morte, j'ai eu tellement de gens dans mon feed des réseaux sociaux qui lui ont payé un hommage, qui ont parlé d'elle, qui ont reposté ses chansons, qui ont parlé de sa vie, qui lui ont dit merci à titre posthume. Du coup, j'ai écouté un peu des épisodes de trucs et de machins, j'ai regardé des publications. Enfin, vraiment, ça m'a touchée parce que je connaissais Dolly Parton, mais je n'avais jamais trop fait attention. Elle vient des Smoky Mountains, un milieu vraiment assez rural, assez montagnard, assez cow-boy. Et elle s'est construit un personnage flamboyant en s'inspirant d'une femme de son entourage que tout le monde traitait de pétasse. En fait, c'était vraiment la femme du village, où quand on passait à côté d'elle, on disait aux enfants, aux petites filles, il ne faut surtout pas ressembler à cette dame. Pour qui elle se prend avec ses cheveux peroxydés, tout blond moche, ses talons, son maquillage, son allure? En plus, elle essaie d'attirer les hommes. Et puis elle, petite fille, dans une famille très chrétienne, vraiment très chrétienne, elle disait, mais un jour, moi, je serai comme cette femme. Parce qu'elle, au moins, elle ose qui elle est. Elle n'a pas peur, elle n'a pas honte. Elle vient d'une famille où on chantait beaucoup, comme c'était souvent le cas dans ces milieux-là. Un petit peu à la Céline Dion, pas du tout la même chose, mais de grandes familles, on chante, on sort le banjo, le truc, le machin. Et toute sa vie, en fait, elle a été une chrétienne hyper investie pour l'égalité des droits, pour les personnes LGBTQ+, les personnes queer, pour la early literacy, pour tout ce qui est l'apprentissage précoce de la lecture. Elle a créé une sorte de programme pour les enfants, pour qu'ils lisent. Elle se fait beaucoup attaquer par les chrétiens conservateurs. Elle n'en a jamais rien eu à taper. Évidemment, elle avait un empire, elle était très riche. C'est une businesswoman, elle a été hyper intelligente en termes de business. Mais ce qui est marrant, c'est que toute sa vie, même en étant assez vieille, elle avait ce look-là avec les cheveux blond jaune, un peu le look dingue, les maquillages flamboyants. Et toujours parce que cette femme, quand elle était petite fille, a été son modèle d'émancipation, d'oser être qui elle est. Et sa famille a eu un peu de mal, je pense, mais en fait, ils ont fini par s'habituer. Je trouve ça formidable, un exemple de vie chrétienne à contre-courant, en fait, de ce dont tu parles. Ça n'a rien à voir avec ça et c'est hyper inspirant pour les générations maintenant. Jésus, un révolutionnaire qui est devenu un modèle [Stéphane] C'est vrai que c'est très intéressant. On regarde certains chrétiens, ils vont dire : « Moi, je suis Jésus. J'admire Jésus. J'aspire à être comme Jésus ». Mais on regarde ne serait-ce que dans les évangiles, les amis de Jésus, c'est, entre guillemets, toutes les mauvaises personnes. Ce sont les prostituées, les lépreux, les collecteurs d'impôts. Toutes les personnes qu'on veut mettre au ban de la société, c'est ça les amis de Jésus. On s'attaque aux pharisiens. Ils étaient toujours à débattre et à essayer d'en découdre avec Jésus. Mais dans la société de l'époque, les pharisiens étaient considérés comme les bons croyants qui allaient au temple, qui respectaient les règles de la religion et tout ça. Et c'était Jésus qui provoquait, qui challengeait le statu quo, qui remettait les choses en question. Et 2000 ans plus tard, ce qu'on voit, c'est que le révolutionnaire ou celui qui voulait brasser la cage est devenu le modèle et les bonnes personnes sont devenues les moins bonnes personnes. Marie Durant, un modèle pour les protestants français [Joan] Moi, je me demande aussi pourquoi est-ce qu'on préfère souvent des modèles morts. Pourquoi est-ce qu'on prend beaucoup de modèles morts en exemple? Pourquoi est-ce que les gens qui sont là, qui justement se décarcassent, font du transport illégal de migrants et de migrantes, partagent leurs biens, replantent des déserts une plante après l'autre, pourquoi ces gens-là n'intéressent pas davantage? Alors bien sûr, il y a toujours quelqu'un qui se fait un petit peu remarquer, souvent quand la personne est jolie, jeune de préférence, souvent mince d'ailleurs aussi, ou a un bon réseau. Et d'ailleurs des fois c'est une bonne chose. Je rappelle que Gisèle Pellicot, l'une de ses filles, faisait partie du grand réseau journalistique et des médias parisiens. Donc, ce n'est pas par hasard non plus qu'on a eu cette médiatisation qui a apporté du fruit, donc ce n'est pas toujours négatif. Mais finalement, pourquoi on s'intéresse souvent plus aux personnes mortes comme modèle qu'aux personnes vivantes ? Et d'ailleurs, pourquoi est-ce que les personnes vivantes n'ont pas le droit d'être complètement vivantes, même quand elles ont subi de grandes offenses ou de grands malheurs? Je pense, et c'est tout bête, mais à Marie Durand. Marie Durand, grand exemple du protestantisme français, de la Résistance, enfermée 38 ans à la tour de Constance. J'y étais à la tour de Constance, c'est épatant d'aller là-bas. Et j'ai une copine, pendant ses études de théologie, elle était guide là-bas, à la tour de Constance, et elle raconte qu'il y a un truc que les gens ne supportaient pas. Tu ne vas jamais deviner ce que c'est Stéphane, c'est trop drôle. C'est qu'à la fin de la visite, elle me disait : « Écoutez, pour Marie Durand, après 38 ans d'emprisonnement, tout est bien qui s'est bien terminé. Elle est sortie de cette tour et elle s'est très vite mariée avec un homme qu'il admirait, qu'il attendait et elle a pu fonder une famille, être heureuse ». Les gens, ils étaient trop déçus! Il se disait, non, mais c'est une martyre, elle a souffert, elle a souffert pour sa foi. Ben non, en fait, on peut être une martyre, souffrir pour sa foi, puis vivre des grands moments de joie, être heureux et heureuse en fait, tout en étant des modèles. La recherche de modèle parfait [Stéphane] C'est vrai que certaines personnes ressentent presque un sentiment de trahison. Lorsque ces personnes investissent leurs émotions dans l'image d'une personne, on veut que ce soit parfait, qu'il n'y ait pas d'aspérité, qu'il n'y ait rien qui dépasse. Tout est lisse. La belle histoire, l'hagiographie, parfait, parfait, parfait. Mais qu'est-ce qu'on recherche dans ces modèles-là, dans ces idoles? Est-ce qu'on recherche justement la perfection, ce qu'on ne peut pas atteindre nous-mêmes, mais qu'on aimerait tellement? Est-ce qu'on ne préfère pas plus des gens ordinaires, je pourrais dire? Des gens justement qui ont souffert, qui ont douté, qui ont surmonté des épreuves, qui ont fait des erreurs, qui ont reconnu leur tort, qui ont réessayé. Qu'est-ce qu'on recherche? Moi, un des trucs que j'ai remarqués, c'est le personnage de mère Thérésa, qui a été acclamée de son vivant. Mais à la suite de sa mort, il y a des choses qui sont sorties. Elle avait écrit des trucs sur qu'elle ressentait le doute, qu'elle avait des périodes plus sombres au niveau de la foi. Puis là, il y a eu des trucs aussi que la gestion financière n'était pas vraiment optimale. On ne parle pas de malversation, mais disons que la comptabilité, ce n'était pas sa force. Les choses étaient un peu mélangées. Et là, les gens disaient, mais c'est scandaleux tout ça. Encore une fois, qu'est-ce qu'on veut? On veut la personne qui agit sans erreur ou la personne qui réussit de grandes choses, mais qui se questionne, qui a un doute. Moi, j'aime bien être capable de me reconnaître un peu dans ces modèles-là, dans ces idoles-là. Je peux me dire : « ah, cette personne-là a eu une passe un peu plus difficile. Ah, moi aussi, j'ai une passe plus difficile. Elle s'en est sortie. Ça m'inspire pour m'en sortir. » L'importance des modèles féminins [Joan] En plus, en tant que petite fille, moi, je manquais de modèles féminins, de leadership féminin, en fait, dans les Églises, dans le religieux. Vraiment, on ne voyait jamais les femmes rabbins, les femmes imams. Bon, côté catholique, voilà. Et puis, j'entendais parler quand j'étais petite de femmes pasteurs. Ça, c'était un sujet assez récurrent, parce que tu pouvais avoir des discussions là ou là, et puis on disait oui, ben voilà, moi, ma pasteure. Mais moi, de là où je suis originaire, la paroisse réformée du Bouclier de Strasbourg, il n'y avait pas de femmes pasteurs dans mon environnement. Il y avait des femmes, des laïcs très investies, c'était déjà chouette, mais pas de femmes pasteure. Et pourtant c'est dommage parce que 100% des femmes en situation de leadership dans les églises expliquent qu'elles avaient besoin de penser à une pionnière pour s'y raccrocher en fait. Ce serait que quand on vient faire des tas de procès à des femmes comme Mère Thérésa. D'un côté, c'est juste de souligner aussi ce qui n'était pas ok. D'un autre côté, c'est aussi de l'acharnement en fait, parce qu'il y a beaucoup d'hommes qui ne sont pas ok dans leur gestion, qui font un peu n'importe quoi. Et finalement, on va finir par te dire ce qui compte, c'est son œuvre ou ce qui compte, ce qu'il a fait. D'ailleurs, il y a un exemple avec un symposium qui a dû avoir lieu, complètement délirant, pour un prof de théologie dont je n'ai même pas envie de parler. Et là, on a bien vu que pour ce symposium, pour ce prof de théologie, qui pourtant a reconnu un certain nombre de trucs vraiment super pas ok, vraiment des choses qui ne vont pas du tout. Il y a plein de gens qui continuent à penser que c'était quelqu'un d'hyper intéressant, qui avait beaucoup contribué à la recherche. Et puis de toute façon, tout le monde a ses faiblesses et ses failles. Et alors c'est là qu'on se rend compte qu'on a du mal à perdre une figure tutélaire. Et on voit aussi que la personne qu'on considère comme une figure tutélaire, elle a du mal à perdre cette petite aura qu'elle a. « C'est un modèle de recherche, de réflexion, de savoir théologique ». On sent que quand tu remets un peu en question ça, sentir jugé, vexé. Moi j'ai interpellé des personnes qui avaient annoncé qu'elles allaient participer à ce symposium alors que voilà, ça aurait été mieux de ne rien faire ou de récolter de l'argent pour les personnes qui ont souffert de certaines situations. « Et oh là, là! Comment tu oses me dire ça, me parler de ça? Faut quand même penser aussi aux contributions exceptionnelles qu'a pu faire ce pasteur. » Mais est-ce que la recherche de vérité ne fait pas partie de l'amour aussi? Est-ce que cette recherche à tout prix de modèle ne devient pas de l'idolâtrie? Je me méfie beaucoup de la him-pathy, le fait d'avoir tellement de sympathie parce que cette personne a apporté beaucoup à ce domaine et à la recherche. Il n'y a pas de her-pathy, très rarement, donc on voit tout de suite qu'il y a un problème. Choisir des modèles qui nous arrangent [Stéphane] On adopte des modèles qui font notre affaire. C'est très rare qu'on va prendre dans l'absolu, telle personne a accompli telle chose. « Je vais suivre cet exemple ». Souvent, ça correspond à qui nous sommes. Lors de la première campagne de Donald Trump, ça paraît tellement loin, un des scandales, parce que ça a été quasiment oublié tellement qu'il y en a eu, c'est qu'il a eu une relation extra-conjugale avec une vedette de la pornographie. Et de voir des pasteurs, des commentateurs dire : « Donald Trump, c'est comme le roi David. Il y avait des aventures, le roi David et c'est un grand roi, c'est un grand pilier de la foi ». Donc, on essaie de prendre certains modèles pour justifier des choses qui sont assez difficiles à être justifiées. Là, je pense qu'il y a un décalage. Dire « Moi, j'aspire à être, je ne sais pas, avoir plus d'empathie, d'aider mon prochain comme telle personne », ça c'est une chose, mais lorsqu'on est rendu à chercher des modèles pour justifier des errements, justifier des crimes, justifier des choses qui sont difficilement justifiables, là je pense qu'il commence à y avoir un enjeu. On n'essaie pas de s'élever vers le haut, on essaie de justifier vers le bas. Être un modèle pour les autres [Joan] Et d'ailleurs, je suis vigilante au fait de justement, à la fois, que les gens puissent avoir quelqu'un avec qui raisonner, ce qui est mon boulot aussi en tant que pasteure et puis en aumônerie de la migration, quelqu'un à qui les gens puissent se raccrocher dans leurs épreuves, d'une façon j'espère la plus équilibrée possible, dans l'idée qu'ils et elles puissent boucler des boucles et sortir de leurs épreuves. Et puis en même temps, des fois, je m'auto-observe et je suis étreinte un peu d'un sentiment étouffant. Est-ce que justement, dans mes excès des fois de vouloir aider, syndrome de la sauveuse contre lequel il faut tout le temps se battre, est-ce que j'ai pu être un exemple un peu excessif pour d'autres? De rentrer tard, me lever tôt, m'occuper des autres? Après d'un côté, moi j'ai beaucoup de plaisir à le faire et puis quand je n'arrive plus à le faire, de toute façon moi je fais des pauses, je n'ai aucun problème avec le concept de pause, de Shabbat. Mais quand on est profilé, qu'on est un peu visible, en tout cas pour des personnes qu'on accompagne, c'est une responsabilité en fait. Et puis c'est une responsabilité qui, qu'on le veuille ou non, est un peu double quand on est une femme. Parce qu'on est assez récente dans le métier, on est encore en train de construire un peu ce que c'est que d'être femme, ministre, pasteur dans un corps pastoral qui a été créé, conçu pour et par des hommes. Et donc voilà, il y a des fois un bout d'excès, mais de réflexion éthique autour de ça qui m'étreint. Être un modèle positif [Stéphane] Tu abordes, on a un point qui me touche vraiment. Est-ce qu'on est nous-mêmes des modèles, positifs ou négatifs? Il y en a qui aiment se présenter comme des modèles, comme je l'ai dit plus tôt, regardez-moi, je suis pasteur, je suis bon, je suis beau. Mais je pense, par exemple, à mon fils, qui a maintenant 16 ans, qui me regarde fort probablement comme je regardais mon père. Fort probablement, toi, tu regardais soit ton père, ta mère. Est-ce qu'on est des modèles positifs? Et ce n'est pas nécessairement parfait, mais positif. Est-ce que je suis inspirant pour les gens autour de moi? Par exemple, au travail, est-ce que je mets les priorités aux bonnes places? Est-ce que je passe assez de temps avec ma famille? Moi, je vois des pasteurs qui vont travailler 60-70 heures par semaine. Puis là, je me dis, oui, mais quelle sorte de vie de famille qui reste là-dedans? Est-ce que c'est quelque chose à imiter? Donc, il y a ça aussi. Qu'est-ce qu'on dégage? Comment qu'on interagit avec les autres personnes? Est-ce qu'on peut être des modèles positifs? L'absence de modèles féminins dans la Bible [Joan] C'est compliqué aussi parce qu'on voudrait pouvoir trouver des modèles dans la Bible. Et moi, je suis souvent bloquée aussi parce qu'il n'y a pas beaucoup de modèles féminins dans la Bible sur des questions un peu de leadership spirituel, sur plein de choses. Il y a des femmes qui disent et qui font des choses dans la Bible, mais on ne va pas non plus extrapoler et pousser la comparaison à des endroits qui sont super anachroniques. Il y a Déborah. Mais est-ce que tout le monde a le caractère ou la force d'être Déborah? Conseillère de guerre, juge, elle fait plein de choses, elle est sous son palmier, elle est multi-task cette femme. Elle est mère de famille, elle est merveilleuse. Mais on ne peut vraiment pas toutes être comme Déborah. On peut reconnaître, on peut honorer les Déborah dans nos vies, dans la Bible. Et en même temps, on est obligé de voir que dans la Bible, il y a surtout des personnes qui se trompent, qui trompent Dieu, qui font des choses horribles, qui après sont rétablies quand même. Et donc, c'est complexe de faire avec tout ça et de trouver des ressources au milieu de tout ça et de se dire, comment est-ce que je gère ces ressources-là, sans être littéraliste, sans vouloir absolument faire dire à la Bible ce qu'elle ne dit pas et construire un peu tranquillement et de façon participative, une sorte de leadership chrétien, le truc dont tout le monde parle. C'est la tarte à la crème le leadership chrétien. Il y a même des bouquins là-dessus. Moi je rigole quand je vois qu'il y a des gens qui lisent des bouquins sur le leadership chrétien, je n'arrive même pas à comprendre comment est-ce qu'on structure ça, mais pourquoi pas quoi! Être capable de relativiser son influence [Stéphane] Je me souviens, il a y quelques années, j'avais acheté un livre à une amie pour sa fille, et c'était l'histoire d'Esther. Et sur le coup, elle m'a dit, c'est quoi? Esther a quand même confronté le roi pour sauver son peuple. C'est du courage. Ce n'est pas rien. Je pense qu'il faut savoir parfois presque lire entre les lignes. Ce n'est pas toujours facile. Et parfois aussi, j'aime bien pour rester dans nos bibles, comment certaines personnes sont conscientes de leur influence. Je pense beaucoup à Paul, qui, si on se fie à la bible, est demeuré célibataire. Mais dans la première lettre aux Corinthiens, au chapitre 7, verset 7, il dit : « En réalité, je préférerais que tout le monde soit comme moi, mais chacun le don particulier que Dieu lui a accordé, l'un de ceci, l'autre de ce don-là ». Paul était conscient qu'il y avait de l'influence. Sûrement plusieurs personnes le considéraient comme un modèle à suivre. Mais il était capable de dire : « Ça, ça fonctionne pour moi. Je demeure célibataire. Je ne me marie pas. Mais je suis conscient que pour d'autres personnes, c'est autre chose ». Et j'espère que moi, puis les modèles que je recherche ont cette idée-là, de ne pas sur-simplifier, ne pas généraliser le tout, d'être capable de dire voici mes qualités et voici ce que j'en ai fait avec, mais peut-être que vous avez d'autres qualités et essayez d'utiliser vos qualités pour la bonne raison. Déjà là, moi je trouve ça un peu plus inspirant comme modèle qu'une personne qui nous dit voici la recette, voici comment faire, appliquer A, B, C, D, E, F. Conclusion [Joan] Je trouve ça assez épatant dans un podcast ouvertement progressiste. On termine plus ou moins avec une exégèse sur Paul, ce que Paul peut apporter dans nos réflexions. Merci Stéphane en tout cas pour cette conversation. [Stéphane] Et merci à toutes les personnes qui continuent à nous écouter. On ne fait pas ça nécessairement pour la célébrité, on ne fait pas ça pour les chiffres, mais ça fait toujours chaud au cœur de voir que les gens sont à l'écoute et ça fait toujours chaud au cœur d'avoir des suggestions, des commentaires, des retours de votre part. Vous pouvez le faire à questiondecroire@gamil.com. Je veux remercier rapidement l'Église unie du Canada, notre commanditaire, qui nous permet de continuer cette aventure. Joan, je te souhaite une très belle journée et porte-toi bien. [Joan] Merci Stéphane. Au revoir à tout le monde et à très bientôt.         Mots clés :   modèle, foi, leadership, authenticité, vulnérabilité, religion, inspiration, société, influence, spiritualité     Sujets clés :   L'importance des modèles dans la foi et la société L'impact de l'authenticité et de la vulnérabilité Les dangers de l'idolâtrie et de la recherche de perfection L'influence de figures bibliques comme Deborah L'effet des modèles sur l'estime de soi et la construction identitaire     Points importants :   La recherche de perfection dans les modèles peut conduire à l'idolâtrie. L'authenticité et la vulnérabilité sont des qualités précieuses chez ceux et celles que l'on admire. Les leaders religieux ne sont pas parfaits, ils ont aussi leurs failles. La société valorise souvent les figures mortes ou idéalisées plutôt que les personnes vivantes et authentiques. Il est légitime de chercher des modèles qui ont surmonté des épreuves et qui doutent. L'exemple de Dolly Parton illustre la puissance d'être soi-même malgré les jugements. La recherche de modèles doit être équilibrée entre inspiration et réalisme.     Citations :   « Chercher la perfection qu'on ne peut pas atteindre » « Les figures tutélaires ont du mal à perdre leur aura »     Chapitres : 00:00:00 - Comment bien choisir ses modèles 00:00:51 - La pression liée à un prénom 00:02:42 - Le pasteur comme modèle de la vie chrétienne 00:06:00 - Dolly Parton, un modèle surprenant 00:08:50 - Jésus, un révolutionnaire qui est devenu un modèle 00:10:21 - Marie Durant, un modèle pour les protestants français 00:12:34 - La recherche de modèle parfait 00:14:54 - L'importance des modèles féminins 00:17:58 - Choisir des modèles qui nous arrangent 00:19:51 - Être un modèle pour les autres 00:21:25 - Être un modèle positif 00:22:53 - L'absence de modèles féminins dans la Bible 00:24:37 - Être capable de relativiser son influence 00:26:39 - Conclusion   * Photo de Alexander Lyashkov, unsplsh.com (https://unsplash.com/fr/@coldfield). Utilisée avec permission.       

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

Ep 333 with your host David Montalvo (Yaakov) talks with a special guest named Mark Blount Jr a basketball player and real estate agent Shabbat in Vegashttps://a.co/d/0bPSLQAWShabbat in Chicago on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1952070600?ref_=cm_sw_r_mwn_dp_CFFCV8NZYCYBG2D25D5R_1&fbclid=IwAR2yEfaP95QYXSWsgIYYhppNxQsi6Os8YhEjamOOANSkPN8Beg1XY-zuqqUShabbat In Chicago audiobook:https://youtu.be/Uqi4VKcqwjYShabbat in the Chi (documentary)https://youtu.be/DWIpp4Fa3I0Mark IG: grand_mark Follow us on Snapchat: takeonepassit TikTok: Yaakov28 Follow us on Spotify and google podcast: The Outlet to Reality

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

When Sukkot Doesn't Go as Planned Welcome to Daily Bitachon. We are currently celebrating Sukkos, and it is a very different kind of Sukkos this year due to the heavy rain brought on by a nor'easter. Many people were fortunate enough to get some of their meals in, while very few managed to eat all of them in the sukkah. Most people could not sleep inside, and some even had their sukkahs blown away. So, what should we be feeling right now? What emotion should be in our hearts and minds? Should we feel sad? Should we feel frustrated? Or should we simply tell ourselves, "Well, we just have to be happy because it's Yom Tov— ושמחת בחגך (and you shall rejoice on your festival)" ? What is our attitude truly supposed to be? The Sun, the Sukkah, and the Kick To understand this, we turn to the famous Gemara in Masechet Avodah Zarah (3b). The Gemara describes Hashem judging the nations of the world at the end of days, systematically refuting every argument they present. Finally, Hashem says, "You know what? I will make it easy. I will give you an accessible, inexpensive mitzvah: make a sukkah, and let us see how you do." Everyone goes up to their roofs and builds a sukkah. Hashem then brings out an intensely hot sun, making conditions unbearable. In response, they kick their sukkahs and storm off. The Gemara asks: "Wait a moment— מצטער פטור מן הסוכה (someone who is in distress is exempt from sitting in the sukkah). Why are they faulted?" The Gemara answers: "True, they were exempt, but you do not kick the sukkah on your way out." Kicking signifies anger, irritation, and frustration that things did not go according to plan. That is not the Jewish way. The Jewish approach is: "I walk out with humility. I tried, but my service was not accepted." As the Gemara in Masechet Sukkah teaches, when it rains on Sukkos, it is compared to a servant coming to pour a cup for his master, only for the master to splash the pitcher back in his face. What does the servant feel at that moment? He is humbled: "I wanted to serve my master, but I am unworthy. For reasons known to Him, it was rejected." When you internalize that lesson, you grasp the true essence of Sukkos—humility. You can acquire humility by dwelling in the sukkah, and you can acquire humility by having to leave the sukkah. The objective is to walk away without frustration or resentment, fully humbled, hoping to serve the Master in whichever way He truly desires. Tamar vs. Eishes Potifar: Pure Intentions Under Pressure Rav Wolbe explores this theme through the contrast between Tamar and the wife of Potifar (Eishes Potifar). As Rashi notes, both women acted with what they believed were holy intentions: both foresaw through prophecy or astrology that great lineages would emerge from them. Tamar saw Mashiach ben David, while Eishes Potifar saw Mashiach ben Yosef. Rav Wolbe asks: where, then, lies the difference? The difference emerges when the plan falls apart. Tamar made extraordinary sacrifices. She married Yehudah's first son, and he died. She married the second, and he died. She waited for the third, but was put off. Finally, she devised a discreet, desperate plan: she disguised herself as a harlot so she could bear children through Yehudah himself to build the royal lineage. It worked, and she became pregnant. Yet, after all that effort, just as she was on the verge of fulfilling her holy mission, she was accused of adultery and sentenced to death. She possessed the evidence to clear her name by exposing Yehudah, but she knew that publicly embarrassing someone is forbidden. Rather than forcing her mission through by violating Hashem's will, she remained silent and gave Yehudah the space to step forward on his own. At that critical juncture, she faced an immense test. Human nature would say: "I worked so hard for this holy outcome; I must reveal him to save the mission!" Instead, she recognized that she had reached a boundary. She was willing to perish rather than break the rules, humbly thinking: "I tried my best, it didn't work, and I will submit to Hashem's will." Because her dedication was completely selfless and solely for Hashem's honor, she merited becoming the matriarch of the Davidic dynasty. Eishes Potifar, by contrast, also foresaw that she was destined to bring forth descendants through Yosef who would lead to Mashiach ben Yosef. However, she was unaware of the principle that raising an orphan is considered equivalent to giving birth to them. Seeing no children of her own, she concluded, "It must come through me directly." In reality, that lineage was destined to arrive through her adopted daughter, Asnat bat Potifera. She pursued Yosef relentlessly, but when her plan failed, she did not step back with humility. She grew resentful, became furious that Yosef was thwarting her designs, and threw him into prison. That is the litmus test: how do you react when you are patur (exempted or stopped)? That moment reveals whether you are pursuing Hashem's will or your own agenda. The Meaning of Patur: It Is Not About You Rav Dov Landau shares a moving story about the Chafetz Chaim in his nineties. He was frail and sickly, requiring constant care. One afternoon, his caregivers stepped away and left him unattended so they could catch Mincha. When the Chafetz Chaim found out, he was dismayed: "What are you doing? You are patur! That is not what Hashem wants from you—to abandon a vulnerable person just to say Mincha. Tefillah is not an ego trip; you are halachically exempt right now. Accept that and care for the person, because עוסק במצוה פטור מן המצוה (one engaged in a mitzvah is exempt from another mitzvah)." Rabbi Ades offered the exact same guidance to mothers overwhelmed with raising young children and managing their homes who feel guilty when they miss formal prayer: "You are not falling short. You are immersed in a primary mitzvah, and עוסק במצוה פטור מן המצוה applies to you. This is what Hashem asks of you right now. Accept your mission with joy." The Chazon Ish addresses this directly in Sefer Emunah u'Bitachon : What is the real engine behind our actions? Is it our personal satisfaction, or is it seeing Hashem's will fulfilled? The answer becomes obvious when we are declared patur . He tells the story of a host who loved having guests for Shabbat. Every Friday night, he would eagerly bring home visitors from shul who needed a meal. One week, the coordinator inadvertently assigned his expected guest to someone else. The host walked home empty-handed. His family was crestfallen, asking, "Where is our guest? Why don't we have one tonight?" The man gently reminded them: "A guest is a human being in need, not a prop for our spiritual fulfillment. The person needed a warm meal, and he received one. That is all that matters. It is not about our satisfaction or fanfare." A similar sentiment is found in the story of a prominent sage visiting another sage who was ill. Sensing that the visitor was treating the visit like a mechanical checklist item, the sick sage wryly observed: "Excuse me, but I am not your etrog." When we perform acts of lovingkindness, the recipient is not merely an object for our personal merits; we are there to serve their genuine needs. If the need is met elsewhere or we are prevented from helping, we step back peacefully. This lesson applies broadly. Consider someone who runs a vital charitable initiative. If another organization arises and performs that service more effectively, the original founder should not harbor resentment or cling to a monopoly on kindness. If the need is met, the mission is achieved. It is not about us. Similarly, as individuals age and can no longer carry the responsibilities they once shouldered, they can take comfort in knowing they have fulfilled their part and are now exempt. Reward for Stepping Aside Returning to Sukkos: this is the mindset we must carry when rain disrupts our holiday. We designed our sukkahs, prepared delicious meals, and hoped to dwell in them fully—yet Hashem decreed otherwise. We became patur . Passing the test of performing a mitzvah is essential, but passing the test of letting go when exempted is equally vital. The Gemara tells of Shimon HaAmsoni, who spent years deriving practical laws from every occurrence of the word et ( את ) in the Torah, which generally serves to amplify or include additional applications. For instance, in "Honor your father and your mother" ( כבד את אביך ואת אמך ), the word et includes one's older brother. Eventually, he arrived at Devarim 10:20: " את ה' אלקיך תירא (You shall fear Hashem your God)." He paused. There is no one who can be equated with the reverence owed to the Almighty. Faced with this theological reality, he abandoned his entire life's thesis on the spot. His students asked, "What will become of all your previous teachings?" He replied: "Just as I received reward for the inquiry ( כשם שקיבלתי שכר על הדרישה ), so too I receive reward for stepping back ( כך אני מקבל שכר על הפרישה )." The same principle was applied to the Netziv when the Russian authorities demanded the inclusion of secular studies in the famed Volozhin Yeshiva. Believing it would compromise the integrity of Torah study, he made the agonizing decision to close the yeshiva's doors. He understood that when Hashem closes a path, standing down is the required service. Finally, when Rav Matisyahu Salomon organized the historic gathering on technology at Citi Field, rain was predicted. When asked if he was worried, he answered simply: "I am not doing this for myself; I am doing this for Hashem. If He desires rain, let there be rain." That is the hallmark of true servitude: throwing yourself fully into your responsibilities, yet stepping aside with deep humility the moment Hashem indicates that the plan belongs to Him.

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

Settle into this deep relaxation meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a poem by Betzy Lynch.In the days leading to the New Year,I have been feeling the heat.How it lingered,how it dried the earth,how after enough days of iteven my bones began to feel dry.I found myself longing for somethingto break through the heaviness,to reach those dry placesand breathe life into them again.But this year,the New Year arrived quietly.Rosh Hashanah entered with Shabbat.The gates opened.The work of teshuvah began.And the shofar waited.Perhaps I needed that silencebefore I could truly hear the sound.Because when the shofar finally sounded today,I did not hear only a call.I felt the breath.Breath pushed through a narrow place,an ancient crythat seemed to travel deeperall the way into the marrow.Tekiah.Wake us up.Shevarim.Help us hear what is broken.Teruah.Give us courage not to turn away.May we carry these soundsthrough the days ahead,softening what has hardened,awakening what has grown tired,breathing Divine breath into our dry places.Hadesh yameinu k'kedemmake fresh our days.Not by erasing the year behind us,but by helping us carry its lessons forward.May regret deepen into wisdom,failure open us to humility,and gratitude teach us to noticethe blessings already before us.And perhaps this is how we make roomfor shalom.Not peace that asks us to forgetwhat is broken or unfinished,but peace spacious enough to hold it all.For shalom is not simply another blessing.It is the vessel that holds our blessingsjoy and sorrow,what is whole and what is broken,who we have beenand who we are still becoming.May we cultivate that vessel within ourselves,making room to recognize what is good,to hold what is precious,and to receive the blessingsthat have been there all along.As the echo of the shofar carries ustoward Yom Kippur,may it put new marrow in our dry bonesand new breath within us.May we enter the year aheadnot beginning over,but beginning again.-Betzy Lynch, CEO, Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family CampusContinue your mindfulness journey with Julie - through her writings. Her latest book is, "Gentle Currents: Poems of Pause & Peace", a collection of poems focusing on themes of nature, self-compassion, and tranquility.Her other books include,"SNAP: From Calm to Chaos", and "Life Falls Apart, But You Don't have To: Mindful Methods for Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos". All are available on Amazon.com.Follow Julie on YouTube and Facebook at Mindful Methods for Life.comThis podcast is available on iTunes, iHeart, Blubrry and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Settle into this deep relaxation meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a poem by Betzy Lynch.This version ends with music allowing you to drift off into sleepIn the days leading to the New Year,I have been feeling the heat.How it lingered,how it dried the earth,how after enough days of iteven my bones began to feel dry.I found myself longing for somethingto break through the heaviness,to reach those dry placesand breathe life into them again.But this year,the New Year arrived quietly.Rosh Hashanah entered with Shabbat.The gates opened.The work of teshuvah began.And the shofar waited.Perhaps I needed that silencebefore I could truly hear the sound.Because when the shofar finally sounded today,I did not hear only a call.I felt the breath.Breath pushed through a narrow place,an ancient crythat seemed to travel deeperall the way into the marrow.Tekiah.Wake us up.Shevarim.Help us hear what is broken.Teruah.Give us courage not to turn away.May we carry these soundsthrough the days ahead,softening what has hardened,awakening what has grown tired,breathing Divine breath into our dry places.Hadesh yameinu k'kedemmake fresh our days.Not by erasing the year behind us,but by helping us carry its lessons forward.May regret deepen into wisdom,failure open us to humility,and gratitude teach us to noticethe blessings already before us.And perhaps this is how we make roomfor shalom.Not peace that asks us to forgetwhat is broken or unfinished,but peace spacious enough to hold it all.For shalom is not simply another blessing.It is the vessel that holds our blessingsjoy and sorrow,what is whole and what is broken,who we have beenand who we are still becoming.May we cultivate that vessel within ourselves,making room to recognize what is good,to hold what is precious,and to receive the blessingsthat have been there all along.As the echo of the shofar carries ustoward Yom Kippur,may it put new marrow in our dry bonesand new breath within us.May we enter the year aheadnot beginning over,but beginning again.-Betzy Lynch, CEO, Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family CampusContinue your mindfulness journey with Julie - through her writings. Her latest book is, "Gentle Currents: Poems of Pause & Peace", a collection of poems focusing on themes of nature, self-compassion, and tranquility.Her other books include,"SNAP: From Calm to Chaos", and "Life Falls Apart, But You Don't have To: Mindful Methods for Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos". All are available on Amazon.com.Follow Julie on YouTube and Facebook at Mindful Methods for Life.comThis podcast is available on iTunes, iHeart, Blubrry and everywhere you listen to podcasts.

Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, September 26, 2026 (Youtube/Zoom)

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

-- Opening song - "Let There Be Love" by Noah Aronson; performed by Temple Israel Cantorial Soloist Happie Hoffman Find sermons, music, conversations between clergy and special guests, and select Temple Israel University (TIU) classes – easily accessible to you through our podcast, Torah to the People. Learn more about Temple Israel-Memphis at timemphis.org.

Rabbi-Cantor Hillary Chorny's Sukkot/Shabbat Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, September 26, 2026. (Youtube)

Welcome to Shabbat Unbound, the world's longest Friday night Sabbath service, stretching over eight episodes. Instead of rushing through all the Friday night Shabbat prayers in one sitting, like we might in a classical synagogue environment, we're taking our time diving deep into one prayer each episode through song study and sacred conversation. It's the most original and traditional way to engage in the transition into Shabbat, taking each prayer as its own world with its own Torah to teach us. Miriam Terlinchamp, Lex Rofeberg and an incredible group of musicians invite you to discover what happens when Shabbat slows down. The fourth episode focuses on Lecha Dodi.[1] Source for writing Lecha Dodi. Rabbi Chaim Vital (1543-1620), student of Arizal (Rabbi Isaac Luria, 1534-1572), writes in his Pri Etz Chaim (Sha'ar Shabbat) the Arizal's precise procedure for Kabbalat Shabbat:He would go out into the fields and first recite Psalm 29 (‘Mizmor l'David'). Then he would say bo'i kallah three times, followed by Psalm 92 (‘Mizmor Shir l'Yom haShabbat'). That was it! The Arizal would then return home, and had another set of rituals around the meal table. One of these was to recite the words Zachor v'shamor b'dibbur echad ne'emru, to recall the mitzvah of Shabbat in the Ten Commandments. Recall that in the first passage of the Ten Commandments in the Book of Exodus, God says zachor et yom haShabbat, to “commemorate” the Sabbath day, while in the second passage of the Ten Commandments in the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses recorded it as shamor et yom haShabbat, to “safeguard” the Sabbath day. Our Sages explained that God had said both words simultaneously—the people heard zachor v'shamor b'dibbur echad, to “commemorate” and “safeguard” in a single utterance.[2] Miriam mentions bridal imagery in Lecha Dodi and Sabbath practices in general. Here is a sweet article about mystic love by Sara Crispe in her www.myjewishlearning.com essay, “Love Lessons from Lecha Dodi.” [3] Love this rendition of Lecha Dodi? Great! Check out Batya Levine's other recordings and compositions on her website www.batyalevine.com. Batya's newest album “Yivarechecha” focuses on blessings and is a downright magical compilation of gorgeous and resonant music. [4] If you want to listen to some of the other nearly 1,000 tunes for Lecha Dodi, we have a few special one's highlighted on our website at: www.judaismunbound.com/shabbat5785. There's one set to “All of me” by John Legend, another by “The Jews of Uganda”, a Bretzlover chasidic tune, and more! [5] Want to watch the music video of our version of Lecha Dodi? Great you can find it here.

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

Israel's October 27 national election is right around the corner, but in Israeli political life it's still an eternity. How are Israeli voters evaluating who to vote for? What's the most influential factor: the parties, their platforms, or the personalities behind them? How are votes calculated not only about which party to vote for, but who each party may or may not consider forming a coalition with? Three years after the most devastating attack on Israel how do issues of security and international diplomacy impact the vote? These and many other topics are on the minds of most Israelis, and are the topics of this next part in this series. PLEASE DONATE TO THE GENESIS 123 FOUNDATION AT WWW.GENESIS123.CO For information about and how to register for Root & Branch, please go to www.RootandBranchIsrael.comConnect with the Genesis 123 Foundation at www.Genesis123.co and learn how you can host Shabbat in your community.FB - www.facebook.com/Genesis123Foundation Twitter - @Genesis123FIG - Genesis_123_FoundationFind out how you can be part of Run for Zion and bless Israel with every step at www.RunforZion.com

In this powerful episode of the Jeremy Awakens Podcast, Jeremy sits down in Jerusalem with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen, author, teacher, and leading educator at Aish HaTorah, for a deep conversation on Judaism, spirituality, relationships, and what it actually means to live as a soul in the modern world.Dov Ber shares his unconventional journey from spiritual seeker, world traveler, and psychedelic explorer to becoming an Orthodox rabbi and dedicating his life to Torah and helping others develop a deeper relationship with Hashem.Together, Jeremy and Dov Ber explore what Judaism really teaches about sex and intimacy, psychedelics and altered states, soulmates and marriage, healthy attachment, conversion and the Jewish soul, and the deeper meaning behind everyday Jewish practices like tefillin, tzitzit, Modeh Ani, and Shabbat.They also dive into confidence and self-worth, suppressed emotions, taking responsibility for our healing, emunah during life's most difficult moments, and why Judaism isn't about escaping the physical world, but learning how to make the physical world holy.This conversation goes places Jeremy has never gone on the podcast before, bringing ancient Jewish wisdom into some of the most personal and important questions we face today.Whether you're deeply connected to Judaism, spiritually curious, or simply searching for more meaning in your life, this episode is an invitation to go deeper into who you are, why you're here, and your relationship with God.Learn more about Lev18 Health:https://www.instagram.com/lev18health/

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

A four-year-old boy who can't sit still for circle time used to just be a four-year-old boy. Now it's an evaluation, a diagnosis, a meeting where you nod politely and then cry in the car. That's where this conversation started, and it's the one I've been wanting to have for a long time. I'm a mother of three boys, and Dr. Michael Milobsky said the thing I've felt in my body for years: most of the boys who end up in his office are completely normal. The label is the problem, not the boy. He's a pediatrician of thirty years and a father of seven, and he told me he learned more from raising his own kids than from any of his training. He changed my mind on things I walked in sure about, which I don't say often. We get into why our boys are in crisis and what mislabeling does to a boy by the time he's fourteen. What our daughters actually need to grow up confident, which is not the conversation girl moms are being handed. Why he calls ADHD an operating system and not a disorder. And the one thing a father gives a child that a mother can't, which, to my surprise, is not discipline. It's regulation. Then it turned, the way the best ones do. He told me about the pain he carried in his body for years and refused to look at, until it cost him his leg, and what he found waiting on the other side of finally listening to it. His line for it: losing his leg let him grow wings. I came into this conversation thinking about my children. I left it thinking about myself. This is for the mother who has been told her child has a problem. For the one quietly certain she's doing all of this wrong. For the one who keeps promising she'll get to herself later. Our kids are not broken. A lot of what we're labeling in them is really just what we haven't looked at in ourselves, and you being okay is the single most powerful thing you'll ever give them. This is Dr. Michael Milobsky. New episodes of Not Alone every Wednesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. Follow Dr. Michael: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_michael_milobsky TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr_mikem Your Kids Will Be Fine (podcast): https://www.youtube.com/@Dr_Michael_Milobsky Chicken Soup Concierge Care: https://www.chickensoupdenver.com/ Follow Valeria: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valerialipovetsky TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@valeria.lipovetsky Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/valerialipovetskyblog Shop my look from this episode: https://shopmy.us/collections/7798209 Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/valerialipovetsky What we talked about: 2:06 How I found him, and why I manifested this conversation 2:47 The one parenting book I threw across the room 3:53 Why boys are in trouble right now 4:31 The normal boys getting labeled as a problem 5:10 Boy brains and girl brains are on different timelines 5:34 What actually changed inside the schools 7:00 What boys really need between three and five 8:42 What a label at four does to a boy at fourteen 10:06 Mislabeled boys grow into angry men 10:47 What Denmark gets right about early childhood 11:32 How to make up for it if your kids are past that window 12:04 The five things every kid needs, starting with a third place 13:03 Boredom is a skill now 13:39 Why we stopped letting our kids risk and fail 14:20 Why did we become this way? 14:56 The culture of safetyism, and the phone as an umbilical cord 19:11 Our parents were submarines 20:02 How our own anxiety gets passed straight to our kids 20:48 The demotion, and whether mothers do this more 21:32 The most important skill: learning to apologize to your kids 22:11 When mothers need to step back, starting when they walk 23:19 Why stepping back gets harder as they get older 24:43 The unresolved wounds we parent from 25:22 What's happening with our daughters that nobody's naming 26:49 The girl I was scared to raise 27:13 How a daughter absorbs her mother's emotional weather 27:31 The two modes so many men were raised with 29:10 The unique thing a mother and father each give a daughter 33:00 The five things, and why all roads lead to the phone 34:29 The right age for a smartphone 35:25 Why it has to be collective, not one family on an island 36:46 Shabbat, and the power of a weekly reset 37:00 ADHD is not a disorder, it's an operating system 39:29 Should you get the diagnosis, and the label fear 40:30 The negative story kids write about themselves without one 41:13 Landing on the right professional, not just medication 43:30 The other things that look exactly like ADHD 46:19 Iron, omega-3, and vitamin D 49:11 What raising seven kids taught him that medical school didn't 50:19 Parenting anxiety, and the Lindsay Clancy case 53:41 Where do mothers actually go for help? 54:08 Postpartum depression is neurobiology, not weakness 1:00:36 Why we're the most lost generation, and the village we lost 1:02:22 The night-nurse gift, and building each other a village 1:03:07 What a father gives that a mother can't: regulation 1:04:14 The two crayons in the box: anger or withdrawal 1:06:30 Where modern culture gets fatherhood most wrong 1:07:00 Planting and building: the two jobs of a parent 1:11:58 His own story, and the body that kept score for years 1:14:30 Losing the leg to grow wings 1:16:00 The body keeps score, and getting to yourself before it's too late 1:19:17 What he'd say to a mother listening right now 1:19:30 Rapid fire 1:21:00 What parents aren't saying out loud This episode touches on postpartum depression and maternal mental health. 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What makes a day of the week your favorite? Swimming with Dad? Shabbat dinner? Chinese class? Fútbol with cousins? Grandma Day? What about trash day? In Our Favorite Day of the Week, ordinary routines become extraordinary windows into friendship, family, culture, and the joyful ways children see the world.About This EpisodeIn Episode 208 of the Adventures in Learning podcast, Dr. Diane welcomes author Ashley Franklin and illustrator Rahele Jomepour Bell for their very first conversation together. We celebrate their new picture book, Our Favorite Day of the Week, a warm and joyful follow-up to Our Favorite Day of the Year.Musa and his friends each have a favorite day—not because of a generic calendar rhyme, but because that day holds something meaningful: a family tradition, a beloved person, a community ritual, or a moment that makes a child feel fully seen. As the friends share their stories, young readers are invited to recognize that our routines may be different, but connection, belonging, and joy are things we all understand.Ashley and Rahele take us behind the scenes of their creative process, talk about the importance of honoring children's complex identities, and reflect on the power of picture books to offer both windows into other lives and mirrors in which children can recognize themselves. Our Favorite Day of the Week will be released on September 29, 2026. In This EpisodeWhy Our Favorite Day of the Week belongs on classroom, library, and family bookshelves.How seven children's favorite days become a celebration of family routines, culture, friendship, and community.The creative collaboration behind a picture book, especially when the author and illustrator have not met during the process.How Ashley Franklin approaches layered, authentic child characters and complex identities.How Rahele Jomepour Bell's Persian and Iranian cultural influences, architectural memories, and love of detail shape her visual storytelling.Classroom possibilities: favorite-day graphs, personal narrative writing, family interviews, calendar exploration, and empathy-building community conversations.Sources of hope: children, creativity, and the stories young readers are eager to discover.Chapters00:00 Welcome: A picture book for every classroom bookshelf01:13 Ashley Franklin and Rahele Jomepour Bell meet for the first time01:41 Creating a sequel and finding the story's voice02:41 Seven favorite days, seven joyful perspectives05:10 Classroom connections: identity, graphing, stories, and empathy06:04 Cultural representation and the details that make stories feel true08:47 Windows, mirrors, and everyday joy in picture books10:10 Rahele's artistic inspiration: Persian culture, architecture, and memory12:00 Ashley on complex identities and writing children who feel seen15:31 Finding the path to children's books20:06 What's next: Our Favorite Time of Day and new projects21:12 What is currently bringing Ashley and Rahele hope?Book & Creator LinksFeatured Book: Our Favorite Day of the Week by Ashley Franklin, illustrated by Rahele Jomepour BellMeet the Creators: Ashley Franklin and Rahele Jomepour BellMore Books MentionedNot Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin, illustrated by Ebony GlennOur Favorite Day of the Yearby A. E. Ali, illustrated by Rahele Jomepour BellLast Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian RobinsonWe All Play by Julie FlettYou Matter by Christian RobinsonClassroom ConnectionsAfter reading Our Favorite Day of the Week  invite children to explore the stories and people behind their own favorite days.Favorite-day graph: Ask students to choose their favorite day of the week, graph the results, and notice similarities and differences in the class community.Personal narrative writing: Invite each child to complete the prompt, “My favorite day is _ because _.”Family and community interviews: Encourage children to ask a family member or trusted adult about their favorite day and the tradition, person, food, activity, or memory that makes it special.Calendar and culture study: Explore how calendars, weekly rhythms, faith traditions, family schedules, and community routines can shape our experiences of time.Windows and mirrors discussion: Ask, “Which part of this story felt like a mirror for you? Which part gave you a window into someone else's life?”Support the showShare this episodeIf this conversation sparked wonder, gave you a helpful strategy, or offered a needed reminder of hope, please share it with a friend or colleague.Subscribe • Download • Review • Tell a friendStay updated with our latest episodes and follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and the Adventures in Learning website. Don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! *Disclosure: I am a Bookshop.org. affiliate.

R. Marcus Rubenstein's sermon on parshat Haazinu delivered at Shabbat morning services on September 19th, 2026 at Temple of Aaron.

Facing the Tough Times

On the intermediate Shabbat of Sukkot, we read Kohelet - Ecclesiastes - traditionally attributed to King Solomon and one of the Biblical books scholars call Wisdom Literature. Kohelet can be difficult, provocative, and sometimes unsettling. But again and again, Solomon stops us with remarkably practical wisdom about how to live: appreciate what you have while you have it, don't waste the days you are given, and pay attention to the kind of person you are becoming. Today we look closely at several of those verses. None offers a complicated philosophy. Instead, they remind us of truths about life we probably already know - and somehow keep forgetting. Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship. Rabbi Whitman shares his thoughts and inspirations through online lectures and shiurim, which are available on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5FLcsC6xz5TmkirT1qObkA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adathmichael/ Podcast - Mining the Riches of the Parsha: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mining-the-riches-of-the-parsha/id1479615142?fbclid=IwAR1c6YygRR6pvAKFvEmMGCcs0Y6hpmK8tXzPinbum8drqw2zLIo7c9SR-jc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hWYhCG5GR8zygw4ZNsSmO Please contact Rabbi Whitman (michael@adath.ca) with any questions or feedback, or to receive a daily email, "Study with Rabbi Whitman Today," with current and past insights for that day, video, and audio, all in one short email sent directly to your inbox.

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

"I'm about five years old and I'm so tired. I say, Abba, which is what I call my father, can you carry me? I'm so tired. And I remember him saying, Deanch, I can't carry you, but I'll carry you with my stories."— Dena SchustermanABOUT THIS EPISODEDena Schusterman was about five years old, walking a mile and a half to synagogue on Shabbat, too tired to go another step. She asked her father to carry her. He told her he couldn't — but he'd carry her with his stories, and by the time he finished she was at the synagogue door with no memory of the walk. Forty years later, sitting in a room with two thousand women while someone told one of her father's stories without using his name, she decided those stories needed to be reclaimed. What started as a plan to write her father's memoir became something else entirely, because you cannot write someone else's life. In this conversation, Dena and Mike talk about the oral tradition both of them grew up inside, what happens when a writer traces a coping mechanism back four generations and finds it still running in her own kitchen, why rejection never derailed her, and what it costs to look at the people who came before you with compassion instead of judgment.KEY TAKEAWAYS1. You cannot write somebody else's memoir. Dena set out to write her father's story and discovered fairly quickly that the form wouldn't allow it — a memoir has to be told from inside a life, and the only life she could write from inside of was her own. The book that resulted still holds her father's stories, but the person carrying them is her.2. Writing a memoir will crack you open, and you should expect that. Her husband warned her before she started that it would take her places she hadn't gone. She waved him off. It took her places she hadn't gone. Knowing the punchline of a family story turned out to be very different from asking her parents how they felt about what happened.3. Inherited coping mechanisms don't announce themselves. Dena's grandmother survived the Holocaust in part by trading food for slivers of soap to stay clean. Two generations later, Dena found herself raging at her kids about a messy house and realized she was running a script she'd never consciously received: a clean house is how you stay alive. Naming it was what let her stop.4. Bringing something into the light makes it smaller, not bigger. The energy spent keeping a difficult thing stuffed down is what generates the anxiety around it. Put it on the page and it turns out to be survivable — and, in Dena's experience, one sentence on paper pulls the next one out behind it.5. Start at the end and rewind. Dena's process is to know the ending first and then work backwards asking how she got there. The ending, she points out, is rarely the interesting part. The route is.6. A "smooth path" to publication can still include every rejection. She never found an agent. She got the rejections. She was ready to pay a hybrid publisher until a lawyer told her not to sign, which sent her to Mercer University Press — where her editor had been telling her to go for eight years. She kept a reminder in her pocket that The Queen's Gambit was rejected for thirty-two years, and treated every no as proof she was closer to a yes.7. Compassion for the people who came before you is out of fashion, and worth doing anyway. Dena's read on the moment is that we've gotten very good at being kind to ourselves and very quick to judge our parents and grandparents. Her hope for readers is that they look at their own inherited stories the way she learned to look at hers — not to excuse anything, but because every family story eventually becomes a choice about how you show up.GET THE BOOKStories Carry: We All Carry Them. Some Even Carry Us by Dena Schusterman- Publisher: Mercer University Press- Release date: (to confirm)- ISBN: 979-8897360475- Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Carry-Memoir-Dena-Schusterman/dp/B0H4W37YZV?tag=rettocasgra-20&linkCode=ll2&linkId=2b2e63cfbc88a23cfd4a646441b02601&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl- Buy on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/54587/9798897360475On the episode Dena noted that Amazon was delaying availability, and that the best place to buy right now is the Mercer University Press website, with Barnes & Noble carrying it online as well.Support your local indie bookstore — if it's not on the shelf, ask them to order it.CONNECT WITH DENA- Website: https://www.denaschusterman.com/- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denads/ (@denads)CONNECT WITH YOUR HOSTMike Carlon | Uncorking a Story- Website: https://uncorkingastory.com- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uncorkingastory- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncorkingastory/- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncorkingastory- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uncorkingastory- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/uncorkingastorySubscribe & Leave a Review — It helps more readers and writers find the show!- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uncorking-a-story/id563636205- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5HZiAEtFlhAzk60Z4eAkhYUncorking a Story is produced by Mike Carlon. 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This week, the religious leaders challenge Jesus by asking, “Who gave you the authority to do this?” But Jesus turns the question back on them, exposing something deeper than a disagreement about authority. Peter Walsh and Elizabeth Garnsey ask what happens when the truth is right in front of us, but accepting it would require us to change. Through the Parable of the Two Sons, they explore the disruptive authority of Jesus, the danger of becoming too certain about our religious convictions, and why an honest “I don't know” can sometimes be an act of faith.Questions for ReflectionThemes & ApplicationThe religious leaders challenge Jesus because he does not possess the kind of official authority they recognize, yet the crowds have already recognized his authority to teach and heal. What gives someone spiritual authority? How do we discern the difference between institutional authority and authority that comes from God?The religious leaders did not change their minds even after they saw what was happening. What makes us hold onto a belief, position, or way of doing things even when something challenges it?Peter and Elizabeth describe the religious leaders as caught between their convictions, their status, public opinion, and their desire to defeat Jesus. Where can the desire to win an argument or defend our position keep us from genuinely seeking truth?Personal ReflectionWhen was the last time you genuinely changed your mind about something important? What allowed you to see differently?Peter asks what he needs to “pick up” and what he needs to “put down.” What might you need to put down in order to become more open to God? What might you need to pick up? It's boring until it's personal: Where do you see yourself in this story? Are you the son who initially refuses but changes his mind, the son who says the right thing but doesn't follow through, the religious leaders questioning Jesus, or perhaps someone else?Broader Spiritual ConsiderationsThe parable asks which son actually did the father's will, shifting attention from what each son said to how each ultimately responded. How does this complicate the relationship between belief, words, and action?Peter suggests that the religious leaders are not simply “bad dudes.” Their deeply ingrained religious commitments may actually make it harder for them to recognize God breaking into their world in an unexpected way. Can something good, including religious conviction, become an obstacle when we become unable to question it? Peter suggests that Jesus challenges these leaders so fiercely precisely because they are close to him in their concern for God, Scripture, and righteousness. What if Jesus' harshest challenges are not rejection, but invitations to transformation?References & ResourcesVocabularyAuthority — The chief priests and elders ask Jesus, “By what authority are you doing these things?” The episode explores the difference between the religious leaders' institutional authority and the authority people recognize in Jesus and John the Baptist.Inbreaking — Peter repeatedly describes the Kingdom of God as “breaking in”: God disrupting established patterns and opening up something new. The religious leaders' established religious framework makes it difficult for them to recognize this inbreaking of God.Repentance — Repentance here is worth understanding as more than feeling sorry: it involves a genuine change of mind, direction, and response.Books and AuthorsJames Alison — Elizabeth references Alison's description of the Parable of the Two Sons as one of the easiest parables in the Bible because its basic meaning seems so obvious, even though its challenge is anything but easy for those Jesus confronts. Andrew Marr, OSB — Elizabeth draws on Marr's alternative reading of the two sons as caught up in rivalry with one another, allowing their competition to distract them from their relationship with and responsibility to their father. (Read his blog)Thomas G. Long, Proclaiming the Parables — Peter returns to Long's idea of “nightmare parables,” stories intended to shock us into recognizing something about ourselves and changing course. Peter connects this idea with Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Matthew's imagery of weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Read the book)Organizations & MinistriesCenter for Action and Contemplation — Founded by Richard Rohr, the Center is mentioned as Peter discusses the relationship between contemplation, self-knowledge, and becoming more open to the work of the Spirit. (Learn more)News & Current Events"Jerusalem cafe bows to Haredi protests, will no longer open on Shabbat" — (Read about it)Learn more about St. Mark's at https://www.stmarksnewcanaan.org

It is Yom Kippur, and as Jewish communities celebrate they remain on heightened alert following a series of recent hate-fueled incidents targeting Jews in and around houses of worship and community centers. In recent months, a man allegedly attacked a congregant and security guard during Shabbat services at Manhattan's Central Synagogue, a man was federally charged after allegedly smashing the doors of a synagogue and Jewish Community Center in Albuquerque, and a Jewish center in California was defaced with swastikas and antisemitic graffiti. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Sydney Altfield, CEO of Teach Coalition, a Jewish New Yorker who works directly with Jewish day schools, synagogues and community centers on security planning and advocacy, who talks about the concerns and the measures being taken nationwide to keep them safe during one of the most important periods of religious observance on the Jewish calendar. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

It is Yom Kippur, and as Jewish communities celebrate they remain on heightened alert following a series of recent hate-fueled incidents targeting Jews in and around houses of worship and community centers. In recent months, a man allegedly attacked a congregant and security guard during Shabbat services at Manhattan's Central Synagogue, a man was federally charged after allegedly smashing the doors of a synagogue and Jewish Community Center in Albuquerque, and a Jewish center in California was defaced with swastikas and antisemitic graffiti. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Sydney Altfield, CEO of Teach Coalition, a Jewish New Yorker who works directly with Jewish day schools, synagogues and community centers on security planning and advocacy, who talks about the concerns and the measures being taken nationwide to keep them safe during one of the most important periods of religious observance on the Jewish calendar. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

The holiest day of the year is upon us. The day of Yom Kippur is unmatched and unrivaled by any other. It is a day of elevation. It is a day of purification. It is a day to be cleansed of all of our sins. It is a day to move past all of our trauma. On this day God pledges to forgive us from for all of our sins. But some of us have a hard time connecting with this awesome day. Some of us wish that we can leapfrog this day and move on to the festival of Sukkos. Why do we have such a hard time with this day, and what is there to do about it? In this really superb podcast, we learn about the secrets of this awesome day, and what is actually we need to do so that we merit to partake in its vast, awesome power.– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –DONATE to TORCH: Please consider supporting the podcasts by making a donation to help fund our Jewish outreach and educational efforts at https://www.torchweb.org/support.php. Thank you!– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –Email me with questions, comments, and feedback: rabbiwolbe@gmail.com– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –SUBSCRIBE to my Newsletterrabbiwolbe.com/newsletter– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –SUBSCRIBE to Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe's PodcastsThe Parsha PodcastThe Jewish History PodcastThe Mitzvah Podcast This Jewish LifeThe Ethics PodcastTORAH 101 ★ Support this podcast ★

In this Shabbat Shuva sermon, delivered by Rabbi Yisroel Bernath at Chabad NDG in Montreal, we explore a surprising question: Why are people able to experience happiness even when life is difficult?Looking at Israel's remarkable longevity, strong family culture, and consistently high levels of reported happiness, the answer may have less to do with comfort and more to do with connection, community, meaning, and knowing that you are part of something larger than yourself.Rabbi Bernath connects this idea to the Rebbe's Twelve Pesukim, teachings the Rebbe wanted every Jewish child to carry within them: Torah belongs to you, G-d is present, every person has a mission, loving another Jew matters, success requires effort, and ultimately, your life has a purpose that brings joy to G-d Himself.On the Shabbat before Yom Kippur, the message becomes especially powerful: happiness does not mean having a life without pain, uncertainty, mistakes, or struggle. It means waking up knowing that your life matters, your choices matter, and you are part of G-d's unfolding purpose in this world.Key Points-Happiness is not the absence of problems. A meaningful life can contain struggle and still be deeply joyful.-We need people. Knowing there are people who will show up for us can be more powerful than simply having an easy life.-Family and community create meaning. Sometimes the chaos is worth it because of the moments when we realize we belong to something larger than ourselves.-Judaism is your inheritance. Torah does not belong only to rabbis, scholars, or “more religious” Jews. It belongs to every Jew.-There are no shortcuts to growth. Real achievement requires effort, persistence, and showing up again.-Your life has a mission. Judaism teaches that we are here to transform ourselves, our homes, and our world into a dwelling place for G-d.-That may be the deepest definition of happiness: knowing that your existence is not accidental and that what you do with your life matters.Send us Fan MailThe School for Sensitive SoulsDo you feel everything deeply? Absorb other people's emotions? Overthink conversations long after they're over? Struggle with boundaries, burnout, or feeling like you're simply “too much”? .Course begins October 15th.Learn more and register hereSupport the showGot your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.com or http://www.theloverabbi.comSingle? You can make a profile on www.JMontreal.com and Rabbi Bernath will help you find that special someone.Donate and support Rabbi Bernath's work http://www.jewishndg.com/donateFollow Rabbi Bernath's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ybernathAccess Rabbi Bernath's Articles on Relationships https://medium.com/@loverabbi

Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, September 19, 2026. (Youtube/Zoom)

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

You can download the notes here:https://esm.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/09.12.-26-Congregational-Notes.pdf___________________________________Website: esm.usPastor Mark BiltzMission Statement: (https://esm.us/about/)El Shaddai Ministries exists to take Torah to the nations by restoring the Biblical and historical perspectives that have been lost over the last 2000 years, uncovering replacement theology, and healing our Christian-Jewish relationships.Statement of Beliefs:https://tinyurl.com/4ks6eznu

How does G-d establish His faithfulness? What does G-d's holiness mean? Join Rabbi Kevin Solomon of Congregation Beth Hallel as he combines worship and teaching on the Days of Awe to recognize both G-d's heart for Israel and the weight of His holiness. Let us focus on the vastness of G-d's omnipotence and truthfulness during these holidays while also embracing the depth of His love and mercy for us. Be blessed this Shabbat!Romans 12.1; Nehemiah 9.5-6; Isaiah 62.1; Isaiah 62.6-7; Revelation 4.8; Psalm 99.5; Psalm 3.2-4; Psalm 3.8; Psalm 23.4; Acts 2.1-4Prayer Requests or send an email to info@bethhallel.orgCBH WebsiteDonateYouTube Channel

Join us tonight for worship, fellowship, and the Word! It's the Shabbat of Return, and a time of repentance, reflection, and forgiveness. Pastor Larry teaches and shares communion on this special Shabbat. To learn more about Larry Huch Ministries, visit us at www.larryhuchministries.com.

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

Hadran Ceremony Text

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

Yom Kippur is a day of atonement and expiation. On this auspicious day, the Almighty forgives us for all our transgressions and we become purified before God. But the purification of Yom Kippur is limited to sins between man and God. For interpersonal transgressions, there is no atonement unless the aggressor appeases and secures forgiveness from the aggrieved. In this sweeping episode we discuss the nature of interpersonal transgressions and the tremendous sensitivity and delicateness required to not cause another person pain or loss; we scour the process of how to gain atonement for interpersonal transgressions; and we talk about the importance and the challenge of forgiving others who have wronged us.– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –DONATE to TORCH: Please consider supporting the podcasts by making a donation to help fund our Jewish outreach and educational efforts at https://www.torchweb.org/support.php. Thank you!– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –Email me with questions, comments, and feedback: rabbiwolbe@gmail.com– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –SUBSCRIBE to my Newsletterrabbiwolbe.com/newsletter– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –SUBSCRIBE to Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe's PodcastsThe Parsha PodcastThe Jewish History PodcastThe Mitzvah Podcast This Jewish LifeThe Ethics PodcastTORAH 101 ★ Support this podcast ★

The last day of Moshe's reign, coincided with the first day of Joshua's reign. For one day, Moshe and Joshua led the nation together as co-heads. On that day, Moshe and Joshua together conveyed the exquisite, comprehensive sound of Haazinu. A song that spans everything: the past, the present, the future, this world, the world to come. A song that encapsulates all of Torah, a song that foretells all future events. Not all stanzas though scream joy. Not all of what we read does not evoke ecstasy. Not all of what we read inspires us to dance. We read about the nation going astray - Jeshurun growing fat and corpulent and rebelled against God. We read about the disastrous consequences of what happens to us when God turns away from us. We read a frightening and chilling account of the condition of our people in exile. In this interesting Parsha podcast, we learn about Joshua's first day on the job, and the secret of the Song of Haazinu.– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –This Parsha Podcast is dedicated by our friend Hadassah Benny in loving memory and leilui nishmas her mother Lila Bat Lachmin whose yahrzeit falls out on the 6th of Tishrei, the day that this podcast is being released. May her soul be elevated in Heaven.– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –DONATE to TORCH: Please consider supporting the podcasts by making a donation to help fund our Jewish outreach and educational efforts at https://www.torchweb.org/support.php. Thank you!– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –Email me with questions, comments, and feedback: rabbiwolbe@gmail.com– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –SUBSCRIBE to my Newsletterrabbiwolbe.com/newsletter– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –SUBSCRIBE to Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe's PodcastsThe Parsha PodcastThe Jewish History PodcastThe Mitzvah Podcast This Jewish LifeThe Ethics PodcastTORAH 101 ★ Support this podcast ★

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Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.

Welcome to Daily Bread for Busy Moms, a daily Bible reading podcast from Israel. Each day, we journey through the Scriptures together by following the weekly Torah portion one section at a time, along with readings from the Prophets, Writings, and Apostolic Scriptures. In just one year, you'll read through the Bible while following the biblical calendar and feast cycle. As we approach the beginning of a new reading year on Simchat Torah, we're excited to announce that the brand-new Daily Bread Journal is now available! Every year, a completely new journal is created for the upcoming reading cycle, and this year's journal will guide us through the Scriptures beginning October 4. The Daily Bread podcast follows the journal's unique reading plan, making the journal the perfect companion for your daily Bible reading journey. If you've been listening along and would like a place to record prayers, take notes, and follow the readings throughout the year, now is the perfect time to reserve your copy.