This Jewish Life - By Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
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Rabbi Yaakov Wolbes Torah Lectures
Episodes
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Reflections of Genesis Part 3: Jacob
30/04/2015 Duration: 01h04min*TORCH Breakneck through the Bible, BJC Houston 4/28/2015
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The Ugliest Guy Ever
30/04/2015 Duration: 01h16minTalmud Taanis 20: A Person should always be soft like a reed and not stiff like a cedar. There was a story with Rabbi Eliezer the son of Rabbi Shimon who was coming from Migdal Gedor from the house of his Rabbi, and he was riding on a donkey and traveling on the edge of […]
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Yom HaAtzmaut Special: How Israel Unites Jews of all kinds
30/04/2015 Duration: 01h14minPatterns in Jewish History, like cliches, repeat themselves. We are told that disunity, discord and disassociation brought down the Second Commonwealth of Israel nearly 2000 years ago. Implied is that unity will be the quality that is necessary to reestablish Jewish sovereignty and stability in Israel. The story of Zionism is one of disparate Jews […]
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Purity, Spiritual Contamination and Leprosy: Understanding Tazria and Metzora
30/04/2015 Duration: 01h07min*Congregation Beth Yeshurun 4/23/2015
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The Afterlife in Jewish Thought, Tradition and Literature
30/04/2015 Duration: 01h54minWe find many references scattered throughout Jewish writings regarding Olam Haba, the next world. What exactly this place is, why we ought to strive to get there and how we go about achieving that goal are matters of immense intrigue and importance. This discussion centers around one of the more peculiar and mysterious Talmudic statements regarding Olam […]
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Why, Pray Tell? The Centrality of Prayer in Jewish Practice and Harnessing it’s Unlimited Power
27/04/2015 Duration: 01h52minMoses prayed 515 times to God that He rescind His decree of banning Moses from entering Israel. After this relentless prayer assault Moses ceased praying. Why would Moses stop after 515 and not continue and what does that teach us about the effectiveness of prayer? *Shalom Cypress, April 15, 2015
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The Golden Calf: A Scriptural Analysis
27/04/2015 Duration: 01h31minThe Jewish attitude to Torah study has always been to not accept the words on a simplistic and superficial level. We view the text of the Torah as having infinite depth and subtle nuances and meanings. In this class we will attempt to dissect and unravel perhaps the most challenging episodes in the Torah: the […]
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Reflections of Genesis: How the Forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Built the Spiritual Profile of Our Nation
15/04/2015 Duration: 01h04minThe narratives of Genesis mustn’t be read and understood as important stories or historical context; The Torah in it’s entirety is instructive. The manner in which the Forefathers are presented in the Torah and the content of those narratives and dialogues are reflective of the lessons that they exemplified and perfected that the Torah wants us […]
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Jewish Life Cycles: From Pre-Conception to Post-Mortem and Beyond
15/04/2015 Duration: 01h27minWhat is foretold about man even before conception, and what is significant about that? The Talmud declares that a child studies the entire Torah in utero and as it enters the world an angel strikes it’s mouth and the child forgets it all. What can this possibly mean? What is the nature of the oath administered to […]
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How to get your Prayers Answered: An Exposition on the Philosophical and Practical aspects of Prayer and Liturgy
14/04/2015 Duration: 01h35minJews are obligated to pray to the Almighty 3 times daily and prayer is named by the Mishna as one of the three pillars that uphold the world. Yet the very principle of prayer is somewhat troubling. For example, when someone is sick the Jewish response is to beseech to God to provide a healing […]
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The 13 Core Beliefs of Judaism
14/04/2015 Duration: 01h18minJewish Philosophy enumerates 13 principle beliefs that all Jews must believe in order to be a Jew. BBM – 2015
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The Four Kinds and how Chessed (Kindness) is the Premier Catalyst for Greatness
30/03/2015 Duration: 01h50minThe trait of Kindness is the recipe for happy and harmonious marriages, the key to great leadership and the principal principle of a man of faith. All these are contingent on Kindness. Find out why.
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The History Of Jewish Central Authority and the Sacred Mission to Transmit the Torah
30/03/2015 Duration: 01h34minThe tool used by the Jewish people to fulfill their vital mission of Tikkun Olam is the Almighty’s holy Torah. The Torah alone enables us to be successful at the responsibility that only we can and must achieve. This is why preserving and accurately transmitting the Torah is of such paramount importance. If the Jews lose the […]
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The Jewish Mission to Fix the World
30/03/2015 Duration: 01h30minAbraham’s greatest contribution was his realization of the existence of the Almighty via the faculties of his own intellect and his commitment to disseminating this God Principle to the masses. Abraham chose God and God in turn chose Abraham to be the progenitor of the people that will collectively complete the sacred mission that Abraham began. […]
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What is the Soul and How do we Harness it’s Supernatural Powers?
23/03/2015 Duration: 01h22minJudaism teaches that man is comprised of half body half soul. Our souls are like stars and our body’s earth. We are partially angel and partially beast. Our soul is compared to the Almighty Himself and has unlimited power to propel us to greatness. Will we capitalize on the vast potential or will we falter when […]
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How is this Religion different from all other Religions: How Judaism is an Evidence-based Faith
23/03/2015 Duration: 01h45minThe Talmud declares that someone who rejects the legitimacy of the Written Torah as being written by Moses as per the dictation of the Almighty has no portion in the World to Come. If someone accepts the Torah at large but argues that a single verse is not Divine – they have no portion in the […]
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Nation of the Book: The 17 Reasons why Jews Study Torah
09/03/2015 Duration: 01h47minThis presentation was originally entitled: “The Ten Reasons Why Jews Study Torah”, but further research discovered more. The Torah has been the portable homeland of the Jewish people. Torah study has always been our national pastime. Why are we so obsessed with Torah study?
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Kosher 101: BJC Edition
09/03/2015 Duration: 52minThe what, why and how of kosher in the modern era.
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A deeper look into the meaning behind many mitzvahs and profound insights in the mitzvah of tefilin
09/03/2015 Duration: 36minTefilin are two black leather boxes containing scrolls of sections of the Torah worn by Jews every day. What are some of the meanings behind this intriguing mitzvah, and how do these ideas dovetail with patterns of the totality of all 613 mitzvahs at large.