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| 07 Oct 2016 | #1: Who Wrote the Torah | 00:49:16 | |
The authorship of the Torah is a highly consequential matter to clarify. If it is – as Jews have traditionally believed – the word of God, then it holds eternal absolute value for all. If it is not the word of God then it is no different than any other ancient document. What are the positions […] | |||
| 16 Oct 2016 | #2: The Fallacy of the Bible Critics | 00:45:12 | |
We continue our dissection of the various options regarding the authorship of the Torah. ——- This podcast was recorded live at the TORCH Centre in Houston, TX. Please visit torcweb.org for program details and to make a donation. If you enjoy this podcast please subscribe and check out my other podcasts: This Jewish Life – long form […] | |||
| 30 Oct 2016 | #3: Implications of the Authorship of the Torah | 00:46:28 | |
Why it matters who wrote the Torah. ——- This podcast was recorded live at the TORCH Centre in Houston, TX. Please visit torcweb.org for program details and to make a donation. If you enjoy this podcast please subscribe and check out my other podcasts: This Jewish Life – long form deep dives into critical Torah topics and The […] | |||
| 02 Nov 2016 | #4: The Cognitive Dissonance to the Veracity of the Torah and why Sinai Denial is on Shakier Intellectual Grounds than Holocaust Denial | 00:44:15 | |
We face internal resistance to the notion of a God-given Torah because that can create a divide between our beliefs and behaviors. How do we respond to the tumult caused by this revelation? ——- This podcast was recorded live at the TORCH Centre in Houston, TX. Please visit torcweb.org for program details and to make a […] | |||
| 22 Nov 2016 | #5: An Unprecedented Eternal Nation | 00:45:10 | |
We explore some predictions in the Torah that have come true and ponder how a human author could have known the future. ——– This podcast was recorded live at the TORCH Centre in Houston, TX. Please visit torchweb.org for program details and to make a donation. If you enjoy this podcast please subscribe and check out my […] | |||
| 30 Nov 2016 | #6: Incontrovertible Evidence to the Divinity of the Torah | 00:38:36 | |
We explore the intricate interrelationship between written and oral Torah and determine that the creation of such a labyrinthine tapestry is beyond the capacity to man. ——– This podcast was recorded live at the TORCH Centre in Houston, TX. Please visit torchweb.org for program details and to make a donation. If you enjoy this podcast please subscribe […] | |||
| 08 Dec 2016 | #7: Introduction to Oral Torah | 00:48:16 | |
What are the four components of Oral Torah? What are the four elements of the Oral Torah that are not sourced in the Written Torah? What are some of the classical pieces of evidence proving the existence of the Oral Torah? This is the place to begin if you want to understand Oral Torah. —— […] | |||
| 15 Dec 2016 | #8: Why Moses Didn’t Simply Write Down the Oral Torah? | 00:52:12 | |
For nearly a millennia and a half, the entire corpus of Oral Torah was transmitted orally from generation to generation; parents to their children and teachers to their students. Moreover, a fierce prohibition was established to prevent its writing and codification in a finalized canonized format. What are the benefits for maintaining it in that […] | |||
| 22 Dec 2016 | #9: Clear and Convincing Evidence to the Error-Free Transmission of the Oral Torah | 00:58:16 | |
The integrity of Jewish law, and by extension the dream of a great Jewish destiny, hinged upon the accurate transmission of an enormous body of law orally for 1400 years. Indeed, a fundamental principle of Jewish faith is that the same Torah given to Moses has been passed down to us mistake-free. How is the transmission of […] | |||
| 28 Dec 2016 | #10: Codifying the Oral Torah | 00:54:17 | |
At the end of the second century of the common era a fateful decision was made to commit the Jewish Law, known as Mishna, to writing. What prompted this dramatic change? What are the unique methodologies employed in this project? Contact: Website: RabbiWolbe.com; Twitter: @RabbiWolbe; Facebook: Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe; Email: rabbiwolbe@gmail.com. | |||
| 04 Jan 2017 | #11: Lost in Transmission: What Happens When Errors Occur in Oral Torah | 01:06:45 | |
The Jewish nation is entrusted with the task of preserving and perpetuating the Torah mistake-free. We have previously seen the vast ordinances in place to prevent errors. Yet humans are fallible and mistakes happen. What happens if/when things go awry? Contact: Website: RabbiWolbe.com; Twitter: @RabbiWolbe; Facebook: Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe; Email: rabbiwolbe@gmail.com. Podcasts Links iOS: This Jewish […] | |||
| 14 Mar 2019 | #12: The Thirteen Principles of Jewish Faith: God as Creator and Sustainer | 00:58:08 | |
The clearest, most universally accepted articulation of the Principles of Jewish Belief are the Rambam’s Thirteen Principles of Faith. This list of Thirteen Principles were codified in his commentary on Mishnah in the introduction to Chapter 10 of the book of Sanhedrin; they were also added into Jewish Liturgy in the Ani Maamin and Yigdal […] | |||
| 08 Apr 2019 | #13: Does God’s Creation of the Universe Conflict with the Principle of God’s Perfection? | 00:51:32 | |
This podcast attempts to reconcile a knotty philosophical dilemma: The First Principle of the Thirteen Principles of Faith teaches us that God, Creator of heaven and earth, is Omniscient, Omnipresent, and Perfect. If God is Perfect and lacks nothing, then why did He create the universe? Intellect only acts when seeking a certain outcome. There […] | |||
| 22 Apr 2019 | #14: Faith vs. Emunah: Understanding the Difference between Intellectual and Instinctual Belief in God | 00:55:45 | |
The Thirteen Principles of Faith are the foundations of our religion. Just as the foundation of a structure is indispensable for ensuring the integrity of the building; these principles are necessary prerequisites for Jewish faith. But just as is the case in a building, the foundations are in the background – no one resides in […] | |||
| 06 May 2019 | #15: The Singularity of God | 00:53:33 | |
The Second Principle of Jewish Faith declares that God is One. But not like one of a pair; and not like one of a group; and not like one person that can be divided into many [smaller] units; and not like a thing which is numerically one but can be infinitely divided, rather He – God, may […] | |||
| 20 May 2019 | #16: How can Humans have Free Will if God is in Total Control? | 00:58:00 | |
In the previous podcast we discussed the Second Principle of the Thirteen Principles of Faith, that God is the sole Singular Power. How can that precept be reconciled with another pillar of Jewish faith – that man is in control of his own destiny and choices via his free will. Is man in charge or […] | |||
| 03 Jun 2019 | #17: Why Bad Things Happen to Good People: An Introduction to Jewish Theodicy | 01:00:57 | |
Our nation is no stranger to suffering. Jewish history is a litany of pogroms, holocausts, expulsions, blood libels, and all manners of persecution and oppression. We believe that the Almighty is in full control of everything that transpires in the world. Nothing can happen against His Will. We also believe that the Almighty is good, […] | |||
| 17 Jun 2019 | #18: Why Bad Things Happen to Good People: Three Torah Perspectives on this Vexing Problem | 00:55:35 | |
The question of theodicy is one that all people of faith grapple with. The Talmud records multiple conversations between Moses and the Almighty on this subject, and even the ministering angels, and Adam before his Sin weighed in on it. It is a very difficult subject to understand, and doubly hard to find answers that […] | |||
| 08 Jul 2019 | #19: The Incorporeality of God | 00:44:25 | |
The Third Principle of the Thirteen Principles of Jewish Faith states that God is incorporeal: He has no body, nor does He behave in a bodily way, and all indications in Scripture and other Torah literature to the contrary must be understood as analogies and metaphors. – – – – – – – – – […] | |||
| 29 Jul 2019 | #20: Creation Ex Nihilo and the Age of the Universe Question | 00:54:41 | |
In the Fourth of the Thirteen Principles of Faith, Rambam codifies the distinction between God and everything else and the manner through which God effectuated Creation Ex Nihilo. In doing so, Rambam departs from the positions of Plato and Aristotle and explains the critical flaw in their thinking that made them incapable of distinguishing between […] | |||
| 16 Sep 2019 | #21: Torah and Science: Can they be Reconciled? | 00:57:33 | |
There are many areas where Torah and the consensus of modern scientists seem to irreconcilably differ. The Torah indicates that the first man, Adam, lived around 6,000 years ago, and the universe is roughly that age. The consensus of the scientists is that the universe is multiple billions of years old. Can that gulf be […] | |||
| 06 Oct 2019 | #22: God Alone is Worthy of Worship | 00:59:33 | |
In the fifth of the Thirteen Principles of Faith, Rambam codifies that God alone is worthy of our worship and that we ought not worship anything else, nor worship God via intermediaries. What is the general concept of worshipping God and why it is such a central pillar of our religion that it merits a […] | |||
| 30 Oct 2019 | #23: The Parameters of Divine Providence | 01:00:01 | |
A central tenet of Jewish theology is that the same Creator who created the Heavens and the Earth also supervises His creation on an ongoing basis. Moreover, that supervision, that oversight is personal and down to the most minute detail. As such, it would seem that everything that happens to us is the product of […] | |||
| 25 Nov 2019 | #24: Prophecy: An Introduction | 00:48:45 | |
Rambam’s Thirteen Principles of Faith can be divided into three general concepts: God, Torah, and Reward and Punishment. The first five principles oriented around the Jewish understanding of God. The four Principles from six through nine revolve around Torah. The first of those Principles in the concept of prophecy in general. In this podcast, we […] | |||
| 09 Dec 2019 | #25: The History of Prophecy + FREE TORCH Gift | 01:14:12 | |
In this sweeping retrospective of prophecy from Adam until the extinction of prophecy at the onset of the Second Temple Era, we address many fundamental questions: What is the critical difference between the prophecy of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all other prophets? How did an entire nation merit prophecy at Sinai? How did a wicked man […] | |||
| 31 Dec 2019 | #26: Moses: The Greatest Man | 00:56:37 | |
The Seventh Principle of Faith orients around the greatest man and the greatest prophet of them all, Moses. Moses towered above all members of the human species, and indeed over angels too. As a result of his supreme stature, Moses became the sole prophet who could bridge the two words and convey Torah to humanity. […] | |||
| 21 Jan 2020 | #27: Mosaic Prophecy | 00:44:08 | |
The prophecy of Moses differs from all other prophecies. In fact, Rambam tells us that they are only nominally similar – in truth, they are two totally different experiences. When we break down the subject we find that the differences fall into several categories: Mosaic prophecy contains a different level of understanding than all other prophecies; […] | |||
| 04 Feb 2020 | #28: The Divine Torah: An Expanded Definition | 00:55:06 | |
The Eighth Principle, that the Torah is Divine, is the central principle upon which all the Thirteen Principles lean. Our entire religion hinges upon the fact that the Almighty gave us His Torah. But what exactly does that mean? In this podcast we discover that the Eighth Principle is much deeper than a question of […] | |||
| 03 Mar 2020 | #29: The Comprehensiveness of Torah | 00:59:24 | |
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| 06 May 2020 | #30: What is Oral Torah? | 00:41:24 | |
When Rambam lays out the Eighth Principle of his Thirteen Principles of Faith, that the Torah is divine, he includes believing in not only the Written Torah but also the Oral Torah as a necessary belief for Jews. But what exactly is Oral Torah? What is the relationship between the Written and Oral Torahs? In […] | |||
| 13 Jul 2020 | #31: Innovation and Dynamism in Oral Torah | 00:40:21 | |
In the narrow sense, Oral Torah refers to the interpretation and understanding of the Written Torah. The Written Torah is written cryptically, and the Oral Torah demystifies and explains it. But the truth is that Oral Torah includes much more than that. Oral Torah includes all of Torah that is not included in the Written […] | |||
| 20 Jul 2020 | #32: From Moses to the Men of the Great Assembly: Development, Systematization, and Perpetuation of Torah | 00:37:16 | |
Although the process to formally codify the Oral Torah did not begin for more than 1500 years after Sinai, there were many advancements in organizing and systematizing Oral Torah that began in earnest soon after Moses’ passing. In this special edition of the TORAH 101 podcast, we discuss the various developments in Oral Torah from […] | |||
| 27 Jul 2020 | #33: Torah in the Second Temple Era | 00:48:15 | |
The Second Temple Era was an eventful time for the Jewish People and the perpetuation of Torah. Over the course of the Second Commonwealth our nation was blessed with great legends, such as Ezra, Shimon Ben Shetach, and Hillel, but the Nation faced unprecedented tests too: We were forced to contend with hostile foreign nations; […] | |||
| 03 Aug 2020 | #34: Torah Under Siege: The Grounds for Codification of Oral Torah | 00:54:19 | |
The final century of the Second Temple and the one that followed its destruction were pivotal ones of Jewish history. It was an era replete with absolute Torah giants – Hillel the Elder, Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakkai, Rabban Gamliel of Yavneh and his colleagues, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Akiva and his students, among […] | |||
| 09 Sep 2020 | Thanks a Million! | 00:32:31 | |
Of all the episodes that I have recorded over the years, this will be perhaps the most unique one. For one, it will be released simultaneously on all 6 channels that I am fortunate enough to host: The Parsha Podcast, The Jewish History Podcast, The Mitzvah Podcast , This Jewish Life, The Ethics Podcast, and […] | |||
| 10 Sep 2020 | #35: What is Mishnah? | 00:37:29 | |
For 1500 years, Oral Torah was just that: Oral. It was not committed to canonized writing. Circa 200 CE, that changed. Under the leadership of Rabbi Judah the Prince, the Nasi of the Sanhedrin, and the greatest Sage of his day, the laws of Oral Torah were codified and canonized in a series of 63 […] | |||
| 09 Nov 2020 | #36: What is Talmud? | 00:57:17 | |
The Talmud, or how it is often called, “Gemara”, is an ancient set of books written as commentary and elaboration of Mishnah. Despite being 1500 years old, the Talmud is still studied today by millions of people worldwide. In this podcast we get educated in what exactly the Talmud is? Why are there two versions […] | |||
| 23 Nov 2020 | #37: What is Aggadah? | 00:54:48 | |
The Talmud is comprised of two general formats: The Halachic portions (known in Talmudic parlance as, “shemaytza“), and the non-Halachic portions which are called “Aggadah”, or “Aggadata” or “Hagada”. These two parts of the Talmud cannot be more different: whereas in the Halachic portions the objective of the authors was to reveal their true meaning, in […] | |||
| 30 Nov 2020 | #38: What is Halacha? | 00:57:28 | |
With all the development and codification of Oral Torah that went into the Talmud, one areas was still incomplete: Halacha. Halacha refers to the practical application of Torah law, and despite the tremendous efforts invested in the Talmud in clarifying all the Torah laws, only an accomplished scholar would be able to extract the practical […] | |||
| 11 Jan 2021 | #39: What is Kabbalah? | 00:59:17 | |
Kabbalah, the hidden, mystical parts of the Torah, is arguably the most misunderstood area of Torah. It is a subject rife with misconceptions and misinterpretations; it is also a subject that is bursting with charlatans seeking to take advantage of the gullible masses. In this sweeping episode, we try to understand what, exactly, Kabbalah is, […] | |||
| 08 Feb 2021 | #40: The Case for the Divinity of Torah | 00:54:21 | |
The most important question we must ask is, “who wrote the Torah?” The consequences of this question are vast: If the Torah is divine, then its laws are obligatory and immutable; if the Torah is a hoax, then studying it and obeying its laws are ultimately a waste of time. If the Torah is legit, […] | |||
| 02 Mar 2021 | #41: Immanent Proofs for the Divinity of the Torah + TORCH Fundraiser | 01:14:01 | |
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| 04 Mar 2021 | TORCH Fundraiser: A Conversation with our Board President, Dan Kullman | 00:24:30 | |
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| 19 Apr 2021 | #42: Torah Study: Our National Pastime | 00:55:04 | |
For the Jewish people. Torah is not just a corpus of law, of an accounting of our past, or even the ancient heritage of our people. Torah and an obsession with Torah study have been the defining characteristics of our nation since its inception. Torah is what we stand for; it’s what we do; it’s […] | |||
| 11 May 2021 | #43: Torah Fusion | 01:02:10 | |
Torah study in not just another discipline; it’s a relationship. Our Sages compare the relationship of the Jew to Torah as that of a husband and wife. It’s deep, intimate, and special. Just as husband and wife can unite to create something new, the objective of Torah study is to transform the person and create […] | |||
| 24 May 2021 | #44: Torah Study: The Soul’s Panacea | 01:06:54 | |
Why is our nation so obsessed with Torah? Why do we make such an emphasis on it? What benefits do we as individuals and does society at large accrue with Torah study? In this sweeping episode we explore this fundamental question. We begin with the big picture by outlining some of the critical benefits that […] | |||
| 14 Jun 2021 | #45: The Immutability of Torah | 00:52:35 | |
In Principle #8 of the 13 Principles of faith, we learned that the Torah is divine. In our exploration of that Principle, we probed many aspects of the idea of the Divinity of Torah, ranging from the history of Torah, to the components of Torah, to Oral Torah, to Rabbinic law, and culminating with the […] | |||
| 18 Oct 2021 | #46: Divine Omniscience | 01:03:44 | |
The Tenth Principle of the Thirteen Principles of Faith states that God is aware of the actions of mankind and acts accordingly. This kickstarts the third section of the Principles which broadly deal with reward and punishment. Divine reward and punishment is only feasible if the Almighty has complete knowledge of all the behavior and […] | |||
| 25 Oct 2021 | #47: Frameworks for Human Situations, Sufferings, and Successes | 00:43:05 | |
Why are some people rich and others poor? Why do some people have a pleasant life, while others live in grinding, miserable, poverty and privation? Why is there so much inequality in the world? These questions are hard to answer. Rambam tells us that there is a certain kind of heretics that concludes from the […] | |||
| 01 Nov 2021 | #48: How Pedigree and Past Lives Determine Circumstances | 00:50:09 | |
How exactly does the Almighty determine what are the circumstances that people are placed in in this world? That is an impossible question for humans to answer with exactitude. Unless the Almighty reveals the answer via one of His prophets, we are in the dark. Nevertheless, our Sages outlines for us a bevy of frameworks […] | |||
| 03 Jan 2022 | #49: Free Will and Divine Foreknowledge | 01:08:42 | |
We hold two beliefs that seem to be mutually exclusive. The 10th principle of the 13 principles of faith declares that God knows everything – including the thoughts, deeds, and speech of people – even before it happens. There is nothing that is hidden from Him. We also believe in free will. The principle of […] | |||
| 31 Jan 2022 | #50: Divine Reward and Punishment: A General Introduction | 00:39:21 | |
The 11th of the 13 principles of Faith states that God dispenses reward to those who obey His will and punishes those who violate it. What is the nature of this reward and punishment is a vast and complex subject that we will yet navigate, with the help of the Almighty. In this podcast we […] | |||
| 07 Feb 2022 | #51: How God Dispenses Divine Reward and Punishment | 00:48:09 | |
In our previous episode we established the basic principle that God dispenses reward to those who hearken to Him, and metes out punishment to those who disobey Him. In this episode we get down to specifics: What is the nature of the Divine system of reward and punishment? How is God’s methods of reward and […] | |||
| 14 Feb 2022 | #52: What Happens After You Die: An Eschatological Timeline | 01:07:39 | |
The question of what happens after we die is simultaneously fascinating and terrifying. Death is a future that we all share, and we are all curious about what it will be like, but thinking about it is scary and unsettling. In our exploration of the 13 principles of faith, we are up to the concept […] | |||
| 17 Feb 2022 | Special: An Interview About My New Book, Upon A Ten-Stringed Harp | 00:36:28 | |
In conjunction with our annual fundraiser this week at giveTORCH.org (every donation is tripled), we are releasing a special interview conducted by the TORCH Board President, Dan Kullman, about my new book, Upon A Ten-Stringed Harp. Please consider contributing to our annual fundraiser at giveTORCH.org. | |||
| 07 Mar 2022 | #53: The Anatomy of the Soul | 01:05:17 | |
The human Soul is the most ethereal of God’s creations. Our Sages tell us that it is spiritually loftier than Angels. Before we continue our discussions related to what happens to the Soul in the Afterlife, it is important to gain a basic understanding of the nature of the Soul: What is it? Where does […] | |||
| 29 Mar 2022 | #54: The Origin of the Soul | 00:56:49 | |
The Soul is perhaps the loftiest creation of God. Our Sages tell us that the Soul is even loftier than Angels. What does that mean? What is the nature of the relationship of the Soul to its Creator? What are the properties of the Soul? In this fundamental podcast you will learn about the origin […] | |||
| 20 Mar 2022 | We Have Been Blessed With a Baby Boy | 00:40:55 | |
With deep appreciation to the Almighty for all the goodness that He has bestowed upon us, I’m happy to share that my wife, Chaya, and I were blessed with a beautiful baby boy on Monday, March 14. Thank God, both Mom and baby are doing fabulous! In this special edition of the podcast, I share […] | |||
| 11 Apr 2022 | #55: The Transposition of the Soul | 00:58:48 | |
How did the soul end up here? What transpired to the soul before it got here? These are fascinating questions that on the surface seem to be quite theoretical. What difference does studying the history and the backstory of the Soul make for us who are already living? A lot, it turns out. By understanding […] | |||
| 25 Apr 2022 | #56: The Unique Markers of a Jewish Soul | 01:01:42 | |
Our nation purports to be the chosen people. What does that mean? Why were we chosen? What were we chosen for? The notion of being a chosen people is a very interesting and mysterious idea. In this special podcast, we focus on an element of the uniqueness of the Jewish nation: the Jewish Soul. Are […] | |||
| 08 Jun 2022 | #57: The Afterlife in Torah Literature | 00:49:17 | |
A central pillar of our belief is that when we adhere to the word of God, He will reward us in the Afterlife. Conversely, if we disobey God, we will suffer the consequences of our rebellion in the Afterlife as well. In this podcast we ponder an interesting question: the Torah discusses reward and punishment […] | |||
| 29 Aug 2022 | #58: Post-Mortem Judgment and Cleansing | 00:49:42 | |
Death is a inescapable part of human life. It was not always like that. Prior to Adam’s sin in the Garden, man was destined to live forever. As a result of his consumption from the Tree of Knowledge Good and Evil, Adam condemned humanity to undergo a necessary purification and cleansing process achieved with death. […] | |||
| 05 Sep 2022 | #59: Paradise and Purgatory | 01:04:42 | |
Paradise and Purgatory, “Gehenom” and “Gan Eden” in Hebrew, are two potential destinations of the soul after a person dies. The righteous ones who have lived their lives in complete compliance with the rules, instructions, and guidance of the Torah are brought to Paradise, a venue of sublime, spiritual pleasure. The wicked who have sullied […] | |||
| 12 Sep 2022 | #60: The Mechanics of the Afterlife | 00:56:54 | |
What happens after we die is an endlessly fascinating – or terrifying – topic. In our exploration of the Afterlife we have covered vast grounds: We’ve spoken about death and the various types of death; we’ve spoken about the reckoning and accounting that a person must submit before the Heavenly tribunal; we have been made […] | |||
| 19 Sep 2022 | #61: Reincarnation | 01:21:59 | |
After a person dies, the Heavenly tribunal determines the fate of their Soul. If the Soul is pristinely pure, the person having accomplished everything that was expected of them and they are also lacking any blemishes borne about by sin, the Soul is ushered to Paradise. If the Soul needs some cleansing, it can be […] | |||
| 28 Sep 2022 | #62: The Experience of the Afterlife | 01:04:03 | |
What is Olam Haba like? Our sages describe this future world as the world of ultimate reward. Paradise in the Afterlife is a very wonderful and pleasurable experience, but even Paradise is not the ultimate reward. That is reserved for Olam Haba. But what is it like? What does it feel like? In this podcast […] | |||
| 05 Dec 2022 | #63: Admission to the Afterlife | 01:14:31 | |
The term “Olam Haba” refers the world after the Resurrection, the world where there’s life with no death, where there is the dispensing of reward for those who adhere to the word of God. If we were to distill our life mission to one sentence it would be this sentence: our mission in this world […] | |||
| 26 Dec 2022 | #64: Messiah: A General Introduction | 00:54:24 | |
Our nation has been anticipating and longing for the Messiah, Moshiach (משיח) in Hebrew, for millennia. We are awaiting his arrival, which can come any day. The Messianic era is a utopian world that we yearn for. But what exactly is the Messiah? What are the qualifications to be Messiah? What is the Messianic era […] | |||
| 16 Jan 2023 | #65: The Objective of Messiah | 00:47:32 | |
The subject of the Messiah is notoriously confusing. What is Messiah? How will Messiah change our lives? What will be different in the Messianic era? The answers to these questions are not ubiquitously known. In this podcast we proceed in our studies of the Twelfth Principle of Rambam’s Thirteen Principles of Faith by addressing the […] | |||
| 23 Jan 2023 | #66: The Mechanisms of Messiah | 00:50:59 | |
The sources depicting Messiah and the Messianic Era paint a very different picture of the world than the one we are accustomed to. Knowledge of God will be universal, on that day God will be One and His Name will be One. The pursuit of knowledge will dominate. The Jewish Nation will be heralded. King […] | |||
| 07 Feb 2023 | #67: The Messianic Revolution | 01:09:58 | |
Messiah will be an era of seismic changes for the Jewish people and for the world. Knowledge of God will be ubiquitous. The primacy of the Jewish people as God’s chosen Nation will be universally accepted. The pursuit of wisdom will supersede all other pursuits. The world will begin it’s a rapid progress towards perfection. […] | |||
| 13 Feb 2023 | #68: The Persona of King Messiah | 00:44:22 | |
Messiah will not be an ordinary person. He will be a towering figure who’s impact reverberates the world over. In this podcast we study what our Sages tell us about who Messiah is and what his stature will be, and talk about the wide-ranging and far reaching implications that he will have. – – – […] | |||
| 20 Feb 2023 | #69: The Miracles of Messiah | 00:56:04 | |
Messiah is not an isolated, discrete, transformation that occurs in a vacuum. Messiah is the ultimate redemption. Our nation has experienced redemption before. The pattern of exile and redemption has been constant feature of our nation’s history. It began in Egypt. Our nation enslaved, tormented, and oppressed in Egypt for centuries until the Almighty redeemed […] | |||
| 22 Mar 2023 | #70: The Messianic Renaissance | 00:59:16 | |
The Messianic era will unleash seismic changes to our nation and to all of humanity. In this podcast we talk about the ultimate catalyst of Messiah: Repentance. The sources agree that it is only via repentance that Messiah can arrive. When our nation returns to the Almighty, the world is ready to transition to the […] | |||
| 18 Apr 2023 | #71: The Inevitability of Messiah | 00:51:12 | |
The sources all agree: Messiah is not a possibility that we can potentially achieve; it is an inevitability. It will definitely happen. Under no circumstances will Messiah and not come before the year 6,000 since Adam. The inevitability of Messiah raises a fundamental question, though: if something is inevitable, it cannot be linked to frail, […] | |||
| 08 May 2023 | #72: The Variability of Messiah | 00:50:52 | |
We have been awaiting and anticipating Messiah for millennia. Messianic yearning has been a hallmark of Jewish life ever since we were exiled from our land with the destruction of the Second Temple. Messiah, we have learned, will definitely happen. It is inevitable. But the type of Messiah depends upon the path that we choose […] | |||
| 29 May 2023 | #73: The Sequencing of Messiah | 00:56:04 | |
What will happen in the times of Messiah? For us, that is an unanswerable question. Our Sages tell us that unless you are a prophet, it is not possible for you to know ahead of time how the Messianic transformation will unfold. That said, our Sages do provide us with descriptions and accounts and hints […] | |||
| 12 Jun 2023 | #74: Messianic Prognostication | 01:03:39 | |
When will Messiah come? We are all curious to know the answer. What if we can find evidence or proof in Scripture to know when the redemption will happen? Isn’t that a tantalizing notion? In this podcast we survey the prohibition, futility, and peril of Messianic prognostication. – – – – – – – – […] | |||
| 26 Jun 2023 | #75: Indications of the Messianic Era | 00:46:10 | |
The world will undergo immense changes in the times of Messiah. Those changes will be so transformative and so comprehensive that our current world and our current values are scarcely similar to those of the world of Messiah. When Messiah will come is a question that we cannot answer. Trying to do so is prohibited, […] | |||
| 10 Jul 2023 | #76: Characteristics of King Messiah | 00:38:08 | |
King Messiah will spearhead the spiritual movement that will reverberate the world over. This King will bear a grand and lofty stature exceeding that of the greatest exemplars of our history. In this podcast we explore King Messiah further: what are the indicators of the real messiah? What are the means by which we can […] | |||
| 14 Aug 2023 | #77: False and Unrealized Messiahs | 01:11:33 | |
Our Nation has been yearning for Messiah for a very long time. And for good cause: Messiah is associated with wonderful things. Messiah is the state of the world when the mission that Abraham began gets actualized. Messiah is when the knowledge that our nation personified for millennia finally becomes ubiquitous. Messiah is a time […] | |||
| 04 Sep 2023 | #78: Preparing for Messiah | 00:48:45 | |
Messiah is something that we anticipate and yearn for and await, but it is also something that we must prepare for. The consequences of being unprepared for Messiah are grave. How can we prepare for Messiah? What, specifically, do the sources focus on when it comes to getting in shape for Messiah? In this podcast […] | |||
| 09 Oct 2023 | #79: Messiah Panoply: Messiah Ben Joseph, Gog and Magog, Elijah, Resurrection, etc. | 01:08:47 | |
We have studied the subject of Messiah in its length and breadth. In the 16th and final installment of our study of the 12th of Rambam’s Thirteen Principles of Faith, we briefly survey a potpourri of subjects that are tangential to the main subject of Messiah. We explore six different topics: Messiah Ben Joseph; the […] | |||
| 25 Dec 2023 | #80: Resurrection: An Introduction | 01:02:45 | |
We stridently disagree with the oft-repeated statement: “You only live once.” #YOLO is a sentiment that violates our beliefs. A central principle of our religion is the concept of resurrection. Death is not permanent. The dead will rise again. Life will be extended to the bodies of the deceased. Abraham will once again grace this […] | |||
| 08 Jan 2024 | #81: Supernatural Resurrection | 00:52:16 | |
The subject of resurrection was hotly debated in times of yore. The Talmud records a series of debates between great rabbis and their Roman contemporaries about the this subject. When we probe the matter more deeply, we discover that the Roman disbelievers of resurrection have a very good argument. Reasonable people can come to the […] | |||
| 22 Jan 2024 | #82: Messianic Resurrection | 00:59:23 | |
One of me hallmarks of the Messianic times is the resurrection of the righteous. With Messiah comes the reemergence of the righteous. Those buried in the land will precede those buried outside of it, but all the righteous will come back. This is well established in the Literature. In this podcast we discussed the two […] | |||
| 29 Jan 2024 | #83: The Nature of the Preliminary Resurrection | 00:55:35 | |
In our pursuit of understanding of the subject of resurrection, many questions remain. In the previous episode we talked about the two types of resurrection, there is still a lack of clarity in the similarities and the differences between the two types of resurrection. Furthermore, the Talmud says that the righteous are alive even when […] | |||
| 14 Feb 2024 | #84: Rambam’s Epistle of Resurrection | 01:10:19 | |
The great medieval sage my Maimonides – Rambam – has been guiding us throughout our studies of the 13th principles of faith. This transcendental scholar, who’s magisterial writings are authoritatively accepted amongst the entirety of the Jewish people, was one of our people’s greatest personalities. His writings are enormously influential and authoritative in matters of […] | |||
| 17 Feb 2025 | #89: Where Atheists Go Wrong | 00:53:17 | |
Some atheists are quite intelligent. Some atheists score highly on IQ tests. How can they be so wrong on matters of faith? Where exactly do the atheists go wrong? In this interesting TORAH 101 podcast, we pinpoint the precise area that causes atheists to err. It turns out, a perfectly functioning and competent and capable […] | |||
| 12 Mar 2024 | #85: The Point of Resurrection | 00:57:32 | |
What is the point of resurrection? This question has dual meanings: what is the goal of resurrection and what is the point from which resurrection begins? In this very important podcast we answer both questions. What we learn greatly enhances our understanding of resurrection and gives us the faint outlines of the road map that […] | |||
| 20 Mar 2024 | #86: The Nature of the Ultimate Resurrection | 00:43:56 | |
In the previous episode, we established that resurrection for the purposes of eternal life in Olam Haba is a process of restoring humanity to the sort of life that matches that of Adam and Eve before their sin. In this podcast episode, we further explore the nature of this resurrection: We identify the primary distinction […] | |||
| 20 May 2024 | #87: The Timeline of Resurrection | 00:49:19 | |
It is hard enough for us to keep track of what happens to us in our lifetime; what happens after we die is truly a mystery. But there are timelines that are even murkier: what happens after Messiah? How does the Resurrection unfold? Is Resurrection a one-time thing or are there many different resurrections? What […] | |||
| 24 Jun 2024 | #88: Unresolved Mysteries of Resurrection | 00:53:25 | |
We have made enormous strides in our pursuit of a deep, and comprehensive study of Rambam’s 13 principles of faith. We have plumbed the depths of these 13 tenets of our religion to the best of our ability. This podcast marks the final installment of this series. In it we explore some of the various […] | |||
| 24 Feb 2025 | #90: Testimony at Sinai | 00:46:53 | |
The Sinai Revelation was a mass testimony of faith. The only event of its kind saw God revealing Himself to a nation comprised of millions, who heard and experienced prophecy and lived to tell their children about it. The founding event of our religion is historically unchallengeable and completely unprecedented: There is no other religion […] | |||
| 05 Mar 2025 | #91: The Purpose of Torah + Annual TORCH Fundraiser | 00:54:07 | |
Please support the TORAH 101 Podcasts by donating to our annual fundraiser at giveTORCH.org This is our only annual fundraiser. Every donation is DOUBLED! Support the TORCH Podcasts by visiting giveTORCH.org right now and making a generous donation! This is the LINK for the Fundraiser. – – – – – – – – – – […] | |||
| 10 Mar 2025 | #92: World of Souls + 2025 TORCH Fundraiser | 00:46:14 | |
Please support the TORAH 101 Podcasts by donating to our annual fundraiser at giveTORCH.org This is our only annual fundraiser. Every donation is DOUBLED! Support the TORCH Podcasts by visiting giveTORCH.org right now and making a generous donation! This is the LINK for the Fundraiser. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – […] | |||
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