Hannukat HaBayit – On Purpose
Creation, Mikdash, Home, Seudat Mitzvah, Brit, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Wedding, Hannukat HaBayit, Three Weeks, Yom HaAtzmaut, DRASH ONLY – see 518 for SHIUR
Yom HaAtzmaut
Buying a House on Shabbat
Eretz Yisrael, Purpose, Yishuv HaAretz, Parshat Maasei, Devarim, Shoftim, Pinhas, Haftara Yom Kippur, Yom HaAtzmaut, DRASH ONLY – see 518 for SHIUR
Hannuka – A Meaningful Life
Rabbinic v Biblical commands, Bal Tosif, Hatam Sofer, Existentialism, Purpose, Hannuka, yom HaAtzmaut, DRASH
God, History, and Blessing Hallel on Yom HaAtzmaut
Belief in God, Joy, Gratitude, Halacha, Yom HaAtzmaut, DRASH
Between Intellect and Emotion
This lecture examines the difference between Hallel and Shira in rabbinic literature, arguing that emotional expression is essential for spiritual redemption. By contrasting Hizkiyahu’s intellectual response to miracles with the heartfelt Shira of others, the talk highlights the uniquely human capacity for emotional depth — a capacity that distinguishes man from machine in the age of AI.
Two Messiahs?
Mashiach ben Yosef, Mashiach Ben David, Rav Kook, Herzl, Parshat Vayigash, Yom HaAtzmaut
On Self-Righteousness – Or – “By What Merit did we inherit the Land?”
Parshat Ekev, Yom HaAtzmaut
The Fruits of Redemption
Blessing Fruits, Mein Shalaosh, Why live in the Land of Israel, Yom HaAtzmaut, Parshat Ve’etchanan [see also 191]
Two Orders of Existence that are One
Transcendental, Revelational, Miraculous, Natural, Pesah, Omer, Yom HaAtzmaut, Parshat Emor
What’s so holy about the Holy land? (On Holiness)
Kedushat HaAretz, Kedusha Rishona, Yehoshua, Sheniyah, Ezra, Temple, Mikdash, Parshat Terumah, Yom HaAtzmaut, Yom Yerushalayim