Shapell's/darche Noam Podcast

In his half hour shmuze about why remembering the Exodus is so central to Judaism, Rabbi Shuster discusses the inner core of a Jew.

In this guest lecture, Rabbi Reichman of Yeshiva University's RIETS, a disciple of Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, ztl, weaves together thoughts by the Shem Mishmuel and Baal Hatanya about negating one's self and being independent, about constancy and variation, about prayer, learning, chesed, and marriage..

In this shmuze on Parshat Vayigash, "Watch Your Head!" Rabbi Shuster discusses protecting our minds, and touches on the conflict between Yaakov and Esav and that of the Jews and the Greeks, as well as how to deal with exposure to modern culture.

In a talk about Chanukah, Rabbi Yitzchak Hirshfeld shows that the antecedents of the Jewish and Greek ways of viewing the world can be found in the beginnings of the world - Adam and Chava eating from the Tree of Knowledge, and Noach's parting words to Shem, Cham, and Yefet.

Ironically, despite the thousands of "connections" many people have through social media outlets, many people in our generation find themselves very lonely. How do we create the real connections and relationships we crave, and how can this model serve to enable us to have a greater relationship with G-d.