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This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

This Jewish Life is Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe’s flagship podcast. Since its founding in January of 2013, This Jewish Life has featured a delightful potpourri of podcast episodes on a myriad of Jewish subject... Read more

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The 13 Core Beliefs of Judaism

The 13 Core Beliefs of Judaism

Jewish Philosophy enumerates 13 principle beliefs that all Jews must believe in order to be a Jew. BBM – 2015

14 Apr 2015

1hr 18mins

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Core Beliefs of Judaism Part 3

Core Beliefs of Judaism Part 3

with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

19 Nov 2015

54mins

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Half a Marriage

Half a Marriage

A guiding principle in Jewish philosophy is that when God does something He does it perfectly. Hence, when God gives us ... Read more

5 Sep 2014

38mins

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Tikkun Olam or what it means to be Jewish

Tikkun Olam or what it means to be Jewish

Tikkun Olam, fixing the world, has been the rallying cry of the Jewish national mission for millenia. We live in a flawe... Read more

15 Sep 2014

28mins

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Dating, Courtship, and Spousal Selection: A Comprehensive Torah Attitude

Dating, Courtship, and Spousal Selection: A Comprehensive Torah Attitude

Chapter 24 of Genesis contains a comprehensive narrative of the courtship and marriage of Isaac and Rebecca. Traditional... Read more

7 Nov 2017

1hr 8mins

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Kosher 101: BJC Edition

Kosher 101: BJC Edition

The what, why and how of kosher in the modern era.

9 Mar 2015

52mins

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Lessons I’ve learned from studying a page of Talmud daily

Lessons I’ve learned from studying a page of Talmud daily

For the past 40 days, I have participated in “Daf Yomi”, literally “daily page”, a nationwide effort to study the Talmud... Read more

25 Aug 2017

55mins

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How is this Religion different from all other Religions: How Judaism is an Evidence-based Faith

How is this Religion different from all other Religions: How Judaism is an Evidence-based Faith

The Talmud declares that someone who rejects the legitimacy of the Written Torah as being written by Moses as per the di... Read more

23 Mar 2015

1hr 45mins

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Judges, Prophets, Monarchs, Sovereignty, Secession, Downfall and Reclamation: The Waxing and Waning Story of Utopia and Maelstrom from Joshua to Ezra

Judges, Prophets, Monarchs, Sovereignty, Secession, Downfall and Reclamation: The Waxing and Waning Story of Utopia and Maelstrom from Joshua to Ezra

The Jewish Bible consists of 24 books. All 613 mitzvot are instructed in the first five books collectively known as the ... Read more

21 Oct 2014

1hr 45mins

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Potpourri of Jewish Philosophy

Potpourri of Jewish Philosophy

A wide ranging discussion of major items in Jewish Philosophy.

9 Mar 2015

1hr 56mins

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Book of Jonah: Studying the Yom Kippur Reading on a Deeper Level (Chapter 1)

Book of Jonah: Studying the Yom Kippur Reading on a Deeper Level (Chapter 1)

On Yom Kippur afternoon, we read the 48-verse Book of Jonah, which tells of a renegade prophet, Jonah, who defies the di... Read more

6 Oct 2019

1hr 10mins

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The Shema: Condensing Jewish Philosophy into Six Words (Or Three Paragraphs)

The Shema: Condensing Jewish Philosophy into Six Words (Or Three Paragraphs)

The Shema prayer is arguably the most well-known prayer of them all. It is the first words that we teach our children, a... Read more

21 Feb 2019

1hr 1min

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The National and Personal Mission of the Jews

The National and Personal Mission of the Jews

26 Jun 2015

1hr 51mins

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Are we Better Off: Retreading the Multi-Year Debate between the Schools of Hillel and Shammai

Are we Better Off: Retreading the Multi-Year Debate between the Schools of Hillel and Shammai

The rabbis taught: for two and a half years the academies of Shammai and Hillel debated, these arguing “it is preferable... Read more

23 Nov 2015

1hr 47mins

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Messiah, Resurrection and Olam Haba: Judaism’s End Game

Messiah, Resurrection and Olam Haba: Judaism’s End Game

22 Jun 2015

2hr 3mins

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How to be a Great Leader (and Spouse) – Recorded Live at the Kotel in Jerusalem

How to be a Great Leader (and Spouse) – Recorded Live at the Kotel in Jerusalem

In the last portions of Exodus, the Torah details the incredible fundraising efforts to assemble the materials needed to... Read more

14 Mar 2018

21mins

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Understanding God Through Torah

Understanding God Through Torah

Jews are required to love God. How can we love an entity that we have a hard time defining? Rambam addresses this questi... Read more

10 May 2017

29mins

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Reflections on Loss, Tragedy, and Bereavement: An Interview with Esther Kaplan

Reflections on Loss, Tragedy, and Bereavement: An Interview with Esther Kaplan

Esther Kaplan (née Wolbe), along with her husband AJ, experienced the worst nightmare parents can undergo when their ado... Read more

19 Mar 2018

1hr 6mins

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