Episodi

  • #111: Reflecting Cherubs

    #111: Reflecting Cherubs
    Aug 10 2026
    Cherubs made many appearances in the Tabernacle and the Temple. Hewn onto the Cover of the Ark off the Covenant were two golden cherubs facing each other. But there were more cherubs. Of the Tabernacle’s multiple fabric covers was one called the “Mishkan” upon which two cherubs were embroidered. In the partition that separated the […]
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    58 min
  • #110: Man As Microcosm

    #110: Man As Microcosm
    Jul 20 2026
    How exactly can man influence all the worlds, all the spheres, all the dimensions, and all the realms? Our Sages compare the human to the soul of the world. We have the levers that determine what happens to all of created existence. But what is the mechanism of that? How precisely does man actualize his […]
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    46 min
  • #109: The Sanctuary of the Heart

    #109: The Sanctuary of the Heart
    Apr 20 2026
    The more important someone is the greater the impact of their actions. The maneuver of a general changes the course of a campaign; a mistake of the general can imperil the entire army; a brilliant stroke of the general can achieve unexpected victory. A simple foot soldier has a much smaller impact. Adam was created in […]
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    47 min
  • #108: The Power of Pre-Sin Adam

    #108: The Power of Pre-Sin Adam
    Mar 22 2026
    Adam was created in the image of God. He was given vast influence over God’s creations. What is the mechanism of this power? What is the mechanism of Adam’s ability to influence God’s creations? How is Adam able to move worlds? The answer gets to some of the deepest secrets of them all. Not all […]
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    50 min
  • #107: Created in the Image of God

    #107: Created in the Image of God
    Mar 19 2026
    “And God made man in His image. In the image of God (Elokim) He made him.” The majority of the secrets of the Kabbalistic esoterica are hidden in these cryptic words, but the magisterial work, Nefesh HaChaim, authored by Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, begins by explaining a profound understanding of these words. There is indeed […]
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    42 min
  • #106: Mishnah Commentary, Heuristics, and Appendices

    #106: Mishnah Commentary, Heuristics, and Appendices
    Mar 15 2026
    As a very young man, Rambam wrote a commentary on the entire Mishnah. He prefaces his commentary with a sprawling and magisterial introduction which covers vast subjects related to Torah, oral and written, the history of the transmission, and the mechanism of Mishnah and Talmud. He ends his introduction with an explanation of the rationale […]
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    45 min
  • #105: Post-Mishnaic Development of Oral Torah

    #105: Post-Mishnaic Development of Oral Torah
    Mar 9 2026
    The Mishnah was at the end of the canonization of the Oral Torah. The Tosefta, the Sifra and Sifri soon followed. 300 years after Rabbi Judah the Prince canonized the Mishnah, the Babylonian Talmud was canonized. In this penultimate episode on Rambam’s magisterial introduction to Mishnah, we learn all about the Talmud: how it was […]
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    48 min
  • #104: Sixth Order of Mishnah (Purity)

    #104: Sixth Order of Mishnah (Purity)
    Feb 16 2026
    The Order of Purity is the longest of the Six Orders of Mishnah and by far the most foreign to us. The overwhelming majority of the laws of this order of Mishnah are only applicable in Temple times. different sources of impurity although our overview will be very brief, we will learn about the various […]
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    46 min