Rav Danny's Torah Podcast

Pinchas and The Public Eye

Parashat Balak: The Dangers of Greatness (4 min)

Shelach: The Spies and Lashon HaRa

The spies are accused of speaking Lashon HaRa about the land. What does that mean? - An insight of Rav Soloveitchik.

Beha'alotcha - Why Things Start To Fall Apart

Why is it that all of a sudden, in the middle of Sefer Bamidbar, the relationship between the Jewish people and Hashem seems to fall apart?

Celebrating Yom Yerushalayim (part 2)

The last couple of minutes from the interrupted episode.

Reflections on Yom Yerushalayim (Part 1)

The recording of the podcast was interrupted, and the last couple of minutes are in part 2.

Parshat Kedoshim - The Challenges of Kedusha

What does Kedusha (holiness) entail? In this shiur, we seek to answer this question by analyzing the first chapter of our parsha.

Accepting the Torah on Purim?

The Talmud says we accepted the Torah on Purim. What does that mean and how should that affect our Purim?

Blending Heaven and Earth (Vayakhel and Pekudei)

Why does the Torah repeat the elaborate details of the Mishkan construction when those elaborate details were already included in the original command to build it? It is to teach us a critical lesson about the Torah...

Shabbat, the Mishkan and the Garden of Eden (Ki Tisa)

Why does Shabbat have the specific 39 melachot (prohibited labours) that it does?

This World and the World to Come (Parashat Vayeshev)

The Difference Between A Lot and Everything (Vayishlach)

9 minutes

Parashat Toldot - Yitzchak and the Cynics

(8 minutes)

When Adar Begins...

What does it mean "marbin be-simcha" (we increase in joy)?

Teruma: Three Dimensions of the Mishkan

Chanuka and its contemporary message

What impact does the Chanuka story have on our contemporary situation?

Morality and Religion - Parshat Vayeira

How necessary is religion for morality?

Daf Yomi Brachot 25a-26a Part 2 (Future daf shiurim on jlctorah.podomatic.com)

End of the previous shiur. Future posts will appear on http://jlctorah.podomatic.com/.

Daf Yomi Brachot 25a-26a Part 1

1.5 Daf Interruption in the shiur

Daf Yomi Brachot 23a-b

Daf Yomi Brachot 22a-b

Daf Yomi Brachot 21a-b

Daf Yomi Brachot 19b-20b

1.5 Daf

Daf Yomi Brachot 18a-19a Part 2

This is the continuation of the shiur after the recording was interrupted.

Daf Yomi Brachot 18a-19a Part 1

1.5 Daf The beginning of the shiur was not recorded. Starts 9 lines into 18a. The recording was interrupted and continued in the second file.

Daf Yomi Brachot 15a-b

Daf Yomi Brachot 16a-b

Parshat Re'eh - The Significance of Shechita

When the Jews entered the Land of Israel, the laws of shechita changed. Why? And what can this teach us about the meaning of Shechita?

Jewish Leadership (Parashat Beha'alotcha)

What is the essence of Jewish leadership? Why does Moshe break down when the people ask for meat? (16 minutes)

The Message of the Sotah (Parashat Naso)

What was the Torah seeking to achieve by creating method of checking the sotah (suspected adultress)? What message does it have for us today? (7 min)