KMTT - the Torah Podcast

Erev Shabbat Program | Lekh Lekha | Hearing the Call and Working for God

Lekh Lekha | Hearing the Call and Working for God, by Rav Ezra Bick and Rav Yonatan Shai Freedman God's call is always broadcasting. Why was Avraham the one who heard i

Mind of a Monotheist | 3 | Lekh Lekha | Egyptian Beauty Bias

Mind of a Monotheist | 3 | Lekh Lekha | Egyptian Beauty Bias by Rav David Debow What does Sarai's beauty in Egypt teach about racism? Rabbi David Debow reads Lekh Lekha

Why Give Tzedaka? Ethics as Divine Service

Why Give Tzedaka? Ethics as Divine Service, by Rav Ezra Bick and Rav Eli Weber In this second episode of Talking Machshava ("Talking Jewish Thought"), Rav Eli Weber ask

Sefat Emet | Lekh Lekha | Why Abraham Alone Heard God's Call

Sefat Emet | Lekh Lekha | Why Abraham Alone Heard God's Call, by Rav Eli Weber Why does the Torah never explain why God chose Abraham? Drawing on the Zohar, the Sefat E

Sefat Emet | Noach | Noach and Avraham: Two Faces of Divine Help | Rabbi Eli Weber

Sefat Emet | Noach | Noach and Avraham: Two Faces of Divine Help, by Rabbi Eli Weber Everyone needs God's help, Noach and Avraham alike. That is how the Sefat Emet insi

Lekh Lekha | 'VaYirdof ad Dan': The "Dan" Problem

Lekh Lekha | 'VaYirdof ad Dan': The "Dan" Problem, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom How can Avraham be described as chasing the kings "to Dan"? Isn't that a double-anachronism?

Lekh Lekha | The Brit as Relates to Non-Jews

Lekh Lekha | The Brit as Relates to Non-Jews, by Rav Binyamin Tabory Does circumcision apply to gentiles? May a Jew circumcise a gentile? Brit mila has two layers: a ph

Noach | Ever Min Ha-chai

Noach | Ever Min Ha-chai, by Rav Binyamin Tabory The seventh of the mitzvot benei Noach: to whom does it apply? All humanity must keep the seven Noahide laws. Rav Bin

Erev Shabbat Program | Noach | Why Chamas Doomed the World; What Noach Missed

Noach | Why Chamas Doomed the World; What Noach Missed, by Rav Ezra Bick with guest Rav Jacob Bernstein Robbery did not just add to the sins of the Flood generation. It

Mind of a Monotheist | 2 | Noach: Shem, Ham and Yefet: Torah's Map of Peoplehood

Mind of a Monotheist | 2 | Noach: Shem, Ham and Yefet: Torah's Map of Peoplehood, by Rabbi David Debow Is the Torah biased? Why is Noach's son Yefet named for beauty? A

Talking Machshava | 1 | Is Halakha the Enemy of Loving God?

Is Halakha the Enemy of Loving God? A new series with Rav Eli Weber in conversation with Rav Ezra Bick Does God care which way your lulav faces? Rav Bick on why commitm

Sefat Emet | Who Was the Sefat Emet? Life, Legacy, Learning

Sefat Emet | Who Was the Sefat Emet? Life, Legacy, Learning, by Rav Eli Weber Intro to the Series. He refused to become Rebbe as a teen. Meet the Sefat Emet, whose word

New Series! Sefat Emet | Bereishit

New Series! Sefat Emet | Bereishit | What was the World Missing? Rashi teaches that the world lacked one thing after six days: rest. The Sefat Emet explains that this m

Bereishit | The Sin of the Tree of Knowledge

Bereishit | The Sin of the Tree of Knowledge, by Rav David Debow In this first episode of the 'Mind of a Monotheist' series, we explore Adam and Eve's first sin and how

"The Take-Home Meaning of Shemini Atzeret"

"The Take-Home Meaning of Shemini Atzeret" by Rav Assaf Bednarsh Leil Hoshana Rabba 5787, Heichal Shlomo

Exploring Charedi Culture

Exploring Charedi Culture with Alumni Coordinator Rav Yonatan Shai Freedman in conversation with Jonathan Rosenblum. Jonathan Rosenblum is the director, spokesperson, a

VeZot HaBerakha | Birkat Moshe: Sequence, Meaning and Purpose

VeZot HaBerakha | Birkat Moshe: Sequence, Meaning and Purpose, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom This shiur addresses the order of the tribes as they receive Moshe's Berakha; wh

Aveilut and Simcha: How Rav Soloveitchik Read Yom Kippur's Hidden Joy

Aveilut and Simcha: How Rav Soloveitchik Read Yom Kippur's Hidden Joy, by Rav Yosef Blau Kiyum simcha beYom HaKippurim. No festive meal, no Hallel — so why does Yom Kip

Shabbat Shuva | Teshuva Mei'Yir'a: The Runaway Son

Shabbat Shuva | Teshuva Mei'Yir'a: The Runaway Son, by Rav Eli Weber Why would Chazal choose the "cynical," self-interested model of teshuva for the Shabbat before Yom

Rosh Hashana 5787 | Chana's Silent Prayer

Rosh Hashana 5787 | Chana's Silent Prayer, by Rav Eli Weber Chana's silent tears at Shiloh became the model for Jewish prayer. Discover the story. Shmuel Alef 1:1 - 2