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A Thought for the Week

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Join Rabbi Jay Kelman, the founding director of Torah in Motion, as he shares a thought about the weekly parsha.

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S4 · E2
Thursday · 12 min
Noach: Silence is Deafening
Join as we discuss the downside of obedience to God.
S4 · E1
October 8 · 11 min
Breisheet: To Be or Not to Be
Join as we discuss God's great dilemma and how His advisory team helped to resolve it.
September 30 · 15 min
Hoshana Rabbah: Above the Altar
Join as we discuss why the arava takes centre stage as the holiday season comes to a close.
September 24 · 14 min
Sukkot: Back to Eden
Join as we discuss how the story of Sukkot begins with Adam and Eve.
September 20 · 14 min
The Hero of Yom Kippur
Join as we discuss an overlooked character in the story of Yom Kippur.
September 17 · 11 min
Ha'azinu: A Straight Shooter
Join as we discuss how best to imitate God.
September 17 · 25 min
מִי שֶׁעָנָה | The One Who Answered (Selichot: New Apologies)
To continue to receive updates from Selichot: New Apologies, https://open.spotify.com/show/0fnglPi4wyL4Cf8jAULcsN?si=4968e5b67508448d! In this piyyut said whenever selichot are recited we ask G-d to answer our prayers just as he answered the prayers...
September 14 · 18 min
אִמַּנְתָּ מֵאָז | You Taught Us (Selichot: New Apologies)
Drawing on the notion that the Ten Days of Repentance were created even before the world came into being, the poet urges us to take advantage of this special time when our prayers for forgiveness are more readily accepted. אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי...
September 11 · 21 min
אָדָם אֵיךְ יִזְכֶּה | How Can Man Merit (Selichot: New Apologies)
In this selicha for the eve of Rosh Hashanah we confront the inevitability of death, yet through prayer and tzedakah, we can be amongst the righteous who even in death live on. אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ אָדָם אֵיךְ יִזְכֶּה. בְּכָל יוֹם...
September 10 · 13 min
Rosh HaShanah: Why Celebrate?
Join as we discuss the debate as to whether the world was created in Nissan or Tishrei.
September 8 · 20 min
יִשְֹרָאֵל נוֹשַׁע | Yisrael Nosha b’Hashem (Selichot: New Apologies)
In today’s selicha, we place our unconditional trust in G-d’s salvation in the face of ongoing persecution. יִשְֹרָאֵל נוֹשַׁע בַּיהֹוָה, תְּשׁוּעַת עוֹלָמִים. גַּם־הַיּוֹם יִוָּשְׁעוּ מִפִּיךָ, שׁוֹכֵן מְרוֹמִים. כִּי אַתָּה רַב־סְלִיחוֹת וּבַעַל...
September 7 · 14 min
אִם עֲוֺנֵינוּ רַבּוּ לְהַגְדִּיל | Eem Avoneniu (Selichot: New Apologies)
In today’s selicha we plead with G-d to remember the Pure one, the Gathered One and the Builder. אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ אִם עֲוֺנֵינוּ רַבּוּ לְהַגְדִּיל. בָּנוּ עָנוּ עֲבוֹת כְּגָדִיל. גָּרְמוּ לָנוּ...
September 6 · 15 min
אֵיךְ נִפְתַּח פֶּה | Eich Niftach Pe (Selichot: New Apologies)
In the opening selicha recited on the first night of selichot we acknowledge that only by relying on the mercy of G-d can the Jewish people hope for eternity. Join the WhatsApp group regular podcast updates:...
September 6 · 14 min
Introduction to Selichot 5787
In the opening episode of our second season of Selichot: New Apologies we discuss the daily prayer for forgiveness as an integral part of the Amidah and discuss how the diverse customs of selichot is a manifestation of the beautiful symphony of Torah....
S3 · E45
September 3 · 16 min
Nitzavim-Vayelech: It's Up to Us
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S3 · E44
August 27 · 16 min
Ki Tavo: Today’s News
Join as we discuss why interpreting the Torah is a time-bound mitzva.
S3 · E43
August 20 · 14 min
Ki Teitzei: Balancing the Scales
Join as we discuss why the primary religious obligation is honesty in Bussiness.
S3 · E42
August 13 · 13 min
Shoftim: The Limits on Leadership
Join as we discuss how the Torah deals with power's tendency to corrupt.
S3 · E41
August 6 · 13 min
Re'eh: Moshe’s Great Fear
Join as we discuss the primary goal of the three pilgrimages.
S3 · E40
July 30 · 10 min
Eikev: Counting to 100
Join as we discuss the connection between Birchat haMazon and the Garden of Eden.

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