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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 subjects. In its current incarnation, the podcast focuses on exploring the deeper elements of Jewish life and philosophy. In each episode our objective is to go a bit deeper into subjects that we may be familiar with, to plumb the depths and uncover the essence of the beauty and sublimity of Jewish life and

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46:15

The Three-Day-Exodus: How a Productive Long Weekend...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2026/01/26

The Exodus was for keeps. Although Pharaoh regretted his decision to allow the Israelites to leave and chased them down, setting up a stand-off at the Sea of Reeds, once the sea split for the Israelites and crashed down upon the Egyptians, the Israelites were forever freed from the clutches of Egyptian bondage. Following that […]

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Kingmakers: How Judah and Joseph Earned the Throne

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2025/12/21

Our nation has two houses of monarchy: Joseph and Judah. Joseph was, of course, king of Egypt. David, king of Israel, descended from the tribe of Judah. Following David, all legitimate kings of our people descended from the Davidic line from the tribe of Judah. Our nation is yearning for Messiah. Our sages tell us […]

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The Three Types of Disciples

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2025/11/24

Nothing is as critical to one’s spiritual development as to finding our a good teacher.A good teacher can educate, can inform, can direct, can inspire, can place a student on the right path for them. But how does a student integrate the teachings and the guidance of their teacher within themselves? What are the different […]

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The Walled Garden of Torah (Alei Shur Introduction)

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2025/11/03

A thick wall separates the world of Torah from the world outside of it. Those who are outside have no concept of the wondrous nature of that world. Even people who are Torah observant – who are Orthodox – can be totally ignorant of this most magnificent world. Even someone who is privileged to be […]

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42:04

Kingdom of Heaven in Exile: A Novel Rosh Hashanah...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2025/09/22

Rosh Hashanah marks the day of the creation of Adam on Day Six of Genesis. The creation of Adam facilitated the coronation of God as King. Because Adam was endowed with the choice to accept or reject God, his decision to submit himself to God and his Dominion resulted in the establishment of the Kingdom […]

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Elul Cheat Sheet

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2025/08/24

Preparing for the High Holidays can be daunting. How can anyone adequately prepare for standing in judgment in front of the Heavenly tribunal? But prepare we must. The month of Elul is designated for preparing for the awesome days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Our Sages took these days very seriously and were completely […]

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Modern Day Heresy

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2025/05/19

Heresies and idolatries come and go. The idolatry that titillated the ancients no longer excites modern men. The heresies that revolutionized the world a century ago no longer resonate. Any heresy is a repudiation of God, and thus is bound to vaporize like a puff of smoke. Falsehood cannot endure for long, and eventually all […]

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Free Will: An Exploration of Fundamental Concepts

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2025/05/05

Free Will is a fundamental concept in our philosophy. People are endowed by God with the ability to determine the direction that they take in life. People are allowed to choose a path of righteousness or wickedness. There is a certain modicum of self-determination that the Almighty provides us with. In this mini series, we […]

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Guard The Matzos: A Yahrzeit Tribute to Rabbi Shlomo...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2025/04/15

Matzah is a tricky food. It is made with the same ingredients as bread ; the only difference is the speed of how they are processed. The Torah tells us that we must guard the matzos to prevent them from turning into chametz. Our sages tell us that this applies not only to matzos, but […]

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Five Questions for Pesach

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2025/04/06

Pesach (Passover) marks the founding event of our nation. We had been enslaved in Egypt for centuries, and in one night the Almighty extracted a nation from amidst a nation with miracles, signs, and wonders. Each Passover we remember and relive that momentous night. We gather together with our family at the Seder, ask the […]

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The Fiercest Obstacle to Greatness + 2025 TORCH...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2025/03/04

Please support the TORCH Podcasts by donating to our annual fundraiser at giveTORCH.org This is our only annual fundraiser. Every donation is DOUBLED! Support the TORCH Podcasts by visiting giveTORCH.org right now and making a generous donation! This is the LINK for the Fundraiser. – – – – – – – – – – – […]

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Simple Reasons to Believe

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2024/12/09

What is your elevator pitch for the existence of God? That is a question that was posed to dozens of successful and accomplished people. They were asked to write a short, concise, elevator-trip-length essays on why they believed. These essays were compiled into a wonderful book titled “Elevator pitches for God.” The creators of this […]

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Tablets and Tabernacle: The Revelation of Sukkos

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2024/10/15

The Jewish holidays are not evenly spaced out. They appear in bunches. A mere five days after Yom Kippur comes the seven-day (truthfully nine when you tally everything) Festival of Sukkos (appendaged by Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah). The next Festival (excluding the Rabbinic holidays of Chanukah and Purim) does not occur for six months. […]

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The Name of Messiah

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2024/08/07

Seven things were created before the world was created. That much we are told in the Talmud. What is the significance of this collection of things that preceded the world? When we analyze the list, moreover, we read how the name of Messiah is included amongst it. What exactly is the name of Messiah? Is […]

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Mysteries of the Torah Scroll

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2024/06/17

The festival of Shavuos marks the anniversary of the most momentous and consequential event in all of human history: the Sinai Revelation. A mere 50 days after the Exodus, the nation coalesced around the mountain and witnessed when no other people has had witnessed prior or since: They heard the Ten Commandments directly from the […]

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The Profound Purim Secret with Rabbi Shmuly Botnick

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2024/03/21

TORCH Fundraiser — support the This Jewish Life Podcast Our organization, TORCH, does only one fundraiser a year, and that is happening right now at giveTORCH.org. This is a matching campaign and every donation will be DOUBLED. Please support the This Jewish Life Podcast right now at giveTORCH.org The website for the Fundraiser is giveTORCH.org Click and donate to […]

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On Visiting Wartime Israel with Dr. Alan Kritz

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2024/02/19

Our nation is at war. Our brothers and sisters are in combat in Gaza, displaced from their homes in the north and the south of Israel, traumatized from the atrocities of October 7th, and of course there are 100 plus hostages still in Gaza. Our nation is experiencing pain and challenge the likes of which […]

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On the Spiritual Awakening in Israel with Rabbi...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/12/27

When our nation experiences tragedy, we gravitate back to God. That is how we process pain and suffering. The Jewish people – especially our brothers and sisters in Israel – are exhibiting this response with resplendent nobility and strength of character. During the ongoing war, the Jewish spirit is being awakened. Jewish faith is being ignited […]

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On the Front Lines in Gaza with Yoshi Rosenbluth

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/12/11

My dear friend and long time podcast listener Yoshi Rosenbluth spent a month in Gaza as a fighter in the IDF. In this very special podcast, he tells us what things are like on the ground from a soldier’s perspective. If you want an insider’s look into the battlefront in Gaza, this podcast is for […]

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On the Pulse of Wartime Israel with Blake Cohen

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/12/04

In the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, the terror organization that has governed Gaza since 2007, there is a very big divide between Jews living in the land of Israel and those of us in the Diaspora. While Jews worldwide may empathize with their Israeli brethren and rally and pray for their cause, the […]

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