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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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On Parenting in Difficult Times with the PodParents

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/11/20

Few sequels live up to the high standards set by the original. Podfather Part 2 is an exception to the rule. In this special episode covering a variety of parenting subjects, we hear from both PodParents. My father and my mother – Avi and Faige Wolbe – both joined me in the TORCH Centre to […]

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The Joy of Sukkos

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/09/27

The festival of Sukkos is called “the time of our joy.” The entire festival is associated with joy. Sitting in the Sukkah is joyous, shaking the Lulav is joyous, the traditional celebratory festivities are known as the “Joy of the Drawing.” Why are these days so intimately associated with joy? In this special podcast, we […]

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Rosh Hashana Opportunities

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/09/13

Rosh Hashana is a day of repentance. But unlike Yom Kippur, there is nary a mention of sin in all the ceremonies, prayers, and liturgies of Rosh Hashanah. What is the nature of repentance decoupled from acknowledgment of sin? When we study the sources related to Rosh Hashanah, we discover several fascinating opportunities that differentiate […]

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Rosh Hashana Roundtable with the TORCH Podcasters

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/09/11

Rosh Hashanah is the beginning. It is the beginning of the High Holidays. It is the beginning of the 10 days of repentance. It marks the beginning of humanity. On this day, Adam was created. Rosh Hashana marks the beginning of God’s Dominion and Kingship over the world, because a king absent a nation is […]

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The Kabbalistic Backstory of Tisha B’av with Rabbi...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/07/25

The Ninth Day of the month of Av is the saddest day of the Jewish calendar. On this day, the First Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians. On this same day the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans. The Bar Kochba rebellion was stamped out with violent finality on this day. This is a […]

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Exploring the Ohr Hachaim Torah Commentary with Rabbi...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/07/04

The 18th century commentary on the Torah, Ohr HaChaim, is one of the most unique, ingenious, and sprawling works in the Jewish library. In this special podcast, released on the 280th yartzeit of the author of Ohr HaChaim, Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar, Rabbi Shmuly Botnick shares with us a sampling of ideas curated from the […]

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Accepting the Torah: Ruth, Sinai, and the Heart of...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/05/24

The Sinai Revelation is the most significant event in all of human history: God revealed Himself to the entire Jewish people, He spoke to them, He gave them the Torah, and they lived. This day is revisited every single year on the festival of Shavuos. Our objective on this day is to renew our vows […]

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Shavuos Roundtable with the TORCH Podcasters

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/05/22

Shavuos is the Festival that marks the day of the giving of the Torah. More than 3300 years ago, our nation coalesced around Mount Sinai and we experienced some thing that no other nation has ever experienced: the Almighty spoke to us as a nation and we lived to tell the tale. We heard the […]

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Conversion in Jewish Philosophy and Law

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/04/24

Our forefather Abraham forged a covenant with God: God shows him to be the forefather of the Jewish people, which includes all sorts of Rights and responsibilities. For one, Abraham’s descendants were condemned to be enslaved for 400 years. On the brighter side, the nation became recipients of the Almighty’s Torah and Mitzvos. The nation […]

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The Secret of the Haggadah with Rabbi Shmuly Botnick

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/04/02

The Pesach Haggadah guides us through the Seder night and the story of the Exodus. But as is always true in our religion, there are secrets and mysteries lurking beneath the surface. To plumb the esoteric depths of the Haggadah we invited back to the podcast the legend himself, Rabbi Shmuly Botnick. In this podcast […]

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Pesach Roundtable at the TORCH Centre

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/03/27

The Festival of Pesach is upon us. For seven days we will eat Matzah and avoid any traces of chometz. We will gather together with our families around the Seder table and recount the story of the Exodus, retelling and reliving the founding episode of our Nation. In an effort to get in the mode […]

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The Secret of the Month of Adar with Rabbi Shmuly...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/03/07

“When the month of Adar commences, we increase joy.” This oft-recited Talmudic dictum captures the emotion of this month. Adar is a time of joy due to the Purim miracles. It is also associated with, we discover in this belated month-theme podcast with the great Rabbi Shmuly Botnick, fish, the tribe of Naftali, techeiles, the […]

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Purim Roundtable with the TORCH Podcasters

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/03/01

In preparation for the upcoming festival of Purim, my colleagues and I gathered together for a roundtable discussion about the power and meaning of the day. It is a joyous day of celebration and revelry, but when we examine it deeply, we discover it is a day of great, transformative, spiritual power. Elevate your Purim […]

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Tu B’Shevat: The Secret of the Rosh Hashana for Trees...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/02/05

The fifteenth day of the Jewish month of Shevat – known as Tu B’Shevat – is the New Year for trees and fruits. All the fruits that sprout before this cutoff are associated with the previous year’s yield and the ones that come afterwards are attributed to the new year’s. If that was all that […]

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The Secret of the Month of Shevat with Rabbi Shmuly...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/01/30

The Jewish months are replete with secrets and mysteries. Studying the months and their hidden messages reveal to us the power contained with the days and the spiritual energy of the times. The month of Shevat is known for the minor festival at its midpoint, Tu B’Shvat, which is the Rosh Hashana for fruit trees. […]

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The Secret of the Month of Teves with Rabbi Shmuly...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2023/01/02

The Month of Teves doesn’t have many memorable days. The only days of note are the last couple of days of Chanukah, and the fast of the 10th of Teves, which commemorates The siege of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians, an event which culminated in the destruction of the First Temple and the […]

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The Secret of the Month of Kislev with Rabbi Shmuly...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2022/11/25

The most noteworthy days of Month of Kislev are the days of Chanukah that begin on the 25th of Kislev and stretch into the following month of Teves. Chanukah celebrates the victory of the Jewish people over the Greeks and the restoration and the reinauguration of the Temple. But what is the secret of this […]

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The Secret of the Month of Cheshvan with Rabbi Shmuly...

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2022/10/26

Each of the twelve months in the Jewish calendar contain a unique spiritual energy and power. The power of each month, encapsulated in a zodiac sign, is often represented in the holidays, festivals, and noteworthy days of said month. The month that just concluded, Tishrei, is jam packed with days of note: Rosh Hashana, Yom […]

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The Sukkos/Shemini Atzeres Revelation

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2022/10/16

The Sukkah that we dwell in for 7 days is a reenactment of the Clouds of Glory that enshrouded the nation for 40 years. Starting right after the Exodus, the nation was cocooned in miraculous clouds. These clouds flattened mountains, filled in valleys, and eliminated any threats. The clouds signal journeys, cleaned and ironed clothes, […]

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Sukkos Roundtable with the TORCH Podcasters

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe ·

2022/10/13

In honor of the festival of Sukkot, I gathered together with some of my TORCH podcaster colleagues to chat about the festival, it’s meaning, and lessons. Each one of us got an opportunity to share an idea on the festival, and to promote our respective podcast(s). In a decision that compromised the audio quality, we […]

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