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The AIMeM Torah Podcast

The long-running "Ancient Ideas for the Modern Mind" Dvar Torah blog is now a podcast! Listen as Yosef Segal gives his weekly Dvar Torah and also discusses a variety of Torah topics including Chumash, Hashkafa, and Halacha. Visit the blog at oldideasforthemodernmind.blogspot.com and check out hashkafahandbook.com for more from AIMeM Torah

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Vaeira

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2018/01/11

The Bnei Yisrael were at their lowest point, but why did Hashem allow them to suffer that long? (8 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Shemos

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2018/01/04

Sefer Shemos begins with Paroh enslaving the Jewish People. But how was he able to do this, it was only a few short years earlier that Yosef had saved the entire country and built them into a world power! (8 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Vayechi

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2017/12/28

Yaakov gives Menashe and Efraim the famous bracha of Hamalach Hagoel, but who really received the bracha? (8 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Vayigash

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2017/12/21

The Torah tells us that Paroh sent wagons to help bring Yaakov to Mitzrayim. The pasuk later credits Yosef with sending these wagons. The pasuk also seems to indicate that the only reason Yaakov believed Yosef was really alive was because of these wagons. What is going on with these wagons? (9 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Mikeitz

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2017/12/14

AIMeM Torah would like to wish everyone a wonderful Chanukah!When Yosef meets his brothers, he puts them and his father, Yaakov, through a terrible emotional ordeal. The Ramban explains it was in order to make sure the dreams were fulfilled to the last detail. Were they really so important as to cause such pain to his family? (10 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Vayeitzei (50th episode!!)

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2017/11/23

Baruch Hashem, this week we are celebrating our 50th episode! Thank you for listening and for your continued support. When Yaakov arrives in Charan, he meets and chats with a group of shepherds. It seems like an innocent conversation, but is there something going on beneath the surface? (9 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Toldos

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2017/11/16

While the story of Avraham takes three parshiyos, and Yaakov's takes even longer, Yitzchak's story fits into this one parsha. Why? Is the story of Yitzchak somehow less important? (13 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Chayei Sarah

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2017/11/09

The first pasuk of the parsha begs a famous question, why are the 127 years of Sarah's life written out as 100 and 20 and 7; what do we learn from this? A new perspective on a well-known question. (11 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Lech Lecha

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2017/10/26

Sarah performed a tremendous chessed by allowing Hagar to marry Avraham. She did it in order to receive merit so that she would have a child as well. Did it work? (8 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Noach

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2017/10/19

The beginning of the parsha showers Noach with praise; in fact, these praises have a deeper meaning into the reasons behind the Flood. (7 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Succos

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2017/10/03

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy Succos from AIMeMTorah! The gemarah brings an argument if the succos the Bnei Yisrael had in the desert were made of the Ananei HaKavod or just regular wooden structures. If they were made of wood, why would the Torah bother telling us? (7 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Yom Kippur

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2017/09/28

Perhaps the most integral part of Yom Kippur davening is the Viduy, the Confession, which we say ten times over the course of the day. Ten times! Why is it necessary to say it so many times? (10 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Nitzavim-Yayeilech & Rosh Hashanah

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2017/09/14

We discuss how the different aspects of mitzvos allow us to connect to Hashem and better appreciate the mitzvah of Teshuvah, the main purpose of the upcoming holidays. (8 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Ki Savo

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2017/09/07

This week's parsha contains the second section of the Tochachah, the list of curses placed on Bnei Yisrael in case they do not continue on the Torah path. But why do we need a second list, one wasn't enough? (7 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Ki Seitzei

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2017/08/31

Sefer Devarim is Moshe's farewell address to the people, so he included only the most vital laws that the Nation needed to hear. But there appear to be a few halachos in this week's parsha that slipped through the filter. How did this happen? (6 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Shoftim

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2017/08/24

The Torah gives us three restrictions for a Jewish King. What is special about these specific things that a king is not allowed to do them? (9 minutes) We are celebrating a full year of AIMeM Podcasts! Mazel tov!

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Devarim (SOS Edition)

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2017/07/27

We'd like to thank Nussi Samuel for filling in this week on The AIMeM Torah Podcast as part of our 'Summer of Subscribers' program! To learn more about the 'SOS' program, please visit http://oldideasforthemodernmind.blogspot.co.il/2017/06/the-5th-annual-summer-of-subscribers-is.html

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Matos-Masei

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2017/07/20

Our first SOS submission of the summer! Thanks to Yossi Spira for his Dvar Torah. Enjoy! (6 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Pinchas

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2017/07/13

Chazal teach us that women love Eretz Yisrael more than men. What is it that causes this connection? (9 minutes)

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Dvar Torah for Parshas Balak

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2017/07/06

While praising the Bnei Yisrael, Bilaam expresses a desire to die the death of a great tzaddik. Did this wicked man really expect to receive this? What was he really asking for? (8 minutes)

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