Episodes

  • Celebrating a Wolbe Bar Mitzvah

    Celebrating a Wolbe Bar Mitzvah
    Oct 12 2026
    This past weekend, we celebrated my son Shlomo’s bar mitzvah, together with much of our family. It was a delightful and memorable affair! In this special podcast, I share some of the exciting events of the weekend, and of course some of the speeches that I gave in honor of the bar mitzvah boy. We […]
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    54 mins
  • Joy, Jubilation, and Ecstasy on Sukkos

    Joy, Jubilation, and Ecstasy on Sukkos
    Sep 24 2026
    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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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • The Unparalleled Day of Yom Kippur

    The Unparalleled Day of Yom Kippur
    Sep 20 2026
    The holiest day of the year is upon us. The day of Yom Kippur is unmatched and unrivaled by any other. It is a day of elevation. It is a day of purification. It is a day to be cleansed of all of our sins. It is a day to move past all of our […]
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    34 mins
  • Asking Forgiveness Before Yom Kippur

    Asking Forgiveness Before Yom Kippur
    Sep 17 2026
    Yom Kippur is a day of atonement and expiation. On this auspicious day, the Almighty forgives us for all our transgressions and we become purified before God. But the purification of Yom Kippur is limited to sins between man and God. For interpersonal transgressions, there is no atonement unless the aggressor appeases and secures forgiveness […]
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    43 mins
  • The Ten Wonders of Repentance

    The Ten Wonders of Repentance
    Sep 10 2026
    God showered humanity with endless gifts: the ability to see, to hear, to walk, to taste, to think, to make choices, to become closer to Him. The list is very long. One of the greatest gifts that God gave humanity is the ability to repent. When we err, when we make blunders, when we go […]
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    54 mins
  • The Nuanced Judgment of Rosh Hashana

    The Nuanced Judgment of Rosh Hashana
    Sep 7 2026
    Rush Hashanah is a day of judgment. On this day, God sits, as it were, on His Throne of Judgment. The intensity and scrutiny of divine judgment is unfathomable. Even the angels quake and quiver with trepidation. For some, the results of the judgment are instantaneous: the completely righteous are immediately inscribed and sealed into […]
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    54 mins
  • The Incalculability of Mitzvos

    The Incalculability of Mitzvos
    Aug 31 2026
    Mitzvos have infinite value. There is no experience that we can have in this world that matches the reward in the world to come for a single mitzvah. But not all mitzvos are the same. Some contain more power than others. And even within a single mitzvah, there are infinite gradients of degrees of devotion […]
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    55 mins
  • The First Elul

    The First Elul
    Aug 24 2026
    We have a begun hallowed days of Elul. In one month, we will celebrate Rosh Hashanah. We will all be judged. We will blow the shofar. We will pray for a good year. Ten days later, the holy day of Yom Kippur. We will fast for 25 hours: no food, no drink. On that day,we […]
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    41 mins