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Daily Insights by Rabbi Eli Silberstein

637 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratings

Daily Insights on Chasidic Thought, Halacha, Stories, Parsha, Nach, Mishnah, Talmud, Halacha, Holidays and Niggunim by Rabbi Eli Silberstein

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A great story about the Baal Shem Tov and the possuk Mechasheifa lo Sechayeh

February 15, 2023 12:32 - 6 minutes - 2.88 MB

A great story about the Baal Shem Tov and the possuk Mechasheifa lo Sechayeh - told by the Shaarei Tshuva

Beautiful explanation of Tosafos re the power of prayer.

February 15, 2023 04:20 - 5 minutes - 2.79 MB

Beautiful explanation of Tosafos re the power of prayer.

The various levels of עבד - A tidbit of the Rebbe’s maamar

February 14, 2023 06:59 - 10 minutes - 4.73 MB

The various levels of עבד - A tidbit of the Rebbe’s maamar

A humorous story with the great scholar Reb Mordechai Banett re to the possuk לכלב תשליכו אותו

February 14, 2023 06:46 - 6 minutes - 6.33 MB

A humorous story with the great scholar Reb Mordechai Banett re to the possuk לכלב תשליכו אותו

Beautiful Or Hachaim Hakodosh on why it says אם כסף תלויה את עמי, as if it’s optional

February 14, 2023 06:45 - 5 minutes - 4.67 MB

Beautiful Or Hachaim Hakodosh on why it says אם כסף תלויה את עמי, as if it’s optional

A nice pshat by the Mekubal Reb Yaskov Abuchatzera on עין תחת עין

February 14, 2023 06:43 - 1 minute - 1.7 MB

A nice pshat by the Mekubal Reb Yaskov Abuchatzera on עין תחת עין

A beautiful halachic explanation by the Kotzker Rebbe re a slave who’s killed by his master

February 14, 2023 06:42 - 4 minutes - 4.24 MB

A beautiful halachic explanation by the Kotzker Rebbe as to the difference between a slave who dies within 24 hours of his master’s beatings and one who dies after that.

Beautiful story with Reb Nochum Tchernobeler and Reb Zushe -

February 14, 2023 06:18 - 4 minutes - 4.34 MB

Beautiful story with Reb Nochum Tchernobeler and Reb Zushe - related to the parsha ויחזו את האלוקים ויאכלו וישתו

Shouldn’t Chanukah last for 9 days?

December 27, 2022 02:41 - 9 minutes - 4.38 MB

Shouldn’t Chanukah last for 9 days?

Powerful maamar of the Rebbevas to why the menorah itself needs to be outside

December 26, 2022 03:54 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

Powerful maamar of the Rebbevas to why the menorah itself needs to be outside rather than shining out from within

Why is the Chanukah menorah so different than the one me of the BHM”k

December 26, 2022 03:31 - 8 minutes - 4.23 MB

Why is the Chanukah menorah so different than the one me of the BHM”k

Why is the last day of Chanukah referred to as זאת חנוכה?

December 25, 2022 23:06 - 9 minutes - 4.62 MB

Why is the last day of Chanukah referred to as זאת חנוכה?

Why the difference between להדליק של חנוכה Or להדליק נר חנוכה.

December 25, 2022 22:52 - 4 minutes - 2.04 MB

Why the difference between להדליק של חנוכה Or להדליק נר חנוכה.

Nikolayever nigun Yevonim

December 19, 2022 00:52 - 1 minute - 930 KB

Nikolayever nigun Yevonim

Why was Tamar sentenced to שריפה? She wasn’t an אשת איש!!

December 16, 2022 16:56 - 8 minutes - 3.86 MB

Why was Tamar sentenced to שריפה? She wasn’t an אשת איש!!

What the Chasam Sofer learned from this weeks parsha re Napoleon’s seize of Pressburg

December 16, 2022 16:39 - 5 minutes - 2.58 MB

What the Chasam Sofer learned from this weeks parsha re Napoleon’s seize of Pressburg

How was Ruven hoping to save Yosef by throwing him in a pit full of snakes?!

December 16, 2022 16:29 - 4 minutes - 1.99 MB

How was Ruven hoping to save Yosef by throwing him in a pit full of snakes?!

Why it’s easy to forget the loss of a dead relative but not if he’s still alive

December 16, 2022 15:57 - 5 minutes - 2.74 MB

Why it’s easy to forget the loss of a dead relative but not if he’s still alive

A הלכה discussion as to how the sale of Esav׳s בכורה to Yaakov was valid -

November 25, 2022 18:47 - 17 minutes - 7.98 MB

A הלכה discussion as to how the sale of Esav׳s בכורה to Yaakov was valid - isnt it a sale of a דבר שלא בא לעולם?

The amazing story with Baal Shem Tov and the bishop and the reason Reb Pinchos Koritzer

November 25, 2022 18:45 - 12 minutes - 5.7 MB

The amazing story with Baal Shem Tov and the bishop and the reason Reb Pinchos Koritzer didnt recite Tachnun on the 3rd of Kislev

Amazing lesson by the mekubal Reb Avrohom Azulay from Yitzchoks reaction to Esav

November 25, 2022 18:43 - 9 minutes - 4.23 MB

Amazing lesson by the mekubal Reb Avrohom Azulay from Yitzchoks reaction to Esav after realizing that Yaakov got the Brochos

beautiful Maharal on the struggle of Rome with Israel -

November 25, 2022 18:42 - 11 minutes - 5.58 MB

beautiful Maharal on the struggle of Rome with Israel - corresponding to the struggle of Yaakov and Esav - why are the garments of Esav so central to this story?

The encounter of Shimon the heretic and the Alter Rebbe

November 25, 2022 18:26 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

The encounter of Shimon the heretic and the Alter Rebbe - the lesson the Alter Rebbe taught him about ויחרד יצחק חרדה גדולה

Interesting insight by the Beis Halevi on why Eliezer changed the wording of Avrohom -

November 18, 2022 16:16 - 5 minutes - 2.67 MB

Interesting insight by the Beis Halevi on why Eliezer changed the wording of Avrohom - ולקחת אשה לבני

fascinating story in the gemoro about the Cave of Avrohom and Sara

November 18, 2022 16:14 - 14 minutes - 6.52 MB

fascinating story in the gemoro about the Cave of Avrohom and Sara - and its deeper meaning according to chassidus

Great lesson about love in marriage from the marriage of Yitzchok and Rivka by Reb Levi Yitzchok

November 18, 2022 16:09 - 5 minutes - 2.67 MB

Great lesson about love in marriage from the marriage of Yitzchok and Rivka by Reb Levi Yitzchok of Barditchev - ותהי לו לאשה ויאהבה

When humility becomes a source of egotism -

November 18, 2022 16:08 - 4 minutes - 2 MB

When humility becomes a source of egotism - Great interpretation on the last possuk of Vayeara by the Baal Shem Tov - ופילגשו ושמה ראומה

Fascinating Zohar: when Avrohom tried to burry Sara, Adam and Chava tried to stop him. Why?

November 18, 2022 16:06 - 4 minutes - 2 MB

Fascinating Zohar: when Avrohom tried to burry Sara, Adam and Chava tried to stop him. Why?

Beautiful insight by the Kotzker Rebbe re Eliezer’s hope that Avrohom would consider his daughter

November 18, 2022 16:05 - 8 minutes - 4.16 MB

Beautiful insight by the Kotzker Rebbe re Eliezer’s hope that Avrohom would consider his daughter as a suitable match for Yitzchok.

Beautiful story about the Rebbe Rashab as a child doing ‘Iskafya’

November 14, 2022 03:24 - 3 minutes - 1.55 MB

Beautiful story about the Rebbe Rashab as a child doing ‘Iskafya’

An awesome story with the Rebbe Rashab related to yesterday’s hafTorah- in honor of chof cheshvan

November 14, 2022 03:22 - 6 minutes - 2.94 MB

An awesome story with the Rebbe Rashab related to yesterday’s hafTorah- in honor of chof cheshvan

great story of the Magid of Mezritch about the mitzvah of hospitality

November 10, 2022 17:11 - 9 minutes - 4.04 MB

great story of the Magid of Mezritch about the mitzvah of hospitality

A great story about Reb Meir Shapira told by his student Reb Pinchos Hirshprung

November 09, 2022 05:27 - 8 minutes - 7.37 MB

A great story about Reb Meir Shapira told by his student Reb Pinchos Hirshprung based on the story of the Akeidah

How did Avrohom know that providing hospitality is greater than having a rendezvous with Hashem?

November 09, 2022 05:17 - 5 minutes - 2.86 MB

How did Avrohom know that providing hospitality is greater than having a rendezvous with Hashem?

nice insight from Reb Bunim of Pershischa about Hashem visiting Avrohom while he is sick

November 09, 2022 05:09 - 2 minutes - 969 KB

nice insight from Reb Bunim of Pershischa about Hashem visiting Avrohom while he is sick

Beautiful story told by the Previous Rebbe about the Baal Shem Tov

October 30, 2022 13:54 - 3 minutes - 1.8 MB

Beautiful story told by the Previous Rebbe about the Baal Shem Tov

Beautiful vort of the Riziner on כי מלאה הארץ חמס

October 28, 2022 14:25 - 1 minute - 833 KB

Beautiful vort of the Riziner on כי מלאה הארץ חמס

The question the Holy Riziner asked the Alter Rebbe as a 9 year old and the TT’s answer

October 28, 2022 14:21 - 4 minutes - 2.29 MB

The question the Holy Riziner asked the Alter Rebbe as a 9 year old and the TT’s answer

A fascinating explanation by the צמח צדק of the science of earthquakes

October 21, 2022 15:37 - 11 minutes - 5.12 MB

A fascinating explanation by the צמח צדק of the science of earthquakes, based on השמים כסאי והארץ הדום רגלי

The Mitzvah of Shofar in Auschwitz

September 20, 2022 17:59 - 13 minutes - 6.53 MB

The Mitzvah of Shofar in Auschwitz

‏Beautiful interpretation from the פנים יפות in כי תצא למלחמה על אויביך

September 04, 2022 16:57 - 9 minutes - 4.6 MB

‏Beautiful interpretation from the פנים יפות in כי תצא למלחמה על אויביך

Insight of the פנים יפות on ערים גדולות ובצורות בשמים

August 10, 2022 08:35 - 7 minutes - 3.26 MB

Insight of the פנים יפות on ערים גדולות ובצורות בשמים

When Titus pierced the פרוכת with his sword, blood emerged - what’s the meaning of this?

August 10, 2022 08:26 - 8 minutes - 3.82 MB

When Titus pierced the פרוכת with his sword, blood emerged - what’s the meaning of this?

Nice pshat from Maor Veshomesh on Rebbe’s attempt to abolish Tisha Beav

August 04, 2022 00:06 - 2 minutes - 1.35 MB

Nice pshat from Maor Veshomesh on Rebbe’s attempt to abolish Tisha Beav

The Rebbe’s insight into the story of רבי attempting to abolish Tisha Be’av

August 03, 2022 21:54 - 13 minutes - 6.43 MB

The Rebbe’s insight into the story of רבי attempting to abolish Tisha Be’av

Why did Reb Yehuda hanasi want to suspend the fast of tisha beav on a year when it fell on shabbos?

August 03, 2022 21:51 - 7 minutes - 3.5 MB

Why did Reb Yehuda hanasi want to suspend the fast of tisha beav on a year when it fell on shabbos? Why not on the 17th of Tammuz? Interesting Chasam Sofer

A story of the Arizal and his Talmid Reb Shmuel Uzido, author of מדרש שמואל על פרקי אבות

August 03, 2022 03:54 - 8 minutes - 3.76 MB

A story of the Arizal and his Talmid Reb Shmuel Uzido, author of מדרש שמואל על פרקי אבות

The Arizals way of treating his wife - ftom Reb Chaim Vital

August 03, 2022 03:27 - 1 minute - 635 KB

The Arizals way of treating his wife - ftom Reb Chaim Vital

Awesome story about the Arizal and the great mekubel Reb Moshe Galanty from Tsfas -

August 03, 2022 03:26 - 9 minutes - 4.2 MB

Awesome story about the Arizal and the great mekubel Reb Moshe Galanty from Tsfas - told by the Shinever Rov

A few short teachings from the Arizal- told by Reb Chaim Vital

August 03, 2022 03:24 - 9 minutes - 4.22 MB

A few short teachings from the Arizal- told by Reb Chaim Vital