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Rav Danny's Torah Podcast

101 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 8 years ago -

Rav Danny's Torah Podcast offers short shiurim on a range of different Torah topics.

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Episodes

Pinchas and The Public Eye

July 29, 2016 00:00 - 5 minutes - 3.96 MB

Parashat Balak: The Dangers of Greatness (4 min)

July 22, 2016 00:00 - 4 minutes - 2.75 MB

Shelach: The Spies and Lashon HaRa

June 30, 2016 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.26 MB

The spies are accused of speaking Lashon HaRa about the land. What does that mean? - An insight of Rav Soloveitchik.

Beha'alotcha - Why Things Start To Fall Apart

June 19, 2016 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.45 MB

Why is it that all of a sudden, in the middle of Sefer Bamidbar, the relationship between the Jewish people and Hashem seems to fall apart?

Celebrating Yom Yerushalayim (part 2)

June 03, 2016 00:00 - 2 minutes - 1.76 MB

The last couple of minutes from the interrupted episode.

Reflections on Yom Yerushalayim (Part 1)

June 03, 2016 00:00 - 12 minutes - 6.7 MB

The recording of the podcast was interrupted, and the last couple of minutes are in part 2.

Parshat Kedoshim - The Challenges of Kedusha

April 24, 2014 00:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

What does Kedusha (holiness) entail? In this shiur, we seek to answer this question by analyzing the first chapter of our parsha.

Accepting the Torah on Purim?

March 14, 2014 00:00 - 11 minutes - 8 MB

The Talmud says we accepted the Torah on Purim. What does that mean and how should that affect our Purim?

Blending Heaven and Earth (Vayakhel and Pekudei)

February 24, 2014 00:00 - 17 minutes - 3.96 MB

Why does the Torah repeat the elaborate details of the Mishkan construction when those elaborate details were already included in the original command to build it? It is to teach us a critical lesson about the Torah...

Shabbat, the Mishkan and the Garden of Eden (Ki Tisa)

February 11, 2014 00:00 - 12 minutes - 2.93 MB

Why does Shabbat have the specific 39 melachot (prohibited labours) that it does?

This World and the World to Come (Parashat Vayeshev)

November 21, 2013 05:36 - 14 minutes - 3.21 MB

The Difference Between A Lot and Everything (Vayishlach)

November 13, 2013 05:56 - 8 minutes - 2.01 MB

9 minutes

Parashat Toldot - Yitzchak and the Cynics

October 30, 2013 23:56 - 8 minutes - 5.86 MB

(8 minutes)

When Adar Begins...

February 15, 2013 02:10 - 10 minutes - 6.94 MB

What does it mean "marbin be-simcha" (we increase in joy)?

Teruma: Three Dimensions of the Mishkan

February 14, 2013 03:47 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

Chanuka and its contemporary message

December 11, 2012 06:46 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

What impact does the Chanuka story have on our contemporary situation?

Morality and Religion - Parshat Vayeira

November 02, 2012 02:24 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

How necessary is religion for morality?

Daf Yomi Brachot 25a-26a Part 2 (Future daf shiurim on jlctorah.podomatic.com)

August 25, 2012 22:20 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MB

End of the previous shiur. Future posts will appear on http://jlctorah.podomatic.com/.

Daf Yomi Brachot 25a-26a Part 1

August 25, 2012 22:18 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

1.5 Daf Interruption in the shiur

Daf Yomi Brachot 23a-b

August 25, 2012 22:12 - 1 hour - 68.2 MB

Daf Yomi Brachot 22a-b

August 23, 2012 05:55 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB

Daf Yomi Brachot 21a-b

August 21, 2012 00:15 - 1 hour - 61.9 MB

Daf Yomi Brachot 19b-20b

August 19, 2012 20:47 - 1 hour - 68.1 MB

1.5 Daf

Daf Yomi Brachot 18a-19a Part 2

August 19, 2012 06:00 - 1 hour - 45 MB

This is the continuation of the shiur after the recording was interrupted.

Daf Yomi Brachot 18a-19a Part 1

August 19, 2012 05:58 - 1 hour - 45 MB

1.5 Daf The beginning of the shiur was not recorded. Starts 9 lines into 18a. The recording was interrupted and continued in the second file.

Daf Yomi Brachot 15a-b

August 16, 2012 05:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MB

Daf Yomi Brachot 16a-b

August 16, 2012 00:32 - 1 hour - 47.5 MB

Parshat Re'eh - The Significance of Shechita

August 15, 2012 05:34 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

When the Jews entered the Land of Israel, the laws of shechita changed. Why? And what can this teach us about the meaning of Shechita?

Jewish Leadership (Parashat Beha'alotcha)

June 07, 2012 06:05 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

What is the essence of Jewish leadership? Why does Moshe break down when the people ask for meat? (16 minutes)

The Message of the Sotah (Parashat Naso)

May 31, 2012 07:14 - 6 minutes - 6.31 MB

What was the Torah seeking to achieve by creating method of checking the sotah (suspected adultress)? What message does it have for us today? (7 min)

Sefirat Ha'omer - 3 lessons

May 01, 2012 06:57 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MB

16 minutes

Bedikat Chametz

March 19, 2012 05:54 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

How hard must one really look for chametz? (11 minutes)

The Unique Sanctity of Purim

March 07, 2012 11:57 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

(16 minutes)

"But why?" - How do we know the Torah is true?

February 17, 2012 02:59 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MB

Part 3 of the series: "But Why? - Dealing with the big questions children ask" (20 minutes)

How Do We Know Hashem Is Real?

February 07, 2012 05:54 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB

Part 2 of the series: "But Why? - Dealing with the big questions children ask" (19 minutes)

The Essence of Chanuka

December 17, 2011 12:05 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

Does Chanuka simply celebrate a victory of the past, or is there more to it than that?(16 minutes)

What is Hashem?

December 09, 2011 00:43 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MB

Part 1 of the series: "But Why? - Dealing with the big questions children ask" (19 minutes)

The Exile Experience (Vayetze)

December 02, 2011 01:57 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB

(11 minutes)

Lying in Halacha - Toldot

November 25, 2011 01:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

Is lying forbidden in halacha? When and when not? (21 minutes) Based on an article by Rabbi Mark Dratch.

Bonding with the land (Chayei Sarah)

November 16, 2011 04:57 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

Why does the Torah write so much about Avraham's acquisition of a burial plot?(18 minutes)

Halacha for the Day - Tefilla - In another language?

September 12, 2011 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

Can one daven in a language other than Hebrew? It's not a simple question.

Halacha for the Day - Tefilla - Kavana

September 08, 2011 04:05 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB

The role of kavana (concentration) in davening. Based on Peninei Halacha.

Shana Rishona - Making a relationship work (Ki Tetze)

September 07, 2011 04:14 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

12 minutes

Halacha for the Day - Tefilla - Speech or thought?

September 06, 2011 01:09 - 10 minutes - 9.25 MB

The laws of Tefilla (Prayer) - Is it enough to think one's prayers or must they be said. Based on Peninei Halacha

Halacha for the Day - The Month of Elul

September 05, 2011 00:47 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB

13 minutes

The Month of Elul - L'David Hashem

September 02, 2011 01:45 - 10 minutes - 9.22 MB

Why do we say L'David Hashem in the month of Elul? (10 minutes)

"The False Prophet" (Re'eh)

August 26, 2011 03:55 - 10 minutes - 9.74 MB

The relevance of the law of the false prophet for our times. (10 minutes)

The 15th of Av

August 15, 2011 05:54 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

What is so special about this day? (24 minutes)

The value of human life (Mas'ei)

July 25, 2011 07:10 - 10 minutes - 9.25 MB

(10 minutes)

The Three Weeks

July 20, 2011 06:25 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

What is the objective of these 3 weeks? (16 minutes)

Books

The Garden of Eden
2 Episodes