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Z Talks

47 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings

Reb Zalmen takes situations from everyday life and explains how Torah can help guide you through.

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Episodes

Why Self Respect Matters

May 05, 2023 09:45 - 26 minutes - 48.9 MB

Recorded live 2017

Chanukah and the 4 Exiles

December 16, 2020 01:28 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MB

Chanukah and the 4 Exiles

Curb Your Narcissism and Insecurity

July 21, 2020 15:28 - 42 minutes - 119 MB Video

Why the 10 Commandments are Important

May 27, 2020 14:28 - 25 minutes - 74.1 MB Video

Why the 10 Commandments are Important

The Mitzvah of "Telling Over" the Leaving of Egypt

April 02, 2020 23:06 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MB

Audio taken from 4:30pm Zoom Class

What's So Special About Leaving Egypt?

March 18, 2020 21:30 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

Recorded 3-22-17 NYC

Purim and the Art of Simplicity Main Class

March 05, 2020 21:30 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

Purim and the Art of Simplicity Main Class - Recorded 3-7-17 NYC

The Connection Between Growth and Talmud

January 15, 2020 23:22 - 15 minutes - 35.2 MB

What is Shavuos?

June 07, 2019 10:02 - 19 minutes - 18 MB

What is Shavuos?

National State of Mourning

May 17, 2019 09:48 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MB

Lag B Omer 5779

Passover 5778

April 19, 2019 02:23 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MB

Recorded live 3-26-18 Staten Island, NY

Purim 5779

March 13, 2019 10:19 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MB

Curb Your Fear

January 21, 2019 21:44 - 58 minutes - 163 MB Video

Bitachon Vs. Fear

January 02, 2019 10:53 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MB

Judaism Has Nothing to do With Victimhood Culture

December 21, 2018 20:36 - 10 minutes - 274 MB Video

What Does the Name Chanukah Actually Mean?

December 07, 2018 11:16 - 13 minutes - 330 MB Video

Chanukah 5779 (2018) Class 2

December 01, 2018 23:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

Chanukah 5779 (2018) Class 1

November 25, 2018 19:34 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MB

Erev Yom Kippur 5779

September 17, 2018 21:48 - 20 minutes - 27.5 MB

What is Rosh Chodesh?

July 01, 2018 12:55 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB

Recorded Live in Los Angeles California, 2018

Happiness is Song

April 08, 2018 12:18 - 23 minutes - 43.3 MB

Purim 5778

February 27, 2018 10:57 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MB

Recorded live 2-26-18

Simcha of a Mitzvah

February 26, 2018 22:20 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

The Talmud says “The Divine Presence only dwells in a person who’s in the state of happiness (Simcha) of a Mitzvah”. I spoke at Waterbury Yeshiva last week. Before I spoke, they sang a song they wrote, incredibly moving. Worth listening to, my talk starts about 4 minutes in.

Mistakes are Ideal

December 05, 2017 01:50 - 12 minutes - 536 MB Video

Understanding Curb's Bill Buckner episode 

It's All Good

November 17, 2017 02:03 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

Curb Talk - Victimization and Jewish Identity

November 05, 2017 12:22 - 10 minutes - 472 MB Video

Curb Talk: Palestinian Chicken and Jewish Identity

October 26, 2017 22:30 - 12 minutes - 540 MB Video

You're Dating Wrong (Video Clips)

July 21, 2017 18:18 - 32 minutes - 105 MB Video

Recorded 7-12-17 NYC

Oz - True Happiness

April 20, 2017 03:03 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

Recorded 4-19-17 NYC

What's the Point of Matzoh?

April 09, 2017 16:06 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MB

What's the Point of Matzoh?  Recorded 4-4-17 NYC

What's the Point of the Seder?

April 02, 2017 23:57 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MB

What's the Point of the Seder? Recorded 3-26-17 NYC

Purim and the Art of Simplicity Introduction

March 09, 2017 20:11 - 5 minutes - 5.3 MB

Purim and the Art of Simplicity - Recorded 3-7-17 NYC

Priorities

January 22, 2017 00:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

Priorities Recorded 1-11-17 NYC

The Opposite of Fear is Trust (Fear and Power class 1)

January 19, 2017 23:54 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

The Opposite of Fear is Trust (Fear and Power class 1) Recorded 1-10-17 NYC

How To Start A Resolution

January 08, 2017 15:17 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MB

Reb Z gives insight on how to start a resolution.  Recorced 1-11-16 NYC

The Real Story Of Dreidel

December 24, 2016 23:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB

The Real Story Of Dreidel - Recorded 12/21/16 NYC To support this podcast you can make your tax deductible donation here, Thanks!  https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=8BVTX6PQUPKVQ

Respect - Its Not About The Bow

December 13, 2016 12:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

Respect - Its Not About The Bow

Rich Is Happy

December 11, 2016 14:52 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

Rich Is Happy: Recorded 12-7-16 NYC

Strength is Converted Anger

November 17, 2016 01:24 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MB

Strength is Converted Anger Recorded 11-15-16 NYC

Don't Fear Mistakes - The Real Meaning of Tshuva

October 07, 2016 13:54 - 32 minutes - 74.8 MB

Reb Z talks about the real meaning of Tshuva.  Recorded in NYC 10-5-16

Rosh Hashana is Shofar

September 28, 2016 21:26 - 19 minutes - 43.7 MB

Rosh Hashana is Shofar Recorded 9/27/16 at JEC

Closer part 3 - Come Closer

May 24, 2016 13:00 - 5 minutes - 2.37 MB

Here is a mash-up of parts 1 and 2 to show how its all connected.  Special thanks to Michael Lacher for assembling this mash-up.

Closer part 2 - The Land Of Israel

May 17, 2016 13:00 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MB

R' Z has counterintelligence expert Steve Gar talk about the land of Israel.

Lag B'omer Part 2

May 10, 2016 18:23 - 20 minutes - 27.3 MB

Part 2 of the Lag B'omer discussion

Closer Part 1 - What is Jerusalem?

May 10, 2016 13:00 - 15 minutes - 20.8 MB

Closer series part 1 of 3: What is Jerusalem? R' Zalmen Mindell speaks during a trip to Israel.

Lag B'omer Part 1 - Respect For Life

May 03, 2016 23:34 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MB

Lag B'omer series part 1 - Respect For Life

Hagadah 5776

April 18, 2016 14:10 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MB

Reb Z discusses Hagadah 5776