Ari speaks to Ariel about Torah, combatting xtian missionaries, racial concepts and more. This wonderful episode is with one of the coolest people we have met to date. Check it out

On this episode, Ari speaks with the amazing Derryl Hart, who is a super talented musician, artist, dancer, husband, father and general legend. 

Derryl tells Ari his story about his journey to yiddishkeit, the highs the lows and everything in between. This episode is full of joy happiness and guaranteed to make you smile

Ari is Joined by Rosh Kollel Ness Daniel, Rabbi Rom Liebner. They discuss his work, the Kollel and ask the all important question, Why is Chassidus so important. Rabbi Rom knocks it out of the park.

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Ari talks with Rabbi Rom Liebner, who is the Rosh Kollel of Ness Daniel Kollel in the holy city of Tzfat. We discuss the Kollel and how it came about and who it is for. Ari asks the big question, Why is Chassidus so important and Rabbi Rom knocks it out of the park.

To support Rabbi Rom's work please head to https://bit.ly/nessdanielcampaign https://bit.ly/nessdaniel

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Ari welcomes back Dovi Halpern of @Jewishmetal to talk about chassidic heavy metal, his new music and asks the question, Why is Chassidus so important?

Dovi brings his unique understanding to the show and some rabbit holes are ventured down.

Ari chats briefly about the benefits of moving into a Jewish community

On this Elul special Ari talks with special guest Jodeci Jospeh of @jodecitalks about faith and mental health. Is relgion a crux or a cure or is it maybe a little  bit of both?

Ari and Jodeci talk about personal experiences, the japanese art of beautiful scars, community and much much much more.

Put some gold in your bowl, please listen share and like.

Making a special guest appearance Elio from the legendary podcast Two Chassids in a Pod, joins Ari for for this Elul special to talk about Teshuvah.

Ari and Elio talk about two levels of Teshuvah, what the Rabbis have to say on the matter. How to start to make Teshuvah  and what it really looks like.

Then Elio talks with such passion about his own life story taking us from Miami to Israel, to the IDF, back to Miami then to yeshiva and his current work on the Two Chassids in a Pod Podcast. 

This is one of the most honest, open and truly passionate stories on the show to date. Listen to it, share it with your friends and and take time to make changes in your life.

In this episode Ari speaks with Naama from Ben Zion Fine Arts about contemporary Gedolim art work for Jewish homes. 

In this fascinating episode we learn why its important to connect to a Rav and what difference it makes to a Jewish Home.

Amazing portraits of Rabbis and Chassids available on www.benzionfinearts.com 

Ari and Yisrael talk with Motivational Speaker, Chassid, Legend and one time owner of a pink motorala phone.

Jodeci shares part of his incredible story with us how he found out he was Jewish at the age of 11 and going and how that changed his life. Jodeci also talks to us about his time at Yeshiva, making Aliyah and between us there are some terrible jokes too.