Rav Shmuel Goldstein explores the life of the Rebbe Reb Zusha of Anipoli. Through stories of his life we discover Reb Zusha’s fire, passion, and infectious Simcha. Join us on this journey to discover more about the Tzadik Rav Meshulam Zusha of Anipoli. 

Rav Shmuel Goldstein is the Associate Rabbi of Congregation Beth Tefillah in Paramus NJ and gives Shiurim in the Bergen County and Monsey area.

Dr. Henry Abramson (https://henryabramson.com/, @hmabramson) Dean at Touro University (https://www.touro.edu/, @wearetouro) shares about the life and remarkable written works of the Rebbe and visionary, Rav Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Piacezna Rebbe. 

4 Cheshvan: R'Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Piacezna Rebbe (1889-1943). Tragically killed in the Holocaust. His entire life he continued to inspire others & maintain strong emuna even under enormous duress. Author - Aish Kodesh, Chovas HaTalmidim, Bnei Machshava Tova ect.

Henry Abramson, a native of northern Ontario, earned a PhD in History from the University of Toronto and has held visiting and post-doctoral positions at Cornell, Harvard, Oxford and the Hebrew University of Toronto. He currently serves as a Dean of Touro University in Brooklyn New York. The author of several books, including Torah from the Years of Wrath, 1939-1943: The Historical Context of the Aish Kodesh, his work has been recognized with received research and teaching fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and he received the Excellence in the Academy Award from the National Education Association. His online lectures in Jewish history have been viewed more than five million times, and he is the author of the Jewish History in Daf Yomi Podcast in All Daf, an App from the Orthodox Union. He is currently working on a major three-volume history of the Jewish people for Koren Publishers, Jerusalem.

R' Yaakov Klein delves into the unique life of Rebbe Nachman and shares his thoughts about the spiritual revolution he brought into the world. 

R’ Yaakov Klein is an author, musician, and lecturer devoted to sharing the inner light of Torah through his books, music, and lectures. He will be joining Jewish Futures as the founding director of Eilecha, a new organization focused on creating opportunities for spiritual growth and experiential education in the local community and beyond. Through classes, content, events, trips, and experiences, Eilecha aims to foster a Jewish experience that is deep, passionate, sincere, joyous, healthy, and eminently relevant, charting a course "Eilecha", toward a vibrant life lived in the warmth of Hashem's embrace.

Eilecha broadcast link: http://wa.me/13473918819?text=subscribe

Rav Moshe Weinberger shares several personal stories about his Rebbe, Rav Dovid Lifshitz and how the Klausenburger Rebbe had a special motherly care for all those who needed to be uplifted.

Rav Weinberger is the founding Morah d'Asrah of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, NY (https://www.aishkodesh.org/) & has served as Mashpia in Yeshiva University since 2013 (https://www.yutorah.org/rabbi-moshe-weinberger/). Rav Weinberger is a noted speaker who draws upon a vast array of sources in his shiurim. The diverse currents of the MaHaRal, RaMChal, Ba'al Shem Tov, Vilna Gaon, Rav Tzadok HaKohen, Rebbe Nachman, The Ba'al HaTanya, Rav Kook and others merge within him and are transmitted to countless Jews of all backgrounds thirsting for knowledge, inspiration and guidance. Rav Weinberger has also been intimately involved in Jewish education and outreach for almost thirty years. He has developed a library of shiurim on T'filah, Chassidus, Hashkafah, Rav Kook's sefarim,the Aish Kodesh's sefarim, among others, that are listened to by men and women all over the world

Rabbi Shlomie Gestetner shares about the life and impact of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and some personal stories about how the Rebbe inspired him in such a profound way. 

Rabbi Shloime Gestetner is the dean of the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies. An Australian native, he has lived with his family in Jerusalem for the last 30 years. He is the Rabbi of the lively Mayanot Shul in Nachlaot and grandfather to a kah growing clan.

For over 25 years, the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies (www.mayanot.edu) has reached tens of thousands of Jewish students through innovative formal and informal education programs. Building a solid foundation of Jewish education, a new generation of young leaders proud of their Jewish identity, ready to respond to growing threats to Jewish continuity and to our homeland with renewed pride and a sense of empowerment. At Mayanot, students of diverse backgrounds study together in an open yet academically challenging environment. Students are encouraged to question, challenge and explore three thousand years of Jewish wisdom and apply it to contemporary society.

Mayanot has brought over 50,000 Birthright participants to Israel since 2000.

The Mayanot Men’s & Women’s learning programs help young Jews between the ages of 18 and 32 deepen their Jewish knowledge and commitment while developing their learning skills and mastery of Torah texts.

Graduates of Mayanot programs have been active on 120 campuses and 190 communities worldwide, encouraging more young Jews to participate in Jewish life, Torah and taking a leading role in defending Israel on campus.

Rav Yosef Carmel

Rav Yosef Gershon Carmel was born in Jerusalem in 1953. He is the Rabbinical Dean of the Eretz Hemdah Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, and the Av Beit Din of the "Eretz Hemdah - Gazit" network of Batei Din. In 1987, with the partnership of Rav Moshe Ehrenreich and under the Presidency of HaGaon Maran Harav Shaul Israeli zt"l, they founded the Eretz Hemdah Institute. Rav Carmel is a graduate of the Nir Kiryat Arba Hesder Yeshiva and was Rosh Metivta there for more than ten years. He was a combat soldier in the IDF during the Yom Kippur war as well as the first Lebanon war. Rav Carmel is a senior lecturer for Tanach at Jerusalem College since 1985. Rav Carmel heads the 'Ask the Rabbi' program which provides Halachic answers in English to questioners from around the world. To date, more than 20,000 replies have been sent out. He is the author of many articles on Tanach and Halacha, the book Tsofnat Eliyahu – a commentary on the Vilna Gaon’s commentary on the laws of financial damages in Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, the book Tzofnat Yeshayahu – from Uziya to Ahaz – a commentary on the prophecies of Yehsayahu during one of the stormiest times in Jewish history, and nine volumes of "Reponsa B'mareh Habazak'.

Eretz Hemdah

Eretz Hemdah is the premier institution for training young rabbis to prepare for Israeli Rabbinate's rigorous Yadin Yadin examinations. Eretz Hemdah, with its distinctive blend of Religious Zionist philosophy and scholarship, coupled with community service, ensures its graduates emerge with the finest training, the noblest motivations and the strongest connection to Jewish communities worldwide.

Eretz Hemdah also provides advanced training programs for community rabbis all over the world, including in North America, Europe, England and South Africa. Additionally, Eretz Hemdah serves as a response center to questions regarding Jewish life and Halacha. Each year, thousands of questions, arriving both from laymen and rabbis, are answered, and numerous volumes of these answers have been published, both in English and Hebrew.

Many of Eretz Hemdah's graduates serve in the "Eretz Hemdah–Gazit" chain of Batei Din. These Batei Din, spread all across the State of Israel, handle monetary cases in a swift and just manner, with the decisions legally enforceable under the Israeli and international arbitration law.

We invite you to visit us personally in Jerusalem. Until then you can learn more about Eretz Hemdah Institute by visiting us at http://www.eretzhemdah.org

Rav Reuven Taragin, a great great grandson of Rav Bengis, shares about the life of this great Talmid Chacham, and what we can learn about maximizing our time. Rav Taragin is the Dean of Overseas Students at Yeshivat Hakotel where he is responsible for the quality and message of the overall program and the welfare of each of its students. Despite his many responsibilities, Rav Taragin manages to develop a deep kesher with each of the talmidim both while they are in yeshiva and afterwards (he maintains personal contact with each one of the yeshiva’s alumni). He is well-known for his shiurim in Gemara, Tanach and Machshava, his inspiring talks, signature tisches, and the personal advice he offers to talmidim. Rav Taragin is also the Educational Director of World Mizrachi and the RZA (Religious Zionists of America). In that position he drives educational initiatives that strengthen the relationship of communities and individuals in the USA and around the world with Eretz Yisrael.

Rav Mordechai Kaplan delves into the uniqueness of Rav Yisrael Baal Shem Tov and how he re-energized the Jewish people forever. Mordechai Kaplan - Rebbe and Program Director at Yeshivat Lev HaTorah. Owner of Kaplan Custom Tours, tour operator and group organizer. Runs the Tzama Nafshi Baderech trips to both the Ukraine and Eretz Hakodesh.

Rav Ally Ehrman shares about the life of the Tzadik & Gaon Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer HY"D (1884-1943), Rosh Yeshiva in Sochatchov & Chachmei Lublin.

Rabbi Ehrman is a former Rebbe at Yeshivat HaKotel and Netiv Aryeh and Rosh Kollel of Kollel Iyun Hanefesh in Yerushalayim. He has authored numerous sefarim including Shiras Yitzchak, Simchas Shmuel, Simchas Hanefesh and also scores of articles in English and Hebrew. He is an acclaimed darshan and has served as scholar in residence for various congregations throughout the New York area. His style is to weave together the various strands of Jewish thought in order to bring out an inspiring and relevant message. He recently started a "skype-yeshiva" where he learns privately with men of all ages [including college students] at all levels from the comfort of their home or office. To join the yeshiva or to invite Rabbi Ehrman to speak in your shul you may contact him directly at [email protected]. He blogs at http://mevakeshlev.blogspot.co.il and is a certified marriage counselor.

Artice mentioned in the episode: https://seforimblog.com/2019/06/rav-aryeh-tzvi-frommer/

In this episode Rav Yisroel Kaminetzky shares about the life of his tremendously accomplished of his grandfather "Doctor Joe" who played such a pivotal role in establishing Jewish education in America.

Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky is the founding Menahel of the Davis Renov Stahler (DRS) Yeshiva High School for Boys. Prior to that, he was a Rebbe at Yeshiva University High School for boys for five years. For the past twenty years, he has served as the Educational Director and Mashgiach of the NCSY Summer Kollel Program in Israel. He is a graduate and a Musmach of Yeshiva University.