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Just the midrash from parsha Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19).

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We recommend listening to the teaching, From Slavery to Freedom (Freeing Your Mind) | Part 11, before listening to this episode.

Afterburn: also known in the fitness world as the “afterburn effect.” Simply put, the more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward. 

This effect could occur spiritually after Rabbi Berkson's intense weekly teachings. This Afterburn Q&A session lets your mind and soul absorb more understanding (oxygen).

Afterburn | From Slavery to Freedom (Freeing Your Mind) | Part 11

• Teaching about trauma
•The easiest way
• Your Creator wants you to grow
• Raising a handicapped child
• Stop using the past as an excuse
• The vicious thought/emotion cycle
• I am my own worst enemy 
• Overcoming “shortness of breath/spirit”
• Does this mean contemplating suicide?
• The Spirit intervening for us?
• Despondency disappears because of this…
• He Googled this, and…

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Rabbi Steve Berkson uses the Exodus story as a compelling metaphor, guiding us through the journey from slavery to freedom. His message inspires belief in the possibility of change and deliverance, drawing from the Israelites’ escape from Egypt. It emphasizes that true deliverance requires personal growth, not just external assistance. 

From Slavery to Freedom (Freeing Your Mind) | Part 11

• Intro/Review
• Rewards are earned
• Which authority will you choose?
• Today’s subject, Groaning (Exodus 6:5)
• Shortness of breath/spirit (Exodus 6:9)
• Elohim heard their groaning (Exodus 2:23-25)
• If, indeed, we suffer (Romans 8:17)
• Groanings unutterable (Romans 8:26)
• Those Elohim “ordained” beforehand (Romans 8:29)
• Don’t let another judge you? (Romans 8:33)
• We, like Israel, do cry out; we groan

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Shoftim (Midrash Only) | Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9 | MTOI Weekly Torah Study

We recommend listening to the teaching, From Slavery to Freedom (Freeing Your Mind) | Part 10, before listening to this episode.

Afterburn: also known in the fitness world as the “afterburn effect.” Simply put, the more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward. 

This effect could occur spiritually after Rabbi Berkson's intense weekly teachings. This Afterburn Q&A session lets your mind and soul absorb more understanding (oxygen).

Afterburn | From Slavery to Freedom (Freeing Your Mind) | Part 10

• A different “measuring stick”
• Is this a form of worshiping ourselves?
• Stop looking for an outside (external) fix
• I need to change, but I don’t want to
• Stop being afraid!
• Can you have the Spirit of Elohim, but not know Torah?
• How do I weaken the flesh and strengthen the spirit?
• Just be kind. It’s not a checklist.
• George Strait said it best…
• Where are the guidelines for love?

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Rabbi Steve Berkson uses the Exodus story as a compelling metaphor, guiding us through the journey from slavery to freedom. His message inspires belief in the possibility of change and deliverance, drawing from the Israelites’ escape from Egypt. It emphasizes that true deliverance requires personal growth, not just external assistance. 

From Slavery to Freedom (Freeing Your Mind) | Part 10

• Intro/Review
• Step 1 - I shall bring you out from under the burdens
• Step 2 - I shall deliver you from their enslaving
• Step 3 - I shall redeem you
• You desire, and do not have
• Step 4 - I shall take you as my people
• Hooked on a feeling?
• Deuteronomy 28 - The blessings and curses (also Leviticus 26)
• When you’re aligned with…?
• Fear can cause this…
• Deuteronomy 26:16
• Romans 8 - There is no condemnation for those who…
• An apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
• Galatians 5:13 - Don’t abuse your freedom
• Prayer

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We recommend listening to the teaching, From Slavery to Freedom (Freeing Your Mind) | Part 9, before listening to this episode.

Afterburn: also known in the fitness world as the “afterburn effect.” Simply put, the more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward. 

This effect could occur spiritually after Rabbi Berkson's intense weekly teachings. This Afterburn Q&A session lets your mind and soul absorb more understanding (oxygen).

• I have a new plan
• Emotion comes out of motion
• Doing the thing 
• Wouldn’t saying “I get to do this” be a better mindset?
• I don’t want to seem selfish
• Parenting 101 in 5 minutes
• When is Yahweh’s covenant established with us?
• Will we still be making decisions in the…
• I’m confused as to what the word “duress” means
• What if expectations were never shared…
• Would this be selfish of me…?

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Rabbi Steve Berkson uses the Exodus story as a compelling metaphor, guiding us through the journey from slavery to freedom. His message inspires belief in the possibility of change and deliverance, drawing from the Israelites’ escape from Egypt. It emphasizes that true deliverance requires personal growth, not just external assistance. 

From Slavery to Freedom (Freeing Your Mind) | Part 9

• Intro/Review
• Chasing Feelings vs. Producing Results
• Back to the review
• I shall take you as my people. This is conditional.
• Exodus 19:03 - Elohim has demonstrated who He is
• Guarding the Covenant?
• Pleasing a wrong authority?
• When you serve the Spirit of Elohim by choice
• Leviticus 26:3 - The Blessings (Mind of the Spirit)
• Leviticus 26:14 - The Curses (Mind of the Flesh)
• Elohim uses these for instruction 
• Lowering the bar?
• Performance under duress or by choice 
• Evaluating others
• Are you showing wisdom?
• An 80-year trial for the Forever

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In the Zone is an in-depth question-and-answer session about a wide range of scriptural topics.

In The Zone | May 2026 | Part 2

• Can I do this with my second tithe?
• Is there scriptural instruction for counting the omer?
• About whom are Revelation 2:9 & 3:9 referring?
• Can I eat imitation crab?
• Help! I have to work on Shabbat
• If you’re a drunk, you will go straight to hell
• This should comfort you
• What about a bone graft?
• Misunderstood the meaning of perpetuity
• People like to waste time debating about dumb things
• This Biblical law is unbelievable
• A comment on Psalm 119:109
• Visiting the sick on Shabbat?
• I would like to teach my curious granddaughter about my faith
• No comment
• Driving or not driving on Shabbat?
• Can I be intimate with my wife when she’s…
• The Shekinah (Glory/Presence) of Elohim on earth?

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In the Zone is an in-depth question-and-answer session about a wide range of scriptural topics.

In The Zone | May 2026 | Part 1

• Required to learn to blow a shofar?
• Sharing your faith with others?
• When your obedience is complete…
• Yiphta’s daughter? (Judges 11)
• Shabbat is a time to focus on Yahweh
• How does one pray for another in this situation…?
• Paul’s annoying way of saying this…
• How do the Jews relate to the tribe of Judah?
• Preparing food when there are two Shabbats together?
• Are gelatin capsules okay to ingest?
• Why does MTOI like the ISR (The Scriptures) bible?
• What’s the “cities of refuge” about?
• Do I tithe on unemployment insurance?
• What is the pattern for being under Elohim’s authority?
• Should we help her or leave her alone?

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