(NOT) Hebrew School

(NOT) Hebrew School

By Rabbi Aaron EisemannReligion & Spirituality
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(NOT) Hebrew School episodes

  • Yom Kippur: The Happiest Day of the Year

    In this week's episode, learn to view Yom Kippur as one of the happiest days of the year, and discover its secret connection to Purim!  

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    Audio Producer: Andrew Perelman  

    Intro Music: Al Tudin

    18 min
  • Rosh Hashanah & Moses' Key to Greatness

    This week's episode unpacks the current Torah portion, a riveting speech from Moses, for us to synthesize and understand as we head into Rosh Hashanah. 

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    25 min
  • The Role of Judaism in the Modern World
    This week’s episode features a lesson about the role of the Jewish people in the world today, and why it is so vital for every single human being to fully internalize that YOU are a piece of the infinite. 
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    Audio Producer: Andrew Perelman
    Intro Music: Al Tudin
    25 min
  • How to Embrace the Mundane

    This week’s episode features excerpts from a conversation from February 18, 2021 between Mitchell Itken and Rabbi E. The lesson primarily unpacks the month of Av, and why Gd is ever-present, even in moments of complete mundanity. 

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    15 min
  • Understanding the Significance of Mount Sinai

    This week’s episode features excerpts from a conversation from February 4, 2021 between Elizabeth Savetsky and Rabbi E. The lesson primarily unpacks that week's Torah portion, Yitro, the story of the Israelite’s reception of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai.

    1:48: Why does it matter that we should not approach the mountain?

    5:22: The reason the Torah contains 613 mitzvot

    6:42: Where does an apple tree come from?

    7:50: Unpacking the importance of the first commandment

    9:23: The four types of damages

    13:00: Success will not bring the connection you seek

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    16 min
  • The Four Fundamentals of a Happier Life

    In this recorded lesson with Rabbi E, learn fundamental Jewish values to live a calmer, happier life:

    • 0:01: The four foundations of Judaism, and how to be a better human being
    • 0:54: Imagine you are running a business...
    • 4:12: Approaching current problems college students are facing with the built-upon framework 
    • 6:00: You have something due in 100 hours, and it takes 20 hours to do; what do you do?
    • 7:27: Learning to love to hardship and embracing the infinite
    • 10:55: Procrastination is really medicating yourself from stress, so you don't feel stressed
    • 13:50: You have of two ways of going into a job interview

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      Audio Producer: Andrew Perelman

      16 min
    • Reframing Stress & Embracing Discomfort

      How should we frame pressure in our lives, and how should we respond when challenges arise?

      This Week features a special conversation between Rabbi E and two of his students, Mitchell Litken & Nitya Sridhar.

      2:00: “You’re about to perform in-front of ten thousand people…”

      3:20: How to live; the rollercoaster analogy

      6:20: "The dots always connect looking back..."

      7:38: What is the reality of having both a body and a soul?

      10:10: We are alive to be challenged

      11:17: Nitya's impactful story from childhood about how to handle challenges

      12:55: You can’t fail if you don’t quit

      13:40: The goal is made-up!

      15:35: Don’t buy in to "not dying"; YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING!


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      Audio Producer: Andrew Perelman

      Intro Music: Al Tudin

      22 min
    • Ask The Rabbi with Long Island City's Moishe House

      ASK THE RABBI

      Rabbi E had the honor of hosting an open and honest Q&A - Ask The Rabbi - with Moishe House

      In this episode:

      0:38: What’s the deal with all these Jewish experiences on campus?

      5:22: Does the Torah discriminate against non-Jews?

      11:42: Why are there certain interpersonal commandments that only apply between Jewish people and not non-Jewish people?

      17:15: Why does the Torah refer to Gods finger, hand etc. if God is not a physical being?

      19:22: Looking at all the bad things that happened to the world it seems that God has abandoned us. How should we looks at this?

      27:10 How can we make bad things stop happening to us?

      40:21: What is our role in dealing with COVID and other challenges?

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      46 min

    About (NOT) Hebrew School

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    In this podcast series hosted by Rabbi Aaron Eisemann, journey into fundamental Jewish building blocks that often go untaught in Hebrew Schools across America.