The Sages teach that Jerusalem has seventy names. Rav Mike speaks a bit about how these names hold our relationship with the city over time, in honor of the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification.

In the wake of the world's largest gathering of Jews at Meron, Rav Aaron and Rav Mike speak a little about the power and danger of mysticism.

The twelfth century was a time of spiritual expansion as the Tosafists transformed the Talmud and the Pietists of Ashkenaz awakened new depths of the soul. Darkness grew as well, as the Crusades rolled through Europe and the terrible new accusation of the blood libel was born. But it was specifically out of this darkness that the depths emerged.

Rav Mike and Rav Aaron discuss the challenges of Rabbinic authority, the nature of the Hebrew calendar and whether are kids are off school this Sunday.

The fourth week of the Omer is Netzach. Listen in to a few thoughts from Rav Mike on getting to the point.

The national existence of the Jewish people revolves around the question - what is an Am. In this special Independence Day episode, Rav Mike takes a look at the history and theology behind Jewish national embodiment.

Tiferet is the microcosm of Gd will with which He seeds creation.

The origins of Ashkenazi Jewry are bound up with the rise of Christian Europe. As the kingdoms of the Middle Ages began to take shape, teachers like Rashi gave form to a kingdom of the Torah which the Jews could inhabit while living among their neighbors. But the tranquility of the early years was shattered by the horrors of the First Crudsade, and Ashkenazi Jewry would never be the same again.

Rav Aaron and Rav Mike devote some time to the question of the Holocaust on Holocaust Memorial Day 5777.

Rav Mike gives a few words on how the aspect of gevurah teaches that every limitation is an invitation.