Do not miss these awesome words from Yishai and Rav Mike. Far into the Judean hills, deep underground - from here the most moving thoughts on freedom emerge.

Rav Mike's first podcast in this year's series on counting the Omer touches a few of the facets of Chesed.

Rav Mike shares a thought from Rav Kook on how getting rid of the chametz sets free your inner essence and leads to redemption.

The Rambam was the second famous Moses in Jewish History. His accomplishments in Jewish law and philosophy tower over his contemporaries, and are pillars of of the Torah to this very day. Nonetheless, he was the source of great controversy in his day, igniting a struggle which ended in excommunications and book burning.

Rav Aaron is back! In this episode he and Rav Mike talk about Religious Zionism and visions of redemption.

Yehudah Halevi was the poet of a generation, and perhaps the most celebrated poet of medieval Spain. He also swam against the tide of philosophical rationalism and invited his readers to experience the Torah from the inside. But how did the national poet of Jewish Spain die outside the walls of Jerusalem?

R' David Swidler's weekly class connecting the Haftorah to the Torah portion. If you want more of this Torah you can find it at www.sulamyaakov.com/ or by signing up for our newsletter here - madmimi.com/signups/175480/join

Rav Mike speaks with special guest R' Dave Mason about the power of the story and the Age of Prophecy.

What does history ask of us? Are we meant to freeze the present in respect of the past or abandon the past for the sake of the future? The mid-19th century was a time of great struggle for Am Yisrael, and a time of making history.

R' David Swidler's weekly class connecting the Haftorah to the Torah portion. If you want more of this Torah you can find it at www.sulamyaakov.com/ or by signing up for our newsletter here - madmimi.com/signups/175480/join