Your Jewish Week

In today’s episode: The cleanup song, lazy ravens, and Dan the man.

Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel.

If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend!

Links and resources:

Why do we need to remember Miriam’s punishment…and why was it so bad, anyway?

https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/1888770/jewish/Why-Was-Miriam-Punished-So-Harshly.htm

Video footage of the Previous Rebbe during his visit to America: https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/4118820/jewish/Farewell-Gathering-for-the-Sixth-Rebbes-First-Visit-to-America.htm

Brief biography of the Ben Ish Chai:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/975828/jewish/The-Ben-Ish-Chai.htm

The Previous Rebbe’s Historic Visit to S. Louis: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3715920/jewish/The-Historic-Visit-by-the-Sixth-Rebbe-of-Chabad-to-St-Louis.htm&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1756426818753119&usg=AOvVaw1JIvcVvjuZQp7A4TZl4svR

Daily study cycles: Chabad.org/dailystudy

This week’s Parshah Memory Key: https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3798382/jewish/Parshah-Mnemonics-Ki-Teitzei.htmhttps://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3798382/jewish/Parshah-Mnemonics-Ki-Teitzei.htm

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:48) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Baghdad 

(01:48) Weekly Torah Portion: Ki Teitzei

(04:38) Weekly Tanya: Labor is hard, turns out

(06:43) Three Chapter Rambam: The tithes just keep comin’ 

(07:24) One Chapter Rambam: Moosen!

(08:17) Sunday: What gift do you get for a 3419th anniversary? Asking for a friend

(09:48) Tuesday: One Dan to rule them all!!

(10:15) Wednesday: “Clean up, clean up, everybody but me…”

(10:41) Friday: Welcome to Philly, where everybody loves each other

(12:27) Shabbat: Shoe advice to heel the sole (ha!)

(16:13) So long, for now

In today’s episode: Biblical life insurance premiums, sacrificial carpools, and Rabbi Dovi's unfortunate math allergy.

Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel.

If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend!

Links and resources:

Daily study cycles: Chabad.org/dailystudy

This week’s Parshah Memory Key: https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/2683368/jewish/Parshah-Mnemonics-Shoftim.htm

Why do we add “L’David Hashem Ori” in the month of Elul? https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=160222

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:53) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: La Jolla

(01:49) Weekly Torah Portion: Shoftim

(05:33) Weekly Tanya: *Broken URL, page not found*

(07:16) Three Chapter Rambam: Eat the money, spend the flour

(09:19) One Chapter Rambam: Paperwork & cozy slaves

(10:57) Sunday: Rabbi Dovi’s dumbest pun yet

(13:37) Monday: “You! Shall not! Conquer Moroccoooo!”

(17:15) Friday: The King is in the Field

In today's episode: Crinkle fries, optional gladiators, and Jackson Pollock.

Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel.

If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend!

Links and resources:

Daily study cycles: Chabad.org/dailystudy

This week’s Parshah Memory Key: https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/2676618/jewish/Parshah-Mnemonics-Reeh.htm

Brief biography of the Tzemach Tzedek: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/444/jewish/The-Tzemach-Tzedek.htm

Brief biography of the Skulener Rebbe:

https://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/3026119/jewish/The-Father-of-Orphans.htm

The Extra Matzah: A Story of the Skulener Rebbe:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2847/jewish/The-Extra-Matzah.htm

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:48) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Rodeo Clown

(01:17) Weekly Torah Portion: Re’eh 

(04:39) Weekly Tanya: Crinkle fries 

(07:27) Three Chapter Rambam: Jackson Pollock is overrated

(08:44) One Chapter Rambam: Ponies!

(11:39) Wednesday: “They died happy! This makes it funny.”

(16:26) Shabbat: Rumanian rats and French faceplants

In today's episode: Plausibly academic-looking storybooks, immovable objects, and illiterate people with swords.

Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel.

If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend!

Links and resources:

The Immovable Object: Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson: https://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/117515/jewish/Biography-of-Rabbi-Levi-Yitzchak.htm

A brief biography of The Mordechai: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111920/jewish/Rabbi-Mordechai-Ben-Hilel-Ashkenazi.htm

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:48) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: That place with the famous bucket

(01:30) Weekly Torah Portion: Eikev

(04:49) Weekly Tanya: Magic corridors and poor unfortunate souls

(07:06) Three Chapter Rambam: Error code 404: Sacrifice not found

(08:13) One Chapter Rambam: Secret Agent Realtor!

(10:08) Sunday: Sir Moses has politely declined your kind offer of death

(11:12) Monday: You won’t find this in the shownotes

(12:41) Wednesday: What?! I’m studying!

(14:06) Thursday: The unstoppable force

(14:56) Shabbat: THE Mordechai. 

In today's episode: The cleanup song, lazy ravens, and Dan the man.

Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel.

If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend!

Links and resources:

Why do we need to remember Miriam’s punishment…and why was it so bad, anyway?

https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/1888770/jewish/Why-Was-Miriam-Punished-So-Harshly.htm

Video footage of the Previous Rebbe during his visit to America: https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/4118820/jewish/Farewell-Gathering-for-the-Sixth-Rebbes-First-Visit-to-America.htm

Brief biography of the Ben Ish Chai:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/975828/jewish/The-Ben-Ish-Chai.htm

The Previous Rebbe’s Historic Visit to S. Louis: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3715920/jewish/The-Historic-Visit-by-the-Sixth-Rebbe-of-Chabad-to-St-Louis.htm&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1756426818753119&usg=AOvVaw1JIvcVvjuZQp7A4TZl4svR

Daily study cycles: Chabad.org/dailystudy

This week’s Parshah Memory Key: https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3798382/jewish/Parshah-Mnemonics-Ki-Teitzei.htm

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:48) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Baghdad 

(01:48) Weekly Torah Portion: Ki Teitzei

(04:38) Weekly Tanya: Labor is hard, turns out

(06:43) Three Chapter Rambam: The tithes just keep comin’ 

(07:24) One Chapter Rambam: Moosen!

(08:17) Sunday: What gift do you get for a 3419th anniversary? Asking for a friend

(09:48) Tuesday: One Dan to rule them all!!

(10:15) Wednesday: “Clean up, clean up, everybody but me…”

(10:41) Friday: Welcome to Philly, where everybody loves each other

(12:27) Shabbat: Shoe advice to heel the sole (ha!)

(16:13) So long, for now

In today’s episode, we’ve got Edgar Allen Poe, tribal boycotts, and trousing far from home; it’s time for your Jewish week.

Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel.

If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend!

Links and resources:

Why are there two versions of the Ten Commandments?

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4455092/jewish/Why-Two-Versions-of-the-Ten-Commandments.htm&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1753908100181956&usg=AOvVaw0WEdHw4xYu1nOzNuRhOcgn

The Laws of Tisha B’av: https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=144575

Kinot (mournful poems) fos Tisha B’av: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4822249/jewish/Select-Kinot-PDF.htm

Preventing hot car deaths: Chabad.org/6976631

The account of the destruction of the Temple, tractate Gittin 55b: https://www.chabad.org/torah-texts/5453276/The-Talmud/Gittin/Chapter-5/55b

The Seven Haftorahs of Consolation: https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=144582

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:48) Fast End Time: Hobart 

(01:43) Weekly Torah Portion: Va’eschanan

(04:07) Weekly Tanya: The more you give, the more you get

(04:58) Three Chapter Rambam: Don’t gift old shoes.

(06:00) One Chapter Rambam: “Won’t you be my neighbor?”

(07:55) Tisha B’av Observances & Laws

(11:00) Sunday: Dumpster fire.

(15:33) Monday: More dumpster fire. Also, French people.

(18:05) Tuesday: Having three names is dangerous

(21:28) Wednesday: Buying Babylonian real estate

(23:12) Shabbat: Marriage boycotts, broken axes, and yearly dance parties

In today's episode: Caffeine rehab, talmudic drill sergeants, and the “yowch!” heard ‘round the world; it’s time for your Jewish Week.

Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel.

If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend!

Links and resources:

Laws and customs of the nine days:

https://www.chabad.org/144574

Why didn’t the Rebbe ever visit Israel? https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4046155/jewish/Why-Didnt-the-Rebbe-Ever-Visit-Israel.htm

More on the Holy Ari, his life, and his teachings: https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/1505/jewish/R-Isaac-Luria-The-Ari.htm

More on Shabbat Chazon: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/703951/jewish/Shabbat-Chazon.htm

More on Tisha B’Av: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/144575/jewish/What-Is-Tisha-BAv.htm

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:49) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Edible mattresses

(02:06) Weekly Torah Portion: Devarim 

(03:46) Weekly Tanya: Undercover prayer scouts

(06:05) Three Chapter Rambam: “Yowch!”

(07:31) One Chapter Rambam: Build a wall, make ‘em pay for it

(08:56) PSA: Don’t go swimming

(10:51) Sunday: Visiting the Holy Land

(11:27) Monday: Coffee addicts anonymous

(12:10) Wednesday: The Holy Ari

(13:45) Friday: Where have I heard the name “Oshpetzin” before?

(16:10) Shabbat: You’re seeing things, man.

In today's episode: Mandatory wedding gifts, white lies, and a classic proverb about bwaa.

Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel.

If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend!

Links and resources:

Recollections of R’ Yom Tov Ehrlich: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2900753/jewish/R-Yom-Tov-Ehrlich.htm

The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4297832/jewish/Kitzur-Shulchan-Aruch.htm

A brief biography of Rashi:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111831/jewish/Who-Was-Rashi.htm

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:47) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Coffee and sleep deprivation

(01:28) Weekly Torah Portion: Matos-Maasei

(07:04) Weekly Tanya: Hashem actually likes you (for real)

(10:06) Three Chapter Rambam: Count to seven

(11:00) One Chapter Rambam: Mandatory wedding registry

(12:44) Monday: “….to get to the other side”

(13:57) Tuesday: Weird secret dance parties

(15:07) Wednesday: Next level songwriting

(16:10) Thursday: TL;DR 

(17:04) Friday: That’s not how you pronounce “Troyes”

(18:29) Shabbat: Lie your way to friendship

In today's episode, we’re fixing ropes, knocking over saltshakers, and maybe buying a boat.

Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel.

If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend!

Links and resources:

Why did Moshe break the tablets?

https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/2697/jewish/Breaking-of-the-Tablets.htm

When were the walls of Jerusalem breached?

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4800049/jewish/When-Were-the-Walls-of-Jerusalem-Breached.htm

Who was Apostomus, and why did he burn the Torah?

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5163575/jewish/Who-Was-Apostomus-Who-Burned-a-Torah-Scroll.htm

More on the Baal Shems: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3772388/jewish/What-does-Baal-Shem-Tov-mean.htm

A whole lot more on R’ Shlomo Karliner: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5501805/jewish/Rabbi-Shlomo-of-Karlin-17381792.htm

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:46) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Lebanon (not that one, the other one)

(01:27) Weekly Torah Portion: Pinchas

(04:50) Weekly Tanya: How to fix a rope

(06:01) Three Chapter Rambam: We’re finally done saying “tithe” (for real!)

(07:57) One Chapter Rambam: Wanna buy a boat? We should buy a boat!

(09:01 ) Sunday: Smashin’ tablets and taking names

(13:19) Monday: Ezekiel bread and Candi-land

(15:47) Wednesday: How much is an “eggful?”

(17:37) Thursday: Reality benders

(18:04) Friday: Tough guys knock over salt shakers, it’s like a known thing

(19:56) Shabbat: Hang ‘em on a pole!

In today's episode: Quipping at psychopaths, selling a town, and a five-day rant about Dali

Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel.

If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend!

Links and resources:

A Short Biography of the Previous Rebbe: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/425/jewish/The-Rebbe-Rayatz.htm

The Previous Rebbe’s Prison Diaries:

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2994/jewish/The-Heroic-Struggle.htm

The Golden Calf through the Lens of Chassidus: This will blow your mind, check it out!

https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/2237/jewish/The-Day-Before.htm

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:47) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: It’s too long to type out

(01:42) Weekly Torah Portion: Balak

(07:53) Weekly Tanya: The science of talking for too long

(10:34) Three Chapter Rambam: Don’t make me say “tithe”

(11:14) One Chapter Rambam: Let’s buy a town!

(12:18) Monday: Senõr O’Reilly and YOEC

(14:29) Tuesday: How to quip at a psychopath (and get away with it)

(20:34) Wednesday: Alas, more partying

(20:57) Thursday: A very special birthday

(21:06) Friday: The meeting that never happened  

(21:50) Shabbat: The wrong kind of statue