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Torah From The 6ix
Hear fresh Torah from OU-JLIC Toronto's Rabbi Aaron Greenberg, straight from the 6ix (or 905)!
Episodes
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Four minute parsha thought kedoshim 5781
Rabbi Akiva’s students loved each other but failed to honour one another. What is the difference?!
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Four minute parsha thought kedoshim
Frustrated farmer and the mitzvah of orla and neta revei
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Parshat Tazriah Metzora 4 minute thought
Why does an individual who begins the purification process after contaminating tzaraat bring cedar wood and send away a second bird ?!
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Four minute Torah thought parshat Shemini
The middle of the Torah is a message of the Torah
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Seder thoughts 4
“Israel is laid to waste, its seed is no more” Ramsses II 3200 years ago
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Five minute Torah thought: Vayakhel-Pekudei and Hachodesh
How you must contriute and what you must accept?
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In depth Torah - chet haegel aftermath part 3
What did Bnei Yisrael do that was so bad? How does Moshe try and amend a broken relationship?
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Being Social During a Pandemic
Last week we held a mental health panel with Ita Tobis and Tani Reiss on the topic of "Being Social During a Pandemic". Listen to the frank discussion of…
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Gemara Shabbos 44b-45a Muktzah
Who does Rav hold like? Rabbi Yehuda (muktzah maximalist) or Rabbi Shimon (muktzah minimalist)? If I purchase a couch with the intent to place money there is…
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Parshat Terumah - a four minute thought
An insight from the Kotzker Rebbe from based on a midrash in our parsha
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Wednesday Whatsapp Challenge
You borrow money from a friend to help start a business. Six months after you repay the loan your friend asks to rent your cottage. You tell them you are happy…
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Exploring the Though of Rabbi Lord Sacks zt"l week 4
Topics: Charity, tzedaka and time !
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A Torah thought based on an insight by Rabbi Weinreb
Sometimes we should pursue a mitzvah of greater effort whose benefit, success is in doubt since its reward is far greater.
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Exploring the Though of Rabbi Lord Sacks zt"l week 3
Based on the last few pages from his book "Letter in the Scroll" and a whiteboard video "Why I am a Jew", we seek each week to read a paragraph or two and…
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In depth Torah - chet haegel part 3
What did Bnei Yisrael do that was so wrong did they commit the more hedious crime that they were deserving of destrcution?
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Wednesday WhatsApp Challenge: Do I have to pay? I never asked them shovel the 50 cm of snow!
If someone else does a service that you did not ask for, must you pay for it?
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Parshas Yitro 5781 Three minute thought
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand they listen with the intent to reply” Stephen Covey. Yitro listened properly and so should we.
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Beshalach 4 minute DT
Why did Bnei Yisrael only sing by the yaf suf and not after experiencing the miracles in Egypt?
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Bo 5781: Behaviours change us-don’t get cracking!
Why is it that Bnei Yisrael were told not to break the bones of the korban Pesach?!
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Parshat Va'era - Four minute thought: Is God just showing off His might?
Why did Hashem feel the need to inflict ten plagues onto Parosh and Egypt? Couldn’t He just make them go to sleep and have the Jewish people walk out of Egypt…
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Plundering the capital - Was it necessary to take the gold and silver on the way out of ...... Egypt ?! Vaera 5781
Why was it promised told Avraham that Bnei Yisrael would leave with great wealth ? Why was Moshe told even by the snei that Bnei Yisrael will leave Egypt with…
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Gemara Shabbat: Muktzah
Why can you move a basket for chicks to hop on and off on Shabbos?
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Be alive and be mindful of those in front of us who are true sources of blessing
What does it mean to be alive ? How is Yaakov's blessing to his grandchildren the paradigm of blessing?
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What is the meaning behind the 10th of Teivet?
A more in depth look at the significance of the day. In tanach, Jewish history, Jewish thought and halacha.
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Leadership - Reuven vs. Yehuda part 2
Leadership; why was Yehdua the leader of his family and why will future leaders come from him ?
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Leadership - Reuven vs. Yehuda
Why does Divrei Hayamim tell us that Reuven, although was the first born, is not the leader nor does he receive his double portion?
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Parshat Mekeitz - 5781: Save and do not spend! A message for today! - 4 minute thought
Did Yosef offer unsolicited advice to the great Pharaoh?
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Chanukah - "An old holiday with modern meading" A 15 lunchtime/study break.....
When did the holiday of Chanukah really begin ?
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Chanukah - Athens and Jerusalem A lunchtime/study break.....
Must there be tension between Athens and Jerusalem? Let's together learn from Yoma 69 and examine when Athens appreciated Jerusalem.
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Three minute thought on Chanukah, the most beloved Jewish HOLY-DAY!
Jewish law is a manifestation of a reality. The mitzvah of Chanukah is one of the most celebrated holy-days on the Jewish calendar. It is the most celebrated…
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Three minute Parsha idea - Vayishlach
Why can't we, as part ofthe chidlren of Yaakov, eat the sciatic nerve? Becasue of a battle between Yaakov and an angel. Seems like a very odd reason. What…
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Parshat Vayishlach class - How could Shimon and Levi destroy an entire city?
Why did Shimon and Levi destory the trick the people of Shechem? Where they justified in their actions? How do we understand Yaakov's odd reaction to their…
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Wednesday Whatsapp Challenge - Do you have to give back the comic that you purchased for only $5?
You purchase a comic book for $5. You do some research and discover that it is worth $100. You go back to purchase 4 more. The seller wonders why you are…
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Wednesday WhatsApp Challenge 11/25 2020: Swapping Soda Cans
You arrive in your hotel room and realize your forgot your can of ginger ale in the car. You decide to take a can from the hotel fridge to settle your stomach…
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Parshat Toldot 5781 (2): Why did Hashem heed the Tefilah of Yitzchak over Rivka?
What can we learn about prayer/tefilah? How tough it must to pray....
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Parshat Toldot 5781 (1) : Red red = red?!
What does the Torah tell us that Eisav was called red (= Edom)? Why does the Torah tell us that Eisav asked for that "red red" stuff to gobble up?!
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Wednesday WhatsApp Challenge: Can I eat the extra rugalach?
Your friend asks you to do him a favour that when you go to the shuk to pick up wine to please also buy rugalach for him. He gives you 35 shekels. The owner…
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Twenty Minutes of Tefilah: Significance of Numbers • Based on and in memory of Rabbi Sacks z"l
Number 7? Number 6? Number 15? All connect to Jewish prayer!
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Wednesday WhatsApp Challenge - Do I have to pay the owner the $15?
You borrow a bike and offer to pay, whom you think is the owner, $15. When you return the bike you realize that you asked permission from the wrong person…
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Twenty minutes of Tefilah - Intro based on and in memory of Rabbi Sacks z"l
Why did Rabbi Sacks dedicate so much of his time and energy to the siddur ? How did he understand tefilah ?
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Understanding the Siddur based on the thought of Rabbi Sacks z"l
What is the relationship between Torah and tefilah? How did Chazal construct the siddur to incorporate these ideas?
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Short Parsha thought - Vayera - Coming together during a crisis
There is no question there lies a theological question as to how a just God could demand human sacrifice, I actually think the Torah itself is really teaching…
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Wednesday WhatsApp Challenge • Oct 24
Must you give a lift to someone you know who is waiting by a bus stop heading in the same direction as you?
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Twenty minutes of Tefilah - Barchu
We have said it many times. Now let's stop and think about it in the context of halacha and hashkafa. What and why are we saying these words? Please join me…
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Parshat Lech Lecha - Gratitude
In the aftermath of the war of the 5 vs 4 kings, why does the Torah begin to tell us of Avraham's encounter with the King of Sedom only to cut the scene and…
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Twenty minutes of understanding Tefilah
Yishtabach - What does it mean ? WHy do we say it ?
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What I discovered at Starbucks and Timmy's
What is Kosher at the local coffee shop? What questions do I ask? Does it matter hot or cold drinks?