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Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
All the classes, shiurum and goings-on at CBS with Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich and Rabbi Avi Miller
Episodes
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Vayeira - Hashem just has to tell Avraham about Sedom
Teaching him to challenge the status quo
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Lech Lecha - Sarah is taken and then released
Lessons from her unintentional abduction
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Noach - Entering the Teiva
The command to enter, watch what you say, an additional 7 days,...
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Bereishis - Din, Tefilla, and Feeling Like Home
The opening pesukim after Creation
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Zos Habracha - Poignant lessons from the Last 8 Pesukim in Chumash
Moshe dies without finishing his mission, and we end on a really sour note
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Yom Kippur : It's Enough For Me - There's what to learn from a kippah that's only worn during the week
We ae not perfect. Hashem can still see us favorably if we'll see other's that way
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Yom Kippur: The New Carpet and Forgiveness for Unspoken Compliments
We're always super careful around new carpets to make sure to keep them clean; we should do the same with ourselves after Yom Kippur!
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Ha'azinu (Parsha shiur)
Seeing the end in the beginning
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Rosh Hashana Drasha - Grit Through the Rivers
Strengthening the quality that is our greatest tool for success in every aspect of life
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Nitzavim (Parsha shiur) - Hidden and Revealed: Sins, Miracles and the Purpose of it all
4 Interpretations of this powerful message
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Pursue Righteousness! Certainly for Judges, but it's relevant to each of us every day
On the love of truth and the pursuit of compromise
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Re'eh (Parsha Shiur) - Open Your Heart and Your Hand
Thoughts on the mitzvah of Tzedakah
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Shabbos Chazon Drasha - A Spiritual Germ
The tragic story of Dr. Semmelweis and the pleading call of the Navi
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
The good is rewarded and the bad is punished - Lessons from Ammon and Moav (Devarim)
People, and their actions, are complicated
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Balak Drasha - Squeezing the Blessing out of a Curse
Starting our day with the words of our enemy
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Mattos: The Missing Response of Bnei Gad and Reuven to Moshe's Attack
Moshe makes two biting attacks, but they only respond to one
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Jews in American History - Gangsters and Nazis
The complicated era of Jewish Gangsters and the good, bad and ugly of their role in the roaring 20s and 30s
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Jews in American History - Slavery and the Civil War
How the Jews responded to the Institution of Slavery
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Jews in American History - The Story of Warder Cresson
The unusual story of the first American Convert and the case of Religious Insanity
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Pinchas - Moshe's Request for a New Leader
What you need to have and what you need to know
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Chukat - Singing about Miriam's Well: Only after it disappeared
The difference between thanks/gratitude and Shira
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Nasso - What does denying a loan have to do with Yom Kippur?
The requirement to say Vidyui (Confession of sins) from an unlikely source
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
A Kingdom of Priests - Who We Are and Where We Are Going
From An Albert Einstein Legend to a Cab Driver in Amman, Jordan
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Rambam - Hilchos Talmud Torah (1)
An odd way to begin - who is NOT obligated
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
The Maharal's understanding of the Mountain on our Head (Shavuos)
If we already willingly accepted the Torah, why do we need to be coerced?
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Ten Commandments, One Utterance (Shavuos)
What's the mean of the Chazal that Hashem said all 10 Commandment in one utterance?
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
(Behar) Interpersonal Fear of Hashem
Three times in the Parsha the Torah tells us to Fear Hashem - and always in the realm of mitzvos bein adam l'chaveiro
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Pirkei Avos 2:15 - Your Friend's Honor, Slow to Anger and Teshuva the day before you die
The Maharal's approach to connect all 3
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
(Kedoshim chaburah) And Fear Hashem - In the way you act with your fellow man
A surprising area of focus on Heavenly Fear
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Acharei Mos - the Land of Israel is Just Different
The palace of the King doesn't tolerate improper behaviors
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Tazria-Metzorah Parsha shiur: The impact of Tzaaras and when in Israel it began
Only after 14 years of War and Division
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Chaburah - (Not) Looking at Tzaaras on Yom Tov
The opinions in the Gemarah when you can and can't and why
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Leaning for the 4 Cups (part 2, rest of the shiur)
Which two cups do we have to lean for?
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Gemarah Chabura - Leaning for the 4 Cups (part 1, first 3 minutes)
Which cups do we have to lean for?
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Seder Table Games, Questions and Engagement
Strategies and Tools to get everyone involved, and maybe even learn something!
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
The Korban Todah - Thanksgiving with Chometz (Parshat Tzav)
And how it relates to the Matzah at our Seder
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Meseches Shabbos (4) - Giving up your life for Milah and Tefillin
Milah is still strong today, while tefillin is weak
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
It's only about what's in your heart (Vayikra shiur)
From the outside, it might be a lot, or it might be a little, but that really doesn't matter
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Destroying Evil only in order to increase Light; Wisdom of the Heart
If you only are given wisdom if you already have wisdom, how do you start?
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Israel is beating Iran, but lost to the Mets? (Ki Tisa, Drasha)
Recognizing the two relationships that will bring Redemption
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
(3) Meseches Shabbos (131a) - The way we start a mitzvah continues forever
The Joy of Bris Milah and the Contention of making a wedding
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
The demise of Haman, then and now (Megillah Chap 7)
Fascinating insights from Chazal on this part of the story
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Purim: Better Than a Mountain Over Our Heads
Thoughts from the Maharal on the nature of the joy and recommitment on Purim
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Purim - A Brief Review of the Relevant Halachos
Parshas Zachur, Machazis Hashekel, and the 4 Mitzvos of Purim
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Megillas Esther (CHapt 2) - The search for a new wife and introducing Mordechai
Thoughts from the Vilna Goan - threads of Redemption built into the story
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
(2) Meseches Shabbos 130a - R' Eliezer in action, together with chicken and milk
Not just a theory, but in practice
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Being Alone is Not a Bug - It's a Feature for the Jewish People (Teruma Drasha)
Two Menachem Begin anecdotes on the occasion of his 34th yahrtzeit as we once again await with trepidation a confrontation with a Iran
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Terumah (Parsha shiur) - The intricacies and complexities of the Aron
A compilation of many of the details and lessons of the centerpiece of the Mishkan
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
(1) Meseches Shabbos (130a) - Intro to Milah on Shabbos
The machlokes R' Eliezer and Chachamin regarding machshirei milah
- Congregation Beth Sholom - Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich
Mishpatim - To Kill a Tunnelling Thief and Selflessly Contribute to Community
The Rav's understanding of a technical halacha