Mishlei & More
Rabbi Morton Moskowitz
Scriptures
Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim
Shirat Haazinu and Avraham Avinu
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Noachide Philosophy
Rabbi Israel Chait
- Abraham: Part 1, Part 2
- Is Bnai Noach a Cult? Part 1, Part 2
- Afterlife: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
- Blasphemy: Part 1, Part 2
- Ecclsiastes: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10
- Jonah: Part 1, Part 2
- Kosher: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10
- Name of God: Part 1, Part 2
- Seven Noachide Laws: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29, Part 30, Part 31, Part 32
- Talmud: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
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Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim
- Damages
TalkLIVE class 12/26/10
- Nachmanides: Partial Responsibility & Liability
TalkLIVE class Dec. 26th
- Nachmanides: Partial Responsibility & Liability
TalkLIVE class Dec. 12th
- Maimonides: Partial Responsibility & Liability
TalkLIVE class Nov. 28th
- Noahide vs. Torah Law
TalkLIVE class Nov. 16th
- Eating the Limb
TalkLIVE class Sept. 21st
- Part I: Reader's questions on heretical and false Chabad ideas, including "Tzaddik", Reincarnation, Praying to Man, Superior Jewish Soul, Holiness of Beards, "Righteous" Dresscode, Tanya's corruption
Part II: Maimonides chapter XI from his intro to Ethics: "Who is more perfeceted: the naturally pious man or the man who subdues his passions?"
TalkLIVE class Sept. 14th
- Noachide Laws
TalkLIVE class Aug. 3rd
- God's Plan for Man
TalkLIVE class Dec. 2nd
- Did God Ever Release Gentiles from Their 7 Noachide Laws?
TalkLIVE class Nov. 25th
- The End of Times: The true reward and true religion
TalkLIVE class Aug. 26th
- Sexual Prohibitions: Psychological Benefits Not a Taboo
TalkLIVE class Aug. 5th
- Noachide Law of Mix Breeding; God's Will; Conservative/Reformed Movements
TalkLIVE class July 1st
- Jewish Superiority?
Proofs against this notion from Torah, and reason.
TalkLIVE class June 3rd
- Gentile Equality II
TalkLIVE class May 20th
- Gentile and Jew Equality: Since Gentiles and Jews share the identical design and capacity for perfection, why are Gentiles limited in performing certain laws?
TalkLIVE class April 22nd
- "Gentiles: God's Favorites" God's First Generation of Mankind, and His Will For Them
TalkLIVE class Feb. 25th
- Leviticus 18:4,5: Two paths of following God; Pre and Post Sinai
TalkLIVE class Nov. 26th
Judaism's Fundamentals
Rabbi Moskowitz
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- Philosophy of Idolatrous Prohibition
TalkLIVE class Aug. 8th 2010
- Does God cause us to sin?
TalkLIVE class Mar. 14th 2010
- Teshuva
TalkLIVE class Sept. 27th
- God's Justice
TalkLIVE class Dec. 21st
- Torah from Sinai: Proof of God & Torah
TalkLIVE class Dec. 25th 2007
- The Loss in Sinning
TalkLIVE class May 13th
- The Temple's Vessels III: How do they parallel Jewish history...and why do they?
TalkLIVE class April 1st
- Part I: The Temple's Vessels: What is their lesson and how they correct the Gold Calf sin. Part II: Q&A Session: Temple questions, Mysticsm, Shaatnez
TalkLIVE class March 18th
- The Temple & Altar: Why are they so essential?
TalkLIVE class March 11th
- Shavuos 5766: The Torah's Primary Message
"TalkLIVE" recorded session 5/29/06
- Judaism's Fundamentals I
Proof of God & His Nature
Dec. 26th 2004
(Recording of "Live Classes" Session)
Torah Philosophy/Law
Rabbi Reuven Mann
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Silence is no Option: In Defense of the Fundamentals
- Reconciliation I
- Reconciliation II
- A Rejoinder to Einstein
- LOVE & MARRIAGE: Which One Comes First? October 27th 2004
- Eulogy for Arafat (Masoret) - Monday, November 15th 2004
- HATE - Wednesday, November 10th 2004
- Insecurity and Mass Movements - Tuesday, November 9th 2004
- Superstition and Judaism (Masoret) - Monday, November 8th 2004
- False Prophecy - Monday, November 8th 2004
- When Should I Start DATING? - Wednesday, November 3rd 2004
- Sodom and Amorah (Masoret) - Monday, November 1st 2004
- Amalek and the Arab Hatred of the Jews - Monday, November 1st 2004
- Election2004 and September 11th (Masoret) - Tuesday, October 26th 2004
- Conversion, #3 - Wednesday, October 27th 2004
- Conversion, #2 - Tuesday, October 26th 2004
- Conversion, #1 - Monday, September 25th 2004
- Coping (Masoret) - Monday, September 25th 2004
- Haschalta DeGeula - Wednesday, September 22nd 2004
- Kapara on Rosh Hashana version #1 - Wednesday, September 22nd 2004
- Kapara on Rosh Hashana version #2 - Wednesday, September 22nd 2004
- Techias Hamasim, continued - Monday, September 20th 2004
- Techias Hamasim - Tuesday, September 21st 2004
- Yetzer HaTov and Yetzer HaRa, continued - Tuesday, October 12th 2004
- Yetzer HaTov and Yetzer HaRa - Monday, October 11th 2004
Teshuva
- Teshuva: by Rabbi Reuven Mann
- Thursday, September 23rd 2004
- Monday, September 20th 2004
- Tuesday, September 14th 2004
- Monday, September 13th 2004
- Saturday, September 11th 2004- R' Meruth
- Thursday, September 9th 2004_#2
- Thursday, September 9th 2004_#1
- Wednesday, September 8th 2004_#2
- Wednesday, September 8th 2004_#1
- Tuesday, September 7th 2004
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Current Issues
Guest Speakers
Ethics
Rabbi Morton Moskowitz
Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim
Holidays
Rabbi Israel Chait
Sukot 2004 - Pesach, Sukkot and Zman Simchatenu
Rosh Hashana: Shofar and Tefila
Rabbi Reuven Mann
- Rosh Hashanna 5771
TalkLIVE class Sept. 5th:
1) Man's first 12 hours of existence and the need for a "Rosh Hoshanna" calendar date;
2) Talmudic debate: Which element of God's "Kingship" must we highlight on this high holiday?
- Purim
TalkLIVE class Feb. 28th 2010
- Chanuka: Why the Miracle of the Oil was Necessary
TalkLIVE class Dec. 9th
- Making Sense of Natural Disasters and God's Decree for Death; Repentance; Unavoidable Sin; The Destructive Need for Social Approval; Yom Kippur
TalkLIVE class Sept. 16th
- Rosh Hashana: Major themes of the prayers, and of Shofar
TalkLIVE class Sept. 9th
- Tisha B'Av:
PART I: Why God repeated tragedies on this date
PART II: What is Tisha B'Av's focus: human sin or Divine punishment?
- Passover 5766
- Channukah
- Channukah's Philosophy
Dec. 7th 2004
(Recording of "Live Classes" Session)
- Channukah's Philosophy: Part II
Dec. 8th 2004
(Recording of "Live Classes" Session)
- Channukah Philosophy III
Dec. 9th 2004
(Recording of "Live Classes" Session)
- Channukah Philosophy IV
Dec. 16th 2004
(Recording of "Live Classes" Session)
Koheles
Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim
(This list goes from latest to earliest classes, top to bottom)
- Koheles: Review
TalkLIVE class 4/22/12
- Koheles: Review
TalkLIVE class 4/1/12
- Koheles: Review
TalkLIVE class 3/18/12
- Koheles: Review
TalkLIVE class 3/4/12
- Koheles: Final Words
TalkLIVE class 2/26/12
- Koheles: Final Words
TalkLIVE class 2/19/12
- Koheles: Final Words
TalkLIVE class 1/29/12
- Koheles: Final Words
TalkLIVE class 1/22/12
- Koheles: Final Words
TalkLIVE class 1/15/12
- Our Mortality and Serving God
TalkLIVE class 12/18/11
- Wealth
TalkLIVE class 12/4/11
- Wealth
TalkLIVE class 11/27/11
- Generosity
TalkLIVE class 11/20/11 - Generosity
TalkLIVE class 11/13/11
- Abandoning Torah
TalkLIVE class 11/6/11
- Koheles on laziness
TalkLIVE class 10/30/11
- Succos; Koheles on laziness
TalkLIVE class 10/23/11
- King Solomon: Avoid living like a fool
TalkLIVE class 10/9/11
- King Solomon: Avoid living like a fool
TalkLIVE class 10/2/11
- King Solomon: Avoid being a fool
TalkLIVE class 9/18/11
- King Solomon: It's wise to follow rules despite minor inconsistencies
TalkLIVE class 9/4/11
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King Solomon: It's wise to follow rules despite minor inconsistencies
TalkLIVE class 8/28/11
- King Solomon: It s wise to follow rules, despite minor inconsistencies
TalkLIVE class 8/21/11
- King Solomon: The Greatness of Wisdom
TalkLIVE class 8/14/11
- King Solomon: The Greatness of Wisdom
TalkLIVE class 8/7/11
- King Solomon: The Greatness of Wisdom
TalkLIVE class 7/31/11
- King Solomon: The Greatness of Wisdom
TalkLIVE class 7/24/11
- King Solomon: The Greatness of Wisdom
TalkLIVE class 6/26/11
- King Solomon: The Greatness of Wisdom
TalkLIVE class 6/19/11
- King Solomon: The Greatness of Wisdom
TalkLIVE class 6/12/11
- God's Justice
TalkLIVE class 6/5/11
- God's Justice
Koheles chap. 9
TalkLIVE class 5/15/11
- God's Justice
Koheles chap. 9
TalkLIVE class 5/8/11
- God's Justice
Koheles chap. 9
TalkLIVE class 4/17/11
- Does God cause everything to happen? Koheles chap. 9
TalkLIVE class 4/10/11
- The good get the evil, and the evil get the good? Koheles chap. 9
TalkLIVE class 4/3/11
- The good get the evil, and the evil get the good? Koheles 8:14,15
TalkLIVE class 3/27/11
- The good get the evil, and the evil get the good? Koheles 8:14,15
TalkLIVE class 3/20/11
- The good get the evil, and the evil get the good? Koheles 8:14,15
TalkLIVE class 3/13/11
- The Wise Man VII: Assessing what is Truth Koheles 8:10-13
TalkLIVE class 3/6/11
- The Wise Man VI: Koheles 8:8,9
TalkLIVE class 2/27/11
- The Wise Man V: Koheles 8:8
TalkLIVE class 2/20/11
- The Wise Man IV: Koheles 8:5-7
TalkLIVE class 2/13/11
- The Wise Man III: Koheles 8:1-6
TalkLIVE class Feb. 6th
- The Wise Man II: Koheles 8:1,2
TalkLIVE class Jan. 23rd
- The Wise Man: Koheles 8:1
TalkLIVE class Jan. 16th
- Koheles: How does sin work? Part V
TalkLIVE class Jan. 9th
- Koheles 7:25,26 Part IV
The process of sinning
TalkLIVE class Jan. 2nd 2011
- Koheles 7:25,26 Part III
The interaction between intelligence and emotion
TalkLIVE class Nov. 7th
- Koheles 7:25,26 Part II
The interaction between intelligence and emotion
TalkLIVE class Nov. 7th
- Koheles 7:25,26
The interaction between intelligence and emotion
TalkLIVE class Oct. 31st
- Koheles 7:23-25 Part II
TalkLIVE class Oct. 10th
- Koheles 7:23-25
1) What to consider when answering a question.
2) The greatest knowledge of anything is attained at its formation. But man cannot comprehend God's acts of Genesis.
TalkLIVE class Oct. 3rd
- Koheles 7:21,22
Avoiding sin and the social emotions
TalkLIVE class Sept. 19th
- Koheles 7:19,20
Religious Extremism II
TalkLIVE class Sept. 19th
- Koheles 7:15-18
Religious Extremism
TalkLIVE class Aug. 15th
- Koheles 7:13,14
The correct attitude secures happiness.
TalkLIVE class July 25th
- Koheles 7:9-11
Wealth: Approached by the fool and the wise differently.
TalkLIVE class July 18th
- Koheles 7:5-9 (review)
Instant gratification and the ego.
TalkLIVE class July 11th
- NOTE: Due to technical problems, sound starts at 9:40 on this file.
Koheles 7:5-9 Why the Rabbis taught us "rules" and not just lessons
TalkLIVE class June 20th
- Koheles 7:5-9 How to assess real value and how the need for gratification distorts our mind
TalkLIVE class June 13th
- Koheles 7:4,5 Mortality
TalkLIVE class May 30th
- Koheles 7:3 (Part III)
TalkLIVE class May 23rd
- Koheles 7:3 (Part II)
TalkLIVE class May 16th
- Koheles 7:3 Ibn Ezra explains the three components of the psyche and their dynamics...and how we can succeed over the instincts
TalkLIVE class May 9th
- Koheles 7:1,2 Our assessment of the "good" must be in the context of the soul ... not our Earthly existence
TalkLIVE class May 2nd
- Koheles 6:10-12: God's design for man's happiness, and man's distortions
TalkLIVE class Apr. 25th
- Koheles 6:5-9: Longevity's Vanity vs. The Eternal Soul
TalkLIVE class Apr. 18th
- Koheles 6:1-5: Wealth & Life Part II / Haftorah of Shabbos Hagadol
TalkLIVE class Mar. 28th
- Koheles 6:1-5: Wealth & Life
TalkLIVE class Mar. 21st
- Does God cause us to sin?
TalkLIVE class Mar. 14th
- Koheles 5:18,19 - A life based in reality, not fantasy, is true happiness
TalkLIVE class Feb. 21st
- Koheles 5:16,17; The correct attitude towards wealth; Denial of death
TalkLIVE class Feb. 14th
- Koheles 5:12-15; The "evil sickness" of valuing wealth, instead of the soul
TalkLIVE class Feb. 7th
- Koheles 5:10,11 - The illusions of money, and using reality as the barometer of true happiness
TalkLIVE class Jan. 31st
- Koheles 5:9 on Money and Happiness; Moses Staff
TalkLIVE class Jan. 24th
- Koheles 5:7,8: The Success of Sinners & Misjudging God
TalkLIVE class Jan. 17th
- Koheles 5:6: Dreams and speech; distorted products of the imagination
TalkLIVE class Jan. 10th
- Koheles 5:5: Critique for viewing our words as any less telling than actions
TalkLIVE class Dec. 27th
- Koheles 5:3,4: Oaths and their role in Judaism
TalkLIVE class Dec. 20th
- Koheles 4:175:2: Prayer and sacrifice without proper intent
TalkLIVE class Dec. 13th
- Koheles 4:15,16: Man's attachment to Earthly pursuits and peer pressure
TalkLIVE class Dec. 6th
- Koheles 4:13,14: Wisdom, change and false notions that prevent happiness
TalkLIVE class Nov. 29th
- Koheles 4:912: The benefits of friends and partners
TalkLIVE class Nov. 15th
- Koheles 4:7,8The incessant laborer and his loss / Abraham's derivation of God's "hidden" justice from His words
TalkLIVE class Nov. 8th
- Koheles 4:1-6 / Abraham's Rescue of Lote
TalkLIVE class Nov. 1st
- 1) Koheles 4:1: Two areas of our self-inflicted evils
2) Is God running our lives or are we?
2) Man's two perfections ("tamim")
TalkLIVE class Aug. 30th
- 1) Koheles 3:18-22: Man's false assessment of life and death Part II;
2) Who Receives the Afterlife?
3) Man's two perfections ("tamim")
TalkLIVE class Aug.23rd
- Koheles 3:18-22: Man's false assessment of life and death
TalkLIVE class Aug. 16th
- Midrash Rabbah on Koheles 1:9: Laws of Kosher and their perfection for Jew & Gentile
TalkLIVE class Aug. 9th
- Koheles 3:16,17: Apparent Injustice, Reincarnation
TalkLIVE class July 26th
- Koheles 3:143:15: What is "novelty" and man's misguided search for happiness
TalkLIVE class July 5th
- Koheles 3:113:12: Demons; Noah; Immortality; Insecurity & Happiness Part IV
TalkLIVE class June 21st
- Koheles 3:13:15: Insecurity & Happiness Part III
TalkLIVE class June 7th
- Koheles 3:13:15: Insecurity & Happiness Part II
TalkLIVE class May 24th
- Koheles 3:13:15: Insecurity & Happiness Part I
TalkLIVE class May 10th
- Koheles 2:182:26: Real vs. Fantasized Pleasures from Possessions
TalkLIVE class Apri 26th
- Koheles 2:1517: Assessing worth of Earthly life
TalkLIVE class March 29th
- Koheles 2:1317: Conquest vs. Wisdom..."Projection of Fantasy vs. Perception of Reality"
TalkLIVE class March 22nd
- Koheles 2:12,13: Wisdom, work, or play...what offers man happiness?
TalkLIVE class March 15th
- Koheles 2:122:17
TalkLIVE class March 1st
- Koheles 2:32:11
TalkLIVE class Feb. 15th
- Koheles 2:32:9
TalkLIVE class Jan. 18th
- Koheles 1:11:11
TalkLIVE class Oct. 26th
- Koheles 1:121:15
TalkLIVE class Nov. 2nd
- Koheles 1:161:18
TalkLIVE class Nov. 9th
- Koheles 1:162:2
TalkLIVE class Nov. 23rd
- Koheles 1:161:18
TalkLIVE class Nov. 9
- Koheles 1:121:15
TalkLIVE class Nov. 2
- Koheles 1:11:11
TalkLIVE class Oct. 26
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