Rabbi F. Shuster: “To Question or not to Question – that is the Question!”
Mashgiach Rabbi Fyvel Shuster, in this Tuesday morning’s shmuze in the Shapell’s Beit Midrash, explores the world of asking questions: What is a healthy question and which question is really an answer? When should we ask and when not? [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/48130/high/1109_195_H_To_Question_or_not_to_question-that_is_the_question.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi F. Shuster: “Donkey King”
In this week’s Tuesday morning shmuze in the Shapell’s Beit Midrash, Rabbi Shuster discusses “natzchanut,” the competitive need to win, as well as the negative and positive spiritual significance of the donkey. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/48130/high/1109_194_H_Donkey_King.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi D. Schoonmaker: “In the Crosshairs”
In this week’s Tuesday morning shmuze in the Shapell’s Beit Midrash, Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Dovid Schoonmaker shows how to apply the classic mussar topic, “Milchemet Hayetzer (The War Against the Evil Inclination)” to everyday life. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/48130/high/1109_193_H_In_the_Crosshairs.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi Fyvel Shuster: “It’s Not Where You Are, But How You Get There”
In a unique shmuze, Mashgiach Rabbi Fyvel Shuster shares a number of key principles about doing Hashem’s Will – basing his principles on sources and illustrating them through anecdotes. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47823/high/1109_173_H_Wonderful_Mar-Cheshvan.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi F. Shuster: “If You’re Happy ‘Cause You’re Jewish…”
How important is joy for Torah life? What if I am just not happy though I’m doing the mitzvot? What can we learn from the extreme sport called ice climbing? Rabbi Shuster relates to questions like these in this half hour shmuze. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47739/high/1109_169_H_If_You_re_Happy__Cause_You_re_Jewish.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi F. Shuster: “Selfie Addiction”
In a Tuesday morning shmuze, Shapell’s Mashgiach Rabbi Fyvel Shuster shares thoughts, anecdotes, and advice about what the Korach episode teaches us about focusing on self. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47629/high/1109_167_H_Selfie_Addiction.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi S. Karlinsky: “The Sin of the Spies”
In a Tuesday morning shmuze on Parshat Shelach, Rabbi Karlinsky asks: Where did the spies go wrong? How do we avoid repeating their mistake? [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47621/high/1109_166_H_The_Sin_of_the_Spies.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi F. Shuster: “Capture the Flag”
Rabbi Shuster, in a Tuesday morning shmuze, discusses why the Torah gives so much importance to the tribes’ flags. His talk ends up addressing how to deal with the question: “What is my purpose in this world?” [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47608/high/1109_165_H_Capture_the_Flag.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi Y. Hirshfeld: “Worlds of Kedusha”
In this shmuze, Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yitzchak Hirshfeld discusses how to go from “external” to “internal” in living a life of kedusha. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47531/high/1109_161_H_Worlds_of_Kedusha.mp3″] Download
Rabbi Y. Hirshfeld: “Sweet Connections”
In a shmuze on Parshat Beshalach, Rabbi Yitzchak Hirshfeld speaks about deepening our connections to Hashem through Torah, Emunah, and Tefillah, and describes the difference between connecting through the mind and connecting through the heart. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47406/high/1109_157_H_Sweet_Connections.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
