Parshah and the Moadim with Rabbi Aryeh Shulman

["Rabbi Aryeh Shulman treats the Rosh Hashanah Machzor's Uv'chein paragraph as a staged map of kingship, moving from the nations of the world to the Jewish people, Eretz Yisrael, Yerushalayim, and Mashiach.", "He compares the nations to the separate species in the lulav, says the Ramchal sees them as disconnected, and argues that only Jewish leadership can make them \"one bundle.\"", "The episode spends much of its time on phrases like \"she'a shalton l'fanacha,\" \"oz b'yodacha u'gvura b'iminacha,\" and \"kavod l'amecha,\" using remote-control, right-hand, and four-letter-name images to unpack the text.", "It closes by sorting tzadikim, yesharim, and chassidim into seeing, dancing, and singing, then describes evil and rival kingdoms as smoke that disappears when \"Hashem yimloch le'olam va'ed\" is revealed."]

This episode explores the unique and extreme obligation of Chanukah candle lighting, comparing it to the four cups of wine on Pesach.

A discussion on the Halacha of Chanukah regarding the height limit of 20 Amos and the concept of eye dominion, referencing Perkei Avos.

Rabbi Aryeh Shulman explores a question from the Passover Haggadah: why does it use the verse about God striking the Egyptian firstborn as proof that God personally took the Jews out of Egypt?

A discussion on the symbolism of maror (bitter herbs) and how the bitterness of Egyptian slavery parallels the difficulties in Torah learning.

A discussion correcting a miscount of the 15 Dayenus in the Passover Hagadda, explaining the first five acts of God that separated the Jewish people from Egypt.

A discussion about the symbolism of bitter herbs (moror) in the Passover Haggadah, connecting the bitterness of slavery to the difficulties of Torah learning.

A discussion of the 15 Dayenus in the Passover Haggadah, correcting a previous miscount and explaining the first four Dayenus as five acts of God to free the Jewish people from Egypt.

A discussion on the spiritual preparation for Passover, focusing on the significance of the month of Nisan and the halachic practice of searching for chometz.

This episode continues a discussion on the Haggada, focusing on Rabbi Huda's acronym Datsakh Adash Ba'ahab and the grouping of the ten plagues into three sets.

Rabbi Aryeh Shulman ties "Makos Bechoros" to "Baratheos" as the undoing of the first beginning.

Purim and Yom Kippur are compared because both deal with what cannot be negated.

Parshah and the Moadim with Rabbi Aryeh Shulman examines why the Midrash calls Yom Kippur “Yom HaKi Purim,” linking Yom Kippur’s future joy to Purim.

A Torah lecture exploring the connection between clinging to God and being truly alive, based on a verse in Parshas Vaeschanan.

A discussion on the concept of holiness and contamination in Jewish law, relating to Tisha B'Av and the wisdom of Yumi Yahu.