TORAH 101 - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

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105 episodes
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Date created
2016/10/11
Latest episode
2025/09/01
Average duration
51 min.
Release period
34 days

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TORAH 101 is aptly described as “An Intellectual’s Introduction to Torah”. If you are a person who wants to understand the foundations of Torah in a logical and cogent fashion, if you don’t want to subsist with the juvenile perception of Torah of your youth, if you want to wrestle with the deeper questions of theology, eschatology, theodicy, and Jewish philosophy, TORAH 101 is the podcast for you. We will delve into the weighty topics in Jewish philosophy: the divinity of Torah: the interrelationship of Written and Oral Torah, the multidimensionality of Torah, a critical examination of Bible criticism, Torah and Science, why bad things happen to good people, and we will thoroughly explore Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles of Jewish Faith. Please email all questions, comments, and feedback to [email protected]

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#101: Third Order of Mishnah (Women)
2025/09/01
A great corpus of Torah law governs the relationships between men and women. The Second Order of Mishnah contains books on the initiation of marriage, on marital responsibilities, on the annulment of marriage via divorce, on the suspected adulteress, and on levirate marriages. The Order also contains two seemingly unrelated books: a book on vows […]
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#100: Second Order of Mishnah (Festivals)
2025/08/11
The Jewish calendar is studded with days of great importance. Each week we relive Genesis by celebrating the holy Shabbos. At half-year intervals are the mega festivals of Sukkos and Pesach (Passover). There’s also Shavuos, Rosh Hashanah, and the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. The second Order of Mishnah orients around all these days of […]
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#99: First Order of Mishnah (Planting)
2025/07/21
The Mishnah is a massive, sprawling, and utterly comprehensive canon of Torah law. Spanning 60+ books over 6 Orders, the Mishnah includes all the laws of the Torah. To study it all would take a very long time. To know it all, takes a lifetime. In this podcast, we try to gain an appreciation for […]
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#98: Components of Oral Torah
2025/07/07
What makes up Oral Torah? What are the different types of information included in the Mishnah? In part 3 of the authoritative, magisterial, and comprehensive introduction to Mishnah offered by Rambam, we learn about the five different components of oral Torah, two that come all the way back from the times of Moshe, and three […]
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#97: Real and Fraudulent Prophecy
2025/06/16
The veracity of prophecy is a critical component of our philosophy. But how do we know if a prophecy claimant is legit? How do we differentiate between real prophets and fraudulent ones? In our second installment on Rambam’s introduction to his commentary on Mishnah, we explore the four different categories of prophecy, the limitations of […]
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#96: Origins of Oral Torah
2025/06/08
The Torah was given to us by God with absolute perfection. A unique feature of that is the dual formats of Torah: written and oral. In this interesting and informative podcast, we begin the study of Maimonides’ magisterial introduction to his commentary on Mishnah. He begins by tracing the history of oral Torah all the […]
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#95: Venues of Reward and Punishment
2025/05/14
Spiritual pleasure is vastly, infinitely greater than physical pleasures, and are completely imperceivable by bodies. Only if you work assiduously to develop a sensory connection with your soul, can you begin to taste it. The ultimate venue of spiritual pleasure is known as Olam Haba, the world to come. What about other venues of reward? […]
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#94: The (Near Total) Inaccessibility of Spiritual Pleasure
2025/05/07
There is great confusion about what the ultimate reward for righteousness and the ultimate punishment for wickedness are. Rambam’s magisterial essay is designed to provide clarity in these lofty matters of eschatology. In part 2, we learn all about the concept of spiritual pleasure. Our bodies are very finely attuned to experiences of pain and […]
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#93: Ultimate Reward and Punishment: Rambam’s Magisterial Essay Part 1
2025/03/18
In his commentary to Mishnah, Rambam (Maimonides) offers a fascinating overview of the subjects of the Afterlife, Resurrection, Messiah, Paradise, and Olam Haba (the world to come). This is arguably the single greatest essay on these exotic, esoteric, and arcane subjects. In this podcast, we address the first section of this magisterial essay. We read […]
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#92: World of Souls
2025/03/10
Why do bad things happen to good people? What role does Oral Torah play in Jewish life? Why did the Almighty create two worlds, the world of the bodies and the world of the souls? What is the difference between today and the days of Messiah? These are just some of the questions that are […]
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#91: The Purpose of Torah
2025/03/05
Why did God give us such a precious and holy and profound Torah? Wouldn’t it be enough to give us some simple rules to live by? Why is our nation chosen above all other nations? Shouldn’t all humans be the same? These are some very advanced question and one that our sages reveal deep insights […]
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#90: Testimony at Sinai
2025/02/24
The Sinai Revelation was a mass testimony of faith. The only event of its kind saw God revealing Himself to a nation comprised of millions, who heard and experienced prophecy and lived to tell their children about it. The founding event of our religion is historically unchallengeable and completely unprecedented: There is no other religion […]
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#89: Where Atheists Go Wrong
2025/02/17
Some atheists are quite intelligent. Some atheists score highly on IQ tests. How can they be so wrong on matters of faith? Where exactly do the atheists go wrong? In this interesting TORAH 101 podcast, we pinpoint the precise area that causes atheists to err. It turns out, a perfectly functioning and competent and capable […]
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#88: Unresolved Mysteries of Resurrection
2024/06/24
We have made enormous strides in our pursuit of a deep, and comprehensive study of Rambam’s 13 principles of faith. We have plumbed the depths of these 13 tenets of our religion to the best of our ability. This podcast marks the final installment of this series. In it we explore some of the various […]
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#87: The Timeline of Resurrection
2024/05/20
It is hard enough for us to keep track of what happens to us in our lifetime; what happens after we die is truly a mystery. But there are timelines that are even murkier: what happens after Messiah? How does the Resurrection unfold? Is Resurrection a one-time thing or are there many different resurrections? What […]
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4.8 out of 5
141 reviews
KaradactylDeathSquad 2025/04/25
Engaging
Thank you Rabbi!
WinstonTheWolf 2023/12/11
Whose son is the messiah?
David’s son? Then why does David call him “Lord” (psalm 110)? Because the messiah is the son of David AND the son of God: 2 Samuel 7:14 “I will be his...
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Vrinski 2023/11/19
Deep study on important Torah principles via the Sages
Wonderful!! Thank you Rabbi!
Jonah Akivah ben Avraham 2023/06/27
A Must listen.
WOW! Just wow!
Tracey Erica 2022/05/19
Packed with Jewish Perspective
This podcast is packed with powerful Jewish perspective. The second I finished every episode to date, I clicked play on episode #1 to listen, reflect ...
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bohosoul77 2022/09/17
The reason I'm ending my life
I was hoping to find a podcast that made Torah more accessible and I thought this was it. Unfortunately, the host is condescending and more interested...
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Barry G 1234 2021/12/05
Brilliant - Great Torah Insights
Rabbi Wolbe explains the Torah and it’s finer details eloquently and provides insights that educates the listener in ways that make the Torah and Jewi...
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justhumbs 2021/11/08
Student
Thank You for the lessons Rabbi Yaakov Woble
Kingluie13 2021/10/31
Inspirational
Rabbi Wolbe is a very kind and inspirational to anyone who would lend an ear to the words of Torah , life changing and challenging.
Soklein 2021/01/21
Education
Easy and informative listening, each time through.
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