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2025/01/10
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2025/08/29
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Episode #34: Ki Teitzei
2025/08/29
In today’s episode: The cleanup song, lazy ravens, and Dan the man. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: Why do we need to remember Miriam’s punishment…and why was it so bad, anyway? https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/1888770/jewish/Why-Was-Miriam-Punished-So-Harshly.htm Video footage of the Previous Rebbe during his visit to America: https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/4118820/jewish/Farewell-Gathering-for-the-Sixth-Rebbes-First-Visit-to-America.htm Brief biography of the Ben Ish Chai: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/975828/jewish/The-Ben-Ish-Chai.htm The Previous Rebbe’s Historic Visit to S. Louis: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3715920/jewish/The-Historic-Visit-by-the-Sixth-Rebbe-of-Chabad-to-St-Louis.htm&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1756426818753119&usg=AOvVaw1JIvcVvjuZQp7A4TZl4svR Daily study cycles: Chabad.org/dailystudy This week’s Parshah Memory Key: https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3798382/jewish/Parshah-Mnemonics-Ki-Teitzei.htmhttps://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3798382/jewish/Parshah-Mnemonics-Ki-Teitzei.htm Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:48) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Baghdad  (01:48) Weekly Torah Portion: Ki Teitzei (04:38) Weekly Tanya: Labor is hard, turns out (06:43) Three Chapter Rambam: The tithes just keep comin’  (07:24) One Chapter Rambam: Moosen! (08:17) Sunday: What gift do you get for a 3419th anniversary? Asking for a friend (09:48) Tuesday: One Dan to rule them all!! (10:15) Wednesday: “Clean up, clean up, everybody but me…” (10:41) Friday: Welcome to Philly, where everybody loves each other (12:27) Shabbat: Shoe advice to heel the sole (ha!) (16:13) So long, for now
Episode #33: Shoftim
2025/08/24
In today’s episode: Biblical life insurance premiums, sacrificial carpools, and Rabbi Dovi's unfortunate math allergy. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: Daily study cycles: Chabad.org/dailystudy This week’s Parshah Memory Key: https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/2683368/jewish/Parshah-Mnemonics-Shoftim.htm Why do we add “L’David Hashem Ori” in the month of Elul? https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=160222 Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:53) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: La Jolla (01:49) Weekly Torah Portion: Shoftim (05:33) Weekly Tanya: *Broken URL, page not found* (07:16) Three Chapter Rambam: Eat the money, spend the flour (09:19) One Chapter Rambam: Paperwork & cozy slaves (10:57) Sunday: Rabbi Dovi’s dumbest pun yet (13:37) Monday: “You! Shall not! Conquer Moroccoooo!” (17:15) Friday: The King is in the Field
Episode #32: Re'eh
2025/08/17
In today's episode: Crinkle fries, optional gladiators, and Jackson Pollock. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: Daily study cycles: Chabad.org/dailystudy This week’s Parshah Memory Key: https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/2676618/jewish/Parshah-Mnemonics-Reeh.htm Brief biography of the Tzemach Tzedek: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/444/jewish/The-Tzemach-Tzedek.htm Brief biography of the Skulener Rebbe: https://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/3026119/jewish/The-Father-of-Orphans.htm The Extra Matzah: A Story of the Skulener Rebbe: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2847/jewish/The-Extra-Matzah.htm Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:48) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Rodeo Clown (01:17) Weekly Torah Portion: Re’eh  (04:39) Weekly Tanya: Crinkle fries  (07:27) Three Chapter Rambam: Jackson Pollock is overrated (08:44) One Chapter Rambam: Ponies! (11:39) Wednesday: “They died happy! This makes it funny.” (16:26) Shabbat: Rumanian rats and French faceplants
Episode #31: Eikev
2025/08/10
In today's episode: Plausibly academic-looking storybooks, immovable objects, and illiterate people with swords. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: The Immovable Object: Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson: https://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/117515/jewish/Biography-of-Rabbi-Levi-Yitzchak.htm A brief biography of The Mordechai: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111920/jewish/Rabbi-Mordechai-Ben-Hilel-Ashkenazi.htm Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:48) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: That place with the famous bucket (01:30) Weekly Torah Portion: Eikev (04:49) Weekly Tanya: Magic corridors and poor unfortunate souls (07:06) Three Chapter Rambam: Error code 404: Sacrifice not found (08:13) One Chapter Rambam: Secret Agent Realtor! (10:08) Sunday: Sir Moses has politely declined your kind offer of death (11:12) Monday: You won’t find this in the shownotes (12:41) Wednesday: What?! I’m studying! (14:06) Thursday: The unstoppable force (14:56) Shabbat: THE Mordechai. 
Episode #34: Ki Teitzei
2025/08/03
In today's episode: The cleanup song, lazy ravens, and Dan the man. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: Why do we need to remember Miriam’s punishment…and why was it so bad, anyway? https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/1888770/jewish/Why-Was-Miriam-Punished-So-Harshly.htm Video footage of the Previous Rebbe during his visit to America: https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/4118820/jewish/Farewell-Gathering-for-the-Sixth-Rebbes-First-Visit-to-America.htm Brief biography of the Ben Ish Chai: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/975828/jewish/The-Ben-Ish-Chai.htm The Previous Rebbe’s Historic Visit to S. Louis: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3715920/jewish/The-Historic-Visit-by-the-Sixth-Rebbe-of-Chabad-to-St-Louis.htm&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1756426818753119&usg=AOvVaw1JIvcVvjuZQp7A4TZl4svR Daily study cycles: Chabad.org/dailystudy This week’s Parshah Memory Key: https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3798382/jewish/Parshah-Mnemonics-Ki-Teitzei.htm Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:48) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Baghdad  (01:48) Weekly Torah Portion: Ki Teitzei (04:38) Weekly Tanya: Labor is hard, turns out (06:43) Three Chapter Rambam: The tithes just keep comin’  (07:24) One Chapter Rambam: Moosen! (08:17) Sunday: What gift do you get for a 3419th anniversary? Asking for a friend (09:48) Tuesday: One Dan to rule them all!! (10:15) Wednesday: “Clean up, clean up, everybody but me…” (10:41) Friday: Welcome to Philly, where everybody loves each other (12:27) Shabbat: Shoe advice to heel the sole (ha!) (16:13) So long, for now
Episode #30: Va'eschanan
2025/08/01
In today’s episode, we’ve got Edgar Allen Poe, tribal boycotts, and trousing far from home; it’s time for your Jewish week. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: Why are there two versions of the Ten Commandments? https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4455092/jewish/Why-Two-Versions-of-the-Ten-Commandments.htm&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1753908100181956&usg=AOvVaw0WEdHw4xYu1nOzNuRhOcgn The Laws of Tisha B’av: https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=144575 Kinot (mournful poems) fos Tisha B’av: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4822249/jewish/Select-Kinot-PDF.htm Preventing hot car deaths: Chabad.org/6976631 The account of the destruction of the Temple, tractate Gittin 55b: https://www.chabad.org/torah-texts/5453276/The-Talmud/Gittin/Chapter-5/55b The Seven Haftorahs of Consolation: https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=144582 Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:48) Fast End Time: Hobart  (01:43) Weekly Torah Portion: Va’eschanan (04:07) Weekly Tanya: The more you give, the more you get (04:58) Three Chapter Rambam: Don’t gift old shoes. (06:00) One Chapter Rambam: “Won’t you be my neighbor?” (07:55) Tisha B’av Observances & Laws (11:00) Sunday: Dumpster fire. (15:33) Monday: More dumpster fire. Also, French people. (18:05) Tuesday: Having three names is dangerous (21:28) Wednesday: Buying Babylonian real estate (23:12) Shabbat: Marriage boycotts, broken axes, and yearly dance parties
Episode #29: Devarim
2025/07/25
In today's episode: Caffeine rehab, talmudic drill sergeants, and the “yowch!” heard ‘round the world; it’s time for your Jewish Week. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: Laws and customs of the nine days: https://www.chabad.org/144574 Why didn’t the Rebbe ever visit Israel? https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4046155/jewish/Why-Didnt-the-Rebbe-Ever-Visit-Israel.htm More on the Holy Ari, his life, and his teachings: https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/1505/jewish/R-Isaac-Luria-The-Ari.htm More on Shabbat Chazon: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/703951/jewish/Shabbat-Chazon.htm More on Tisha B’Av: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/144575/jewish/What-Is-Tisha-BAv.htm Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:49) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Edible mattresses (02:06) Weekly Torah Portion: Devarim  (03:46) Weekly Tanya: Undercover prayer scouts (06:05) Three Chapter Rambam: “Yowch!” (07:31) One Chapter Rambam: Build a wall, make ‘em pay for it (08:56) PSA: Don’t go swimming (10:51) Sunday: Visiting the Holy Land (11:27) Monday: Coffee addicts anonymous (12:10) Wednesday: The Holy Ari (13:45) Friday: Where have I heard the name “Oshpetzin” before? (16:10) Shabbat: You’re seeing things, man.
Episode #28: Matos-Maasei
2025/07/18
In today's episode: Mandatory wedding gifts, white lies, and a classic proverb about bwaa. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: Recollections of R’ Yom Tov Ehrlich: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2900753/jewish/R-Yom-Tov-Ehrlich.htm The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4297832/jewish/Kitzur-Shulchan-Aruch.htm A brief biography of Rashi: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111831/jewish/Who-Was-Rashi.htm Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:47) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Coffee and sleep deprivation (01:28) Weekly Torah Portion: Matos-Maasei (07:04) Weekly Tanya: Hashem actually likes you (for real) (10:06) Three Chapter Rambam: Count to seven (11:00) One Chapter Rambam: Mandatory wedding registry (12:44) Monday: “….to get to the other side” (13:57) Tuesday: Weird secret dance parties (15:07) Wednesday: Next level songwriting (16:10) Thursday: TL;DR  (17:04) Friday: That’s not how you pronounce “Troyes” (18:29) Shabbat: Lie your way to friendship
Episode #27: Pinchas
2025/07/11
In today's episode, we’re fixing ropes, knocking over saltshakers, and maybe buying a boat. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: Why did Moshe break the tablets? https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/2697/jewish/Breaking-of-the-Tablets.htm When were the walls of Jerusalem breached? https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4800049/jewish/When-Were-the-Walls-of-Jerusalem-Breached.htm Who was Apostomus, and why did he burn the Torah? https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5163575/jewish/Who-Was-Apostomus-Who-Burned-a-Torah-Scroll.htm More on the Baal Shems: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3772388/jewish/What-does-Baal-Shem-Tov-mean.htm A whole lot more on R’ Shlomo Karliner: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/5501805/jewish/Rabbi-Shlomo-of-Karlin-17381792.htm Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:46) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Lebanon (not that one, the other one) (01:27) Weekly Torah Portion: Pinchas (04:50) Weekly Tanya: How to fix a rope (06:01) Three Chapter Rambam: We’re finally done saying “tithe” (for real!) (07:57) One Chapter Rambam: Wanna buy a boat? We should buy a boat! (09:01 ) Sunday: Smashin’ tablets and taking names (13:19) Monday: Ezekiel bread and Candi-land (15:47) Wednesday: How much is an “eggful?” (17:37) Thursday: Reality benders (18:04) Friday: Tough guys knock over salt shakers, it’s like a known thing (19:56) Shabbat: Hang ‘em on a pole!
Episode #26: Balak
2025/07/04
In today's episode: Quipping at psychopaths, selling a town, and a five-day rant about Dali Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: A Short Biography of the Previous Rebbe: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/425/jewish/The-Rebbe-Rayatz.htm The Previous Rebbe’s Prison Diaries: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2994/jewish/The-Heroic-Struggle.htm The Golden Calf through the Lens of Chassidus: This will blow your mind, check it out! https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/2237/jewish/The-Day-Before.htm Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:47) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: It’s too long to type out (01:42) Weekly Torah Portion: Balak (07:53) Weekly Tanya: The science of talking for too long (10:34) Three Chapter Rambam: Don’t make me say “tithe” (11:14) One Chapter Rambam: Let’s buy a town! (12:18) Monday: Senõr O’Reilly and YOEC (14:29) Tuesday: How to quip at a psychopath (and get away with it) (20:34) Wednesday: Alas, more partying (20:57) Thursday: A very special birthday (21:06) Friday: The meeting that never happened   (21:50) Shabbat: The wrong kind of statue 
Episode #25: Chukas
2025/06/27
In today's episode: Feathery gyroscopes, knocking rocks, and freezing the sun. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: What was the hidden miracle? (Check out the Sixth Aliyah summary) https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/528307/jewish/Aliyah-Summary.htm Business Ethics: Can I buy something if I plan to return it? https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2807335/jewish/Can-I-Buy-Something-if-I-Plan-to-Return-It.htm Gimmel Tammuz Observances: https://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/2625014/jewish/What-to-Do-on-3-Tammuz.htm Some of Reb Mendel’s stories: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/39531/jewish/A-Cheder-in-Siberia.htm https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1280337/jewish/The-Rabbi-and-the-Thief.htm https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/419531/jewish/Tightrope-of-Life.htm https://www.chabad.org/therebbe/livingtorah/player_cdo/aid/2243609/jewish/Think-of-Me-and-Ill-Think-of-You.htm Jnet—find your personalized Jewish learning experience! https://www.jnet.org/ Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:48) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Tehran 💥 (01:12) Weekly Torah Portion: Chukas (06:48) Weekly Tanya: Too much falafel (08:38) Three Chapter Rambam: “Tithe” is a ridiculous word (09:50) One Chapter Rambam: Amazon returns & false advertising (11:41) Sunday: Freezing the sun (16:55) Monday: Learning from the worst (20:47) Tuesday: Ezekiel bread (22:37) Wednesday: Victory Entebbe (23:11) Friday: French people doing stupid things
Episode #24: Korach
2025/06/20
In today’s episode: Snowmen, Russian Roulette, and a bunch of Rabbis swapping shoes. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: How did Korach get so rich, anyway? (It’s about halfway down the page) https://www.chabad.org/torah-texts/5445774/The-Talmud/Pesachim/Chapter-10/119a Korach’s Deeper Motive: https://api.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/2966907/jewish/Korachs-Real-Problem.htm More on Korach: https://api.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/6483907/jewish/11-Facts-You-Should-Know-About-Korah.htm This week’s Parshah key: https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3798250/jewish/Parshah-Mnemonics-Korach.htm More on Joseph: https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/2224/jewish/Joseph.htm   (00:00) Intro (00:55) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Thylacines  (02:03) Weekly Torah Portion: Korach  (06:34) Weekly Tanya: Breaking the overhead bin (09:28) Three Chapter Rambam: Don’t be a neo-Nazirite (11:27) One Chapter Rambam: Take off your shoe, pass it to the right  (13:08) Monday: Snowmen and pizza, rejoice! (13:49) Tuesday: Splitting the globe (but not the way you think)  (17:14) Wednesday: Bye spies (17:34) Thursday: Rosh Chodesh (18:01) Friday: Grandpa Joe was a thoughtful man 
Episode #23: Shelach
2025/06/13
In today's episode: Lion-proof Rabbis, a Hollywood legend, and suing the Jews; it’s time for Your Jewish Week. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave us a five-star review wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: Weekly Torah, Tanya, and Rambam study resources:   This week’s Parshah key: Shelach Chapters: (00:00) Intro (00:46) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Medicine Hat (01:18) Weekly Torah Portion: Shelach (06:04) Weekly Tanya: One plus one equals...still one, somehow (08:40) Three Chapter Rambam: I didn’t, I couldn’t, and I won’t  (09:37) One Chapter Rambam: Eating poison is frowned upon (10:51) Sunday: Moroccan’ and rollin’ (he lived in a hat) (12:04) Thursday: Not another Purim (12:58) Shabbat: Viral cantor gets kissed by Caruso (15:51) Shabbat II: Don’t sue the Jews, we’re all lawyers  
Episode #22: Behaaloscha
2025/06/05
In today's episode: The ocean blue, a whole lot of nothing, and a guy named Pfefferkorn. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: “The Meeting,” a story of Reb Shaul Dovber Zislin: Chapters: (00:00) Intro (01:22) Shabbat Candle Lighting Time: Mauritius  (02:00) Weekly Torah Portion: Behaaloscha (05:05) Weekly Tanya: It's all a conspiracy  (07:10) Three Chapter Rambam: Treif stuff and Oaths (08:08) One Chapter Rambam: He's dead, but not on purpose  (10:07) Sunday: Evil Board Meetings (11:58) Tuesday: Pfefferkorn and sixteenth century Twitter  (13:50) Wednesday: Judah man (16:18) Thursday: Rebbetzin Freida (16:49) Shabbat: Bet you didn't expect this
Episode #21: Naso
2025/05/30
In today's episode: The New York Subway System, surprise weddings, and a very toxic workplace environment. Your Jewish Week is produced weekly by Chabad.org; written & recorded by Rabbi Dovi Paltiel. If you're enjoying the podcast, feel free leave us a five-star review on wherever you're listening, and share the podcast with a friend! Links and resources: Insight into this week's Parshah keys Daily study cycle resources Why do we eat cheese on Shavuot?

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chayakonikow 2025/01/26
Such a great podcast!
I love the humor, wit and clarity given over in such a great way to learn about Judaism ! 🙏🙏👌
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