Rabbi Avi Harari is rabbi of Cong. Mikdash Eliyahu and Ohel Yishak of Allenhurst. He serves, as well, as Rosh Bet Midrash of Yeshivah of Flatbush and Rosh Yeshiva of Sephardic Rabbinical College. For more information about Rabbi Harari, his classes and teachings, visit www.rabbiharari.com.

Latest episodes of the podcast Rabbi Avi Harari

• Sefirat Ha-Omer: Gratitude
• Bava Kama 27b (1)
• R. Akiva's Students & Receiving the Torah
• Sefirat Omer - How to Answer "What Day Are We Up To?"
• Bava Kama 27a (3)
• Moreh Nevukhim #41 - 3.48
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Remembering the Mikdash
• Bava Kama 27a (2)
• Berakhot 23b (1)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Why Don't We Say "She-Heheyanu"?
• Bava Kama 27a (1)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer: Standing or Sitting?
• Bava Kama 26b (2)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer: Finding Kedushah in All Places
• Pirkei Avot 1:2 "Get Over Yourself!"
• Sefirat Ha-Omer: The Unique Missvah of "Counting"
• Bava Kama 26b (1)
• Pirkei Avot 1.1 - Carefully Finding "Your Torah"
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - The Earliest Time to Count
• Bava Kama 26a (2)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Saying "La-Omer" or "Ba-Omer"
• Bava Kama 26a (1)
• Pesah: Seeing the Whole Picture
• Pirkei Avot - Introduction
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Women
• Beginning and Final Stages of Damage (2)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer Today - From the Torah or the Rabbis?
• Beginning and Final Stages of Damage (1)
• Bava Kama 25b (2)
• Pesah: The Partnership
• Pesah - The Responsibilities of Freedom
• Pesah: Law & Order
• Bava Kama 25b (1)
• Bava Kama 25a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #40 - 3.34
• Shabbat Ha-Gadol - Haftarah
• Bava Kama 25a (1)
• Berakhot 23a (2)
• Shabbat Ha-Gadol - What is it?
• Bava Kama 24b (2)
• Pesah - Avodah Through Torah
• Birkat Ha-Ilanot - On Shabbat or Yom Tov
• Bava Kama 24b (1)
• Birkat Ha-Ilanot - Fruit Trees and Zerizut
• Pesah - The Freedom of Speech
• Pesah: The Spiritual Freedom of Giving to Others (2)
• Bava Kama 24b (1)
• Pesah - Why Questions?
• Birkat Ha-Ilanot - How Many Trees?
• Bava Kama 24a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #39 - 3.31 & 48
• Birkat Ha-Ilanot - When?
• Bava Kama 24a (1)
• Berakhot 23a (1)
• Birkat Ha-Ilanot - A Brief Background
• Bava Kama 23b (3)
• Should One Say a Berakhah on a Solar Eclipse?
• Bava Kama 23b (2)
• Pesah: The Spiritual Freedom of Giving to Others (1)
• Berakhot on Earthquakes
• Pesah - The Need for Speed
• Shemini: Keep it New
• Bava Kama 23b (1)
• Parashat Shemini - Rediscovering the Experience of Gan Eden
• Praying in a Place With Windows
• Bava Kama 23a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #38 - 3.29
• Tefilah From a Balcony
• Bava Kama 23a (1)
• Bearakhot 22b (2)
• Placing the Bimah in the Center of the Synagogue
• Bava Kama 22b (2)
• Tefilah From a Low Place
• Bava Kama 22b (1)
• Shemini: Players or Spectators?
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 26 (3) - "Know Him in All Your Ways"
• Sav: Humility
• Bava Kama 22b (1)
• Parashat Sav - Law & Love
• Tefilah - Women's Obligation
• Bava Kama 22a (3)
• Tefilah - A Brief Background (3)
• Bava Kama 22a (2)
• Berakhot 22b (1)
• Tefilah - A Brief Background (2)
• Bava Kama 22a (1)
• Tefilah - A Brief Background (1)
• Bava Kama 21b (2)
• Megilat Esther: Merging The Written & Oral Torah
• Megilat Esther: Constant Connection
• Bava Kama 21b (1)
• Megilat Esther - The Trees of Sin
• Bava Kama 21a (3)
• Moreh Nevukhim #37 - 3.28
• Parashat Zakhor - With a Minyan
• Bava Kama 21a (2)
• Berakhot 22a (2)
• Parashat Zakhor - A Brief Background
• Bava Kama 21a (1)
• Zekher LeMahassit HaShekel - Women and Children
• Bava Kama 20b (3)
• Megilat Esther: What's in a Name?
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 26 (2) - "Realizing the Spiritual in the Physical"
• Pekudei: Appreciating the Process
• Bava Kama 20b (2)
• Megilat Esther - The Eternal Lesson of Purim
• Zekher LeMahassit HaShekel - How Much?
• Bava Kama 20b (1)
• Moreh Nevukhim #36 - 3.27
• Zekher LeMahassit HaShekel - Where to Give?
• Bava Kama 20a (3)
• Berakhot 22a (1)
• Zekher LeMahassit HaShekel - A Brief Background
• Bava Kama 20a (2)
• Megilat Esther: Striving For More
• Bava Kama 20a (1)
• Bava Kama 19b (3)
• Moreh Nevukhim #35 - 3.26
• Standing Without Leaning During Amidah
• Bava Kama 19b (2)
• Standing With Feet Together During Amidah
• Bava Kama 19b (1)
• Preparing for the Amidah
• Bava Kama 19a (2)
• VaYakhel: Unity
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 26 (1) - "The Spiritual in the Physical"
• Ki Tissa: A Deeper Connection
• Bava Kama 19a (1)
• Megilat Esther - Contagious Courage
• Exercise & Running Before Tefilah
• Bava Kama 18b (2)
• Women & Birkat Halevanah
• Bava Kama 18b (1)
• Berakhot 21b (2)
• Passing in Front of Someone Who is Praying in Order to Say Birkat Kohanim
• Bava Kama 18a (3)
• Someone Who Said a Berakhah on Food or Drink Before Tefilah
• Bava Kama 18a (2)
• Ki Tissa: Hearing the Cry
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 25 (2) - "Feeling His Presence"
• Tessaveh: A Balanced Relationship
• Bava Kama 18a (1)
• Passing in Front of Someone Who is Praying Amidah in a Different Room
• Bava Kama 17b (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #34 - 3.45 (2)
• Passing in Front of Someone Who is Praying Amidah in a Public Space
• Bava Kama 17b (1)
• Passing in Front of Someone Who is Saying Kadish
• Bava Kama 17a (2)
• The 'Written Words' of Halakhah (9) - "The Berakhah on Purée"
• Minor Chores Before Tefilah in the Morning
• Bava Kama 17a (1)
• Tessaveh: Glory and Splendor
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 24 (3) & 25 (1) - "Big & Small"
• Terumah: Getting Involved
• Bava Kama 16b (2)
• Parashat Terumah - Hide & Seek
• Passing in Front of Someone Who is Saying Amidah (2)
• Bava Kama 16b (1)
• Moreh Nevukhim #33 - 3.53-54
• Passing in Front of Someone Who is Saying Amidah (1)
• Bava Kama 16a (2)
• The Siddur: From Specialized to Standardized (5) - "Nusah Ari"
• Berakhot 21b (1)
• Sitting Close to Someone Who is Saying Amidah (2)
• Bava Kama 16a (1)
• Sitting Close to Someone Who is Saying Amidah (1)
• Bava Kama 15b (2)
• Terumah: Passion
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 24 (2) - "Healthy Fear"
• Mishpatim: Celebrating Every Step of the Way
• Bava Kama 15a (1)
• Parashat Mishpatim - Law & Listening
• Throwing Bread
• Bava Kama 15a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #32 - 3.52
• Bava Kama 15a (1)
• Shaving or Showering Before Tefilah
• Berakhot 21a (2)
• Greeting Someone Before Tefilah
• Bava Kama 14b (2)
• The Sidur: From Specialized to Standardized (4)
• Women and Children Eating or Drinking Before Tefilah
• Bava Kama 14b (1)
• Mishpatim: Care for Others
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 23 (3)-24 (1) - "Friends Who Say it Like it Is"
• Yitro: Finding Heaven on Earth
• Bava Kama 14a (3)
• Parashat Yitro - Relationships
• Eating or Drinking Before Tefilah
• Bava Kama 14a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #31 - 3.51 (3)
• Kissing the Tefilin Shel Rosh
• Bava Kama 14a (1)
• The 'Written Words' of Halakhah (8)
• Berakhah at the Place of a Miracle
• Bava Kama 13b (2)
• Learning Torah Before Tefilah in the Morning
• Bava Kama 13b (1)
• Traveling Before Tefilah in the Morning
• Missvot and Berakhot Through a Window or Glasses
• Bringing Tefilin Into an Impure Place
• Berakhot on Thunder and Lightning
• Berakhot on Mountains, Valleys and Caves
• Berakhot 21a (1)
• The Last Time to Say Birkat Halevanah
• The First Time to Say Birkat Halevanah
• Bringing Food Into the Bathroom
• Bo: Walking to Worship
• Berakhot 20b (2)
• Berakhot on Oceans, Seas and Rivers
• Bava Kama 13a (2)
• Berakhot 20b (1)
• Folding Clothing or a Talet on Shabbat
• Bava Kama 13a (1)
• Removing Lint or Dust from Clothing on Shabbat
• Bava Kama 12b (2)
• Bo: Kedushah in This World
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 23 (2) - "The Ways to Humility"
• VaEra: Respect the King
• Bava Kama 12b (1)
• Parashat VaEra - Noticing
• Bava Kama 12a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #30 - 3.51 (2)
• Bava Kama 12a (1)
• Bava Kama 11b (2)
• Berakhot 20a
• Bava Kama 11b (1)
• VaEra: Paying Attention
• Berakhot 19b (2)
• Shemot: Intuition
• Bava Kama 11a (3)
• Parashat Shemot - Identity
• Bava Kama 11a (2)
• Bava Kama 11a (1)
• Bava Kama 10b (3)
• Shemot: Out of Reach
• Bava Kama 10b (2)
• Shemot: Feeling the Pain of Others
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 23 (1) - "Acquiring Humilty"
• VaYehi: Direction
• Bava Kama 10b (1)
• Bava Kama 10a (3)
• Moreh Nevukhim #29 - 3.51 (1)
• Bava Kama 10a (2)
• Bava Kama 10a (1)
• Berakhot 19b (1)
• VaYehi: Potential
• Bava Kama 9b (2)
• VaYehi: The "Evil Eye"
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 22 (3) - "Hidden Greatness"
• VaYigash: Yosef & Hanokh
• Bava Kama 9b (1)
• Parashat VaYigash - Exile
• Bava Kama 9a (5)
• Moreh Nevukhim #28 - 2.33 (3)
• Bava Kama 9a (4)
• Bava Kama 9a (3)
• Berakhot 19a (2)
• Bava Kama 9a (2)
• VaYigash: Dependency
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 22 (2) - "Humilty"
• Hanukah: Our Part
• Bava Kama 9a (1)
• Bava Kama 8b (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #27 - 1.31
• Bava Kama 8b (1)
• Bava Kama 8a (3)
• Bava Kama 8a (2)
• Mikess: Bring Yourself
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 22 (1) - "Humility"
• Hanukah: Identity
• Bava Kama 8a (1)
• Parashat VaYeshev - Body and Spirit
• Bava Kama 7b (3)
• Bava Kama 7b (2)
• Bava Kama 7b (1)
• Bava Kama 7a (2)
• VaYishlah: Restraint
• Bava Kama 7a (1)
• Parashat VaYishlah - Becoming Yisrael
• Bava Kama 6b (3)
• Bava Kama 6b (2)
• Bava Kama 6b (1)
• Bava Kama 6a (2)
• VaYishlah: Individuality
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 21 (2) - ""A Bitahon Mindset"
• VaYesse: Tefilah
• Bava Kama 6a (1)
• Bava Kama 5b
• Moreh Nevukhim #26 - 1.15
• Bava Kama 5a (2)
• Bava Kama 5a (1)
• Berakhot 19a (1)
• Bava Kama 4b (3)
• VaYesse: Unity
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 21 (1) - "Focus"
• Toledot: Our "Inner Voice"
• Bava Kama 4b (2)
• Parashat Toledot - Living With Uncertainty
• Bava Kama 4b (1)
• Bava Kama 4a (2)
• Berakhot 18b (1)
• Bava Kama 4a (1)
• Toledot: The Process
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 20 (2) - "The Balancing Act"
• Bava Kama 3b (3)
• Bava Kama 3b (2)
• Bava Kama 3b (1)
• Bava Kama 3a (2)
• VaYera: Staying Grounded
• Bava Kama 3a (1)
• Parashat VaYera - "I'll Be There!"
• Bava Kama 2b (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #25 - 2.42
• Bava Kama 2b (1)
• Bava Kama 2a (2)
• Berakhot 18a (2)
• Bava Kama 2a (1)
• VaYera: Single Vision
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 20 (1) - "Weighing Your Piety"
• Lekh Lekha: Feeling Their Pain
• Beisah 29b (2)
• Parashat Lekh Lekha - The Journey to a Great Name
• Beisah 29b (1)
• Moreh Nevukhim #24 - 3.49 (2)
• Beisah 29a (2)
• Beisah 29a (1)
• Berakhot 18a (1)
• Beisah 28b (2)
• Lekh Lekha: A Step Ahead
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (12) - "Selflessness"
• Beisah 28b (1)
• Parashat Noah - Long-Term Perspective
• Beisah 28a (2)
• Beisah 28a (1)
• Beisah 27b (2)
• Beisah 27b (1)
• Shining Our Light
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (11) - "Get Over Yourself!"
• Beisah 27a (2)
• Beisah 27a (1)
• Moreh Nevukhim #23 - 2.13
• Beisah 26b (2)
• Berakhot 17b (2)
• Beisah 26b (1)
• Beisah 26a (2)
• Beisah 26a (1)
• Sukkot - The Journey
• Beisah 25b (4) - Rav Pe'alim 1:25
• Sukkot and Pesah - Who Are We?
• Beisah 25b (3)
• Beisah 25b (2)
• Beisah 25b (1)
• Beisah 25a (3)
• Moreh Nevukhim #22 - 3.43 (3)
• Beisah 25a (2)
• Beisah 25a (1)
• Yom Kippur - "Standing Before God"
• Yom Kippur - Creating Yourself
• Beisah 24b (4)
• Beisah 24b (3)
• Moreh Nevukhim #21 - 3.43 (2)
• Beisah 24b (2)
• Beisah 24b (1)
• Beisah 24a (3)
• Beisah 24a (2)
• Beisah 24a (1)
• Moreh Nevukhim #20 - 3.43 (1)
• Beisah 23b (2)
• Beisah 40b
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (10) - "Zealotry and Selflessness"
• Beisah 40a (4)
• Beisah 40a (3)
• Beisah 40a (2)
• Beisah 40a (1)
• The 'Written Words' of Halakhah (7)
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (9) - "True Simha"
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (8) - "Love Connection"
• Beisah 39b (3)
• Beisah 39b (2)
• Beisah 39b (1)
• The Sidur: From Specialized to Standardized (3) - "Hazanim"
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (7) - "Unconditional Love"
• Beisah 39a (3)
• Beisah 39a (2)
• Beisah 39a (1)
• Beisah 38b (3)
• Beisah 38b (2)
• The Sidur: From Specialized to Standardized (2) - "Changing Your Nusah"
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (6) - "Love of God"
• Beisah 38a (2)
• Beisah 38a (1)
• Beisah 37b (2)
• Beisah 37b (1)
• Beisah 37a (3)
• The Sidur: From Specialized to Standardized (1) - "Aramaic Prayers"
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (5) - "Preparing and Honoring"
• Beisah 37a (2)
• Beisah 37a (1)
• Beisah 36b (2)
• Agadah and Halakhah - Life and Law (5) - "The Challenge"
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (4) - "Hidur Missvah"
• Beisah 36b (1)
• Lighting Shabbat Candles as a Guest
• Beisah 36a (2)
• Beisah 36a (1)
• Beisah 35b (2)
• Beisah 35b (1)
• The Truths of Halakhah (7) - לא תאכלו על הדם
• Beisah 35a (2)
• Beisah 35a (1)
• Beisah 34b
• Beisah 34a (2)
• Agadah and Halakhah - Life and Law (4) - "The Soul of Torah"
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (3) - "Awesomeness"
• Beisah 34a (1)
• Beisah 33b (3)
• Beisah 33b (2)
• Beisah 33b (1)
• Pets on Shabbat
• Beisah 33a (2)
• Beisah 33a (1)
• Wearing a Hat on Shabbat
• Beisah 32b (2)
• Agadah and Halakhah - Life and Law (3) - "Prophecy and Kabalah"
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (2) - "Potential Piety"
• Beisah 32b (1)
• Beisah 32a (2)
• Beisah 32a (1)
• Beisah 31b (2)
• Beisah 31b (1)
• The Truths of Halakhah (6)
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 19 (1) - "Constant Care"
• Beisah 31a (2)
• Playing Tennis on Shabbat
• Beisah 31a (1)
• Beisahb30b (2)
• Beisah 30b (1)
• Beisah 30a (3)
• Agadah and Halakhah - Life and Law (2) - "Prophets and Scholars"
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 18 - "Above and Beyond"
• Beisah 30a (2)
• Beisah 30a (1)
• Berakhot 17b (1)
• Beisah 23b (1)
• Beisah 23a (2)
• Beisah 23a (1)
• Agadah and Halakhah - Life and Law (1) - "Striking a Balance"
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 17 - "Be Prepared!"
• Beisah 22b (2)
• Berakhot 17a (2)
• Beisah 22b (1)
• Beisah 22a (4)
• Beisah 22a (3)
• Beisah 22a (2)
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 16 (2) - "True Love"
• Beisah 22a (1)
• Beisah 21b (2)
• Beisah 21b (2)
• Berakhot 17a (1)
• Beisah 21b (1)
• Beisah 21a (2)
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 16 (1) - "Choosing to Do"
• Beisah 21a (1)
• Beisah 20b (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #19 - 1.13-14
• Beisah 20b (1)
• Beisah 20a (3)
• Beisah 20a (2)
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 15 - "Perspective"
• Berakhot 16b (2)
• Beisah 20a (1)
• Beisah 19b (2)
• Berakhot 16b (1)
• Beisah 19b (1)
• Beisah 19a (2)
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 14 (2) - "Mindful Separation"
• Beisah 19a (1)
• Berakhot 16a (2)
• Beisah 18b (2)
• Beisah 18b (1)
• Beisah 18a (3)
• Beisah 18a (2)
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 14 (1) - "Focus"
• Beisah 18a (1)
• Beisah 17b (3)
• Moreh Nevukhim #18 - 2.33 (2)
• Berakhot 16a (1)
• Beisah 17b (2)
• Beisah 17b (1)
• Beisah 17a (2)
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 13 (2) - "Above and Beyond"
• Beisah 17a (1)
• Berakhot 15b (2)
• Beisah 16b (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #17 - 2.33 (1)
• Beisah 16b (2)
• Berakhot 15b (1)
• Beisah 16b (1)