Episode Synopsis "Hanukah: The Light From The Darkness"

Hanukah: The Light From The Darkness by Rabbi Avi Harari

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• Moreh Nevukhim #50 - 3.41 (3)
• Avelut - Saying "Sheheheyanu"
• Bava Kama 64b
• Confession Of Sins Before Passing Away
• Bava Kama 64a (2)
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• Bava Kama 64a (1)
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• Bava Kama 63b (2)
• Kevurah - Delaying The Burial
• Bava Kama 63b (1)
• Moreh Nevukhim #49 - 2.28
• Kevurah - Burying Non-Jewish Fallen Soldiers
• Bava Kama 63a
• Kevurah - Burial Next To Non-Jews
• Bava Kama 62b (2)
• Kevurah - Clinical Autopsies
• Bava Kama 62b (1)
• Tomer Devorah #10 - "Destroying Din"
• BeShalah: Do The Impossible
• Bo: Don't Lose The Spark Of Youth
• Bava Kama 62a (3)
• Moreh Nevukhim #48 - 3.11
• Parashat Bo - Learning to Listen
• Kevurah - Burying Fallen Soldiers In Israel
• Bava Kama 62a (2)
• The Kaddish - Saying It If Both Parents Are Alive
• Bava Kama 62a (1)
• Kevurah - Disinternment For Burial In Israel
• Bava Kama 61b (2)
• Kevurah - Burial in Israel
• Bava Kama 61b (1)
• Kevurah - Burial in a Casket or Directly Into the Ground
• Kevurah - Burying The Deceased
• The Kaddish - Saying "Tishbehata" or "Tushbehata"
• Bava Kama 61a (2)
• The Kaddish - How Many Men Need To Respond?
• Bava Kama 61a (1)
• Avelut - Covering Mirrors in a House of Mourning
• Bava Kama 60b (2)
• Shemot: Movement
• Tomer Devorah #9 - "Focus on the Essence"
• Vayhi: Leadership
• Bava Kama 60b (1)
• Parashat Vayhi - Leaning Into the Challenge
• The Kaddish - The Response of "Yehei Shemei..."
• The Kaddish - Saying It Before Hodu or Barukh SheAmar
• Bava Kama 60a (2)
• Berakhot 29b (2)
• Bava Kama 60a (1)
• The Kaddish - Answering "Yehei Shemei Rabah" With Kavanah
• Bava Kama 59b (2)
• Vayhi: Making Room For The Other
• Tomer Devorah #8 - "Coming Back Better"
• VaYigash: Future Thinking
• Bava Kama 59b (1)
• Parashat VaYigash - Humility & Heritage
• The Kaddish - "Nehamata"
• Bava Kama 59a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #47 - 3.10
• The Kaddish - "Berikh Hu"
• Bava Kama 59a (1)
• The Kaddish - "VeYassmah Purkanei ViKarev Meshihei"
• Bava Kama 58b (2)
• The Kaddish - When to Say "Al Yisrael"
• Bava Kama 58b (1)
• Hanukah: God's Children
• Tomer Devorah #7 - "Seeing the Whole Person"
• Hanukah: The Light From The Darkness
• Bava Kama 58a
• Parashat Mikess- Seize the Moment
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Can Women Say It?
• Bava Kama 57b (2)
• The Kaddish - Concluding With a Request for Shalom
• Bava Kama 57b (1)
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Saying Extra
• Bava Kama 57a (2)
• The Kaddish - Stepping Back and Turning
• Bava Kama 57a (1)
• Mikess: Humility
• Tomer Devorah #6 - "Anger Management"
• VaYeshev: Honesty
• Bava Kama 56b
• The Kaddish - When & How to Bow
• Bava Kama 56a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #46 - 3.12
• The Kaddish - Kaddish Titkabal
• Bava Kama 56a (1)
• The Kaddish - Understanding and Pronouncing the Word "Khirutei"
• Bava Kama 55a (2)
• The Kaddish - Standing or Sitting on Friday Night?
• Bava Kama 55b (1)
• VaYeshev: Real Hesed
• Tomer Devorah #5 - "We Are Family"
• VaYishlah: The Blessing of a Mission
• Bava Kama 55a
• The Kaddish - Should the Listeners Stand?
• Bava Kama 54b (2)
• The Kaddish - Saying It With Ten Men
• Bava Kama 54b (1)
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Saying Kaddish For More Than One Person
• Bava Kama 54a (2)
• Berakhot 29b (1)
• The Kaddish - The Meaning of "Yehe Shmei Raba"
• Bava Kama 54a (1)
• VaYishlah: Hard Work
• Tomer Devorah #4 - "Forgiveness"
• VaYesse: Balance
• Bava Kama 53b (2)
• Parashat VaYesse - God of the Heavens and Earth
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Saying It For a Non-Jew
• Bava Kama 53b (1)
• Moreh Nevukhim #45 - 3.17 & 3.24
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Why Is It Aramaic?
• Bava Kama 53a (2)
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Saying It Together With Others
• Bava Kama 53a (1)
• Avelut - Not Cutting Hair or Shaving (2)
• Bava Kama 52b (2)
• Berakhot 29a
• Avelut - Not Cutting Hair or Shaving (1)
• Bava Kama 52b (1)
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Passing in Front of Someone
• Bava Kama 52a (2)
• Toledot: Doing the Right Thing Even When it Isn't Easy
• Tomer Devorah #3 - "Patience" (2)
• Hayei Sarah: Leaving a Legacy
• Bava Kama 52a (1)
• Parashat Hayei Sarah - Avraham's Journey
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Asking Someone Else to Say It
• Bava Kama 51b (2)
• Berakhot 28b (2)
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Standing With Feet Together
• Bava Kama 51b (1)
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Minhag & Communal Acceptance
• Bava Kama 51a (2)
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Understanding Its Purpose (2)
• Bava Kama 51a (1)
• Tomer Devorah #2 - "Patience" (1)
• Hayei Sarah: True Dedication to Others
• VaYera: Tefilah as a Conversation
• Bava Kama 50b (2)
• Bava Kama 50b (1)
• The Mourner's Kaddish - Understanding Its Purpose (1)
• Bava Kama 50a (2)
• The Mourner's Kaddish - A Brief Background
• Bava Kama 50a (1)
• Eulogies on Shabbat for a Hakham
• Bava Kama 49b (3)
• VaYera: Individuality
• Tomer Devorah #1 - Getting Over Yourself
• Lekh Lekha: Responsibility
• Bava Kama 49b (2)
• How to Greet a Mourner
• Bava Kama 49b (1)
• Bava Kama 49a (2)
• Kavanah When Sitting in the Sukkah
• Bava Kama 49a (1)
• Which "Sukkot" Did Bnei Yisrael Sit In?
• Bava Kama 48b (4)
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• Sukkot - Sitting in the "Sukkah of Livyatan"
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• Bava Kama 48b (3)
• Eating on Erev Yom Kippur
• Bava Kama 48b (2)
• Yom Kippur - Angelic Potential
• Saying Avenu Malkenu During Aseret Yemei Teshuvah
• Bava Kama 48b (1)
• Additions to the Amidah During Aseret Yemei Teshuvah
• Bava Kama 48a (5)
• Saying "Ha-Melekh Ha-Kadosh" and "Ha-Melekh Ha-Mishpat"
• Bava Kama 48a (4)
• Sleeping on Rosh HaShanah
• Bava Kama 48a (3)
• Happiness & Rejoicing on Rosh HaShanah
• Bava Kama 48a (2)
• Selihot - How To Say the Words "Hashem Hashem"
• Bava Kama 48a (1)
• Rosh HaShanah - Redirecting Your Life
• Rosh HaShanah: Confusing the Satan
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• Rosh HaShanah - The Day of Personal Freedom
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• Bava Kama 47b (4)
• Selihot - How to Say the Words "Vayikra Beshem Hashem"
• Bava Kama 47b (3)
• The Sounds of Teshuvah
• Bava Kama 47b (2)
• Selihot - Saying Before Minha
• Bava Kama 47b (1)
• Nissavim: The Concealed & The Revealed
• The Escape Route (Shaare Teshuvah #3)
• Rosh HaShanah - Focus on Your Potential
• Bava Kama 47a (2)
• Parashat Ki Tavo - Moshe's Essential Lesson
• Berakhot 28b (1)
• Bava Kama 47a (1)
• Moreh Nevukhim #44 - 3.36 (2)
• Approaching Rosh HaShanah With Hesed
• Bava Kama 46b (3)
• Selihot - Saying Birkot Ha-Torah Beforehand
• Bava Kama 46b (2)
• Selihot - The Earliest Time to Say
• Bava Kama 46b (1)
• Ki Tavo: Consistency
• Teshuvah as a "New Creation" (Shaare Teshuvah #2)
• Selihot - In Place of Talmud Torah?
• Bava Kama 46a (3)
• Parashat Ki Tesse - Old Stories, New Lessons
• Bava Kama 46a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #43 - 3.36 (1)
• Selihot - Saying the Aramaic Portions with a Minyan
• Bava Kama 46a (1)
• Selihot - Can A Mourner Be Hazan?
• Bava Kama 45b (3)
• Selihot - Saying VaYa'avor Without a Minyan
• Bava Kama 45b (2)
• The Unique Path of Teshuvah (Shaare Teshuvah #1)
• Ki Tesse: Everyday Mercy
• Bava Kama 45b (1)
• Sounding the Shofar Throughout Elul
• Bava Kama 45a (2)
• Selihot - A Brief Background
• Bava Kama 45a (1)
• Elul: Standing Before God
• Bava Kama 44b (2)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - Having Negative Intention
• Bava Kama 44b (1)
• The Written Words of Halakhah (10) "Kidush Be-Makom Seudah With Wine"
• Shofetim: Behaving "Godly"
• Pirkei Avot 1:15 "Hillel & Shamai"
• Re'eh: The Ideal & The Real
• Bava Kama 44a (2)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - 'Elokai Neshamah' and 'Modeh Ani'
• Bava Kama 44a (1)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - Saying 'Elokai Neshamah' When Awake All Night
• Bava Kama 43b (2)
• Berakhot 28a (2)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - 'Elokai Neshamah' After 'Asher Yassar'
• Bava Kama 43b (1)
• Re'eh: Setting and Resetting Goals
• The Truths of Halakhah (8) - "Amirah LeYisrael"
• Pirkei Avot 1:14 - Caring For Yourself & Others
• Bava Kama 43a (3)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - Saying Them After a Burial
• Bava Kama 43a (2)
• Giving Sedakah Before Tefilah
• Bava Kama 43a (1)
• Ekev: The "Smaller" Miracles
• Bava Kama 42b (2)
• Saying Keriat Shema By Heart
• Bava Kama 42b (1)
• Can Midrash Determine Halakhah? (5) - "Non-Jewish Names"
• Ekev: Wanting What You Have
• Pirkei Avot 1:13 "Go Up or Fall Down"
• VaEthanan: A Prayerful Nation
• Bava Kama 42a (2)
• Parashat VaEthanan - Patience
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - Women's Obligation
• Bava Kama 42a (1)
• Berakhot 28a (1)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "She-Asani Ki-Ressono"
• Bava Kama 41b (2)
• Tishah Be-Av: From Separation to Unity
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Ozer Yisrael Bi-Gevurah"
• Bava Kama 41b (1)
• Devarim: Listening
• Bava Kama 41a (2)
• Parashat Devarim - Vulnerability
• Berakhot 27b (2)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "She-Lo Asani Goy"
• Bava Kama 41a (1)
• Berakhot 27b (1)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "She-Lo Asani Goy, Aved & Ishah"
• Bava Kama 40b (2)
• Bava Kama 40b (1)
• Berakhot 27a (2)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Oter Yisrael Be-Tifarah"
• Bava Kama 40a (2)
• Pirkei Avot 1:13-14 "Individual & Society"
• Devarim: Simplicity
• The "Written" and "Practiced" Law (Women & 100 Berakhot)
• Masei: Running From & To Yourself
• Bava Kama 40a (1)
• Parashat Matot - Religious & National Responsibilities
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - Saying 100 Berakhot Every Day (2)
• Bava Kama 39b (2)
• Berakhot 27a (1)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - If You Forgot to Say Them in the Morning
• Bava Kama 39b (1)
• Masei: The Journey
• Bava Kama 38a (2)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Ha-Noten La-Ya'ef Koah"
• Bava Kama 38a (1)
• The Will of the Torah
• Matot: Unbiased Torah
• Pirkei Avot 1:11-12 "Speech"
• Pinehas: Keeping it New
• Bava Kama 38b (1)
• Parashat Pinehas - Leadership
• Bava Kama 38a (2)
• Berakhot 26b (2)
• Do Women Need to Say 100 Berakhot Every Day? (1)
• Bava Kama 38a (1)
• Berakhot 26b (1)
• Bava Kama 37b (2)
• Berakhot 26a (2)
• Saying 100 Berakhot on Shabbat and Holidays
• Bava Kama 37b (1)
• Pirkei Avot 1:10 - "Love The Melakhah"
• Balak: Everything Takes Time
• Bava Kama 37a (3)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - Saying 100 Berakhot Every Day (1)
• Bava Kama 37a (2)
• Berakhot 26a (1)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - Saying "Ha-mekhin Missadei" Before "She-Asah Li"
• Bava Kama 37a (1)
• Balak: Tefilah
• Bava Kama 36b (2)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "She-Asah Li Kol Sorki" on Yom Kippur and Tishah Be-Av
• Bava Kama 36b (1)
• Immediate Burial: Halakhah & Tradition
• Balak: The Power of a Single Minute
• Pirkei Avot 1:8 - "Humility"
• Hukat: Redirection
• Bava Kama 36a (1)
• Parashat Hukat - Self-Development
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "She-Asah Li Kol Sorki"
• Bava Kama 35b (3)
• Berakhot 25b (2)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Malbish Arumim"
• Bava Kama 35b (2)
• Hukat: Emunah Peshutah
• Bava Kama 35b (1)
• Berakhot 25b (1)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Poke'ah Ivrim"
• Bava Kama 35a (2)
• Pirkei Avot 1:7 - "The Effect Of Your Surroundings On You"
• Bava Kama 35a (1)
• Bava Kama 34b (2)
• Berakhot 25a (2)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Ha-Noten La-Sekhvi Binah"
• Bava Kama 34b (1)
• Korah: Our Actions Influence Others
• Bava Kama 34a (2)
• Berakhot 25a (1)
• Birkot Ha-Shahar - When To Say Them
• Bava Kama 34a (1)
• בריך שמיה: A Brief History (2)
• Pirkei Avot 1:6 - "Look Outside of Yourself"
• Shelah: It's Not Easy - And It Shouldn't Be!
• Bava Kama 33b (4)
• Parashat Shelah - Attention to Details
• Bava Kama 33b (3)
• Berakhot 24b (2)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - Learning Immediately After Saying the Berakhot
• Bava Kama 33b (2)
• Berakhot 24b (1)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - "Ve-Ha'Arev Na"
• Bava Kama 33b (1)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - "Asher Bahar Banu"
• Bava Kama 33a (2)
• Shelah: Listening to God (And Not Yourself)
• Law & Practice (Berakhah on Hot Coffee)
• BeHa'alotekha: Constancy
• Bava Kama 33a (1)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - While Sitting or Standing?
• Bava Kama 32b (2)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - Listening to Torah
• Bava Kama 32b (1)
• Berakhot 24a (2)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - The Proper Wording of the First Berakhah
• Bava Kama 32a (2)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - When Awake All Night
• Bava Kama 32a (1)
• BeHa'alotekha: Vulnerability
• Thoughts & Actions
• Birkot Ha-Torah - Writing & Thinking Torah
• Bava Kama 31b (2)
• Shavuot: Reexperiencing Sinai
• Bava Kama 31b (1)
• Bava Kama 31a (3)
• Shavuot: The Sweetness of Torah
• Bava Kama 31a (2)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - Why Do We Only Say The Berakhot Once a Day?
• Bava Kama 31a (1)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - What To Say Them On
• Bava Kama 30b (3)
• Berakhot 24a (1)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - Women's Obligation
• Bava Kama 30b (2)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - Why Don't We Say a Berakhah After Learning?
• Bava Kama 30b (1)
• BeMidbar: Being Vulnerable
• Pirkei Avot 1:5 - "Hokhmah and Binah"
• BeHukotai: Constant Growth
• Bava Kama 30a (3)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - When in Doubt...
• Bava Kama 30a (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #42 - 3.48 (2)
• Birkot Ha-Torah - Introduction
• Bava Kama 30a (1)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Counting the Omer With a Congregation
• Bava Kama 29b (2)
• Lag and Lad La-Omer - History, Minhagim & Meaning
• Legends & Halakhah
• BeHar: Who Are You?
• Bava Kama 29b (1)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Eating Before Counting the Omer
• Bava Kama 29a (2)
• Pesah Sheni - History, Minhagim & Meaning
• Bava Kama 29a (1)
• Berakhot 23b (2)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Counting During the Night or Day
• Bava Kama 28b (3)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - "Le-Shem Yihud"
• Bava Kama 28b (2)
• BeHar: Living With a Purpose
• Pirkei Avot 1:4 "The House as a Foundation"
• Emor: Noticing the Other (2)
• Bava Kama 28b (1)
• Parashat Emor - Journeying Through the Omer and Life
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Saying "Ha-Rahaman" After Counting
• Bava Kama 28a (4)
• Moreh Nevukhim #42 - 3.43
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - If You Forgot to Count a Day, Should You Continue to Count the Weeks?
• Bava Kama 28a (3)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - Becoming a Bar Missvah During the Omer
• Bava Kama 28a (2)
• Sefirat Ha-Omer - When You Will Certainly Miss Counting a Day
• Bava Kama 28a (1)
• Emor: Noticing the Other (1)
• Pirkei Avot 1:3 "Living Connected"
• Sefirat HaOmer: Gratitude
• Bava Kama 27b
• 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 (1)
• 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 HaOmer: Finding Kedushah in All Places
• Pirkei Avot 1:2 "Get Over Yourself!"
• Sefirat HaOmer: 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)