The Shema Podcast for the Perplexed

Updated: 24 Jun 2025 • 191 episodes
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A Baal Teshuva shares Torah insights, intertwined through personal stories and interviews with leading Torah Scholars to demonstrate the empowering qualities of Torah and mitzvos.

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24 Jun 2025 • EN

How About Them Apples?!

Being in a state of gratitude paves the way to experiencing joy and fostering a deep connection with Hashem.  While it is so simple to achieve, it is so easy to forget, as the Yetzer Hara wants us to focus our attention on what we feel we are lacking.   In this episode I share an experience that I like to reflect on re

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In this illuminating episode, we explore the profound spiritual significance of Hebrew names in Jewish identity and destiny. Prompted by thoughtful questions from our WhatsApp community, we delve into Kabbalistic teachings, the soul's divine origins, and the Torah’s hidden structure to uncover how names are far more th

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In this episode, I sit down once again with my wife Elisheva to share her personal journey from addiction to recovery and ultimately to her Jewish conversion. We reflect on how both recovery and Torah observance require deep humility, surrender, and a constant effort to align our will with Hashem’s. Elisheva opens up a

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In this episode, I share a deep idea I’ve been working on for quite some time — the difference between the initial redemption from Egypt and the final redemption we are waiting for. Drawing from the teachings of the Baal HaSulam, I explain how the exodus freed us physically but left the deeper spiritual work incomplete

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In this episode, I’m joined by Rabbi Pill for a deep and wide-ranging conversation on the spiritual essence of Shavuos. We explore what it means to truly “receive the Torah again,” not as a memory of Sinai, but as a living, recurring revelation. We discuss how each Yom Tov expresses a unique divine will, and how Shavuo

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We all want to grow—to be more present in our learning, more focused in our davening, and more in control of our reactions. But the world is noisy. Our minds race, stress builds, and it’s easy to slip into living by default instead of with intention. In this episode, I sit down with Rabbi Aryeh Siegel, author of Kosher

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