Toras Chaim

In this overview of Parshas Toldos, we delve into the relationship between Essav and his family, and what could have been. If you enjoy the Toras Chaim Podcast, please help us spread the word! You can share a link on social media, leave a review or rating on your favorite podcast platform, or best of all, discuss what you've learned at the shabbos table! We love to hear from our listeners. Be it comments, questions or critique. You can send an email to overtimecook@gmail.com or via instagram @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon. Thanks for listening!

This week's episode starts off with an overview of parshas lech lecha, followed by a discussion on the accompanying Haftara. We discuss what made Avraham truly unique, and the role that a Baal teshuva can play. If you enjoy the Toras Chaim Podcast, please help us spread the word! You can share a link on social media, leave a review or rating on your favorite podcast platform, or best of all, discuss what you've learned at the shabbos table! We love to hear from our listeners. Be it comments, questions or critique. You can send an email to overtimecook@gmail.com or via instagram @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to season 2 of the Toras Chaim Podcast! This week, we introduce the new format for our second season: an overview of the parsha, followed by a study of the weekly haftarah. This week's episode covers a lot of ground - an overview of bereishis and Noach, a discussion on why we have haftarah and the study of the Prophets in general, plus a discussion of this week's haftarah portion. If you enjoy the Toras Chaim Podcast, please help us spread the word! You can share a link on social media, leave a review or rating on your favorite podcast platform, or best of all, discuss what you've learned at the shabbos table! We love to hear from our listeners. Be it comments, questions or critique. You can send an email to overtimecook@gmail.com or via instagram @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon. Thanks for listening!

In this week's parsha podcast, Rabbi Elchonon Cohen gives an overview of the weekly parsha, and we delve into the preparation and meeting of Yaakov and Eisav. If you enjoy the Toras Chaim Podcast, please help us spread the word! You can share a link on social media, leave a review or rating on your favorite podcast platform, or best of all, discuss what you've learned at the shabbos table! We love to hear from our listeners. Be it comments, questions or critique. You can send an email to overtimecook@gmail.com or via instagram @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon. Thanks for listening!

In this week's episode we give an overview of Parshas Vayeitzei, and we delve into the life of Yaakov and his four wives. If you enjoy the Toras Chaim Podcast, please help us spread the word! You can share a link on social media, leave a review or rating on your favorite podcast platform, or best of all, discuss what you've learned at the shabbos table! We love to hear from our listeners. Be it comments, questions or critique. You can send an email to overtimecook@gmail.com or via instagram @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon. Thanks for listening!

Why are the Ten Commandments repeated in this week's parsha? Why is Moshe told to gather ALL of the jewish people? What is special about the land of Israel? Is honoring your parents an interpersonal mitzvah or between us and God? What is "Kedushah"? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

What was the reason for the death of Nadav and Avihu? What do driving and paskening Halacha have in common? Are human beings rational or emotional creatures? Is davening an emotional or rational experience? What can we learn from mindfulness meditation? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

How to we celebrate the holiday of freedom, given the situation in Israel and the hostages that remain without any kind of freedom for over 6 months now? Rabbi Elchonon Cohen presents a number of ideas to help prepare for pesach in this difficult time. Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

Content warning: this episode discusses mature topics such as human reproduction. Listener discretion is advised. What is "tumah"? How are birth and death related? Why does a woman bring a sin offering after giving birth? What is tzara'as? What does this week's parsha teach us about our power as human beings? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

Why was Aharon so critical in the inauguration of the Mishkan? Did Aharon experience PTSD? It was "the eight day" of what? Why did Avraham need to be told to circumcise? What are well called upon to do with that which is given to us? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

What is special about the way the Kohanim serve? Do financial incentives/disincentives really make a difference? Are habits good or bad? What can we learn from the sacrifices about our day to day life? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

What is the significance of the small Aleph in the word Vayikra? Why did Moshe need to be called? Why do we have such a hard time relating to Korbanos? Is there something we can do in their stead? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

Where did all of the materials of the mishkan go? What is the meaning of the word mishkan? How was the mishkan "testimony"? What's up with censorship of Tanach? What is the message behind the prohibition of Kilayim? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

Why did Moshe gather everyone together? What is the connection between the gathering and the golden calf? What is the real relationship between the mishkan and shabbos? Are mob mentalities always bad? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

When were the Jewish people counted? Why did each person give only have of a shekel? What is the problem with counting the Jews? Where did the money for the karbanos come from? Why is this story read before purim? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

Why is the golden mizbeiach discussed in this week's parsha? Who was originally supposed to serve in the Mishkan? What does the avodah described in this week's parsha teach us about building a relationship with God? Why were the kohanim chosen to serve? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

Could there be a grammar mistake in the Torah? When did the instructions for the Mishkan take place? How could the Jews commit the sin of the golden calf just 40 days of the revelation of God at Mount Sinai? How do we elevate our lives? How does the Jewish calendar work? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

What is the difference between interpersonal mitzvos and those between us and God? What can this week's parsha teach us about treating others? How was Moshe instructed to give over these laws to the Jewish Nation? How can the Torah allow for something like slavery? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome!  Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

What made Yisro join the Jewish nation? Why does the Torah stress Yisro's relationship to Moshe? Why is a convert so significant when it comes to receiving the Torah? What is the meaning of the mitzvah to "know God"? What can we learn about Kiruv from this week's parshah? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome! Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

What is the inherent danger of segulos? Why is parshas haman a segula for parnassah? Why did God take us on a circuitous route out of Egypt? What was special about the manna and what does it tell us about our own livelihood? Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.  Toras Chaim is a weekly parshah series, in which we will learn the week's torah portion with a focus on Toras Chaim - the study of the torah - not a story, but as a guide to live our lives, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.  Comments, questions and requests are welcome! overtimecook@gmail.com