Rav Ben's Shmoozem

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Recorded on February 22, 2026. Subscribe!SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/7uQsIHFNlV6AGNMi8QMUYH?si=cB7CWWTqQwWdCCBJTBfck APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rav-bens-shmoozem/id1861385357

In this powerful and deeply honest shiur, we confront a question that quietly sits beneath almost every conversation in yeshiva today: Why does Torah sometimes feel academic instead of transformative?Drawing from Yetzias Mitzrayim, tefillin, Birchas HaTorah, and the haunting Gemara in Nedarim explaining why Klal Yisrael lost Eretz Yisrael, this shiur exposes a timeless danger: learning Torah as information, skills, or intellectual achievement, rather than as a living relationship with the Ribbono Shel Olam.We explore the shocking idea that Torah learned without inner value, without awareness of Hashem’s presence, can lead to disconnection rather than growth. The shiur revisits the meaning of “למען תהיה תורת ה׳ בפיך” and the Mishnah that says “שנים שיושבים ועוסקים בתורה – שכינה ביניהם”, asking why so many learners no longer feel that Shechinah.With clarity and passion, this shiur challenges the language of “skills,” “academics,” and “performance,” and reframes yeshiva as what it was always meant to be: a place of kedushah, connection, and spiritual transformation. It offers a practical, age-old solution refreshed for our generation—how to actively bring Hashem back into our learning, tefillah, and daily avodah.This is a shiur for anyone who learns seriously, davens sincerely, and still feels something is missing—and wants Torah to once again be Toras Hashem.

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Recorded on December 14, 2025 in YSMZ.