ChabadTalk Podcast

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

The Four Worlds

In any one space, at any one time, endless worlds of perception coincide.

12-09
21:13

Is AI the New Tower of Babel?

When you use technology without a purpose, you are no longer its master. You are its slave. From limestone to LLM, the truth is the same.

10-30
18:32

Three Steps to Focused Meditation: Chochmah, Binah, Da’at

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

08-21
29:58

Seven Haggadah Passages That Must Bug You

The Hagagadah is alive, and nothing that’s alive can be made to fit into neat parcels of sensible data. But there's some leads.

05-29
20:15

We, the Jewish People, Are a Single Body

We’re human beings. How can the Torah expect you to not hold a grudge against someone who has hurt you?

05-29
15:19

How to Avoid Fanaticism, by Rabbi Akiva and His Students

Can you believe you have the truth, be ready to give your life for it, and nevertheless leave space for others?

04-15
19:09

God in Judaism

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

01-16
21:08

How Did Academia Fail So Badly?

Lurking beneath a scholar’s cloak on our best college campuses, the same raw hatred that Hitler’s professors rationalized persists. This time, sane academics must speak up and take action.

12-13
30:39

The Signature Element of Chabad Psychology that Few Understand

The signature metaphor in Tanya to describe all human activity, popping up in some form or another on almost every page, is clothing. Life, according to Tanya, is less about who you are and more about what you wear.

11-30
19:06

Should I Care What Other People Think of Me?

Instead of sweating over what everyone is thinking of you, spend that energy just being a nice guy.

11-13
10:22

Abraham’s Ultimate Test

Abraham constructed a ladder up to G-d. A ladder of insight and enlightenment. Then G-d pulled the ladder out from under him.

10-31
05:33

What I Told 1,200 Jewish Students Last Shabbat

Be Abraham. Take ownership. Shatter the narrative. Don’t let hatred define you.

10-31
10:19

So You’ve Got a Chunk of G-d Inside You

Within each of us is a breath of the divine, a neshamah. Everything else is created by speech. She is created by breath and by thought. Everything else is obsessed with being just what it is. But the neshamah hears the music of creation and yearns for it to be heard.

09-18
14:39

What Is a Soul?

Just as we invoke the existence of a force of gravity to explain things falling and an electromagnetic force to explain a host of otherwise very mysterious phenomena, so we invoke the existence of a soul-force to explain our inner experience of being alive, conscious, and self-directed.

09-03
11:41

Who Created G‑d?

The Creator of all boundaries is unbounded by any definition. Otherwise, He too would require a creator.

06-02
30:07

Why the Torah Was Given to a Nation of Trauma Survivors

If you're going to bring the ultimate divine wisdom into the world, why are shattered souls the channel for its reception?

05-10
08:51

How Moses Saved Egyptian Civilization

Wherever your soul has taken you, there must be something of profound value that you uncovered there.

03-29
32:36

The Last Two Mitzvahs

Why were we given the command to gather every seven years right when Moses was about to pass away?

02-05
07:13

“We Will Be As Dreamers”

Today we live inside a dream. In time, everything will be possible. We will be free.

01-27
03:43

How Do Mezuzahs Work?

How on earth does a parchment scroll with Hebrew inscriptions increase your personal safety? Here is how the great rabbis understood it.

01-22
37:29

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