One day or two days?
Mendy and Eliezer discuss the enigma of Jewish holidays (in this case, Shavuot) being a day longer in the diaspora than in Israel, and how that affects travelers today. As always, personal anecdotes a...
9 Jun 202228min
Ending Gun Violence
In the wake of last week's mass shooting in a Texas school, Eliezer and Mendy have an emotional conversation about how to prevent such tragedies from happening in the future, including the roles of gu...
2 Jun 202228min
Say NO to holy violence
Recent events in Israel within the Ger Chassidic community inspired this conversation about tolerance towards people whose views are different than our own, and the importance of condemning violence a...
26 Mai 202227min
Kabbalah, Chassidus, and Lag Ba'omer
Lag Ba'omer is the anniversary of passing of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar and the first to disseminate Kabbalah, hence the association of this date with the study of Jewish mysticism i...
19 Mai 202228min
The great tapestry
Eliezer and Mendy discuss the value of being non-judgmental and open to conflicting views, before segueing into a recap of the recent conference of Chabad rabbis in Europe, Africa, and Middle East, he...
12 Mai 202227min
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) as well as Yom Hazikaron (Israel's Memorial Day) commemorate Jewish lives lost in the not-so-distant past. So why don't many orthodox Jews observe these seeming...
5 Mai 202227min
Passover Recap
Eliezer and Mendy recap their Passover activities and travels, also sharing memories from past Passovers, and some of the eclectic collection of Haggadahs Mendy used this year.
28 Apr 202229min
Passover Quirks
Passover is a holiday with many unique and often peculiar traditions, both in the Chabad community and in the Jewish world at large. Eliezer and Mendy offer some insight to these customs in their own ...
13 Apr 202231min
