Yeshivat Orayta, Israel

Shiurim

• 008 - Kohelet 9 - A Meaningful Life

  Rav David Aaron

  Torah does not promise a good and easy life, but gives meaning, context, and the tools to handle life’s struggles. In this class, we learn how to live life from the ‘Beyond the Sun’ perspective, to find ways to truly appreciate what we have

• 015 - Toldot 1 - Isaac Sweetens Judgement

  Rav David Aaron

  Listen to 015 - Toldot 1 - Isaac Sweetens Judgement by Rav David Aaron, from Chumash - Sefer Bereishit.

• 047 - Unpacking Jewish Baggage

  Rav David Aaron

  People’s perceptions and fears of Judaism, Torah, and Jews are often solidified from childhood experiences and they are never able to develop a healthy relationship with G-d. In this class, Rabbi Aaron helps us clear out our spiritual suitc

• 002 - Peace 2 - Overcoming Fear, part 1 (Retreat 2006)

  Rav David Aaron

  Through a simple understanding of Tehillim (Psalm) 27, which is recited twice daily during the month of Elul, Rabbi Aaron shows us how King David made the secret of overcoming fear so easily accessible to us. This first class defines the He

• 007 - Parashat Emor (2008)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 007 - Parashat Emor (2008) by Rav Binny Freedman, from Chumash - Sefer Vayikra.

• 007 - Kabbalat Shabbat 2 - Receiving the Shabbat Queen

  Rav David Aaron

  This second class continues with the 3rd through 6th Tehillim (psalms), and how they thematically build up to the singing of the deep and beloved song Lecha Dodi.

• 062 - Class #61

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 062 - Class #61 by Rav Binny Freedman, from Hilchot Deot of the Rambam.

• 015 - Sefer Yehoshua 16 - The Brit

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Why do the Jewish people do the brit mila (circumcision) after crossing over the Jordan? What is the significance of a brit and how does it help us to complete the world?

• 067 - Class #66

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 067 - Class #66 by Rav Binny Freedman, from Hilchot Deot of the Rambam.

• 005 - When Someone You Love Does Something You Hate

  Rav Binny Freedman

  What’s the right (or wrong) way that a Jew should reprimand a friend or colleague? Rav Binny introduces us to Rambam’s laws that instruct us how to fulfill the commandment of admonishment, and shows us the delicate balance that we must main

• 009 - Bo 3 - Providential Time

  Rav David Aaron

  Listen to 009 - Bo 3 - Providential Time by Rav David Aaron, from Chumash - Sefer Shemot.

• 002 - Shema Yisrael, pt2 - With All Your Heart

  Rav David Aaron

  The fundamental mitzvah to love Hashem is expressed in the first paragraph, and the way to develop this loving relationship is actually through doing the mitzvot with your heart, your soul, and your material means. Rabbi Aaron explains the

• 008 - Making Choices The Morning Blessings

  Rav David Aaron

  Excuses after excuses are used by people in order to shirk taking responsibility and making choices. Each these fourteen one-line blessings is an antidote to irresponsibility. Through these blessings, you have the opportunity to overcome co

• 013 - Panentheism

  Rav David Aaron

  According to Judaism, Panentheism (not Pan-theism) is the ultimate image of G-d. Rabbi Aaron explains how man’s deep-seated jealousy towards Hashem and the incorrect understanding of G-d’s true nature require a reframing of how G-d truly is

• 006 - Seeing G-d 6 - Netzach and Hod Grandeur, Power, Thankfulness

  Rav David Aaron

  The sefirot of Netzach and Hod work together. Through them, we can see grandeur, majesty, and power in nature and history with eyes of wonder. Rabbi Aaron also illuminates how the Prophets drew their prophecies through Netzach and Hod.

• 011 - Intro to Eicha

  Rav David Aaron

  Before each chapter of Eicha (Lamentations) read on Tisha B’Av night, Rabbi Aaron gave a brief introduction and commentary. This collection (without the actual reading of Eicha) will help you prepare for this coming year’s reading.

• 007 - Tefillin Plugging Into Divine Consciousness

  Rav David Aaron

  Rabbi Aaron gives both a hands-on class in the physical structure of the tefillin and a heads-on class in the spiritual, universal, cosmic plugging-in power of the tefillin. Learn how placing the tefillin on the head, arm, and hand makes po

• 001 - What is Prayer, pt1

  Rav Binny Freedman

  What exactly is prayer? What I am I trying to do in prayer? Rav Binny opens the series with all the right questions and presents three major ideas to attempt to put prayer into its proper Jewish context.

• 001 - Songs & Stories (2006)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 001 - Songs & Stories (2006) by Rav Binny Freedman, from Songs & Stories.

• 023 - VaYeishev 2 - Yosef - His Uniting Force

  Rav David Aaron

  Listen to 023 - VaYeishev 2 - Yosef - His Uniting Force by Rav David Aaron, from Chumash - Sefer Bereishit.

• 044 - Class #44

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 044 - Class #44 by Rav Binny Freedman, from Hilchot Deot of the Rambam.

• 009 - Emunah 7a - Intensifying, pt 1

  Rav David Aaron

  This class is all about belief. How do we nurture our natural power to believe and make sure that it is focused in a healthy direction? Then, how do you intensify your Emunah?

• 009 - Counting the Omer Judaism’s Secrets of Time

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Thank G-d for the Counting of the Omer – the seven essential weeks that plug us back into the value of making our time productive and meaningful. Rav Binny will open up the process of moving from Passover through the Omer to Shavuot, touchi

• 047 - Class #47

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 047 - Class #47 by Rav Binny Freedman, from Hilchot Deot of the Rambam.

• 010 - Class #10

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 010 - Class #10 by Rav Binny Freedman, from Hilchot Deot of the Rambam.

• 007 - Masada Tour, part 1

  Rav Binny Freedman

  The bus ride from Jerusalem down to the Dead Sea. The Qumran caves and Dead Sea Scrolls.

• 011 - Masada Tour, part 6

  Rav Binny Freedman

  The echo cliff. On the cable car down from Masada. The bus ride back to Jerusalem.

• 014 - Parashat Terumah 2008

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 014 - Parashat Terumah 2008 by Rav Binny Freedman, from Chumash - Sefer Shemot.

• 006 - Self-Esteem and Intimacy

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Intimacy, self-esteem, and love, are interconnected one to another in relationships in our life. Rav Binny ties these elements to the recitation of the Shema at night and to the division of the night into three parts.

• 032 - Class #32

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 032 - Class #32 by Rav Binny Freedman, from Hilchot Deot of the Rambam.

• 008 - Love 101, class 3 The Art of Love

  Rav David Aaron

  Love me, do! But how can I really love you? In this final class, Rabbi Aaron gives us Kabbalistic insights into male and female and a few key tips for maintaining a healthy marriage.

• 001 - Emunah 1 - Intro (The Intellectual Powers)

  Rav David Aaron

  Before even touching emunah, Rabbi Aaron presents an introduction to the three powers of the intellect, how they relate to prayer, and how to best use these powers bond with Hashem.

• 002 - Teshuva 2 Levels of Motivation 1

  Rav David Aaron

  Here, we learn about the two levels of natural teshuva: physical and spiritual. What place do pain and sickness have in the process of natural teshuva? After the natural phase is achieved, what is the next level?

• 008 - Patterns In Time 6a - Rosh Hashana, pt.1

  Rav Binny Freedman

  It all begins with Rosh Hashana. In this first part of two classes, Rav Binny gets the ball rolling with a very good question: Why do we start our year with The Day of Judgment? Then paradoxically, why is Rosh Hashana called a Festival? And

• 015 - Shemot 4 - Why Is Israel Redeemed

  Rav David Aaron

  Listen to 015 - Shemot 4 - Why Is Israel Redeemed by Rav David Aaron, from Chumash - Sefer Shemot.

• 011 - Parashat Behukotai (2008)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Rav Binny explores the reasons for all of the blessings and curses with the help of Rashi, a midrash, the Birkat HaMazon (Blessing After Meals), and a beautiful perspective from Rav Kook. How do you change the way that you look at the world

• 032 - Tolerance and Universality

  Rav David Aaron

  In this unbelievable class, Rabbi Aaron opens our eyes to the all-embracing manifestation of truth as found in the Torah, and its universal relationship to other belief systems and the human history process in general. If you want to unders

• 007 - Coping With Commandments

  Rav Binny Freedman

  There are many ways to learn about the mitzvot, and here Rav Binny shares with us three particularly good books that can help us understand and get a handle on the famous 613. As well, he presents two different practical and effective ways

• 014 - Review of Bereshit - The Play Of Oneness

  Rav David Aaron

  Listen to 014 - Review of Bereshit - The Play Of Oneness by Rav David Aaron, from Chumash - Sefer Bereishit.

• 002 - Erev Tisha B’Av ’97 (Before Sundown, 6pm)

  Rav Binny Freedman

  As the sun sets, and the darkness of Tisha B’Av night settles in, Rav Binny reminds us of what caused the destruction of our Second Temple. On this day, the Jewish People bear their souls and share their pain, sharing a common dream. It too

• 014 - The Need To Know On Love and Life

  Rav Binny Freedman

  This class is Rav Binny’s insights into a worthwhile goal: to know and to understand that in any relationship, ‘love’ is a verb. But how do I make a consistent practice of turning this knowledge into practical action? Good question…

• 016 - Sefer Yehoshua 17 - Encamping at Gilgal

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Is it a coincidence that the Jewish people encamped at Gilgal after entering the Land? What does the name ‘Gilgal’ teach us? How is the orginal Pesach in Egypt connected to the Pesach celebration now, forty years later.

• 002 - Parashat Behalotecha 2007

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 002 - Parashat Behalotecha 2007 by Rav Binny Freedman, from Chumash - Sefer Bamidbar.

• 010 - Pain and Perseverance

  Rav Binny Freedman

  What is the purpose of pain, challenge, and suffering? Can there be a value to pain? Why does G-d, who loves me so much, give me so much pain? Through glimpses into the lives of Avraham, Rabbi Akiva, the Aish Kodesh, and his own life, Rav B

• 004 - Fourth Commandment Shabbat, part 1

  Rav Binny Freedman

  How is Shabbat both a taste of the Garden of Eden, and also a vestige of the World to Come? Maybe it has to do with why G-d created Shabbat, or maybe with the consequences of Adam eating from the tree, or maybe with both… And tell me, exact

• 056 - Class #55

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 056 - Class #55 by Rav Binny Freedman, from Hilchot Deot of the Rambam.

• 005 - Emunah 5a - Reverence & Love, pt 1

  Rav David Aaron

  This first part is a discussion of the concepts of yira and ahava, and how our lives exist in the tension between the two, along with a revelation of a new facet of emunah: the profound knowing of one’s self.

• 018 - Reality and Perception

  Rav David Aaron

  What really is reality, and what is perception? It is difficult to understand G-d because our normal process of thought is a function of relationship – subject and object. The Divine cannot be known through terms of time, space, and being.

• 010 - Seventh Commandment What is Adultery

  Rav Binny Freedman

  This class is an analysis of the act of adultery and its very problematic consequences, different than the other Adultery class. Over here, Rav Binny looks at the selfishness and self-gratification which underlie the act, as well as its clo

• 028 - Class #28

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Listen to 028 - Class #28 by Rav Binny Freedman, from Hilchot Deot of the Rambam.

• 006 - Tisha B’Av

  Rav David Aaron

  Live at Isralight on Tisha B’Av night, Rabbi Aaron teaches about the major prohibitions on this saddest day of the Jewish year, particularly about the difficulty of not saying hello to others. He also shares personal life experience and ref

• 004 - Spiritual Success 3 - Keter (Wearing the Crown)

  Rav David Aaron

  “Don’t be a king without a crown.” In this class, Rabbi Aaron introduces us to the sefira of Keter, which is associated with self-mastery, freedom, transcendence, and the Self. How can we be both the master and actor in our lives?

• 017 - The Power of Kabbalah

  Rav David Aaron

  Through understanding the process of creation, the shattering of the Primordial Vessels, and the Divine Presence, as explained by Kabbalah, we can learn how to apply these cosmic events into our daily lives. Our generation has a deep and in

• 022 - Yitro 1 - Jews Converts and Non-Jews

  Rav David Aaron

  Listen to 022 - Yitro 1 - Jews Converts and Non-Jews by Rav David Aaron, from Chumash - Sefer Shemot.

• 001 - Shema Yisrael, pt1 - The Shema

  Rav David Aaron

  Rabbi Aaron dives right into “Shema Yisrael…” and the following verse, “Baruch Shem…” He looks at Hashem as both a lover and judge, and at Oneness and multiplicity, How could so much depth and meaning be packed into two short phrases?

• 002 - Making Aliyah

  Rav Binny Freedman

  What is it about the Land of Israel? Why do the Jewish people need to be here? In his deep and sweeping style, Rav Binny takes a look at both Biblical and modern-day stories of our journeys back to the place where it all began and where it

• 030 - VaYishlach 1 - Yaakov Meets Esav and His Angel

  Rav David Aaron

  Listen to 030 - VaYishlach 1 - Yaakov Meets Esav and His Angel by Rav David Aaron, from Chumash - Sefer Bereishit.

• 002 - The Mystical Meaning of War (2006)

  Rav David Aaron

  War is a big part of Jewish history. In fact, the greatest biblical figures fought wars. From a mystical perspective, what is the purpose of war? Is it really ‘good for absolutely nothing’? Could it actually have a deeper function in the wo

• 004 - Amida - 11th - 14th Blessings

  Rav David Aaron

  In the 11th we request the establishment of justice and righteousness. In the 12th we ask for the destruction of evil. In the 13th we ask to be included among the tzaddikim. In the 14th we request the rebuilding of Jerusalem. If Jerusalem i

• 001 - Parashat Bamidbar

  Rav Binny Freedman

  Why is the book of Bamidbar called