The Parshah on Fire

Shiurim

• A Fish Out of Water

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Every Friday night for thousands of years we have been blessing our sons to be like Ephraim and Menashe. Why do we choose them as the two figures we hope our children emulate? Why don't we tell our children to become like Yehuda and Levi or

• Godly Goodness- Ekev- The Parshah On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  There is an Amoraic Statement that seems bizzarre. It is "man doesn't sin unless a wave of stupidity overcomes him" (Sotah 3a). Whats strange is that this doesn't seem to be the case. Don't most people sin because they are tempted by it? Go

• VLK - Ahavas Yisrael on Fire - Sefira and Jewish History With a Birds Eye View

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  What was so bad with the behavior of Reb Akiva's Talmidim that warranted the mass death of 24,000 people? The answer might surprise you.

• Do we really expect 12-year-old girls to keep the whole Torah?- Yisro On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Are you telling me the minute someone turns 13 or 12 that they now have to follow the entire Torah how is that even possible?

• My Great Grandfather Was Arrested By The FBI- Nitzavim

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Thousands of years ago we stood atop a mountain and accepted the Torah. This wasn't an intellectual commitment that we could get out of with expensive lawyers. This was a metaphysical transformation that our very bodies underwent that makes

• They Called Us Cruel. They Were Wrong.

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  The world has forever mocked us for being cruel. But time after time we prove to be the most merciful ones left standing. Here is a vivid example of that.

• Penn Station on fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Why do we pour olive oil on top of kings? The answer might surprise you.

• Kedoshim - The Freest Man on the Face of the Earth

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Every Friday night we sing the song Aishes Chayil, an ode to the women in our homes. Why Precisely then do we sing it? Why not after Havdalah or on Rosh Chodesh or on their birthday? What is it about Shabbos that propells us to sing Aishes

• Emor - Excuse Me Where is the Handicap Spot?

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  The Torah prides itself in its care and concern for the downtrodden and often overlooked members of society. So it’s fairly odd that the Torah categorically denies any handicapped people from working in the Bais Hamikdash. Why is this? The

• Are You A Leader? - Devarim -The Parshah On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Moshe’s final speech, arguably the greatest speech in world history, begins with him telling us to have fair and balance leaders. Why is that? Why does he start his speech to all of the Jewish people with something that is applicable to les

• How Jew Are You?

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  How Jewish are you?

• Ki Sisa - Purim - Do You Actually Care That You’re Jewish?

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  How could the Jews, who just prior witnessed God split a Sea and then talk to them from atop a mountain, possibly bow down to a golden calf. What in the world were they thinking? And why did they choose a calf of all animals to serve? Why n

• The World Cup On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Why is there in the World Cup often times the most victorious countries are the smallest

• Tu B’Shvat On Fire - Who Do You Salute?

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  What exactly are we celebrating on Tu B’Shvat? The answer might surprise you.

• Your Cells Are Spiritual Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  A Jew isn’t conceptually Jewish he is genetically Jewish.

• Wake Up and Smell the Coffee- Mikeitz On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  No story in the entire Torah is given more real estate than the story of Yosef. Why is that? The answer might surprise you.

• Bechukosai - Spiritual Rocket Fuel

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Our nation has been through a lot. Wars, crusades, pogroms, exile, holocausts, expulsions. You name it, we've gone through it. With what energy did we use to forge ahead? Where did we get the strength to keep on keeping on? The answer might

• Handicap Parking At The Bais Hamikdash- The Parshah On Fire - Emor

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  The Torah brought the world the kindest book ever written. So why weren’t handicapped people allowed to work in the Bais Hamikdash? What happened to our kindness?

• War Chizzuk for Women (and Men)

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  A little wartime chizzuk

• The Ancient Egyptian Stockholm Syndrome

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  When Moshe approached the Jews in Egypt with the news that Hashem would be taking them out and setting them free his words fell on deaf ears. Why was that? Shouldn't the Jews, who were tortured and abused, have been thrilled to hear Moshe's

• Life Is Short - Stop Wasting It On Your Phone

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Life is short. Make the most of it

• Behar- The Other Side of Wall Street

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  What is so bad with Ribbis-interest that the Torah forbids it so vehemently?

• VLK - 9 - Ahavas Yisrael on Fire - The Mother of Sin

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Statistically speaking there might be one sin you do more than any other. It would then behoove all of us to try to trample it before it tramples us.

• A Brief History Of Jewish Pride

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Lets go through the history of Jewish pride.

• Tzav - The Bells In Our Heart

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Is there something magical and mystical about those ancient Karbanos- sacrifices, or is there perhaps something about them far simpler? The answer might make you think.

• I got tricked at an Italian Amusement Park

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  I was in Lake Garda Italy and then this happened

• VLK - 11 - Ahavas Yisrael on Fire - Emotional Balancing acts

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  VLK is arguably the most emotionally nuanced Mitzva in the Torah.

• Judaism Without Apologizing - Rabbi Menachem Nissel - Preview

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  An amazing interview with the famed Rabbi Nissel when we talk about seminary and dating and learning Machshava and his Rebbi Reb Moshe Shapiro

• Inspiration is cheap- Beshalach On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Would you have been of the 1/5 that left Egypt or the fourth fifth that stayed ? Don’t be so sure

• VLK 2

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

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• The blessing of war

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  The wars in your life are blessings

• Do You Actually Have Emunah? - Judaism Without Apologizing - Rabbi Dovid Sapirman

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Tune in and listen to a fascinating conversation with the world renowned Rabbi Dovid Sapirman.

• Paris On Fire - My Great Uncle And His Ten Million Dollar Mistake

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  My great uncle backpacked from Berlin to Rome. You won’t believe who he met.

• Are You A Human Saltshaker ? Vayeira On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  In one of the strangest moments in the Torah, Lot's wife turns into a pillar of salt after looking back and watching the destruction of the city of Sodom. What in the world is the big deal with watching this sulfur and fire apocalypse? Why

• King Yosef

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Why Exactly Did Yosef Not Tell His Father He Was Alive ?

• The courtesy bells - Tetzaveh On Fire - What Do You Care About ?

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  What were those shiny little jiggling bells doing on the bottom of the Kohen Gadol's robe? What purpose did they serve? What role did they play? The answer might surprise you.

• The Message Written On Every Missile

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  There is something written on each Iranian missile that you should know about.

• Kedoshim The Freest Man on the Face of the Earth

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Every Friday night we sing the song Aishes Chayil, an ode to the women in our homes. Why Precisely then do we sing it? Why not after Havdalah or on Rosh Chodesh or on their birthday? What is it about Shabbos that propells us to sing Aishes

• VLK 15 - Ahavas Yisrael on Fire - Who Cares About Pairs ?

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  When describing the Talmidim of Reb Akiva who died the Gemara says they were a set of 12,000. Why doesn’t it just say they were 24,000?

• Yaakov Shwekey’s Guitar Teacher Converted - Here’s The Story - The Music Of Shabbos

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  What started as an itch to learn guitar ended up converting his guitar teacher.

• Vienna On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Why do all composers come from Vienna?

• The Power of a Process - Bereishis On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Why was the world created in seven days? Why didn't the all-powerful Hashem simply create the world in one second?

• Which Team Are You On? - Beshalach On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Everyone knows that 600,000 Jews left Egypt. What is far less known is that 2.4 million Jews did not. What happened to those people? Why didn't they make it out alive? The answer might surprise you.

• JUDAISM WITHOUT APOLOGIZING - Episode 1- Reb Moshe Don Kestenbaum

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Are there more kids going off the derech these days? If yes why? Are there more young couples getting divorced today? If yes why? Are people working on themselves to become better people? If not why? Listen to this fascinating podcast to fi

• The Bridal Suite Of Hotel Canandaigua

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  I toured the bridal suite in a fancy hotel.

• Bamidbar Stars, Flags and a Pat of Butter

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Unity is a tremendously foundational concept in Judaism. So isn't it odd that the Torah seems to divide us into twelve very distinct tribes each with different flags with different colors with different emblems and different logos? Doesn't

• Vayikra - The Speed Dial Effect

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Every single time Hashem spoke to Moshe he would first call out to him with a "Vayikra". Yet the Torah only mentions it in three places. Why? The answer might inspire you.

• Why Do So Many Jews Work In Hollywood? - Shelach - The Parshah On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  What exactly did the spies do wrong? The answer might surprise you.

• Vayechi And The Queen Of England

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  What does the queen of England have to do with Parshah Vayechi? Listen to find out

• Living On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  I recently narrowly escaped a fire. Here's my takeaway.

• Vayakel- The Lion Ability

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  How did these simple Jews in the desert learn the skills required to build the Mishkan; an extremely intricate and sophisticated building? Weren't these Jews mere slaves in Egypt for hundreds of years? From where did they get the architectu

• I Went To A Monastery In Spain - Bo On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Why did the Jews need to leave Egypt with wealth? ? The answer might surprise you

• Pekudei : Shipwrecks and Spiritual Suicide

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Contained in the building of the Mishkan was a remarkable lesson for Jews throughout history. How do I tie in suicide, shipwrecks and Japanese bullet trains? Listen to find out.

• The Proud Olive

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  After Yakov's famous dream, he erects a monument memorializing his spiritual experience and he takes out a bottle of olive oil and pours it on top of the monument. Ever wonder why he did that? Why is the Torah filled with stories of us anoi

• Trigger Warning- Some Politically Incorrect Thoughts On Antisemitism

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Do you micro examine antisemitic tweets ?

• Judaism Without Apologizing - Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman - Preview

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Get ready for an amazing conversation with Rabbi Ron Yitchok Eisenman, the Rav of Ahavas Israel in Passaic New Jersey as well as the author of the book Shul With A View. We talk about the three weeks we talk about whether or not a cappella

• Judaism On Fire - Episode 3- Reb Daniel Glatstein

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Get ready for one of the Jewish world’s most prolific writers lecturers and communicators of Torah wisdom and thought. Reb Daniel Glatstein has a lot to say and he is certainly not afraid to say it.

• Pinchas - History’s Most Mysterious Man

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Who exactly was Pinchas? And why did he turn into Eliyahu Hanavi? And why doesn’t Eliyahu ever die?

• Nasso : The Great Gender Mystery

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  Why do some things in Judaism go after men and some after women? The answer might surprise you .

• Do You Have A BackBone? - Lech Lecha On Fire

  Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg

  The giant Og gleefully ran to tell Avraham that his Nephew Lot was captured by the mighty kings hoping that Avraham would go attack them, get killed in the process and Og could then marry Avraham's wife Sara. What was Og thinking? How crazy