The Philosophy of Giving - Rav Dessler Podcast
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Nitzavim: Will We Have Free Will When Moshiach Comes?
14 mins; September 16, 2025
Ki Savo: Elul: A Beginning or an End?
10 mins; September 10, 2025
Ki Seitzei: Number Two Rule for Soldiers
15 mins; September 04, 2025
Shoftim: Why the Killer Goes Free When the Kohen Gadol Dies
17 mins; August 26, 2025
Re'eh: Am I Allowed to Be a Vegetarian?
18 mins; August 19, 2025
Eikev: If Hashem Can Do Anything, Why Is Fear of Him Up to Us?
11 mins; August 12, 2025
Va'eschanan: Hayom - Living Today or Just Coasting?
16 mins; August 06, 2025
Devarim: Can a Bad Environment Make You Holy?
11 mins; July 29, 2025
Ma'asei: Why Exile?
15 mins; July 24, 2025
Matos: Why Settle Outside Israel?
14 mins; July 23, 2025
Pinchas: Show Me Your Leader, I’ll Show You Your Soul
14 mins; July 16, 2025
Balak: How to Make an Idol Work (And Why You Shouldn’t)
10 mins; July 10, 2025
Chukas: The Rebbe, the Student, and the Space Between
13 mins; July 02, 2025
Korach: Sight vs. Insight - What Glasses Are You Wearing?
11 mins; June 26, 2025
Shelach: Strings Attached - What Tzitzis Are Really Saying
14 mins; June 20, 2025
Beha'aloscha: Humble and the Greatest
14 mins; June 12, 2025
Naso: Is the Nazir holy or harmful?
16 mins; June 12, 2025
Shavuos: What was Really Given on Sinai
16 mins; May 30, 2025
Bamidbar: Relationship with Hashem or just a Transaction?
10 mins; May 29, 2025
Behar: Tzedakah - Who's Really Supporting Whom?
14 mins; May 22, 2025
Behar: Eved Kena'ani - A Just System?
19 mins; May 21, 2025
Emor: Does Kiddush Hashem Apply Without an Audience?
19 mins; May 13, 2025
Kedoshim: What Is Love?
14 mins; May 07, 2025
Acharei Mos: What Does 'Life' Really Mean?
14 mins; May 07, 2025
Tazria/Metzora: Do You Really Lose Your Merits Through Lashon Hara?
7 mins; April 29, 2025
Tazria: Congratulations, You’ve Hit Rock Bottom!
11 mins; April 29, 2025
Shemini: The Importance in Being a Happy Cow
12 mins; April 24, 2025
Tzav: Warning the Tzaddik
9 mins; April 10, 2025
Pesach: Defending the Rasha: Flipping Reality on Seder Night
16 mins; April 07, 2025
Vayikra: Why Does Shabbos Stop Mishkan Building but Allow Korbanos?
10 mins; April 02, 2025
Pekudei: Logic or Loyalty - What Does Hashem Really Want?
10 mins; March 26, 2025
Vayakhel: Shabbos Rest Is More Than Just a Break
8 mins; March 18, 2025
Ki Sisa: The Golden Calf - What Really Went Wrong?
14 mins; March 12, 2025
Purim: Poking the Bear - Mordechai’s Dangerous Game
10 mins; March 10, 2025
Tezaveh: Clothes Maketh the Man?
13 mins; March 05, 2025
Terumah: The Gift that Builds Us
9 mins; February 25, 2025
Mishpatim: Should I Be Disgusted by Bacon?
12 mins; February 18, 2025
Yisro: Love and Respect - Striking the Balance
9 mins; February 12, 2025
Tu B'Shvat: Seeing the fruit for the trees
7 mins; February 12, 2025
Beshalach: 123 Magic - Unlocking True Happiness
10 mins; February 04, 2025
Bo: Sweet Revenge - The Hidden Kindness of the Ten Plagues
7 mins; January 29, 2025
Va'eira: Why Pharaoh Couldn’t Win – And How You Can
10 mins; January 21, 2025
Shemos: Gratitude and Redemption
9 mins; January 15, 2025
Vayechi: 'Yaacov Never Died' - Metaphor or Reality?
13 mins; January 08, 2025
Vayigash: Beyond the Flames -Understanding Gehenom
15 mins; January 01, 2025
Chanukah: Depth Over Display
21 mins; December 25, 2024
Mikeitz: Effort or Trust? Balancing Hishtadlus and Bitachon
20 mins; December 24, 2024
Vayeishev: To Receive OR Not Receive - THAT is the Question.
12 mins; December 17, 2024
Vayishlach: What are angels?
18 mins; December 11, 2024
Vayetzei: The Kabbalistic Workings of a Ladder
12 mins; December 04, 2024
Toldos: Why Pick the Rasha for the Bracha?
12 mins; November 27, 2024
Chayei Sarah: Is Physical Beauty Only Skin Deep?
11 mins; November 20, 2024
Vayera: How to Fight God! (Warning: DO NOT try this at home!)
10 mins; November 13, 2024
Lech Lecha: How is 'Jewish protexia' fair or even just?
10 mins; November 06, 2024
Noach: Flood Warning: Why Stealing Shattered the World
8 mins; October 30, 2024
Bereishis: How One Bite Changed the Way We See the World
10 mins; October 22, 2024
Yom Kippur: The Greatest Case for Gaining Life This Year
7 mins; October 08, 2024
THE MOST practical guide to teshuvah EVER! (PART 2)
11 mins; October 02, 2024
THE MOST practical guide to teshuvah EVER! (PART 1)
17 mins; October 02, 2024
Tisha B'Av - Open Your Heart, Part 2
9 mins; August 12, 2024
Tisha B'Av - Open Your Heart, Part 1
16 mins; August 12, 2024
E23: Gratitude, Part 4: More Trait Than Logic
5 mins; August 11, 2024
E22: Gratitude, Part 3: Connecting to the Divine
10 mins; August 04, 2024
E21: Gratitude, Part 2
6 mins; July 28, 2024
E20: Gratitude, Part 1
8 mins; July 21, 2024
E19: Habitual Giving
13 mins; July 14, 2024
E18: Empathy Vs Altruism
12 mins; July 07, 2024
E17: Harnessing Selfishness for Altruism, Part 3
5 mins; July 01, 2024
E17: Harnessing Selfishness for Altruism, Part 3
9 mins; June 30, 2024
E16: Harnessing Selfishness for Altruism, Part 2
9 mins; June 26, 2024
E16: Harnessing Selfishness for Altruism, Part 2
4 mins; June 26, 2024
E15: Harnessing Selfishness for Altruism, Part 1
4 mins; June 23, 2024
E15: Harnessing Selfishness for Altruism, Part 1
6 mins; June 23, 2024
E14: The Insatiable Hunger, Part 4
6 mins; June 19, 2024
E13: The Insatiable Hunger, Part 3
6 mins; June 16, 2024
E12: The Insatiable Hunger, Part 2
8 mins; June 13, 2024
E11: The Insatiable Hunger, Part 1
5 mins; June 09, 2024
Shavuos: Humility Vs Chesed
13 mins; June 09, 2024
Shavuot Episode
13 mins; June 08, 2024
E10: How to Love - Part 3: The Attraction of Opposites
8 mins; June 05, 2024
E9: How to Love - Part 2: Seeing Yourself in Others
9 mins; June 02, 2024
E8: How to Love - Part 1: Love to Give/ Give to Love
5 mins; May 29, 2024
E7: The Art of Receiving, Part 2
4 mins; May 26, 2024
E6: The Art of Receiving, Part 1
7 mins; May 22, 2024
Sefiras Haomer: The TRUE meaning of honour
9 mins; May 21, 2024
E5: Giving Mindset Part 3 - Applied to Relationships
8 mins; May 19, 2024
E4: Giving Mindset Part 2 - Applied to Business
6 mins; May 15, 2024
E3: Giving Mindset Part 1 - Obligations Vs Rights
6 mins; May 12, 2024
E2: Intro Part 2 - What is a Giver, What is a Taker
5 mins; May 12, 2024
E1: Intro Part 1 - Connecting with Your Higher Self
4 mins; May 12, 2024
Reaction to Israel's 9/11
16 mins; May 09, 2024
Pesach: Why did God make us slaves?
19 mins; April 17, 2024
Purim: Seeing Vs Listening
11 mins; March 21, 2024
Purim: Esther's self sacrifice
10 mins; March 18, 2024
Tu B'shvat - Fruit Peels
8 mins; January 25, 2024
Chanukah: Realism Vs Optimism
10 mins; December 13, 2023
Vayiera: Divine Intervention -Avrohom's Unfinished Sacrifice
11 mins; November 02, 2023
Lech Lecha: Should Lot stay or should he go?
12 mins; October 26, 2023
Noach: Better than perfection?
8 mins; October 19, 2023
Bereishis: Forbidden Fruit
14 mins; October 13, 2023