KMTT - the Torah Podcast

Rosh Hashana as "Yom HaDin": Understanding Our Responsibilities, weekly women's shiur in Kehilat Ha'Ela, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb

Parashat Nitzavim with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - The Gift and Responsibility of Teshuva: An Awesome Insight of the Meshech Chochma #2 - Midrash - "Lo Bashamayim Hi" - The Amazing Interpretation of Chazal #3 - Sparks of Musar - Breaking Free from the Shackles of Habit and Routine #4 - Sparks of Chassidus - Appreciating the Unity of the Jewish People: A Remarkable Teaching from the Lubavitcher Rebbe #5 - Machshava / Jewish Thought - Is Teshuva Based on Fairness or Compassion, Din or Rachamim?

Parashat Ki Tavo with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Accepting the Validity of Torah - Even More Important than Observance #2 - Contemporary Commentators - Appreciating the Kedusha of Eretz Yisrael: A Beautiful Though from Rav Schwab #3 - Sparks of Chassidus - Bikkurim and Eretz Yisroel: The Lubavitcher Rebbe's Beautiful Explanation #4 - Sparks of Mussar - Appreciating the Bigness of Small Things: The Key to Avodat Hashem #5 - Machshava / Jewish Thought - Happiness as a Religious Value

What You Need to Know for Your Kitchen and Garden (part 2), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb. A discussion of [1] Otzar Beis Din, [2] eating at someone's home who has a different standard than you, and [3] some practical halachos of home gardening.

What You Need to Know for Your Kitchen and Garden (part 1), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb

Parashat Ki Tetze with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Eishset Yefat Toar: What Is the Torah Thinking? #2 - Contemporary Commentators - Parenting Lessons from the Ben Sorrer U-Moreh: Rav Hirsch's Brilliant Insight #3 - Sparks of Chassidus - Going Out to Spiritual War - Strategic Advice from the Sefas Emes #4 - Machshava / Jewish Thought - Gratitude as a Religious Obligation #5 - Sparks of Mussar - The Moral Message of the Issur to Charge Interest

R. Reuven Margolios_7 Elul 5731, by Rav Binyamin Tabory, originally given for Parshat Shoftim 5768

Parashat Shoftim with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Rabbinic Authority - Even if They're Wrong?? #2 - Contemporary Commentators - Political Leaders as Religious Role Models - The Inspiring Vision of the Oznayim Le'Torah #3 - Sparks of Musar - Striving for Growth and Honest Self-Evaluation: R. Moshe Feinstein's Recipe for Spiritual Success #4 - Sparks of Chassidus - Healthy and Balanced Religiosity - The Kotzker's Remarkable Insight #5 - Machshava Jewish Thought - The Torah's Ideal Form of Governance and Political Leadership: 3 Approaches

Parashat Re'eh with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - The False Prophet - If He's "False" Then How is He a "Prophet"? #2 - Contemporary Commentators - The Highest of the High & the Lowest of the Low: Appreciating the Uniqueness of the Jewish People #3 - Machshava / Jewish Thought -What's the Jewish Ideal: Unity or Uniformity? #4 - Sparks of Chassidus & Mussar - Kosher Fish, "Kosher Jews": The Shared Vision of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Rav Elyashiv #5 - Halacha from the Parsha - The Mitzvah of Tzedakah

Parashat Ekev with Rav Dovid Gottlieb #1 - Classical Commentators - Is Yiras Shamayim a "Small Thing"?! #2 - Contemporary Commentators - How Can We "Bless Hashem"? Rav Hirsch's Revolutionary Approach #3 - Sparks of Musar - Why Do We Bentch? The Amazing Insight of the Meshech Chochma #4 - Machshava / Jewish Thought - "Fear of Heaven" - What are we Scared Of? #5 - Sparks of Chassidus - The Interrelationship Between Doing and Understanding: An Incredible Teaching of the Sefas Emes