

This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
TORCH
This Jewish Life is Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe’s flagship podcast. Since its founding in January of 2013, This Jewish Life has featured a delightful potpourri of podcast episodes on a myriad of Jewish subjects. In its current incarnation, the podcast focuses on exploring the deeper elements of Jewish life and philosophy. In each episode our objective is to go a bit deeper into subjects that we may be familiar with, to plumb the depths and uncover the essence of the beauty and sublimity of Jewish life and customs, and Torah wisdom. Please email any questions, comments, or feedback to rabbiwolbe@gmail.com.
Episodes
Mentioned books

May 23, 2016 • 1h 2min
The Torah as a Divine Document: An Analysis of Higher Bible Criticism and why the Authorship of the Torah Matters
This is the first lecture that revolves around the question of who wrote the Torah and how can we prove our conclusions. In the first session we clarify what the traditional belief is regarding the authorship of the Written and Oral Torah and engage with contemporary critics who question it.
Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 12

May 23, 2016 • 54min
Creating New Worlds with Torah
This is the last of 11 lectures on why Jews study Torah.
Part 1: http://rabbiwolbe.com/the-jewish-obsession-with-torah-study/
Part 2: http://rabbiwolbe.com/torah-study-jewish-intimacy/
Part 3: http://rabbiwolbe.com/filling-gaps-in-our-spiritual-avatar-how-torah-study-angelifies-humans/
Part 4: http://rabbiwolbe.com/think-how-torah-study-unleashes-our-most-potent-power/
Part 5: http://rabbiwolbe.com/the-only-antidote-to-the-deadliest-disease-the-battle-of-torah-and-the-yetzer-ra/
Part 6: http://rabbiwolbe.com/reversing-birth-how-torah-enables-us-to-reverse-the-curse-of-life/
Part 7: http://rabbiwolbe.com/the-four-ways-that-torah-connects-us-to-our-creator/
Part 8: http://rabbiwolbe.com/conquering-the-endgame-how-torah-study-engenders-character-change-and-transformation/
Part 9: http://rabbiwolbe.com/humanitys-sole-hope-how-torah-guides-the-world-to-its-destiny-and-saves-it-from-destruction/
Part 10: http://rabbiwolbe.com/for-it-is-our-life-how-torah-sustains-our-better-half/
Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 11

May 22, 2016 • 49min
The Greatest Force of Progress in Human History

May 15, 2016 • 1h 45min
The Shabbat Prayers, Meaning and Structure

May 9, 2016 • 1h 40min
The Three Loves: The Torah’s Timeless Guidance to Obtaining, Maintaining and Deepening our Relationships

Apr 17, 2016 • 1h 46min
Rashi: A Biographical Sketch of The Consummate Teacher of Israel

Apr 13, 2016 • 55min
For it is our Life: How Torah Sustains our Better Half
Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 10

Mar 30, 2016 • 53min
Humanity’s Sole Hope: How Torah Guides the World to it’s Destiny and Saves it from Destruction
Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 9

Mar 29, 2016 • 54min
Conquering the Endgame: How Torah Study Engenders Character Change and Transformation
Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 8

Mar 29, 2016 • 15min


