The Yishai Fleisher Israel Podcast

When the holiest person, the High Priest Aaron, goes into the holiest place, the Holy of Holies, on the holiest day, Yom Kippur - he better be dressed for success! Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai on ‘Spiritual Cafe’ to talk about the holy vestments of the Temple including a laser-firing headplate and jingle-jangle bells that announce Aaron's arrival. Also: Get ready for Purim by ripping off the masks of the lies we live with.Support the show

Can't handle those blueprint Torah portions? Can't understand the knobs and flowers on the Menorah? Don't worry about it - Moses has a tough time too! Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai for a discussion that is part engineering, part art, and 100% the sweet Torah of Zion. Plus: your emails!Support the show

Why did Elor Azaria get only a year and a half sentence for executing a downed terrorist? How is a new online supermarket changing the lives of people in and around the Old City of Jerusalem? Why are anti Israel organizations reaching out to Orthodox girls seminaries? Malkah Fleisher joins Yishai for some rowdy Jewish radio from the heartland.Support the show

So what are the Ten Commandments? Chapter headings or mnemonics maybe? Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai for Spiritual Cafe to talk about these fundamentals of Torah, and the building blocks of meaningful relationships.Support the show

What gets God's goat? Complaining. The Children of Israel see the sea split before them, they will witness their enemy's destruction, and they will eat the holy Manna. But still, in moments of doubt, they moan and complain and fire up God's fury. So how do we overcome doubt and complaint? Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai for a journey into the desert, into faith, and into freedom - and don't forget the fight with those pesky Amalekites.Support the show

Defiance in Egypt and Amona. First, Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai to discuss the steps leading up to the exodus, including the commandment to take a lamb, the god of Egypt, into Jewish houses, and prepare it for sacrifice and eating - the ultimate defiance.Then, Yishai takes part in a demonstration against destroying the Jewish community of Amona. How do we balance a love of Israel with civil disobedience in the Jewish State?Support the show

Goliath was already immobilized - so why did King David cut off his head? In modern Israel you can get prosecuted for something like that!Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai for Spiritual Cafe where they discuss the plagues, God's promises to Moses for a successful process, and the merits and the faults of Shalom Aleichem's Fiddler on the Roof.Then, Malkah joins Yishai to discuss the David's Sling defense system, President Donald Trump's hold on transfer of money to terrorists, and the fate of Israel's soldier, Elor Azaria.Support the show

After 8 years of President Obama, he's leaving. But to his consternation, Jews dwelling in their ancestral homeland are staying put. Malkah Fleisher joins Yishai (who's got a mini-flu) to discuss the trans-Atlantic transition and how it affects Israel, Jerusalem and the Arab world.Then, we begin with the book of Exodus, the foundational tale of Moses, the Burning Bush, staffs turning into snakes, and a God who wants Pharaoh to let his people go!Support the show

Don't Bury Me in Hackensack!! As Jacob is on his deathbed in Egypt, he makes his son Joseph swear to bring his remains to the Land of Israel. But why not be buried in Egypt? Rabbi Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai for "Spiritual Cafe" where they discuss Jacob's final blessings, Joseph's promise that a redeemer will come, and a wrap-up on the whole book of Genesis.Then, Yisrael Medad, Educational and Information Resources Director at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, joins Yishai to discuss Jewish rights in Jerusalem, the potential US Embassy move, and why he was arrested on the Temple Mount in 1979.Support the show

The family of Israel gets brought down to Egypt after the revelation that Joseph is still alive. Rabbi Mike Feuer is reunited with Rabbi Yishai on Spiritual Cafe where they discuss the repentance for the sale of Joseph and Jacob's fear of leaving the land of Israel. Then, Yishai and Malkah team up to talk about the Elor Azaria verdict, where an IDF soldier was put on trial for shooting dead a downed terrorist. Finally, Yishai's comments on the BBC about the IDF, Jihad, and the rights of Jews in Judea and Samaria.Support the show