One Minute Daily Torah Thought - Rabbi Moshe Levin

Send us a textThe deeper reason we need to be concerned about forgetting the Omer.Support the show

Send us a textWhat speed is Jewish? While many have a laugh about Jewish time, what does the Torah say about rushing to get something done? The Talmud does say in Pesachim 4a, " mitzvah must be done with alacrity." Is that what we're all meant to do? How about those times you are meant to slow down and  speak deliberately and calmly? What of the times we are meant to spend in prayer, slowly and earnestly? When are we meant to rush and when are we meant to slow down? There are two pivotal times in our history, the departure from Egypt is associated with frenzied haste and running, and while our sages say that ישועת ה' כהרף עין,  G-d's salvation arrives in the blink of an eye, Isaiah, in 55.12, describes the coming of Moshiach as a time that "you will not run". The answer is:While we had left Egypt physically, we still had to contend with the friction of our own desire to return to Egypt and what Egypt represents. Although Moshiach will arrive instantaneously, it's not ab

Send us a textI lost my job as a teacher, I'm SO UPSET Good morning! Losing your job, no matter what job it was creates raw real pain. But what are you meant to do? I'm going to read you a letter the Rebbe wrote to a woman who lost her job as a teacher. Paraphrasing from the original: I confirm receipt of your letter, in which you write about the events that happened concerning your position, and how now you're without a job. Life doesn't always go along a straight path. Man wants to ascend, and he can, and that very desire and ability creates the possibility for a descent. You needn't be flustered or upset when you see yourself fall. This is especially true when the fall was only physical, and how much more so in your case, where your dismissal was not because of you. Instead of feeling bad, this descent has to do the opposite. It must evoke within your deepest and most profound strengths, of faith and trust in G-d. These inner strengths find expression in the sentiment of courage, w

Send us a textWhat does the Torah mean when it tells us to show respect to the elderly?Support the show

Send us a textHe hasn't changed his tricksHe got my great grandfather with this, don't let him get you!Support the show

Send us a textThe Story of Yechezkali's return to Judaism.Support the show

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Send us a textOne of the hallmarks of Judaism is it's holistic perspective. Instead of Judaism focusing on connecting with G-d in a specific location and in a specific way, G-d tells us "in all your ways you should know Him."Because G-d created and creates the world there's purpose and meaning in every experience and in every nook and cranny of creation. There are some items that the Torah tells us that require a deeper Chassidic insight to see how this fits with its holistic theme and world outlook. I was fascinated this morning when I read how the Rebbe explains the need for learning the ethics of our fathers in the spring and summer time. The simple reason for studying this specifically after Passover until Rosh Hashanah is because at this time there is a renewal of nature, and the enhanced focus on the development of nature and the physical can lead us to being too earthy and stimulated to things which we do better not to pay attention to. To the untrained ear, this sounds like a deter

Send us a textTwo pieces of advice:A) take responsibility to try to solve this B) you're feelings for that person DO make a difference.Support the show

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Send us a textThe month of Iyar is not only a month of renewal of the trees, flowers and all growing things, it's also a time of rejuvenation and renewal for animals and man, this is way the acronym of "אייר" is "I am  G-d who heals you." G-d's healing is unique, G-d's healing is לא אשים עליך, I will protect you from being unwell in the first place. The Talmud says that a doctor functions as a conduit to G-d's healing, and therefore not only heals but prescribes behavior that will ensure good health, so there is no need for healing. A doctor is merely a channel for G-d's healing. Two things doctors must remember to be that appropriate vessel:One, a doctor must put all kinds of bias and selfish motives out of the picture and merely focus on the benefit of the patient. This is a standard customary precept that doctors vow to uphold.  A doctor also needs to pray to G-d to have that clarity to perform medicine appropriately. The perfect approach to medical care has to

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Send us a textWhat's happening Next? The name of this week's Torah portion is אחרי, Acharay can be translates as next or afterwards.They say that hindsight is 20/20 Vision, but how does that help me now when I can only see what's on the table today?Good morning!A Russian immigrant to the United States in the 70s had never had a bar mitzvah and had never before put on Tefilin.There was a piece of advice the Rebbe gave him that I think we all need to pay attention to.In the back and forth in the conversation, the man was resistant to accepting to commit to put on Tefilin every day. The Rebbe told him (more or less), "You can not know now for certain how you will feel in twenty years from now.If you put on Tefilin every day for the next twenty years and you regret it, you're regretting a loss of time of five minutes per day.But if you look back at your life in twenty years and say I should have put on Tefilin twenty years ago! You're regretting twenty years of life lost!"THIS m

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Send us a textOur Tefilin coordinate the entirety of who we are. Support the show

Send us a text It seems like a ferocious storm. But the storm will calm down as if it never was.Support the show

Send us a textThe energy of the 24th of Nissan.Support the show

Send us a textWhen you are eating the same thing for a week, even if it's your favorite food you aren't that excited to have any more of it..What's the first thing you're in the mood of after Passover? More matza? Probably not. Yet the Torah says that new food is prohibited. Only old food is good. What does that mean? Good morning!  Have you heard of the prohibition of "chadash"? It's prohibited to eat from any grain that is "new". Every year on the second day of Passover, a barley offering was offered to G-d in the Temple. That offering was meant to be the very first usage of the new harvest. So it's forbidden to eat from the new harvest until a offering is made to G-d. This offering is called the "Omer", that's a Torah measurement. The amount of barley used  weighed about 1.770kg. The Talmud states in Rosh Hashanah page 16a that Passover is a time of harvest for grain, and by giving the first gift to G-d, all the produce in the fields are bles

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