Podcasts by Rabbi Yisrael Motzen - Ner Tamid Congregation
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The Transformation of Yaakov - parsha class - vayishlach from 2023-11-30T17:16:18
Parsha class
ListenForgetting to light Shabbos candles/ electric lights from 2023-11-26T14:33:42
Women’s Halacha shiur
ListenLaws of Traveling on Friday part 2 and intro to lighting Shabbos candle from 2023-11-19T15:10:32
Women’s Halacha class
ListenLaws of preparing, Eating and Working Erev Shabbos from 2023-11-12T14:41:22
Women’s Halacha class
ListenLaws of Traveling before Shabbos - Tzurba class 1 from 2023-10-29T14:07:55
Women’s Halacha Class
ListenLech Lecha Parsha class - Why G-d wanted the Jews (in Egypt) to be Wealthy from 2023-10-26T16:08:59
Parsha class
ListenFinal review class - ovens for meat, dairy, Pareve/ Bugs from 2023-08-06T13:49:27
Womens halacha class
ListenReview of the laws of fish, blood, and Glatt kosher from 2023-07-30T14:09:14
Womens halacha class
ListenKosher Kitchen Review - Pareve Items Mixed/ Cut/ Cooked with meat or Milk from 2023-07-23T13:31:37
Womens halacha class
ListenHow to Study History from Moshe the Historian Parshas Devarim from 2023-07-20T16:09:58
Parsha class
ListenWhat are Reuven and Gad Really After? Parshas Mattos-Maasei from 2023-07-13T18:20:35
Parsha class
ListenSummary of the prohibition of milk and meat, laws of waiting between them from 2023-07-02T13:40:54
Womens halacha class review
ListenInsects in Fish? And Checking for Bugs on Shabbos from 2023-06-25T13:19:56
Womens halacha class
ListenEating at someone’s home/ trusting their kashrus from 2023-06-05T14:58:22
Womens halacha shiur
ListenUnderstanding the Laws of the Sotah and its Relevance from 2023-06-01T16:31:13
Weekly Parsha shiur
ListenWhy there’s no mention of Olam Haba in the Torah (behar-bechukosai) from 2023-05-11T16:14:52
Parsha class
ListenBuying Salmon at Costco, Swordfish, and other halachos of fish from 2023-05-07T13:14:41
Womens halacha class
ListenParshas Emor - Demystifying the story of the blasphemer/ mekalel from 2023-05-04T16:27:23
Weekly Parsha class
ListenKosher Kitchen - what is Glatt kosher and kashering liver from 2023-04-30T13:30:33
Womens halacha class
ListenUnlocking the Haggadah Part 2 from 2023-03-23T17:00:12
ListenUnlocking the Haggadah Part 1: The Seder of the Seder from 2023-03-16T16:02:55
Unlocking the Haggadah
ListenLaws of Pesach: Cleaning your home in 20 minutes from 2023-03-05T15:28:09
Womens halacha class
ListenA Jewish View on wine and other substances from 2023-03-02T19:45:22
ListenDefense of Judaism - The Morality of Monotheism/ Non-Jews in the Talmud from 2023-02-23T17:48:52
Final be’er hagolah class
ListenKosher Kitchen - Onions, garlic, and other sharp foods Part 2 from 2023-02-13T14:35:54
Womens halacha class
ListenDefense of Rabbinic Judaism - did the rabbis of the Talmud know science? from 2023-02-09T17:05:06
Maharal Be’er Hagolah
ListenKosher Kitchen - Onions, garlic, and other sharp items part 1 from 2023-02-05T14:42:44
Womens halacha class
ListenDefense of Rabbinic Judaism - “King David did Not Sin.” Really?! from 2023-02-02T17:01:38
Maharal - Be’er Hagolah
ListenKosher kitchen - Pareve food in Milk/ Meat dishes from 2023-01-15T16:31:36
Womens halacha class
ListenKosher Kitchen - Did I just make my food treyf? Probably not! from 2023-01-05T17:57:18
Womens halacha class
ListenDefense of Rabbinic Judaism - the simple meaning of the text. from 2023-01-05T17:56:32
Maharal Be’er Hagolah
ListenDefense of Rabbinic Judaism - Crqzy sounding drashos from 2022-12-29T17:06:05
Maharal Be’er Hagolah.
ListenDefense of Rabbinic Judaism - Shabbos and the Rationale behind the prohibition on Incest from 2022-12-28T02:06:46
Maharal Be’er Hagolah
ListenLaws of Kosher - the principles #1 (flavor, separate dishes, bittul) from 2022-12-11T15:10:46
Womens Halacha class
ListenDefense of Rabbinic Judaism: Sorcery, Soeaking to the Dead, and superstitions from 2022-12-08T17:21:02
Be’er Hagolah of the Maharal
ListenDefense of Rabbinic Judaism - what were the rabbis thinking?! from 2022-12-02T18:09:41
Be’er Hagolah Maharal
ListenKosher Kitchen - Eating meat and milk at the same table from 2022-11-27T14:24:29
Womens halacha class
ListenKeeping a Kosher Kitchen #3 - waiting after dairy from 2022-11-20T15:06:35
Womens halacha class
ListenKeeping a Kosher Kitchen #2 - waiting less than 6 hours, children waiting, and more from 2022-11-13T18:10:43
Womens class
ListenDefending Rabbinic Judaism #2 - four understandings of rabbinic legislation and more from 2022-11-13T18:09:42
Be’er Hagolah by the Maharal
ListenKeeping a Kosher kitchen #1 from 2022-11-06T14:41:46
The prohibition, waiting between milk and meat.
ListenDefending Rabbinic Judaism 1 - Did the Rabbis violate ‘adding to the Torah’? Why so many decrees?! from 2022-11-03T16:10:13
Based on the writings of Be’er Hagolah of the Maharal
ListenDJA finale: The entire Shaar Hagemul in 45 minutes from 2022-09-22T19:58:43
Death judgment and the afterlife
ListenDJA: The Music of Olam Habbah and the Rambam controversy from 2022-09-08T15:49:39
Death, judgment, and the afterlife
ListenDJA #8 - Man-made Disasters vs. God-Made Disasters from 2022-06-30T20:00:29
Death judgment afterlife
ListenDJA #7 - Synopsis of the Book of Iyov / the 3 Step Response to Suffering from 2022-06-23T17:50:22
DJA
ListenThe obligation to daven with a Minyan… for Women from 2022-06-20T02:20:58
Womens halacha class
ListenDJA #5 - Is life like the Truman Show? from 2022-06-09T16:03:15
Death judgment and the afterlife
ListenDJA #4: Jewish suffering, restraint, and afflictions of love from 2022-06-02T16:10
Death judgement and the afterlife
ListenDJA #3 - The Last Year of Life from 2022-05-26T16:18:41
ListenDJA #2 - The Role of Gehinom and the stages of judgment from 2022-05-19T18:09:08
ListenHouse Minyanim and Kiddushes in shul- laws of shul #2 from 2022-05-15T13:34:26
Womens halacha class
ListenDJA #1 - The judgment of Rosh Hashana and the purpose of suffering from 2022-05-05T18:02:26
Death, Judgment, and the Afterlife class
ListenUnderstanding the Haggadah from 2022-03-31T20:05:40
ListenHavdallah #2 - why we spill wine and what to make Havdallah on from 2022-03-06T20:07:48
Womens Halacha class
ListenCan you really hava a cookie for Shalosh Seudos? from 2022-02-20T15:31:58
Womens halacha class
ListenWomen’s Obligation to say 100 Berachos and learn Torah on Shabbos from 2022-01-30T16:22:03
Womens halacha class
ListenTrying to Understand the Torah’s Perspective on Slavery from 2022-01-27T17:06:02
Parshas Mishpatim
ListenThe Obligation for the Daytime Kiddush for Women from 2022-01-23T15:20:49
Halacha class for women
ListenAmirah l’nachri: mail deliveries, newspapers, pictures taken on Shabbos from 2022-01-16T14:39:10
Womens halacha class
ListenAmira l’nachri #6 - deliveries, Amazon prime, dropping off clothes at the cleaners from 2022-01-02T19:14:56
Womens halacha class
ListenAmirah l’nachri - washing dishes, opening fridges, doormen and more from 2021-12-26T14:37:17
Womens halacha class
ListenAmira l’nachri #4: Major financial loss, embarrassment, and animal safety from 2021-12-12T16:37:24
Womens halacha class
ListenWhat was Rivkah thinking?! The stealing of the berachos from 2021-11-04T17:31:19
Parshas Toldos
ListenYitzchak: The Most Emotionally-Intelligent Av from 2021-10-28T15:56:20
Parsha class - Chayei Sarah
ListenLaws of Lechem mishneh #2 - women’s class from 2021-10-24T14:06:33
Whole bread, bottom loaf, challah in a bag, and pull apart challah. (Last minute got cut off)
ListenTehilim chapter 23 - the simple life: a fresh take on a classic prayer from 2021-06-23T16:54:54
Lunch break
ListenMoshe’s sin and understanding mitzvos. Parshas Chukas overview from 2021-06-21T16:30:52
Lunch break
ListenThe essence of blessings/ prayer and donuts from a garbage bin - parshas Nasso overview from 2021-05-20T16:48:47
Lunch break
ListenParshas Bamidbar Overview - counting the Jews, the disappearing Leviim from 2021-05-13T16:45:08
Lunch break
ListenTomorrow (song) from 2021-05-06T11:35:42
Composed by Yisrael Motzen. Sung by Eli Atias and Pinny Schachter
ListenHarp Strings - Meditation on Compassion vs. Empathy - Chapter 15 from 2021-05-05T17:40:41
Lunch break
ListenParshas Emor and Disabilities - talk by Sheryl Grossman from 2021-04-30T02:31:57
ListenMeditation on Calming the Inner storm - tehilim chapter 13 from 2021-04-21T17:28:51
Lunch break
ListenWho we really are and what holds us back from greatness (Orot) from 2021-04-06T16:29:16
Lunch break
Listen#freechava- what happened and what still needs to be done from 2021-03-31T17:02:42
(Part 2/3 of Shabbos Hagadol drasha)
Listen3 types of Jews and their messianic beliefs (1/3 of the Shabbos haggadol drahsa recap/ reframe) from 2021-03-30T16:46:02
ListenFeeling alienated from G-d; an unanswered question (Harp strings - chapter 10 Tehilim) from 2021-03-17T16:54:17
ListenHaggadah Prep (incomplete) Part 1 from 2021-03-12T02:11:31
ListenParsha overview - the great rerun: Vayakhel-Pekudei from 2021-03-11T17:45:15
ListenTransforming Sorrow into Gratitude (chapter 9 of tehillim) from 2021-03-10T18:15:19
ListenFAHQ - Matza and wine measurements for the seder from 2021-03-09T17:40:09
ListenOrot Hateshuva - living for others from 2021-03-08T17:48:27
ListenFAHQ - quick clean for pesach from 2021-03-02T17:45:27
ListenOrot Hateshuva 6:4-5 from 2021-03-01T20:07:08
ListenFinding joy this Adar : an interview with dr. Hinda Dubin from 2021-02-14T12:45:48
ListenOrot Hateshuva (3 part 2) - riding the waves of spiritual discontent from 2021-02-08T17:46:26
Lunch break
ListenOrot Hateshuva: living with tension and the source of inspiration (2) from 2021-01-18T17:45:15
Lunch break
ListenInterview with Hanan Ben Ari from 2020-11-27T14:23:26
Hanan speaks about creating music, staying grounded, and his faith
ListenAluf Haolam + interview with Hanan Ben Ari from 2020-11-26T15:02:01
ListenWas Yitzchak Emotionally Stunted? from 2020-11-13T03:09:42
A close analysis of the text paints a very different picture.
ListenTeshuva Roundtable from 2020-09-24T02:47:28
with Rabbi Goldberger, Rabbi Marwick, Rabbi Motzen, Rabbi Rose, Rabbi Shaffer, and Rabbi Teichman (small glitch at around the 9 minute mark)
ListenMusic that Inspires with R’Joey Rosenfeld from 2020-09-17T02:31:14
From Phish to Karduner and everything in between
ListenStuck at Home for Rosh Hashana? from 2020-09-15T16:11:38
Ideas, instructions and inspiration. Link to Rosh Hashan at home page: http://nertamid.net/sermons/stay-at-home-rosh-hashana-reader/ and to the final thought: And the final thought that was cut off...
ListenTeshuva - Parshas nitzavim from 2020-09-11T00:47:32
ListenMusic that Inspires with Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt from 2020-09-10T01:32:20
Discussing the unique draw of Ishay Ribo and Hanan ben Ari
ListenMusic that Inspires with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin from 2020-09-03T01:47:46
Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin shares his thoughts on the philosophy of music and why it’s such an integral part of the Jewish experience
ListenIntroduction to the Book of Devarim from 2020-07-24T00:55:59
ListenTowards a Better Tomorrow with guest, Mr. Moishe Bane from 2020-07-22T02:15:25
A thoughtful discussion on developing Jewish activists and the elderly
ListenNT heroes finale from 2020-07-01T01:20:40
With NT leadership, Adam Klaff, Gabrielle Burger, Aaron Polun, Deborah Hamburger, and Avi Jandorf
ListenNT Covid heroes with Adina B from 2020-06-24T00:47:57
Adina B of Adinab Salon shares inspiration on closing her business during the pandemic, creative chesed, being a single mother and more
ListenParsha Shiur - Shlach from 2020-06-19T01:12:44
The double sins of the spies and when aliya is not a good thing
ListenNT Covid Heroes with Ken Besser from 2020-06-18T15:01:09
Ken Besser is a member of Hatzalah and led a shulwide effort to ship for the homebound during Covid
ListenNT covid heroes with Estelle Levitas from 2020-06-03T00:53:59
At home and making a difference
ListenNT Covid Heroes with Tikvah Womack, LCPC from 2020-05-27T23:59:35
Mental health in the times of coronavirus
ListenNT Covid Heroes with Dr. David Maine from 2020-05-21T01:48:16
Dr. Maine is the VP and incoming President and CEO of Mercy Health Services
Listen#NT together 4/26 from 2020-04-27T00:28:10
When lashon hara is a Mitzvah. Doing outreach on yourself
Listen#NT together 4/22 from 2020-04-23T02:05:51
Benefits of gossip? and bringing your distractions into prayer
Listen#NT together 4/19 from 2020-04-20T00:24:46
The value of reputation and being inspired by inspiration
ListenDIY creative Seder from 2020-04-03T02:06:58
Spicing up your Seder https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kVOBSMnnFYSHipCq_feTI62HfwWrlwQF
ListenDon’t do your Seder Alone from 2020-04-02T16:04:12
Ideas for solo and small Seders. Source sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sC5yw_9d-Qb-t4xvWAx9_pp2YzKz5BLKUgFjXLQsVnQ
ListenSefer Shmuel from 2020-03-13T02:01:33
Chana’s relationship with her family. Chana’s paradigmatic prayer. Introduction to Eli.
ListenIntroduction to the Book of Shmuel from 2020-03-06T02:49:44
Historical background, overview, authorship, and themes
ListenSeder HaAvodah by Yishai Ribo from 2020-02-07T18:30:32
A commentary I shared before Yom Kippur this year. The file was lost until now and was just found.
ListenTorah and Tefilah, wholeness and brokenness: the two piles of The Jewish experience from 2020-01-30T11:26:26
Tzidkas Hatzadik
ListenPlaying on our harp-strings in the darkest of night from 2020-01-16T12:34:05
Tzidkas Hatzadik
ListenThe Deeper understanding of s’michas geulah letefillah from 2020-01-15T22:05:09
Tzidkas Hatzadik
ListenHamalach Hagoel: more than just a children’s song from 2020-01-10T18:54:05
Summary of Ner Tamid drasha parshas Vayechi
ListenYosef’s Clothing Fits! from 2020-01-09T19:13:22
Sefer Bereishis series. Yosef’s interpretation of Pharaoh’s dreams drawing upon the teachings of chazal as well as Leon Kass
ListenNEW!! Daily Mishna (Berachos) from 2020-01-05T14:50:18
Inspired by the Daf Yomi Siyum we will be learning a mishna a day. Join us and complete all of Mishna!
ListenIncreasing Light and Spiritual Thirst from 2019-12-27T14:35:19
Chanukah message to Elite Rise Baltimore
ListenIntroduction to Pesel Micha: individuals emblematic of their generation from 2019-12-20T02:50:51
Book of Shoftim
ListenOne Step Forward Two Steps Back: Yosef in Jail from 2019-12-20T00:15
Sefer bereishis. This class draws upon the classical sources as well as an idea by rabbi chanoch waxman and dr. Leon Kass
ListenYosef and the wife of Potiphar: The Clothing does Not Fit from 2019-12-12T17:03:57
Sefer Bereishis
ListenNot fitting in the cookie-cutter of Jewish family life - Parshas Vayeitzei from 2019-12-08T02:26:04
Review of this past weeks drasha
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