

The Shema Podcast for the Perplexed
Dan Kullman
A Baal Teshuva shares Torah insights, intertwined through personal stories and interviews with leading Torah Scholars to demonstrate the empowering qualities of Torah and mitzvos.
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May 21, 2023 • 1h 6min
Shavuos Roundtable with the TORCH Podcast Team
It is always such a great honor for me to be asked to sit at the TORCH Roundtable with the great Rabbi Nagel, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe and Rabbi Bucsko. In this episode we discuss the upcoming holiday of Shavuos. As always I learned so much from these incredible Rabbis and feel more prepped and excited to receive my Torah this Shavuos. I highly recommend taking the time to listen in on this conversation as you will feel the same.

May 7, 2023 • 40min
Serving Hashem in Adversity with Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe
I have done many episodes on the subject of how to serve Hashem in the business world and other situations that pertain to my life experiences. However, I realized that we all have different situations that we find ourselves in. One situation that I thought was imperative to address is the situations our fellow Jews face serving in the military. I asked Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, the Rambo of Yiddishkeit, to join us and share Torah wisdom to our brothers and sister in the military and as you will hear, this is valuable information for all of us. This episode is dedicated in the merit of my nephew Shlomo Ben Dovid and all our fellow Jews serving in the military. May Hashem keep them all safe.

Apr 26, 2023 • 52min
I Will Do and I Will Hear with Scott Kammerman
We are all now in the process of preparing ourselves through the Counting of the Omer so we can receive our Torah at Shavuos. In this episode I asked my dear friend Scott Kammerman, the Spiritual Athlete, to join us and share his insights on what he has been learning and working on, to progress in his ongoing pursuit to grow in his service to the Almighty. I not only learned a great deal but was sincerely inspired by my friend who approaches each day with the drive of an Olympic athlete and seeing his geometric growth over the years as a result.

Apr 9, 2023 • 48min
Prepping for Sinai with Rabbi Bucsko (Rebroadcast)
It is now the Counting of the Omer. These 49 days between Pesach and Shavous create a bridge that allows one to leave their mental restrictions and move towards a more expanded consciousness. In this episode, Rabbi Chaim Buscko breaks down for us how to tap into the spiritual energies now present. By doing so, we will forge ourselves into vessels that will allow us to absorb the wisdom of Torah and catapult us to a higher level of closeness to our Creator.

Apr 2, 2023 • 47min
Tapping into the Energy of Pesach with Rabbi Wohlgelernter (Rebroadcast)
The weeks that lead up to Pesach/Passover, is the time to prepare ourselves to become a vessel to receive the influx of energy that G-d brings to the Jewish people. This is the energy that will propel us to greater heights of spirituality and provides us the opportunity to unleash ourselves from limited thought and connect more to our infinite Creator. In this amazing discussion with Rabbi Wohlgelernter he shares the techniques to prepare ourselves to connect to the power of Pesach and the ultimate time of renewal.

Mar 24, 2023 • 57min
Pesach Roundtable with the TORCH Podcast Team
In this episode my Rabbis and fellow TORCH Podcasters, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe and Rabbi Chaim Bucsko, have a engaging conversation around the upcoming holiday of Pesach.

Mar 21, 2023 • 54min
Matzah is the Red Pill with Rabbi Wohlgelernter
Pesach is rapidly approaching. It is the origin and foundation of the Jewish people. We have much symbolism we encounter at the Pesach Seder and while Matzah on one level is also symbolic, on a deeper level it is much more. Matzah eaten on Pesach, while avoiding Chametz (leavened bread), has inherent in its physical construct the ability to provide our bodies with the antidote to tear away the illusion of this world and infuse us with Emunah. Propelling our Emunah to new heights is what the Almighty is wanting to give us during this time of year, through a combination of spiritual energies from above and by us eating Matzah and contemplating that the Hashem that controlled all of nature during the Exodus, is our Hashem today. In this episode we are joined by the lovable and brilliant, Rabbi Wohlgelernter to teach us about the power of Matzah, our Red Pill.

Mar 17, 2023 • 43min
Being Frum in the Business World with David Goldman
One of the challenges in adapting Torah observance is learning how to be in and advance one’s career in the corporate world without comprising our service to Hashem. The outside world’s definition of a holiday is not remotely the same as what we call a holiday and our business colleagues, managers and clients have a difficult time understanding why we can’t come into the office or return a phone call or email on those days and once a week on Shabbos. We can’t dine with them at business lunches or dinners in their non-kosher restaurants and we have to make time in the afternoon to daven Mincha. In this episode we are joined by my friend David Goldman and we share our personal stories on how to navigate being frum in the business world.

Mar 5, 2023 • 42min
The Building Blocks of Creation with Rabbi Cohen
The Hebrew letters are the building blocks of creation. The Torah in Bereishis/Genesis describes G-d creating the world by speaking and those ten emanations from the Creator are continuing throughout time to recreate the worlds and everything in them, in every moment. However there is more to the Hebrew letters than just the sounds they represent as their shapes have tremendous spiritual energies as well. In this episode we are joined by Rabbi Yaakov Cohen and he shares his wisdom on this subject of the meaning of the shapes and sounds of the Hebrew letters, the building blocks of creation.

Feb 28, 2023 • 58min
Purim Roundtable with the TORCH Podcast Team
In this episode my Rabbis and fellow TORCH Podcasters, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe and Rabbi Chaim Bucsko, have a engaging conversation around the upcoming holiday of Purim.