Rabbi Joe’s Torat Tel Aviv

Rabbi Joe’s Torat Tel Aviv

THINK at JLIC TLV

Episodes 57
Avg. Duration 52m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jan 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Episodic
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44%
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About This Podcast

Experience Rabbi Joe Wolfson’s popular THINK class from wherever you are. This podcast brings you recordings of the weekly Monday night sessions in Tel Aviv, where Rabbi Wolfson explores the intersection of Jewish thought, contemporary issues, and timeless wisdom. Through careful textual analysis and lively discussion, Rabbi Wolfson guides participants in examining classical Jewish sources while grappling with modern ethical dilemmas and philosophical questions. Whether you’re a seasoned learner or new to Jewish studies, THINK offers an accessible yet intellectually rigorous space to deepen your understanding and challenge your perspectives. Now available as a podcast, you can join the hundreds of weekly attendees who gather to explore what Judaism has to say about the pressing issues of our time.

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Recent Episodes

Reading Ruth On Lillenblum #2 - Elimelekh As A Study In (Failed) Leadership

May 18, 2026 1h 5m

In our second class exploring the work Nahalat Yosef, a beautiful commentary on Megillat Rut written in Tel Aviv by Rav Y.Z. Lipovitz, we examine the opening lines of the megillah and explore the…

Reading Ruth On Lillenblum #1 - Introducing Rav Y.Z. Lipovitz’s Nahalat Yosef: A Tel Aviv Commentary on Megillat Rut

May 12, 2026 1h 2m

ln 1923 a young man named Rabbi Yosef Zev Lipovitz moved to Tel Aviv. He had been one of the leading lights at the great yeshiva of Slobodka. He was a  quiet man and did not seek out fame or…

B'KROVAI AKADESH: The story of Rav Tzvi Guttman, his murdered sons, and a destroyed Romanian world rebuilt in Tel Aviv

Apr 14, 2026 1h 31m

This Yom HaShoah, our JLIC TLV comunity had the immense privilege to hear from Rav Elchanan Guttman - rav of the Bet Yaakov Yosef synagogue in Tel Aviv The shul was founded by Rav Guttman's…

THINK Eliyahu #4: Eliyahu At Har Sinai & Eliyahu At Seder Night

Mar 31, 2026 1h 5m

After the seeming ultimate triumph at Har Carmel in the previous shiur and chapter, Eliyahu finds himself in the depths of despair as Izevel still seeks his life and journeys to Har Horev (Sinai)…

THINK Eliyahu #3: Showdown at Har Carmel

Mar 24, 2026 1h 13m

Gathering the people to Har Carmel, Eliyahu attempts to force the wavering people to believe with an irrefutable demonstration of God's power, challenging the prophets of the Ba'al to the ultimate…

THINK Eliyahu #2 - Eliyahu & Ovadyahu, or, Zealotry vs. Compromise

Mar 17, 2026 55m

After three years of hiding as a fugitive, Eliyahu is commanded by God to appear before Achav (Melakhim I 18:1) and potentially bring an end to the drought On the way to appearing before Achav,…

Miklat Torah #3 - Benji Jones on Parshat HaChodesh

Mar 12, 2026 6m

For tonight's Miklat Torah, Benji Jones shares insights into Parshat HaChodesh and the significance of the Torah's emphasis on counting the months.

Miklat Torah #2: Dani Jacobson on The Conclusions of Shemot

Mar 10, 2026 6m

When you're in the miklat tonight - or even if you're not! - hear some beautiful Torah from Dani Jacobson on the parshiyot of Vayakhel Pekudei as they conclude the multiple themes of Shemot

THINK Eliyahu #1: Introducing The Prophet Of Fire

Mar 10, 2026 1h 2m

This THINK we begin a new course on Eliyahu HaNavi - Elijah the larger than life prophet. Eliyahu has a role in Jewish folklore and imagination unlike any other Biblical character. He features at…

Miklat Torah #1: Shushan & Tel Aviv & Moshe's Radiant Humility

Mar 08, 2026 10m Transcript

Rabbi Joe Wolfson opens a short series of Torah reflections from Tel Aviv during the current conflict - words of Torah that can help frame our moment or offer us a respite and escape from the…

THINK: The Faith Of The Tunnels - Reflections On The Religious Experiences Of Returned Hostages

Feb 24, 2026 48m

Purim is often described as the festival of finding faith within the darkness. This was our claim in last week's THINK. Yet we do not need to look to ancient Persia 2,500 years ago to discover an…

THINK: Megillat Esther - The Upside Down Megillah

Feb 17, 2026 1h 3m

It's Adar so let's learn Megillat Esther! At tonight's THINK we share an approach based on an essay by Rav Yoel bin Nun noting how so many critical elements of the megillah are the opposite of what…

Kibbud Av v'Em #4 - What (Not) To Do With An Annoying Parent

Feb 03, 2026 1h 5m

The Rambam and the Raivid differ as to whether a child, in extreme circumstances confronted with unreasonable demands by their parents, may run away. Their dispute appears to reflect different…

Kibbud Av v'Eim #3 - Mother vs. Father

Jan 27, 2026 1h

In tonight's class we move from kibbud av v'em as a lofty ideal to a challenging reality exploring a short Talmudic story about how a child is to cope with conflicting demands from the parents and…

THINK: Kibbud Av v'Em II

Jan 20, 2026 55m

In the second part of our series on the mitzva of honouring parents we consider a remarkable passage in the Talmud Yerushalmi that approaches the mitzva from multiple angles and raises the question…

THINK: Kibbud Av v'Em #1

Jan 13, 2026 58m

We begin a four part series on Kibbud Av v'Em , the mitzva of honouring one's parents.  Where to start? One of the most beautiful yet challenging and complex parts of our lives and an area of Torah…

THINK Shemot: Mosheh - The First 80 Years

Jan 06, 2026 1h 7m

The first two-thirds of Mosheh's life all take place within the four chapters of Shemot. What were the experiences that affected the young Mosheh, and why does Hashem choose him as his agent of…

Short Drash for Vayehi: Max Nordau Responds To Rachel's Tears

Jan 02, 2026 5m

A little chassidish immigrant boy in late 19th century Paris related the story of Rachel's death and afterlife with such passion that he changed Max Nordau's life forever A drash for Vayehi told on…

THINK Vayehi - Ba’alei Selicha? Yosef, Yehuda & The Possibility Of Forgiveness

Dec 30, 2025 1h 8m

THIS EPISODE IS OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE PODCAST - THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS LISTENED, SHARED AND COMMENTED! In this week's THINK we examine the long and heroic journeys of both Yosef and…

THINK Vayeshev: How To Sell A Brother

Dec 08, 2025 1h 14m

Yosef had a dream and told his brothers... and then they sought to kill him?! That escalated quickly! How does a brother, even one that one deeply dislikes, become someone that you are willing to…

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