Daily Jewish Thought Podcast
1) Who Are You Meant to Be? | Rabbi Yisroel Bernath Rosh Hashanah Sermon
Sometimes it takes a crisis to stop us in our tracks and ask: Who am I? What kind of spouse am I? What kind of person am I becoming? On Rosh Hashanah, Judaism invites us to ask these very questions. A...Show More
2) Make a Confession: Reclaiming Judaism’s Lost Art of Owning Our Goodness
In this class, Rabbi Bernath reframed the very idea of confession in Judaism. While most people think of confession as listing sins and failures, the Torah introduces Vidui Ma’aser, a “confession” whe...Show More
3) Finding G-d in Our Struggles: The Firstborn of the Unloved
In this week’s Torah portion, Ki Seitzei, we learn the law of the firstborn: even if the firstborn son comes from the “unloved” wife, he must be given the double portion. Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explore...Show More
4) One G-d, Many Voices: How Diversity Makes Us Whole
Rabbi Yisroel Bernath unpacks a fascinating teaching: why does G-d reject the idea of a single-stone altar? At first glance it’s just about ancient rituals, but the deeper message is timeless. Real fa...Show More
5) Rebroadcast: Elul & High Holidays - Our Marriage with G-d
The 5-Step Program of Spiritual Courtship, Engagement, Marriage, Honeymoon, and Real Life: Discovering the Divine Romance in Our Lives In this sermon, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores the deep and myst...Show More
6) Integrity & Ambition: The Torah’s Blueprint for Shining in a Broken World
In this class, Rabbi Bernath drew a powerful line from Hitler’s Germany to Hamas today, using a hidden diary entry of the Lubavitcher Rebbe dated September 11, 1941. The Rebbe reflected on why kosher ...Show More
7) Life, Love, and Everything in Between | A Conversation with Jeffrey Warner
I just returned from the JLI Retreat in Washington DC, at retreat at around 1:30am on Saturday night, I sat down with Jeffrey Warner, a university student from Arizona who has been listening to my pod...Show More
8) Why Joseph Got In and Moses Didn’t: Unpacking a Story of Loyalty, Land, and Leadership
Why was Joseph, the viceroy of Egypt, buried in the Land of Israel, while Moses, the greatest Jewish leader in history, was not? In this timely and emotionally-charged class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath unp...Show More
9) Eicha by Candlelight - Tisha B’Av 5785 (2025)
onight, in a darkened room lit only by the soft flicker of individual candles, over a hundred souls gathered in sacred stillness for Eicha by Candlelight. This was not just an event, it was a ritual o...Show More
10) Vain Tears: Reclaiming Our Power After Generations of Silence
On the night of the 9th of Av, our ancestors cried tears of despair—tears the Talmud calls “בכיה של חנם”, baseless weeping. G-d’s response wasn’t punitive, it was prophetic: “You wept in vain, and thi...Show More