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Follow along each week as Tzvi Eckhardt delves into the parsha, exposing deep secrets, dabbling in mussar and profound topics!

  1. Beshalach 5786 (The Bones of Yosef) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    29 JAN

    Beshalach 5786 (The Bones of Yosef) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    Topics: -Moshe being involved in the bones of Yosef -Isn’t Bnei Yisrael Also doing Mitzva taking spoils? -Whats in the heart when doing mitzvos -The backwardness of “Extravagant” Frumkeit -Achus enabling us to do all mitzvos -Admit You are an Israeli - or else! -Moshe, Yosef, and the sense of smell -Moshe the Kohen’s involvement with a dead body -Not letting sevaros get in the way of mitzvos

    32 min
  2. Bo 5786 (Kiddush Levana in Mitzrayim) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    22 JAN

    Bo 5786 (Kiddush Levana in Mitzrayim) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    Topics: -Why of all Mitzvos was this practiced in mitzrayim? -The unique hope in Kiddush Levana - R Chaim Shmuelevitz and the holocaust survivor -The value of the life of one with altzeimers or special needs -Why don’t women say Kiddush Levana? -The shelah’s shitta that women caused the moons problems -Why do we say Shalom Aleichem three times? -Why say it specifically Motzaei Shabbos? -Why repeat Aleinu afterwards? -Stories and Segulos in Kiddush Levana -A meaningful diyuk in comparison to krias yam suf

    39 min
  3. Shemos 5786 (Names and Neshamos) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    8 JAN

    Shemos 5786 (Names and Neshamos) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    Topics: -Names as mission statements for life -Why do we remember our names at the end of Shemoneh Esrei -Rav Dessler on why we won’t recognize ourselves in Gan Eden -The Goal of Eisav’s Malach, to make us forget our Names -The merit of not changing our names in Mitzrayim -The danger of changing one’s name when sick -Stories about Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld’s Crazy Gematriyos -The deeper meaning in Moshe’s name -Why do we wish reshaim’s name be wiped out? -Why are nicknames such a big deal in halacha? -The embarrassment of using a name to fit in with non jews -The maharam shick on last names -R Chaim and R Mordechai Eliyahu davening for the same name

    44 min
  4. Vayechi 5786 (Yesimcha K’efraim Umenashe) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    8 JAN

    Vayechi 5786 (Yesimcha K’efraim Umenashe) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    -Why don’t we bless to be “like Avraham” anymore? -The Pitfall in placing too many expectations upon our children -The first brothers in the Torah who didn’t fight -Focusing on the Positivity of Efraim and not the Negativity of Menashe -Blessing our Children to be Leshem Shamayim whatever their path -Why is this bracha davka given on Shabbos? -The only way to give a no strings attached bracha to a child -No aveiros can get in the way of bracha and shefa on Shabbos -How can we give a bracha of birkas kohanim when we are not? -The Lubavitcher Rebbe and the Gra -Should I bless with one hand or two? In Halacha and Kabbala -The same story about the Gra told in completely opposite ways -The extended nusach of Birchas Habanim -The mother as the main bracha giver Friday night

    36 min
  5. Vayigash 5786 (Yosef’s Secret to Success) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    25/12/2025

    Vayigash 5786 (Yosef’s Secret to Success) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    Topics ​Why did Yosef Expose his Bris Milah to his brothers?​How was it proof that it was him and not a circumcised Mitzri?​The story of Nasan of Tzutzisa and Chana the Eshes Ish​The trick for success your Yetzer Hara doesn’t want you to know​Yehoshua and Rachav paralleling Yosef and Eshes Potifar​The Zona of the 7 beds and Eshes Potifar​Being saved from wild animals in merit of the bris​Ramak on why Yosef did Milah to the Mitzrim in the first place​Yosef and Gerim, Yosef and 7 mitzvos of Noach​The three hidden treasures of Yosef

    36 min
  6. Vayeshev/Chanukah 5786 (The Letter Vav) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    11/12/2025

    Vayeshev/Chanukah 5786 (The Letter Vav) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    Topics: ​Why do all pesukim in Vayeshev start with the letter Vav other than 8?​The fight against the greeks and their nature only view​The danger in connecting to the wrong people - Misyavnim and Inquisition Spain​The power of Peretz and connection of Rus to Vayeshev​The theme of the missing 11, and this parsha’s twins fixing Yaakov and Eisav​The fight between Eisav and Yaakov over the letter Vav​The plot against Yosef to take his Vav​Yaakov and Yosef’s Reunion planting the seeds of the Chashmonaim’s Victory​Tetzaveh and its Vavs, Amalek and their Vavs

    42 min
  7. Vayishlach 5786 (Marrying Eisav - Why is Dina different from Leah?) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    04/12/2025

    Vayishlach 5786 (Marrying Eisav - Why is Dina different from Leah?) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    Topics: ​Why did Leah not marry Eisav and bring him back in Teshuva?​R Aharon Kotler on Personal Growth vs Affecting Others​The danger of frumkeit to crush empathy and emotion​Woman is like Shabbos for a Man​Why a woman is like a tail​The difference in Dina and Leah marrying Eisav in Neshamos​Yaakov Avinu suspecting Leah and her children of connection to Eisav​Would Eisav have done Teshuva just for Dina’s hand in marriage?​Doing the right thing with the wrong feeling

    40 min
  8. Vayeitzei 5786 (The Father Son Soul Connection) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    27/11/2025

    Vayeitzei 5786 (The Father Son Soul Connection) -Tzvi Eckhardt

    Topics: ​The “Malachim” Guarding Yaakov as his own Father’s Soul​The “ladder” of parents coming from Gan Eden to help their Children​The depths of a relationship that shares the same root of Neshama​Which Neshama comes to us as our extra neshama on Shabbos?​The Holiness we feel when our parent finishes purification in shamayim​”Will you say Kaddish when I die?” Stories from the other side​Why the Holy Kohen Gadol was sentenced to Gehennom​The crowning of Shmuel’s Father in Shamayim​A father’s last plea to their child - “Do not bury me in Mitzrayim”

    37 min
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Follow along each week as Tzvi Eckhardt delves into the parsha, exposing deep secrets, dabbling in mussar and profound topics!

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  • Creator
    Tzvi Eckhardt
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Tzvi Eckhardt
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