Episodes

  • Emor - Filling the Void
    May 17 2024

    Our first podcast from our new home!

    Why are minor (underaged) kohanim mentioned specifically in the prohibition with the dead?

    What can disqualify a kohen from service?

    What can we learn from kohanim's prohibitions?

    Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.


    Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.


    Comments, questions and requests are welcome!

    Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

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    31 mins
  • Kedoshim - The Good and The Godly
    May 8 2024

    Why are the Ten Commandments repeated in this week's parsha?

    Why is Moshe told to gather ALL of the jewish people?

    What is special about the land of Israel?

    Is honoring your parents an interpersonal mitzvah or between us and God?

    What is "Kedushah"?

    Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.


    Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.


    Comments, questions and requests are welcome!

    Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

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    43 mins
  • Acharei Mos - Logic Vs. Emotion
    May 2 2024

    What was the reason for the death of Nadav and Avihu?

    What do driving and paskening Halacha have in common?

    Are human beings rational or emotional creatures?

    Is davening an emotional or rational experience?

    What can we learn from mindfulness meditation?


    Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.


    Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.


    Comments, questions and requests are welcome!

    Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

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    42 mins
  • Pesach - How to Celebrate Freedom in Today's Environment
    Apr 18 2024

    How to we celebrate the holiday of freedom, given the situation in Israel and the hostages that remain without any kind of freedom for over 6 months now?

    Rabbi Elchonon Cohen presents a number of ideas to help prepare for pesach in this difficult time.


    Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.


    Comments, questions and requests are welcome!

    Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

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    41 mins
  • Metzorah-Why Do We Speak About Others?
    Apr 17 2024

    Why is the Metorah required to leave the camp?

    What is the significance of the ingredients in the Metzorah purification?

    What do the names of the types of Tzara'as signify?

    What should we learn from the missile attack on Israel?


    Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.


    Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.


    Comments, questions and requests are welcome!

    Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

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    49 mins
  • Tazriah - (Spiritual) Life and Death
    Apr 11 2024

    Content warning: this episode discusses mature topics such as human reproduction. Listener discretion is advised.

    What is "tumah"?

    How are birth and death related?

    Why does a woman bring a sin offering after giving birth?

    What is tzara'as?

    What does this week's parsha teach us about our power as human beings?

    Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.


    Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.


    Comments, questions and requests are welcome!

    Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

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    46 mins
  • Shemini-How to Elevate Your Life?
    Apr 3 2024

    Why was Aharon so critical in the inauguration of the Mishkan? Did Aharon experience PTSD? It was "the eight day" of what? Why did Avraham need to be told to circumcise? What are well called upon to do with that which is given to us?

    Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.


    Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.


    Comments, questions and requests are welcome!

    Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

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    47 mins
  • Tzav - Dealing with the Daily Grind
    Mar 27 2024

    What is special about the way the Kohanim serve? Do financial incentives/disincentives really make a difference? Are habits good or bad? What can we learn from the sacrifices about our day to day life?


    Learn the answers to all of this, and more, on this week's episode of Toras Chaim.


    Toras Chaim: Meaningful Life Lessons from the Weekly Parsha, by Rabbi Elchonon Cohen.


    Comments, questions and requests are welcome!

    Instagram: @OvertimeCook or @Elchonon or via email: overtimecook@gmail.com

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    53 mins