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Elul 14 - The Three Rungs of Teshuvah: Pain, Fear and Love
Drawing from Tractate Yoma 86a, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explores the Talmud’s declaration: “Great is teshuvah, for it brings healing to the world.” The Gemara describes repe...
Elul 13 - A Real Relationship with Hashem (With the CHAZAQ Podcast)
In this wide-ranging conversation with Chazak’s Torah Talks, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe shares the personal journey that shaped his commitment to Torah growth and outreach. At ...
Elul 12 - The Heavenly Courtroom: Preparing Your Case for Life
Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe opens with the language of judgment, indictments, and mugshots to describe the approaching day of Rosh Hashanah. Yet the heavenly courtroom is unlike...
Elul 11 - Teshuvah: From Distance to Divine Closeness
Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explains that the High Holiday season carries its own spiritual atmosphere—a season of judgment, accountability, and personal responsibility. Rosh Ha...
Elul 10 - No Regrets: Stop Looking Back and Start Moving Forward
Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe begins with the painful story of a seventy-year-old man who wished he had reordered his priorities decades earlier—placing greater emphasis on buildi...
Elul 9 - One Small Step: The Elul Strategy That Lasts
In this episode, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe presents one of the most important tools for spiritual growth during Elul: never try to transform yourself by making an unsustainabl...
Elul 8 - Elul to Yom Kippur: 40 Days to Transformation
Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explores the distinctive meaning of the number forty in Judaism. Forty appears repeatedly at moments of creation and transformation: the Flood lasted...
Elul 7 - Beginnings Matter: Why You Shouldn’t Just “Show Up” to Rosh Hashanah
Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explores the extraordinary power of beginnings. Drawing on examples involving Abraham, Noah, Rav Chia, the rededication of the Temple at Hanukkah, yo...
Why Hashem Lets Us Make Mistakes [Day 193 - Orchos Tzaddikim | Fear of Heaven 9]
In Day 193 of The Ways of the Righteous (Orchot Tzaddikim), in the Gate of Fear of Heaven, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe continues exploring the remarkable ways human beings refle...
Elul 6 - The Prayer Hashem Loves Most
Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe addresses a fundamental question about repentance: Can someone knowingly continue doing wrong, arrive on Yom Kippur, ask for forgiveness, and expect ...
Unlocking Your God-Given Potential [Day 192 - Orchos Tzaddikim | Fear of Heaven 8]
In Day 192 of The Ways of the Righteous (Orchot Tzaddikim), in the Gate of Fear of Heaven, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explores the extraordinary greatness and potential Hashem ...
Elul 5 - Erasing the Past: Hashem’s Gift of Forgiveness
Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe contrasts the limited way human beings often forgive with the boundless mercy of Hashem. When someone repeatedly wrongs us—even after apologizing—we ...
Elul 4 - Pray Like a Child: The Courage to Keep Asking
In Chodesh Elul, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe reflects on Moshe’s ascent of Mount Sinai and his plea for forgiveness after the sin of the Golden Calf. Rather than demanding guara...
Elul 3 - Today Is the Day: Begin Your Elul Transformation Today
Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe compares spiritual growth to beginning a diet: the most common promise is, “I’ll start tomorrow,” but lasting change can only begin today. Tomorrow a...
Elul 2 - Hashem Is Our Investor: Preparing Your Case for Rosh Hashanah
On the first day of Elul, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explains that meaningful renewal does not happen automatically. Rosh Hashanah may be the day on which we become a “new crea...
Elul 1 - 40 Days to Become a New Person
In this opening episode on Elul, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe presents Rosh Chodesh as a recurring opportunity for renewal. Just as Rosh Hashanah invites us to examine the year a...
Why the Universe Was Created for You [Day 191 - Orchos Tzaddikim | Fear of Heaven 7]
In Day 191 of The Ways of the Righteous (Gate of Fear of Heaven), Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explains that while human beings are given dominion over creation, that authority c...
Feed Your Soul, Not Just Your Body [Day 190 - Orchos Tzaddikim | Fear of Heaven 5]
In Day 190 of The Ways of the Righteous (Gate of Fear of Heaven), Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe continues exploring the three dimensions of the human soul: the nefesh, ruach, and ...
Why Temptation Gets Stronger When You Get Closer [Day 189 - Orchos Tzaddikim | Fear of Heaven 4]
In this lesson from the Gate of Fear of Heaven (Shaar Yirat Shamayim), Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explores the deeper structure of the human soul through the concepts of nefesh...
Your Soul Is Royalty [Day 188 - Orchos Tzaddikim | Fear of Heaven 3]
In this lesson from the Gate of Fear of Heaven (Shaar Yirat Shamayim), Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe continues the powerful parable of the royal soul. The human neshamah is compar...