What does it feel like when we feel commanded? How does it relate to anxiety and fulfillment?

And would the world be better if rabbis had pointy sticks?

My conversation with Rabbi Saks opened up many paths, questions, and thoughts. Take a few minutes and join us for a thought provoking conversation.

Rabbi Jeffrey Saks is the founding director of ATID – The Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions in Jewish Education and its WebYeshiva.org program. He is the Editor of the Tradition journal. Rabbi Saks is the Series Editor of The S.Y. Agnon Library at The Toby Press, and Director of Research at the Agnon House in Jerusalem. He edited Wisdom From All My Teachers: Challenges and Initiatives in Contemporary Torah Education (Urim); To Mourn a Child: Jewish Responses to Neonatal and Childhood Death (OU Press); and authored Spiritualizing Halakhic Education (Mandel Foundation). He has published widely on Jewish thought, education, and literature.

What can I do to make Torah study more accessible? Do I need to be friends with my chavrusa (study-partner)? What should I be learning when I have the time? (Side note: do patents exist?)

Take a few minutes to listen Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier's reflections to find out and learn more!

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier has a very long bio!

He recently completed a PhD in Religious Studies at Yale University as well as studies in Yeshiva University’s Kollel Elyon. Shlomo is a Founder of The Lehrhaus and was formerly Director of OU-JLIC at Yale University. He has taught at Yale Divinity School, Yeshiva University (YC and Revel), Touro’s Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and Drisha and Tikvah programs. Shlomo has held the Flegg Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies at McGill University and the Research Fellowship at the Notre Dame Center for Philosophy of Religion, as well as the MFJC Advanced Torah Fellowship, and the Wexner and Tikvah Fellowships. He serves on the Editorial Committee of Tradition and has edited two books in contemporary Jewish theology.

Side note: patents do exist.

We want more than just to get by in life. How do we actually do something great?

Rabbi Ari Zucker has an excellent piece of advice to help us along.

Rabbi Ari Zucker is the Assistant Principle of Judaic Studies at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy. Previously a Rebbe and Director of Academic Services at the Skokie Yeshiva, Rabbi Zucker received Semicha at RIETS and holds an M.A. in Education from YU's Azrieli School for Education and Administration.