The long running Dvar Torah blog, "Ancient Ideas for the Modern Mind", is now a podcast! Listen as Yosef Segal gives his weekly Dvar Torah and also discusses a variety of Torah topics including Chumash, Hashkafa, and Halacha

Dvar Torah for Parshas Lech Lecha

Hashem commands Avram to leave his homeland, his birthplace, his family, and to travel to Eretz Yisrael. The placement of this simple command in the Torah teaches us a whole lot more about Avraham's family and the depth of his greatness. (27 minutes) … [Read more...]

Dvar Torah for Parshas Vayeilech

Moshe Rabbeinu was the greatest leader in the history of the Jewish People. As we get closer to the end of the Torah, we discover more and more ways in which he continues to impact Jewish life until today. (7 minutes) … [Read more...]

Dvar Torah for Parshas Nitzavim

How do the commentaries get those crazy explanations from unrelated pesukim? A pasuk in this week's parsha shows how that entire question is completely false. (7 minutes) … [Read more...]

Dvar Torah for Parshas Ki Savo

Among the blessings and curses found in this week's parsha, an emphasis is placed on 'upholding' the Torah. What does this mean? And how is it different from not doing mitzvos? (5 minutes) … [Read more...]

Dvar Torah for Parshas Shoftim

Parshas Shoftim focuses on the authority and responsibility of the different leaders of Bnei Yisrael. If you look clsoe enough, you can see these concepts even in the seemingly unrelated mitzvos...(7 minutes) … [Read more...]

Dvar Torah for Parshas Shelach

The sin of the Spies directly led to the Bnei Yisrael wandering for forty years in the desert. But why were they sent in the first place? (7 minutes) … [Read more...]

Dvar Torah for Shavuos

Shavuos is the chag we connect to Hashem through the Torah. The common way is through study, but there are other ways of using the Torah to connect to Hashem. (7 minutes) … [Read more...]

Dvar Torah for Parshas Behar

Parshas Behar contains many technical halachos of business and everyday life. One such example is the issur of lending with interest, Ribbis. Interest is a major part of business, what is wrong with doing business this way that the Torah tells us this is not allowed? (7 minutes) … [Read more...]