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

Sefer Shemos begins with Paroh enslaving the Jewish People. But how was he able to do this, it was only a few short years earlier that Yosef had saved the entire country and built them into a world power! (8 minutes) … [Read more...]

Yaakov gives Menashe and Efraim the famous bracha of Hamalach Hagoel, but who really received the bracha? (8 minutes) … [Read more...]

The Torah tells us that Paroh sent wagons to help bring Yaakov to Mitzrayim. The pasuk later credits Yosef with sending these wagons. The pasuk also seems to indicate that the only reason Yaakov believed Yosef was really alive was because of these wagons. What is going on with these wagons? (9 … [Read more...]

AIMeM Torah would like to wish everyone a wonderful Chanukah! When Yosef meets his brothers, he puts them and his father, Yaakov, through a terrible emotional ordeal. The Ramban explains it was in order to make sure the dreams were fulfilled to the last detail. Were they really so important as to … [Read more...]

Baruch Hashem, this week we are celebrating our 50th episode! Thank you for listening and for your continued support. When Yaakov arrives in Charan, he meets and chats with a group of shepherds. It seems like an innocent conversation, but is there something going on beneath the surface? (9 … [Read more...]

While the story of Avraham takes three parshiyos, and Yaakov's takes even longer, Yitzchak's story fits into this one parsha. Why? Is the story of Yitzchak somehow less important? (13 minutes) … [Read more...]

The first pasuk of the parsha begs a famous question, why are the 127 years of Sarah's life written out as 100 and 20 and 7; what do we learn from this? A new perspective on a well-known question. (11 minutes) … [Read more...]

Sarah performed a tremendous chessed by allowing Hagar to marry Avraham. She did it in order to receive merit so that she would have a child as well. Did it work? (8 minutes) … [Read more...]