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

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...]

The beginning of the parsha showers Noach with praise; in fact, these praises have a deeper meaning into the reasons behind the Flood. (7 minutes) … [Read more...]

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy Succos from AIMeMTorah! The gemarah brings an argument if the succos the Bnei Yisrael had in the desert were made of the Ananei HaKavod or just regular wooden structures. If they were made of wood, why would the Torah bother telling us? (7 minutes) … [Read more...]

Perhaps the most integral part of Yom Kippur davening is the Viduy, the Confession, which we say ten times over the course of the day. Ten times! Why is it necessary to say it so many times? (10 minutes) … [Read more...]

We discuss how the different aspects of mitzvos allow us to connect to Hashem and better appreciate the mitzvah of Teshuvah, the main purpose of the upcoming holidays. (8 minutes) … [Read more...]