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

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...]

This week's parsha contains the second section of the Tochachah, the list of curses placed on Bnei Yisrael in case they do not continue on the Torah path. But why do we need a second list, one wasn't enough? (7 minutes) … [Read more...]

Sefer Devarim is Moshe's farewell address to the people, so he included only the most vital laws that the Nation needed to hear. But there appear to be a few halachos in this week's parsha that slipped through the filter. How did this happen? (6 minutes) … [Read more...]