ChabadTalk Podcast

Chabad.org: Tzvi Freeman

Listen to compelling podcasts by Tzvi Freeman and let him turn your world on its head as he probes the mysteries of life, purpose and the Jewish People.

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20 episodes
Updated Monday

Episodes20

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Monday · 13 min
What Is a Yetzer Hara and How Do I Get Rid of It?
The yetzer hara is an instinctive impulse for self-gratification (bad), embodied by the emotional responses of the beast within you.
Aug 21, 2025 · 10 min
How Does Kosher Work?
There’s an essential difference between kosher foods and non-kosher. And your body knows that difference.
Apr 2, 2025 · 22 min
Six Misconceptions of the Modern Mind
…and six new ways to understand your world
Jan 19, 2025 · 12 min
Holiness Is a Crack in the Wall
A practical guide to achieving the impossible
Dec 9, 2024 · 21 min
The Four Worlds
In any one space, at any one time, endless worlds of perception coincide.
Oct 30, 2024 · 18 min
Is AI the New Tower of Babel?
Can we get it right this time?
Aug 21, 2024 · 29 min
Three Steps to Focused Meditation: Chochmah, Binah, Da’at
The father, the mother, and the midwife of the mind
May 29, 2024 · 20 min
Seven Haggadah Passages That Must Bug You
The Hagagadah is alive, and nothing that’s alive can be made to fit into neat parcels of sensible data. But there's some leads.
May 29, 2024 · 15 min
We, the Jewish People, Are a Single Body
We’re human beings. How can the Torah expect you to not hold a grudge against someone who has hurt you?
Apr 15, 2024 · 19 min
How to Avoid Fanaticism, by Rabbi Akiva and His Students
Can you believe you have the truth, be ready to give your life for it, and nevertheless leave space for others?
Jan 16, 2024 · 21 min
God in Judaism
What are the traditional Jewish beliefs about G-d?
Dec 13, 2023 · 30 min
How Did Academia Fail So Badly?
Lurking beneath a scholar’s cloak on our best college campuses, the same raw hatred that Hitler’s professors rationalized persists. This time, sane academics must speak up and take action.
Nov 30, 2023 · 19 min
Clothing for the Soul
The Signature Element of Chabad Psychology that Few Understand
Nov 13, 2023 · 10 min
Should I Care What Other People Think of Me?
Instead of sweating over what everyone is thinking of you, spend that energy just being a nice guy.
Oct 31, 2023 · 5 min
Abraham’s Ultimate Test
Abraham constructed a ladder up to G-d. A ladder of insight and enlightenment. Then G-d pulled the ladder out from under him.
Oct 31, 2023 · 10 min
What I Told 1,200 Jewish Students Last Shabbat
Be Abraham. Take ownership. Shatter the narrative. Don’t let hatred define you.
Sep 18, 2023 · 14 min
So You’ve Got a Chunk of G-d Inside You
The story behind the divine soul
Sep 3, 2023 · 11 min
What Is a Soul?
Just as we invoke the existence of a force of gravity to explain things falling and an electromagnetic force to explain a host of otherwise very mysterious phenomena, so we invoke the existence of a soul-force to explain our inner experience of being alive, conscious, and self-directed.
Jun 2, 2023 · 30 min
Who Created G‑d?
The Classic Jewish Answer in Clear Modern English
May 10, 2023 · 8 min
Why the Torah Was Given to a Nation of Trauma Survivors
If you're going to bring the ultimate divine wisdom into the world, why are shattered souls the channel for its reception?