Sinner Man

Rabbi Lazer Brody tells the story of the Sinner Man from the Gemara, tractate Avoda Zara 17a, and Shlomo Katz puts it to song during a moving evening of song and inspiration in Ramat Bet Shemesh, Israel, November, 2009

The Story of Rebbe Mattia ben Charash

Rabbi Lazer Brody takes us to the Lower Galilee in the vicinity of the Arab village Ilaboun to visit the holy gravesite of Rebbe Mattia ben Charash, where we learn about the importance of personal holiness and guarding our eyes

Pentakika: The Story of a Simple Jew

Rabbi Lazer Brody tells the story of Pentakika from Tractate Taanit of the Yerushalmi Gemara. Pentakika seemed to be the lowest Jew on the social ladder, for he was the caretaker of a brothel. Yet, his prayers were more powerful than those of the generation's greatest rabbis... the moral - never look down at another human being, no matter how insignificant he may seem. He could be a hidden tzaddik...

The Coolest Thing in Town

Do you know who invented the surfboard? Hand-to-hand combat? Yiddishkeit is the coolest thing in town...