Blood Brothers- SoulWords

Published by Rabbi Shais Taub

Education
Religion & Spirituality
Judaism

Rabbi Shais Taub has delivered Torah lectures and classes to audiences on six continents. He writes a popular weekly column in Ami Magazine and is the author of the bestselling book, G-d of Our Understanding: Jewish Spirituality and Recovery from Addiction as well as several groundbreaking works on Tanya including: the Tanya Map teaching tool, the Soul Maps curriculum, and the audio series Mapping the Tanya. He currently serves as scholar-in-residence at Chabad of the Five Towns in Cedarhurst, NY. His lectures and classes may be found on SoulWords.org.

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Blood Brothers- SoulWords

Published by Rabbi Shais Taub

Education
Religion & Spirituality
Judaism

Listen on Apple Podcasts

Recent episodes

We Need a Haircut (Again)

Mar 9, 20261 hr 4 min

The brothers reflect on the structure of Jewish mourning, the experience of saying Kaddish three times a day, and some of the strange, funny, and sometimes questionable moments that happen during Shiva. Along the way they explore the psychological wisdom built into the halachos of Aveilus, the strange transitional period of Aninus, and why communal […]

The Mourning Episode (Blood Brothers X)

Mar 17, 202555 min

The brothers talk about mourning and saying Kaddish after the passing of their father, of blessed memory.

Yom Kippur 5785 (Blood Brothers IX)

Oct 9, 20241 hr 38 min

Why aren't there two days of Yom Kippur? What makes Die Hard fun? What are the riddles of the rabbi of Baghdad? Brothers Shais and Dovid Taub discuss this and more on this latest edition of your favorite podcast.

Chanukah (Blood Brothers VIII)

Dec 8, 20231 hr 17 min

The Blood Brothers talk about miracle oil, saving lives, googly eyes, Chinese accident victims, flying to Martha's Vineyard with Alan Dershowitz, and lots of other stuff in this latest edition to their podcast.

Special Guest R' Bentzi Sudak (Blood Brothers VII)

Jul 24, 202233 min

On this episode, brothers Shais and Dovid Taub welcome a special guest, their old friend Rabbi Bentzi Sudak from London, UK who was getting ready for his son's bar mitzvah and needed help figuring out some stuff about the mystical bar mitzvah discourse about the meaning of Tefilin. And also the Rubik's cube.

Blood Brothers VI

Mar 30, 20221 hr 26 min

Live from SoulWords studios, a special live edition of the Taub Brothers speaking about all kinds of interesting stuff including: ventriloquists, McCarthyism, aliens, paganism, and springtime. As they say at Blood Brothers live, "Anything can happen, and it probably WILL!"

Blood Brothers V

Mar 29, 20221 hr 39 min

Live from SoulWords studios, a special live edition of the Taub Brothers speaking about all kinds of interesting stuff including: the lost continent of Atlantis, the color eigengrau, the four states of matter, the etymology of the word "quintessence," and whether Mah Nishtanah can be read as a rhetorical question. As they say at Blood […]

Sukkos (Blood Brothers IV)

May 18, 202046 min

After a hiatus, the Blood Brothers return with a special pre-Sukkos edition of their show. They discuss why cats are afraid of cucumbers as well as various examples of the "makif" encompassing force.

Shavuos (Blood Brothers III)

May 17, 202034 min

This third installment of our show is all about threes! Why was Torah given in the third month? Why does discovering the truth require three viewpoints? Why are there three stooges and to which three sefiros do they correspond according to kabbalah? This episode is dedicated in memory of Moshe Hersch ben Shlomo Nasan HaLevi […]

Lag B'Omer (Blood Brothers II)

May 10, 202043 min

If humor can be a "Trojan horse;" the difference between legitimate art and propaganda; how the National Security Administration can help you learn chasidus; the connection between the Rashbi, the Ari Zal, the Baal Shem Tov, and Moshiach; Laffy Taffy jokes; and much, much more. Buckle up for this 43-minute whirlwind conversation of deep Torah […]

Pesach Sheini (Blood Brothers I)

May 3, 202049 min

Topics from this episode include: Pesach Sheini; synagogue architecture; whether or not people with social anxiety tend to pray longer; if green laser pointers are more dangerous than red laser pointers; Chinese whispers, Chinese apples, and the Chinese government; and much, much more.