432. Shemini Atzeres - Finding Your Perfect Torah Level

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of studying what one desires, based on a Gemara teaching.

We explain the Gemara in Avodah Zara (19a) that a person should always study what they desire. This is a rendition of a class given at the HaTurim Congregation on Shemini Atzeres 5786.

People in this episode

Host: Yakov Bronsteyn

Topics covered

• Torah study
• Gemara
• Shemini Atzeres
• spiritual growth
• personal desire

Keywords

• Torah
• Gemara
• Avodah Zara
• Shemini Atzeres
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Gemara, Avodah Zara

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