Torah keyed to the calendar
The through-line of this material is the Jewish calendar. The recorded divrei Torah cluster around the moadim and the seasons — a piece on Shavuos titled Ready to Come Home, one on the month of Adar built on the phrase Orah is Torah, and a Pesach talk on The Holiness of a Jew.
Keying Torah to the calendar gives each idea a natural moment. A thought on Adar lands hardest in Adar; a Shavuos piece resonates as the chag approaches — so the collection reads as a companion to the year's rhythm rather than a set of stand-alone lectures.
The festivals and their meaning
The holiday pieces reach past the mechanics of the chag toward its meaning. The Holiness of a Jew frames Pesach around Jewish identity and the redemption that formed a people; Ready to Come Home approaches Shavuos as a kind of return, fitting for the chag of receiving the Torah.
This is holiday Torah aimed at the why — what each festival is asking of a person — which is what turns observance into something felt rather than only performed.
Birkas HaTorah and the everyday
Not everything here is festival-bound. A piece on the importance of Birkas HaTorah takes up the bracha said each day before learning — a small, easily overlooked act that the shiur treats as anything but small.
Alongside notes tied to Rosh Chodesh and the shape of the Jewish month, it rounds out a collection concerned with the sanctity woven into ordinary Jewish time, not only its peaks.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Yitzchak Cohen's divrei Torah center on the moadim and the Jewish calendar.
- Holiday pieces include Shavuos (Ready to Come Home) and Pesach (The Holiness of a Jew).
- His talk on the month of Adar builds on the phrase Orah is Torah.
- A piece on Birkas HaTorah highlights the daily bracha said before learning.
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