The Maggid of Melbourne

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Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper, the Maggid of Melbourne, invites us to join him on an exploration of a wide array of Jewish ideas and their relevance in our contemporary Jewish lives. The Maggid of Melbourne features both written and podcast series, each taking an in-depth look at a different Jewish topic. Whether you are interested in the laws of government according to halakha or learning about the spiritual practices of the Hasidic masters, you are sure to find inspiration with the Maggid of Melbourne, Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper.

Episode Date
Why Are Your Mercies a Fist?
May 20, 2024
The Tisch: Omer Obsession
May 01, 2024
Pidyon Shvuyim 8: Captured IDF Soldiers
Mar 31, 2024
Extracting from Deep Cisterns
Mar 29, 2024
Securing Captives’ Release
Feb 16, 2024
Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 7: Releasing Terrorists to Free Hostages
Jan 29, 2024
Trading Places with Captives
Jan 19, 2024
Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 6: Prepared to Pay
Dec 27, 2023
Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 5: Contact with the Outside
Dec 20, 2023
Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 4: Choosing to Stay
Dec 13, 2023
Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 3: The People Act
Nov 30, 2023
Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 2: Exorbitant Ransoms & Life-Threatening Incarceration
Nov 16, 2023
Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 1: Lauded Objective
Nov 09, 2023
Embracing Our Soldiers
Nov 08, 2023
Holy Darkness
Nov 02, 2023
Torah for Tough Times: Images of Atrocities – A Torah Perspective
Oct 17, 2023
Torah for Tough Times: Prayer for the Communities Attacked
Oct 17, 2023
Torah for Tough Times: Hallel During Wartime
Oct 16, 2023
Grab a Good Deed
Sep 12, 2023
Episode 18: Eternal Light
Aug 25, 2023
Episode 17: Dedication Plaques
Aug 24, 2023
Episode 16: Unfinished Synagogues
Aug 22, 2023
Episode 15: Structural Damage
Aug 21, 2023
Episode 14: Mysticism in Synagogue Design
Aug 18, 2023
Episode 13: Window Design
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 12: Smell and Sight
Aug 15, 2023
Episode 11: Windows for Prayer
Aug 14, 2023
Exploring Sacred Spaces 10: Karate Kicks on Synagogue Walls
Aug 11, 2023
Exploring Sacred Spaces 9: Menorah or Chanukiya
Aug 10, 2023
Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 8: Lions in Shul
Aug 09, 2023
Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 7: Holy Arks
Aug 08, 2023
Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 6: Halakhot of Air Conditioners
Aug 07, 2023
Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 5: Blessings at Eye Level
Aug 04, 2023
Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 4: Stepping up to Offer Blessings
Aug 03, 2023
Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 3: Tied to the Lectern – A Hasidic Tale
Aug 02, 2023
Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 2: Small Steps for Prayer Leaders
Aug 01, 2023
Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 1: Octagon Synagogues, Tradition, and Innovation
Jul 31, 2023
Synagogues of the Widow
Jul 25, 2023
Midrash Favouritism
Jul 20, 2023
Too Much Devekut
Jul 06, 2023
With God While Eating
Jun 15, 2023
Intense Devekut
Apr 19, 2023
Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Frankfurt Perspectives
Mar 02, 2023
Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Symbolic Pigs
Feb 23, 2023
Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Pork Prohibition
Feb 16, 2023
Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Do We Know Why?
Feb 09, 2023
Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Synthetic Swine
Feb 02, 2023
Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Bacon Evolution
Jan 26, 2023
Pigs in Jewish Law and Lore: Permitting the Forbidden
Jan 19, 2023
Making Oneself Pious
Nov 17, 2022
Is prozbul enough?
Sep 12, 2022
The Wedding that Linked the Belz, Vizhnitzer Hassidim Together
Jul 28, 2022
Admorit or Rebbetzin
Jul 13, 2022
Is There a License to Reinterpret the Torah Through Pronunciation?
Jun 12, 2022
The Mystical Importance of Location in Judaism
May 17, 2022
In the Wake of an Earthquake
Apr 26, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Music to My Ears
Apr 18, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Desert Manna
Apr 14, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Cuppa Coffee or Hot Chocolate
Apr 13, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: A Spoonful of Sugar
Apr 12, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Drink Your Asparagus
Apr 11, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Cashew Apples
Apr 10, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Surgically Removing the Heart of Palm
Apr 07, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Blessed Capers
Apr 06, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Making Sweet Lemons Out of Bananas
Apr 05, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Go Bananas
Apr 04, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Can a Fruit Become a Vegetable
Apr 03, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Passionfruit Perspectives
Mar 31, 2022
The Secret History of Jewish Women Publishing Hebrew Books
Mar 30, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Papaya Problems
Mar 30, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Eggplant Experiences
Mar 29, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: The Hidden Identity of Forbidden Fruits
Mar 28, 2022
Halakha of the Harvest: Identifying the Fruit of the Forbidden Tree
Mar 27, 2022
The Tisch: Flagship for Besht Torah
Mar 01, 2022
The Tisch: Transliteration Troubles, Pronunciation Preferences
Jan 26, 2022
The Tisch: In Jewish Law, Are Commandments About Intent Or Performance?
Jan 12, 2022
This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 8
Dec 07, 2021
The Tisch: Tanna Devei Eliyahu: The Divine, Legal Determination
Dec 06, 2021
This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 7
Dec 06, 2021
This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 6
Dec 05, 2021
This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 5
Dec 03, 2021
This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 4
Dec 02, 2021
This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 3
Dec 01, 2021
This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 2
Nov 30, 2021
This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 1
Nov 29, 2021
The Tisch: Wassilevsky’s Hasidic Super-Souls
Nov 02, 2021
Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 4: From Theory to Practice
Oct 06, 2021
Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 3: Water Cisterns, Trees, and the Needy
Oct 03, 2021
Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 2 – For the Sake of Non Jews and Sinners
Sep 29, 2021
Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 1 – A Land Flowing but Not with Water
Sep 23, 2021
Jewish Prayer Quorums in the Shadow of Corona: Congregating for Prayer when Congregating is Prohibited
Aug 29, 2021
Jewish Mourning Practices Under Lockdown and Quarantine: The COVID Kaddish Conundrum
Aug 29, 2021
The Tisch: Kotzk – Can Torah Be Transcribed?
Aug 29, 2021
The Tisch: Kotzk – Opening Doors with Writing
Aug 03, 2021
The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 10: Zur Hadassa
Jun 17, 2021
The Tisch: Count Your Hasidic Blessings
Jun 16, 2021
The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 9: Tel Aviv Radio
Jun 16, 2021
The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 8: Jerusalem Repentance
Jun 15, 2021
The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 7: Cologne Codes
Jun 14, 2021
The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 6: Provençal Metaphors
Jun 13, 2021
The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 5: Egyptian Experiences
Jun 10, 2021
The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 4: Spanish Lights
Jun 09, 2021
The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 3: Italian Lottery
Jun 08, 2021
The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 2: Israel Expatriates
Jun 07, 2021
The Tisch: Gerrer Obsession with Hasidic Manna
Jun 06, 2021
The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 1: Djerban Yearning
Jun 06, 2021
The Tisch: Hand, Mouth, or Mind
May 23, 2021
The Tisch: Manna in the Hasidic Beit Midrash
May 04, 2021
The Tisch: Pandemic Kaddish
Apr 06, 2021
The Tisch: Rabbi Akiva Eger’s Advice: Follow the Doctor’s Orders
Mar 03, 2021
The Tisch: An Amulet to Cure a Pandemic
Feb 09, 2021
This Covid Life Episode 5: Tools for answering Halakhic questions
Feb 03, 2021
This Covid Life Episode 4: The Realm of Jewish Law
Feb 03, 2021
This Covid Life Episode 3: Bless the beginning, bless the end
Feb 03, 2021
This Covid Life Episode 2: Vaccination on Shabbat
Feb 03, 2021
This Covid Life Episode 1: Rabbi, is there a blessing on vaccination?
Feb 03, 2021
The Tisch: Truth in Inaccurate Stories
Jan 06, 2021
The Tisch: Speaking, Writing, Publishing
Nov 10, 2020
The Tisch – Hourly Charity
Sep 30, 2020
The Tisch: The Book of Life and the Plague
Sep 09, 2020
Laws of Government: Never Tell a Lie?
Aug 30, 2020
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Aug 24, 2020
*Coronavirus Special* The Mystery of the Book of Life
Aug 16, 2020
The Tisch: Fasting During a Pandemic
Jul 28, 2020
A Shot of Torah: *Coronavirus Special* Fasting during a pandemic
Jul 09, 2020
*Coronavirus Special* Korah and Spiritual Spaces
Jun 23, 2020
Laws of Government: Agreements under false pretences
Jun 17, 2020
Laws of Government: Legally breaking political promises
Jun 17, 2020
The Tisch: Can the Incense Prayer be used to Combat Plagues?
Jun 17, 2020
*Coronavirus Special* Laws of Government: Outdoor prayers on Friday night
May 06, 2020
*Coronavirus Special* Laws of Government: Torah Reading without calling people up
May 06, 2020
The Tisch: Hassidim and the 1786 plague in Tiberias
May 05, 2020
Laws of Government: Preserving life and honouring political agreements
Mar 22, 2020
*Coronavirus Special* Laws of Government: Megillah Live!
Mar 08, 2020
*Coronavirus Special* Laws of Government: Halakha and the Health Ministry
Mar 08, 2020
The Tisch: Not Too Many L’Chaims!
Mar 05, 2020
Laws of Government: Is it a Mitzvah to vote?
Mar 01, 2020
Laws of Government: Keep your political promises
Feb 25, 2020
Laws of Government: The Halakhic Attorney General
Feb 09, 2020
The Tisch: Acrostic Artistry
Feb 05, 2020
Laws of Government: The Marketplace of Life
Feb 04, 2020
Laws of Government: Djerba in Jerusalem
Jan 13, 2020
Laws of Government: Bars of Gold
Dec 29, 2019
Laws of Government: Shoes and Cars
Dec 15, 2019
The Tisch: Printing and Popularity
Dec 05, 2019
Laws of Government: Nuclear Football
Dec 01, 2019
Laws of Government: Entourages
Nov 19, 2019
The Tisch: Hasidic Herring
Nov 05, 2019
The Tisch: Jailhouse Rock
Nov 05, 2019
Yah Echsof: Hidden Depth
Nov 03, 2019
Yah Echsof: Paratext
Oct 22, 2019
Yah Echsof: Conduct Counsel
Oct 06, 2019
Yah Echsof – Last Will and Testament
Sep 16, 2019
Confessing Good Deeds 10: Historical Fragments
Aug 20, 2019
Confessing Good Deeds 9: Maggid of Melbourne responds to listeners
Aug 12, 2019
Confessing Good Deeds 8: Who does it today?
Aug 04, 2019
Confessing Good Deeds 7: Renewing a forgotten mitzvah
Jul 28, 2019
Confessing Good Deeds 6: Giving ourselves positive encouragement
Jul 21, 2019
Confessing Good Deeds 5: Sanctity of Speech
Jul 14, 2019
Confessing Good Deeds 4: Priests Regrettably Replace Firstborns
Jul 07, 2019
Confessing Good Deeds 3: Why must the needy wait for a handout?
Jun 30, 2019
Confessing Good Deeds 2: Keep mitzvot and be ashamed
Jun 23, 2019
Confessing Good Deeds 1: A couple of triennial commandments
Jun 17, 2019
The Tisch: Stretching Out Prayer
Jun 04, 2019
The Tisch: Two Roads Diverged
May 27, 2019
A Shot of Torah: Beresheet and New Moons
May 21, 2019
A Shot of Torah: Yom Hashoah – Komemiyut: Walking upright
Apr 28, 2019
A Shot of Torah: Or Haganuz 7: What should you do with hidden light
Apr 07, 2019
The Tisch: Rabbi Shlomo Of Munkatch On Purim
Mar 25, 2019
A Shot of Torah: Or Haganuz 6: Praying for access to hidden light
Mar 24, 2019
A Shot of Torah – Or Haganuz 5: The Besht mystically accesses hidden light
Mar 03, 2019
A Shot of Torah – Or Haganuz 4: What did the Besht see in the Holy Land?
Feb 17, 2019
The Tisch: Sensitive Food, Sensitive People
Feb 14, 2019
A Shot of Torah – Or Haganuz: What can you do with the light? Episode 3
Feb 04, 2019
A Shot of Torah – Lessons from Nature
Jan 20, 2019
A Shot of Torah – Or Haganuz: Where is the light? Episode 2
Jan 06, 2019
The Tisch: Sing a Song
Dec 24, 2018
A Shot of Torah – Or Haganuz: The Earliest Mention, Episode 1
Dec 23, 2018
A Shot of Torah – Pray for Rain
Dec 11, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Know Before Whom You Stand
Nov 21, 2018
The Tisch: Disentangling Facts from Myth
Nov 20, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Meditate Under the Tallit
Nov 11, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Under the Tallit
Oct 29, 2018
A Shot of Torah: From Tishrei to Heshvan
Oct 15, 2018
A Shot of Torah for Bereishit: Adam – Where are you?
Oct 02, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Circumcision on Shabbat
Sep 16, 2018
Shtreimel Variations: The History of a Hat
Sep 12, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Circumcision on Rosh Hashana
Sep 03, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Exporting Israeli Produce
Aug 13, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Making a Sanctuary for God
Aug 13, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Two Tablets
Jul 15, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Stealing some time
Jul 08, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Halakha and The World Cup
Jun 26, 2018
A Shot of Torah: To Receive or Not to Receive
Jun 13, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Give Jacob Truth (Micah 7:20)
May 27, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Simple Stories, Deep Ideas
May 14, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Serving in the Israeli Army
May 01, 2018
A Shot of Torah: The Laws of the Flag
Apr 17, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Special Torah for a Groom
Apr 09, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Laws of War
Mar 26, 2018
The Tisch: Who Can Learn Torah?
Mar 20, 2018
A Shot of Torah: The Role of Women
Mar 13, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Shabbat Army service
Mar 04, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Plow the Fields on Shabbat!
Feb 11, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Keeping Shabbat
Jan 28, 2018
The Tisch: A Beloved Sapling
Jan 27, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Bo — New Moon, New Selves
Jan 14, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Spread Your Wings
Jan 08, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Tips for Going into Exile
Jan 02, 2018
A Shot of Torah: Commemorating November 29, 1947
Dec 25, 2017
A Shot of Torah: UN Partition Plan: November 29 or Chaf-Tet?
Dec 21, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Checking Your Status
Dec 03, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Praying After the Balfour Declaration
Nov 19, 2017
The Tisch: The Charm of Cholent
Nov 13, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Noach — Ultimate Righteousness
Nov 05, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Noach the Drunkard
Oct 23, 2017
The Tisch: How to Get a Good Etrog
Oct 15, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Noach — What’s so bad about planting a vineyard?
Oct 15, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Shabbat Bereishit
Oct 10, 2017
The Tisch: Relying on Others
Sep 30, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Make Your Children Proud
Sep 24, 2017
The Tisch: Anti-American Hassidism
Sep 15, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Journeys and Destinations
Sep 10, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Welcoming Guests
Aug 27, 2017
A Shot of Torah: The Promise to Zion (Psalms 132)
Aug 12, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Equanimity (Psalms 131)
Jul 30, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Like Guards Yearn for the Morning (Psalms 130)
Jul 25, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Like Grass on the Roof (Psalms 129)
Jul 02, 2017
A Shot of Torah: The Blessing of Fearing the Almighty (Psalms 128)
Jun 18, 2017
The Tisch: Democratizing the Mystical Experience
Jun 12, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Arrow Children (Psalms 127)
Jun 04, 2017
The Tisch: Counting for Unity
May 25, 2017
A Shot of Torah: We Were Like Dreamers (Psalms 126)
May 21, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Mountains and Winding Paths to Peace (Psalms 125)
May 07, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Deep Faith (Psalms 124)
Apr 23, 2017
The Tisch: Pre-Passover Prayers
Apr 15, 2017
The Tisch: Overcoming the Talmud Stumbling Block
Mar 29, 2017
A Shot of Torah: God Showing Favor (Psalms 123)
Mar 26, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Never Tell a Lie… in Istanbul
Mar 14, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Jerusalem — City of Friends (Psalms 122)
Feb 26, 2017
The Tisch: Happy Birthday
Feb 23, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Romance and Shadows (Psalms 121)
Feb 14, 2017
A Shot of Torah: ​Peace and Deceit (Psalms 120)
Jan 30, 2017
The Tisch: Breaking Barriers
Jan 16, 2017
A Shot of Torah – What’s Your Mouth For?
Jan 15, 2017
A Shot of Torah: Hanukah – Why do we Celebrate for 8 Days?
Dec 22, 2016
A Shot of Torah: Sanctifying Where you Eat
Dec 19, 2016
The Tisch: Of “Spodiks” and “Shtreimels”, Part 2
Dec 19, 2016
A Shot of Torah: Hope for the Next Generation
Dec 04, 2016
A Shot of Torah: Reading the Torah Part 4: Set Prayer
Nov 20, 2016
A Shot of Torah: Reading the Torah Part 3: Under the Wedding Canopy
Nov 07, 2016
The Tisch: Opposing the Written Word
Nov 01, 2016
A Shot of Torah: Reading the Torah Part 2: First Fruits
Oct 27, 2016
The Tisch: On the Wings of Angels
Sep 17, 2016
The Tisch: Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev and the Greek Citron
Sep 17, 2016
A Shot of Torah: Reading the Torah Part 1
Sep 14, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Torah Scroll
Aug 31, 2016
The Tisch: Going it Alone
Aug 17, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Mi Shebarach
Aug 16, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Asking for Rain
Jul 27, 2016
The Tisch: Hassidic Torah?
Jul 17, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Names, Language and Clothing Revisited
Jul 12, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: My Friend Comes Late to Services
Jun 27, 2016
The Tisch: Of “Spodiks” and “Shtreimels”
Jun 17, 2016
The Maggid of Mebourne: Are you in Favor or Not?: Opposing Rabbi Levi Yitzhak Part 2
Jun 15, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Opposing Rabbi Levi Yitzhak Part 1
May 29, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Waving in Turkey Part 8 – A Wave Goodbye to the Turkish Gesture
May 19, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Waving in Turkey Part 7 – Waving in Manuscript
May 04, 2016
The Tisch: Replay the High Holy Days
Apr 17, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Waving in Turkey Part 6 — Kabbalistic Waving
Apr 07, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Waving in Turkey Part 5 – A Short Detour From Waving
Mar 23, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Waving in Turkey Part 4 – Waving in Livorno
Mar 09, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Waving in Turkey Part 3 – Izmir
Feb 23, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Waving in Turkey Part 2 – How did the Ben Ish Hai Wave?
Feb 09, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Waving in Turkey
Jan 28, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Names, Language and Clothing
Jan 12, 2016
The Maggid of Melbourne: Unity and Individuality
Dec 30, 2015
The Maggid of Melbourne: Reacting to Loneliness
Dec 20, 2015
The Maggid of Melbourne: What’s the Point of Midrash?
Nov 23, 2015
The Maggid of Melbourne: Have a Beer with Levi
Nov 16, 2015
The Maggid of Melbourne: Our Name and Beyond…
Nov 04, 2015
The Maggid of Melbourne: The Individual Nature of Spiritual Quests
Nov 04, 2015
The Maggid of Melbourne: Levi Cooper on Shalom Zakhar
Oct 21, 2015
The Maggid of Melbourne: There is no Replacement for a Brother
Oct 12, 2015
The Maggid of Melbourne: Hakhel — Should we Bring Children to Shul?
Sep 21, 2015
The Tisch: Bertie Bott’s Beans and Biblical Manna
Jul 22, 2015
The Tisch: Depriving of Livelihood – Part 2
Feb 28, 2013