What is "tuma"(spiritual impurity)? How does it work? In this week's episode Rabbi Kohn give 2 explanations to help understand tuma. He also gives an insight from a story of "coincidence" that happened to him this week. Subscribe to The Practical Parsha Podcast. For questions or comments please email RabbiShlomoKohn@gmail.com.To listen to Rabbi Kohn's other podcast use this link- positiveperspectives.castos.com/

In this week's episode Rabbi Kohn discusses how as Jew the feelings of joy and sadness can coexist. How as people we have the ability to have total control over our emotions and how we can be happy and sad at the same time. He also discusses how we learn from Moshe be honest and admit a mistake when we are wrong. Lastly, he takes a lesson from the forbidden animal, the Chazir(pig), on how we should keep trying in life. Subscribe to The Practical Parsha Podcast. For questions or comments please email RabbiShlomoKohn@gmail.com. To listen to Rabbi Kohn's other podcast use this link- the-pirkei-avos-podcast.castos.com/

In this week's episode Rabbi Kohn discusses the difference between sympathy and empathy. From the Parsha we learn how Aaron Hakohen(the high priest) learnt about empathy when it came to offfering the sacrifices on th alter. He also dicusses the true way how to get to a spiritual "high". Suscribe to The Practical Parsha Podcast. For questions or comments please email RabbiShlomoKohn@gmail.com.To listen to Rabbi Kohn's other podcast use this link- the-pirkei-avos-podcast.castos.com/