The Weekly Parsha - With Michoel Brooke

Closing time is coming for the year, and that countdown does something to your chest. With only seven days left before Rosh Hashanah, we ask the question many of us avoid saying out loud: how do you actually do Elul when life is calls, clients, commutes, kids, and fatigue, and you can’t live inside the beis medrash anymore? We walk through Parshas Nitzavim Vayelech and pull out the foundations it puts on the table: Jewish unity, the closeness and practicality of Torah, real free choice, Moshe’s

A sweatshirt slogan is easy. A life of gratitude is not. We start with the “Thank You Hashem” phenomenon and then go straight into Parshat Ki Tavo to uncover a mitzvah that feels like a full-blown gratitude parade: the first-fruits offering. Think ribbons on the first ripening fruit, a basket prepared with care, a community traveling together, songs on repeat, and a night spent in Jerusalem so the moment doesn’t evaporate. From there, we ask the uncomfortable questions: if everyone sees what’s

Elul doesn't have to be a month of vague pressure and guilt. Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg joins The Motivation Congregation to make teshuva painfully practical: stop collecting inspiration and start doing the work — paper, pen, and one brutally honest question, "Why does this keep happening?" That single shift turns Elul from intimidating to actionable, and makes Selichos, tefillah, and real change feel possible again heading into Rosh Hashanah. We also trace how Rabbi Eisenberg built his voice — f...