Rav Akiva Zweig's Podcast

The Psychology Behind the Parsha

Sukkos, Sh’mini Atzeres, & Simchas Torah

The Joys of Significance & Togetherness 

🙏 Month of Tishrei Classes are sponsored by Dr Yoram Padeh and family in memory of his father, R’ Asher Shmuel Aryeh ben Shlomo Yehuda and mother, Leah bat Yaakov, with gratitude to Hashem for bringing us to the precipice of the Final Redemption!  May this year fully reveal all of Hashem’s marvelous blessings for His people and for the world!  If Rabbi Akiva (of the Talmud) laughed seeing a fox, we should be celebrating joyously given how close we are!  Thank you to our R’ Akiva for teaching us the wisdom of Hashem’s Torah and accelerating our redemption!

🙏 Please davven for Aliyos N’shamos for Chana Malka bas Yehoshua Leib and Yosef Yehuda ben Yehoshua Leib. 

🙏 Please also pray for Refu’ah Sh’leima for Perel Sasha bas Meril Rivka, Binyamin ben Lillian Lily, Ya’akov ben Malka Mattel, Rachamim Sasson Rafael ben Bracha Fruma Gittel, Baruch Yehoshua Yisrael ben Sima and all Cholei Yisrael.

The Henry and Lisa Manoucheri Parsha Shiur 

Parshas Ha’azinu - Yom Kippur
(September 2026 - Tishrei 5787) 

To Believe in Change is Divine

Month of Tishrei Classes are sponsored by Dr Yoram Padeh and family in memory of his father, R’ Asher Shmuel Aryeh ben Shlomo Yehuda and mother, Leah bat Yaakov, with gratitude to Hashem for bringing us to the precipice of the Final Redemption!  
May this year fully reveal all of Hashem’s marvelous blessings for His people and for the world!  If Rabbi Akiva (of the Talmud) laughed seeing a fox, we should be celebrating joyously given how close we are!  
Thank you to our R’ Akiva for teaching us the wisdom of Hashem’s Torah and accelerating our redemption!

Please davven for Aliyos N’shamos for Chana Malka bas Yehoshua Leib and Yosef Yehuda ben Yehoshua Leib. 

Please also pray for Refu’ah Sh’leima for Perel Sasha bas Meril Rivka, Binyamin ben Lillian Lily, Ya’akov ben Malka Mattel, Rachamim Sasson Rafael ben Bracha Fruma Gittel, Baruch Yehoshua Yisrael ben Sima and all Cholei Yisrael.

The Psychology Behind the Parsha

Parshas Ha’azinu - 
Yom Kippur
(September 2026 - Tishrei 5787) 

The Fulcrum of Creation

Month of Tishrei Classes are sponsored by Dr Yoram Padeh and family in memory of his father, R’ Asher Shmuel Aryeh ben Shlomo Yehuda and mother, Leah bat Yaakov, with gratitude to Hashem for bringing us to the precipice of the Final Redemption!  
May this year fully reveal all of Hashem’s marvelous blessings for His people and for the world!  If Rabbi Akiva (of the Talmud) laughed seeing a fox, we should be celebrating joyously given how close we are!  
Thank you to our R’ Akiva for teaching us the wisdom of Hashem’s Torah and accelerating our redemption!

Please davven for Aliyos N’shamos for Chana Malka bas Yehoshua Leib and Yosef Yehuda ben Yehoshua Leib. 

Please also pray for Refu’ah Sh’leima for Perel Sasha bas Meril Rivka, Binyamin ben Lillian Lily, Ya’akov ben Malka Mattel, Rachamim Sasson Rafael ben Bracha Fruma Gittel, Baruch Yehoshua Yisrael ben Sima and all Cholei Yisrael.

The Henry and Lisa Manoucheri Parsha Shiur 

Rosh HaShana 
(September 2026-
Elul 5786) 

To Acknowledge Reality, Establish Significance, & Proclaim Infinite Good 

Plus 

Major Decisions and a Life of Consecution 

Month of Elul Classes are sponsored by Nat and Etty Perez and family in memory of our dearest dad, David Ben Messoda z”tl, on his Hazkara. Once an Israeli soldier at war, he was also a leader who was deeply just and cared for all, especially his own and he had a heart of gold. 
May these words of Torah be for the elevation of his neshama.

Please davven for Aliyos N’shamos for Chana Malka bas Yehoshua Leib and Yosef Yehuda ben Yehoshua Leib. 

Please also pray for Refu’ah Sh’leima for Perel Sasha bas Meril Rivka, Binyamin ben Lillian Lily, Ya’akov ben Malka Mattel, Rachamim Sasson Rafael ben Bracha Fruma Gittel, Baruch Yehoshua Yisrael ben Sima and all Cholei Yisrael.

The Psychology Behind the Parsha

Rosh HaShana 
(September 2026 - 
Elul 5786) 

Feckless Skepticism Or  Euphoric Accountability

🙏 Month of Elul Classes are sponsored by Nat and Etty Perez and family in memory of our dearest dad, David Ben Messoda z”tl, on his Hazkara. Once an Israeli soldier at war, he was also a leader who was deeply just and cared for all, especially his own and he had a heart of gold. May these words of Torah be for the elevation of his neshama.

🙏 Please davven for Aliyos N’shamos for Chana Malka bas Yehoshua Leib and Yosef Yehuda ben Yehoshua Leib. 

🙏 Please also pray for Refu’ah Sh’leima for Perel Sasha bas Meril Rivka, Binyamin ben Lillian Lily, Ya’akov ben Malka Mattel, Rachamim Sasson Rafael ben Bracha Fruma Gittel, Baruch Yehoshua Yisrael ben Sima and all Cholei Yisrael.

The Henry and Lisa Manoucheri Parsha Shiur

Parshiyos Nitzavim & VaYeilech 

Discerning Our True Heart

🙏Month of Elul Classes are sponsored by Nat and Etty Perez and family in memory of our dearest dad, David Ben Messoda z”tl, on his Hazkara. Once an Israeli soldier at war, he was also a leader who was deeply just and cared for all, especially his own and he had a heart of gold. 
May these words of Torah be for the elevation of his neshama.

🙏Please davven for Aliyos N’shamos for Chana Malka bas Yehoshua Leib and Yosef Yehuda ben Yehoshua Leib. 

🙏Please also pray for Refu’ah Sh’leima for Perel Sasha bas Meril Rivka, Binyamin ben Lillian Lily, Ya’akov ben Malka Mattel, Rachamim Sasson Rafael ben Bracha Fruma Gittel, Baruch Yehoshua Yisrael ben Sima and all Cholei Yisrael.

The Psychology Behind the Parsha 

Parshiyos Nitzavim & VaYeilech  

Protecting Our Minds

🙏 Month of Elul Classes are sponsored by Nat and Etty Perez and family in memory of our dearest dad, David Ben Messoda z”tl, on his Hazkara. Once an Israeli soldier at war, he was also a leader who was deeply just and cared for all, especially his own and he had a heart of gold. May these words of Torah be for the elevation of his neshama.

🙏 Please davven for Aliyos N’shamos for Chana Malka bas Yehoshua Leib and Yosef Yehuda ben Yehoshua Leib. 

🙏 Please also pray for Refu’ah Sh’leima for Perel Sasha bas Meril Rivka, Binyamin ben Lillian Lily, Ya’akov ben Malka Mattel, Rachamim Sasson Rafael ben Bracha Fruma Gittel, Baruch Yehoshua Yisrael ben Sima and all Cholei Yisrael.

The Henry and Lisa Manoucheri Parsha Shiur 

Parshas Ki Savo
(August 2026 - Elul 5786) 

Building Resilience in the Next Generation 
&
Conquering Philosophical Blindness 

Month of Elul Classes are sponsored by Nat and Etty Perez and family in memory of our dearest dad, David Ben Messoda z”tl, on his Hazkara. Once an Israeli soldier at war, he was also a leader who was deeply just and cared for all, especially his own and he had a heart of gold. 
May these words of Torah be for the elevation of his neshama.

Please davven for Aliyos N’shamos for Chana Malka bas Yehoshua Leib and Yosef Yehuda bas Yehoshua Leib. 

Please also pray for Refu’ah Sh’leima for Perel Sasha bas Meril Rivka, Binyamin ben Lillian Lily, Ya’akov ben Malka Mattel, Rachamim Sasson Rafael ben Bracha Fruma Gittel, Baruch Yehoshua Yisrael ben Sima and all Cholei Yisrael.

The Psychology Behind the Paraha

Parshas Ki Savo

Activating the Jews

🙏 Month of Elul Classes are sponsored by Nat and Etty Perez and family in memory of our dearest dad, David Ben Messoda z”tl, on his Hazkara. Once an Israeli soldier at war, he was also a leader who was deeply just and cared for all, especially his own and he had a heart of gold. May these words of Torah be for the elevation of his neshama.

🙏 Please davven for Aliyos N’shamos for Chana Malka bas Yehoshua Leib and Yosef Yehuda bas Yehoshua Leib. 

🙏 Please also pray for Refu’ah Sh’leima for Perel Sasha bas Meril Rivka, Binyamin ben Lillian Lily, Ya’akov ben Malka Mattel, Rachamim Sasson Rafael ben Bracha Fruma Gittel, Baruch Yehoshua Yisrael ben Sima and all Cholei Yisrael.

The Henry and Lisa Manoucheri Parsha Shiur 

Parshas Shof’tim -  Rosh Chodesh Elul
(August 2026 - Elul 5786) 

Kings, Wars, and Tragedies 

Plus

HEARING the Shofar of OUR Redemption 

Month of Elul Classes are sponsored by Nat and Etty Perez and family in memory of our dearest dad, David Ben Messoda z”tl, on his Hazkara. Parashat Shoftim is a befitting expression of his memory; Once an Israeli soldier at war, he was also a leader who was deeply just and cared for all, especially his own and a heart of gold. 
May these words of Torah be for the elevation of his neshama.

Please davven for Aliyos N’shamos for Chana Malka bas Yehoshua Leib and Yosef Yehuda bas Yehoshua Leib as well as Dovid ben Ephraim Zisha- Dovi Melcer

Please also pray for Refu’ah Sh’leima for Perel Sasha bas Meril Rivka, Binyamin ben Lillian Lily, Ya’akov ben Malka Mattel, Rachamim Sasson Rafael ben Bracha Fruma Gittel, Baruch Yehoshua Yisrael ben Sima and all Cholei Yisrael.