The Ethics Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
TORCH
Show overview
The Ethics Podcast - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 307 episodes. That works out to roughly 180 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 25 min and 43 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 14 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 132 episodes published. Published by TORCH.
From the publisher
The Ethics Podcast is dedicated to exploring the authoritative book of Jewish Ethics, the Book of Mishnah titled “Ethics of our Fathers”. This book, called “Pirkei Avos” in Hebrew, is nearly 2,000 years old, and it is a compendium of the ethical aphorisms of the great Sages of Jewish history circa 300 BCE – 200 CE. Each episode begins with a biographical sketch of the Mishnah’s author culled from the Mishnaic, Talmudic, and Midrashic Literature, and shares some of the timeless lessons and applications of the teaching. Please email any questions, comments, or feedback to [email protected].
Latest Episodes
View all 307 episodesSharpening Teachers (6.6.46)
Studying with Intentionality (6.6.44-45)
Active Listening (6.6.43)
Asking and Answering (6.6.42)
Well-Grounded (6.6.41)
Truth and Peace (6.6.40)
Judging Favorably (6.6.39)
Bearing the Burden (6.6.38)
Unenthusiastic Judgment (6.6.37)
Swelled Heart (6.6.36)
Aversion to Honor (6.6.35)
Loving Rebuke (6.6.34)+ 2026 TORCH Fundraiser Pitch
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Loving Charities (6.6.32)
Charity is a big element of religious life. Our Sages tell us that the mitzvah of charity equals all the mitzvos of the Torah combined. But monetary charity is only one type of charity. There are many different types of charity, in the love of charities is a means to acquire higher levels of wisdom. […]
Loving Humanity (6.6.31)
Why dont humans naturally love each other? Why is there often discord and disunity? Humans are a strange bunch indeed. In this very interesting and stimulating podcast we offer three distinct ideas as to what exactly is meant by love of humanity and why that would serve as a means to acquire Torah. This Ethics […]
Loving God (6.6.30)
The requirement to love God is featured prominently in our religion. The Shema – the pledge of allegiance of our faith – contains the mitzvah to love God right after the first sentence of accepting his dominion. This is one of the six constant mitzvos. What is love and for God? How do we love […]
Beloved (6.6.30 Intro)
Torah was not given to angels. Torah was given to humans. One way to expand our ability to acquire Torah is by enhancing our humanity. The more human we are, the more we are a worthy receptacle of Torah. But what does it mean to be a human? This Ethics Podcast was originally released on […]
Sense of Mission (6.6.29)
We love Torah. Torah study is our national pastime and obsession. It is enjoyable; it is fun; it is interesting — but to acquire it – we have to now that it is imperative: It is as indispensable as water, oxygen and bread. This Ethics Podcast was originally released on the Ethics Podcast on Feb […]
Making Fences (6.6.28)
Humans are fallible. We are imperfect, yet we are tasked with being the stewards and the guardians of the perfect. We hold the Almighty’s Torah in our hands. We are tasked with perpetuating it from generation to generation and with rendering rulings in line with the will of God. The only way that we can […]
Joyous With Your Lot (6.6.27)
There is an unequal distribution of talents, gifts, abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. Everyone is different. Everyone is their own world. This applies both in the spiritual domain and in the material/physical domain. A believer who understands that the Almighty gives everyone exactly what they need must be joyous with their lot. Your lot is exactly […]