A teacher of Torah and business
Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg's recorded shiurim cover an unusually wide span: Talmud and Jewish philosophy on one side, and business and self-improvement on the other. That range is not incidental. He is well known for applying Torah wisdom to the practical worlds of business, marketing, and personal growth, and the catalogued subjects reflect exactly that combination.
The result is a teacher who moves comfortably between the study hall and everyday working life. A listener can come for insight into a sugya and stay for guidance on how to think, plan, and grow — all framed through a Torah lens. That pairing of the analytical and the applied is the through-line of his roughly fifty recordings.
Parsha through the lens of perception
Several of Rabbi Ginzberg's recordings take up the weekly parsha with a distinctive angle. His shiur on Parashas Ki Tavo is framed around perception — how the way we see our circumstances shapes our experience of them — while his talk on Parashas Nitzavim deals with obstacles and the perspective needed to meet them. These are not abstract readings; they pull a usable idea out of the text.
This approach fits his broader emphasis on mindset and growth. Rather than treating the parsha as history alone, he draws from it lessons a person can act on that week — about attitude, resilience, and how one frames a challenge. It is Torah study aimed squarely at the way a listener thinks and lives.
Honoring Torah giants and strengthening the home
Rabbi Ginzberg also devotes shiurim to the legacy of great Torah figures and to the Jewish home. One recording is an appreciation of the Ben Ish Chai — Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad — marking his yahrtzeit on the thirteenth of Elul, honoring a towering halachist and thinker on the day of his passing. It is a reminder that learning from the giants of earlier generations is itself a form of growth.
Closer to home, his Keiravtuni talks include a shiur on recognizing the hidden powers of every mother and father — the quiet, formative influence parents carry. Taken together, these recordings show a teacher concerned not only with ideas but with people: the ones who came before, and the ones raising the next generation now.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg's fifty recordings cover Talmud, business, self-improvement, and Jewish philosophy.
- He is known for applying Torah wisdom to business, marketing, and personal growth.
- His parsha talks — Ki Tavo on perception, Nitzavim on obstacles — draw practical, mindset lessons.
- He also honors Torah giants, such as his appreciation of the Ben Ish Chai on the 13th of Elul.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.