Torah for the parenting years
Much of Rabbi Shmuel Gluck's recorded teaching speaks straight to parents. A shiur like "Parenting - Dealing with Teenagers in Turbulent Times" takes on the actual strain of raising children today rather than trading in slogans. He works from Torah sources toward guidance a mother or father can use that week: how to talk to a teenager, when to hold firm, and when it is wiser to bend. The result is practical rather than theoretical.
That focus on the home is a through-line across his classes. He treats parenting as an avodah with its own patience, humility, and self-control required of the parent first. Because he speaks plainly and does not pretend the challenges are simple, parents and educators tend to return to his shiurim when they need something honest rather than comforting. The tone is candid, grounded, and clearly built from experience with real families.
One clear idea per parashah
Rabbi Gluck's parashah shiurim read the sedra for what it asks of us now. In "Parashat Pinchas: What Makes a Good King," he draws out leadership lessons; "Matot: When We Combine Good Deeds with a Bad One" wrestles with mixed motives inside a mitzvah. His series runs through the calendar - Masay, V'etchanan, and the rest - and each class tends to land on one usable takeaway rather than a survey of everything in the portion.
That discipline of isolating a single idea and building it carefully is what makes the classes work at a Shabbos table. A family can hear one insight, stated plainly, and talk it through together. It also gives the series continuity: the weekly portion stops feeling like disconnected stories and starts reading as one ongoing conversation, where the lesson of one week leans naturally into the next.
Middos and the Jewish calendar
Beyond parenting and parashah, Rabbi Gluck teaches middos and the rhythm of the year. A class such as "When Things Matter" presses listeners to sort what truly deserves their energy from what does not, tying good character to concrete daily decisions instead of leaving it as an abstraction. His work on the Kesuvim brings the same eye for the practical to texts that many learners rarely open on their own.
His shiurim on the moadim and Rosh Chodesh mark the turns of the Jewish year, looking at what each season is meant to accomplish and how to enter it prepared. Because one steady voice covers parenting, middos, parashah, and the calendar, the library holds together as a single body of teaching. Many listeners follow it week to week and season to season, which is exactly how it is built to be used.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Shmuel Gluck teaches practical parenting Torah, including guidance on raising teenagers in difficult times.
- His middos shiurim, such as "When Things Matter," tie character to everyday decisions rather than abstractions.
- His parashah classes isolate one clear, usable idea per sedra - Pinchas, Matot, Masay, and more.
- He also teaches the moadim, Rosh Chodesh, and Kesuvim, helping families move through the Jewish year with intention.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.