Why does the Gemara single out Mincha as the tefillah that needs extra care, and why was Eliyahu answered on Har HaCarmel specifically at Mincha? Shacharis is the first thing we do in the morning and the longest davening, so what is so special about a tefillah in the middle of the day? This week starts with Yitzchak going out to the field toward evening and the Tur's answer. A hidden gem in Eshes Chayil, which we say every week around the Shabbos table, ties right into the answer. Then comes a true story Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein zt"l told about his father: a lunch meeting with Milton Petrie, and the twenty-five minutes he spent away from the table.

What does it mean to bow to the dust on your feet? Of all the idols in the ancient world, why would anyone worship that? This question is raised and answered by the Maharal, but in this episode we will share with you a game-changing concept by Rav Moshe Shapiro, zt"l. Then we meet a man from Radin who was fired every Friday for two years rather than break Shabbos, until the war came. Listen for what his wife did before dawn, and ask yourself which of your values you live by and which ones you use.

Avraham walked out of Nimrod's blazing furnace alive, so why does the Torah never tell the story? Why is one of the biggest miracles of his life hidden inside a place name, while a plain command to pack up and move gets open, detailed pesukim? Rabbi Asaf Prisman brings Rav Frand and the Sam Derech on Avraham's ten tests, and tells the story of a wounded soldier in Lebanon whose friends could not understand why he kept rolling onto his side. A Lech Lecha episode about what the Torah really counts, and where in your own week it may be hiding.