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Practical Kabbalah - Is Spiritual Excess a Good Thing?
Continuation of Derech Mitzvotecha, Mitzvah of Tiglachat Metzorah
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Practical Kabbalah - Big Banquet Etiquette
We begin the Mitzvah of Teshuvah - repentance, apology and return, in Derech Mitzvotecha.
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Practical Kabbalah - Preserving the Mystique
The Centrality of Memaleh and Sovev in Chassidus and in nurturing the mystique in Jewish life, in marriage and in friendships.
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Practical Kabbalah - Life’s Value
If life is the most important thing of all, and nothing is more important that life, from where does life get its value? This and other compelling…
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Practical Kabbalah - Unity is Very Serious
Derech Mitzvotecha, Class One: Ahavat Yisrael
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Practical Kabbalah: Is the physical ever greater than the spiritual?
Drech Mitzvotecha Class Two, Week One: The Mitzvah of Tzitzit
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Practical Kabbalah - Extending Self-Love to Someone Else
Loving your fellow as yourself is not only a Mitzvah; it's also a strategy for fulfilling that Mitzvah. How can you love your fellow? Like yourself.
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Tanya at Home - When You Can't Laugh it Off
Intrusive thoughts on your own time is one thing. But when it happens when you're on the clock - during Torah study or prayer - what then? How to maintain joy…
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Practical Kabbalah - The Open Secret of How to Love Anyone
Love your fellow as you love yourself. It's an order. It's a predication. It's a formula.
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Tanya at Home: Life on the Good Edge
At the end of chapter 27, the Alter Rebbe challenges people to push beyond the world of good and evil, and reach for the world of good and better. To refrain…
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Tanya at Home - Reflection on Chapter 27
We dig down to the core of the decision every person needs to make about themselves and their lives every day, many times a day: is my life very serious and…
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Tanya at Home - Elevating Innocent Moments
Turns out that not only Mitzvot provide opportunities for holiness; even neutral moments in life can be elevated into holiness and bring joy to Hashem by…
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Practical Kabbalah - The Miracle of Unity and Cooperation in the Sefirot
Our souls come from a place of such pure unity where even the most extreme diversity cannot cause division.
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Tanya at Home - Even Esav Can Make Hashem Proud
Some people think that Hashem (G-d) loves perfect goodness and finds no joy in anything else. But the story of Yitzhak and Esav proves that He also enjoys the…
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Practical Kabbalah - An Overview of What Chasidus Offers
Some laws are practical, some laws are sensible, some are essential - Mitzvot are all of the above.
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Tanya at Home - Job's Big Statement about Free Choice
Having concluded that a Benoni is destined to fight hard all through life if he or she wishes to be righteous, the Alter Rebbe now explains a big statement…
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Practical Kabbalah - Week One
A study in Derech Mitzvotecha, the Mitzvah of “Love Your Fellow as Yourself.” Could it possible be true that the foundation and very definition of Judaism is…
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Seder Gems 3/3 - Mountain Friends
In the famous Dayenu song, we proclaim that if G-d had only brought us to Mount Sinai, even if He hadn’t given us the Torah there, that would’ve been enough…
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Seder Gems 2/3 - Grand Old Age
When Moshiach comes, will we still need to remember the exodus from Egypt, or will that memory be overshadowed by the Ultimate Exodus? A touching and inspiring…
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Tanya at Home - Chapter 26 Review with Rabbi Manis Friedman
Several salient insights into the practical application of the Tanya’s attitude toward maintaining joy in life.
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Seder Gems 1/3 - Mr. Maror & Mrs. Matzah
A simple mistake at a public Seder leads to a stunning discovery, and a hidden treasure is unburied. Listen and delight.
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Days are Coming - The Valley of Dry Bones
Yechezkel (Ezekiel), the Prophet-in-Exile of the Jewish People, breathes life into their dry and hopeless moods.
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Days Are Coming - A Prophet in a Fish
Multiple important and relevant lessons from the awesome and humbling story of the prophet Yonah (Jonah) and his flight from a mission impossible.
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Days are Coming - The Great Shofar
Though so many of our brethren seem too far gone and lost to our people, Isaiah says: they will all be back.
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Days are Coming - Swords to Ploughshares
A 2,000-year-old brilliant vision at a most unlikely time is dramatically fulfilled in a most unlikely way.
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Days Are Coming - Rabbi Akiva's Laughter
As his colleagues weep over a holy city in ruins, Rabbi Akiva recalls the marvelous words of the Prophet Yeshayahu and laughs from hope and joy.
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Good Morning Hashem - What Do You Care About?
Lessons from the plagues of blood and frogs.
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Days Are Coming - The Wolf and the Lamb
As everyone around him panics about the impending lopsided battle; as the world’s largest army bears down on Jerusalem; as the shadow of catastrophe moves over…
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Good Morning Hashem - Slaves at Rest
A deeper look into the gift that is Shabbat, which our ancestors kept since forever, even when they were enslaved in Egypt. Jewish life, Jewish hopes and…
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Good Morning Hashem - Immortality
With one missing word, Torah teaches us the secret to eternal life and meaningful living.
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Good Morning Hashem - Startled by a Rustling Leaf
An exploration of the story of Joseph, his brothers, and the importance of saving emotions for when they’re really needed.
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Good Morning Hashem - The Secret of Success
The Parshas of Vayeshev and Miketz tell us the instructive and empowering story of Yosef the Tzadik, and how a hopeless man became the king of the world.
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Nights of Light - Chanukah after Moshiach
The holy books say that even after Moshiach comes, Chanukah will shine brightly. Let’s see why.
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Night of Light - The $64,000 Question
If there’s enough oil to last one night, why is the first night a miracle? Shouldn’t Chanukah be seven nights? Eight answers from eight sages.
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What Does Hashem Want From Me - Week One
Week One: Parshah Vayishlach The Art of Balancing Truth and Reality
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Nights of Light - Week Three
Far from being just a child’s festival, Chanukah is a serious Mitzvah with real-life implications.
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Nights of Light: Graggers and Dreidels
Why was the reaction of the Maccabees to the Greek threat so different from the reaction of Mordechai and Esther to Haman’s threat?
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Nights of Light: Plato Shmato
Logic would seem to dictate that the Greeks and the Jews should’ve understood one another very well. What went wrong? Why couldn’t we coexist?
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Holier, Higher Days IV: The Culmination of Teshuvah
The three Haftoras (prophecies) calling for Teshuva, and a closer look at why the final one is the story of the Prophet Yona.
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The Magic of Shul
Why do we do Teshuva together? Wouldn’t seclusion work better for this particular purpose of reflection and introspection?
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Jew HQ - Week One
Although the accompanying slideshow makes this class easier to grasp, you may still enjoy listening to this presentation about the architecture of Holy Temple…
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Themes in Tanya V
All about happiness and its indispensable place in any serious life.
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Themes in Tanya III
A guided tour of ourselves. How to distinguish between our impulses and our selves. And why friends are so invaluable.
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Themes in Tanya II
All about the two souls - the Animal Soul and the G-dly Soul, and why they eliminate the fear of hypocrisy.
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Themes in Tanya - Week One
A brief history of the Tanya, and a less brief history of the reason for the writing of Tanya. All about the Beinoni - the inbetweeners of Jewish life.
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Torah Studies - Pekudei
When teachers and educators present a tepid version of Jewish faith, a generation of bored Jews is the result. Speak the whole truth, and watch a generation…
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Purim - The Rise and Fall of Haman: A Jewish Story
The scares and miracles of Purim rise and fall in lockstep with the Jewish spirit. This was true then and is equally true now.
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Torah Studies - Tetzaveh
A lesson in how to love your fellow Jew, from the uniforms worn in the Holy Temple.
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Torah Studies - Terumah
When the world seems completely upside down, remember the Menorah and remember - putting the world back on its feet is why we’re here.
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Torah Studies - Mishpatim
With a bit of effort, prayer can become absolutely therapeutic.
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Torah Studies - Beshalach
When the war against assimilation is raging, every Jew is on the front lines; everyone is a leader.
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Torah Studies - Bo
What happened to the miracles of olde? Does G-d not like to do those wonders anymore? Why the change?
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Torah Studies - Vaera
What’s behind the debate over how many sub-plagues occurred with every one of the Ten Plagues?
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Torah Studies - Shemot
What happens to the pure, blissful love of parents to their newborn or toddler when the child grows up? What happens to unconditional love when it’s time to…
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Stories from Hebrew School #1 - Kamtza and Bar Kamtza
This true story from Jewish history illustrates the essential importance of keeping far away from sustained, petty hatred of others.
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Kitzur Shulchan Aruch - Laws of the Hagomel Blessing of Thanksgiving
The laws of who and when and how to recite the special thanksgiving blessings, Birchat Hagomel.
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Kitzur Shulchan Aruch - Laws of Rosh Chodesh
The laws of Rosh Chodesh and Kiddush Levana.