Episodes
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Freedom and Responsibility
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Soul Maintenance: The Scriptural Origins of Free Will -
“I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live.” - Deuteronomy 30:19, JPS
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Humble Origins, Humble Beginnings
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
weekly Torah reading: parasha Shemot 5784 - Humble Origins, Humble beginnings
“And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.” – Exodus 2:2
Saturday Jan 06, 2024
motzei Shemot 5784 - Message of the Burning Bush
Saturday Jan 06, 2024
Saturday Jan 06, 2024
motzei Shabbos shiur - The Message of the Burning Bush
The symbolism of the burning bush, as brought out in Nesivos Shalom. The flames of tumah (impurity) could not consume the Children of Israel A message of hope for our times in Galus, waiting for the Redemption.
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Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Holy Ground, Ordinary Lives
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
The Consequences of Moral Choices
Our choices in life make a difference each and every day. Living on holy ground, recognizing the sacredness of the ordinary; realizing, that in every moment we can choose to side with our values, as informed by our belief, or run counter to our sense of morality.
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
parasha Va’era 5784 A Crushed Spirit Redeemed
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
weekly Torah reading: parasha Va'era 5784 A Crushed Spirit Redeemed
“And Moshe spoke so unto the Bnei Yisroel; but they did not listen unto Moshe because of their kotzer ruach (shortness of spirit, broken spirit), and for avodah kesheh (cruel bondage).” – Exodus 6:9
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
parasha Bo 5784 - Chamber of Darkness
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
weekly Torah reading: parasha Bo 5784 - Chamber of Darkness
HaShem said to Moses, in a manner of speaking, Come with me, into the abode of the serpent, and My Presence will be with you when you confront Pharaoh.
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Soul Maintenance: Awe, Reverence & Solitude
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Approaching life in a reverential manner requires a distance between the self and the sacred. It is also helpful to foster an inwardly silent mind...
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Soul Maintenance: Shifting Values
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Shifting Values - When culture falls below the standard of morality
The psychical structure known as the superego, within a Freudian context, represented the inculcation of values from society, that served to moderate the inappropriate impulses that originated in the Id. The ego is the mediating factor, between an individual’s impulses and the constraints learned from societal norms.
Friday Jan 26, 2024
parasha Beshalach 5784 - Moving Forward Through the Waters of Renewal
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
weekly Torah reading: parasha Beshalach 5784 -
Moving Forward Through the Waters of Renewal
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
parasha Yisro 5784 - Fire on the Mountain
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
“Na’aseh v’nishmah,” we will do and we will understand. In other words, first we will do, then we will understand; only after performing the commandments, will we begin to fully comprehend their value, meaning, and intent.