Dear Friends,
We are commanded to be a light unto the nations, yet while living outside the land the lure of other cultures is often irresistible. How do we remain strong in our identity while simultaneously being immersed in another culture? What is the balance and how do we achieve it?
Dear Friends,
All of us want to blessed with abundance — but coping with it is another matter all together. To give one example, it actually is possible to be too smart for your own good. In this week’s talk, we explore the issue of plenty, how to avoid the dangers of it, and how to turn it into true sustainable blessing.
Dear Friends,
If I told you the person dressed in rags that just walked into the room was a mufti-millionaire — I guarantee you’ll treat him differently. You’ll imagine that he’s eccentric and most probably a genius. Maybe if you’re nice to him he’ll even give you money. Speech creates perception. Perception creates reality. We are now in the book of Shemos which means Names in English. It is also called the book of Redemption. In this week’s talk we discuss the connection between Naming things — i.e. defining your terms — and Redemption.
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Dear Friend,
Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan put it this way. Our bodies are the hardware and our souls are the software. And just like software can exist independently of the hardware, so too, our soul after it leaves our body not only continues to exist, but has imprinted on it all our our memories and levels of attainment. Or put another way, we really do live forever.
Dear Friends,
Four amazing “coincidences” happened to me this week. I’ve been trying to wrap my brain around this subject for quite a while now and bring you fresh info from the never ending search to decode life.
PS – Here is the link I promise in the talk. It’s another incredible story.
A real miracle or the doing of extraordinary people?
Dear Friends,
Every person is so needed by G-d. One expression of this is the fact that every Jewish person corresponds to a particular letter in the Torah. Just like a Torah scroll is unkosher if it is missing one letter, so too if one of our brothers or sisters is missing we can’t be complete, either. But what does this connection mean on an even deeper level? In this talk we dive into the deep end.
Dear Friends,
This talk addresses a fundamental issue in faith. Namely, is G-d involved with His world? Having created it, does He still take an active part? I exist — but do I matter? There are many people who say they believe in G-d but don’t really. There are many people who say they don’t believe in G-d but really do.
Dear Friends,
We all desperately want to be happy. But how? In this week’s talk we lay out a detailed program for success in this most crucial area of life.
Dear Friends,
Best Friend? So many of us think of Hashem as either our Father, or our King or our Master — but Best Friend? Is that even a possibility? Where in the Torah does it say that? Well, I’ll tell you! In Mishle 27:10 it says, “Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father”. Our Rabbis teach us that this friend refers to Hashem! The question is how do we make that all important first step?
Dear Friends,
Who’s world are you living in? Are you living in your own world, or are you living in G-d’s world? On the surface they may seem like one and the same. But imagine for a moment someone is collecting funds. One person gives a dollar, while the second person gives his last dollar. Ah, a world of difference! How we view things cuts to the core of our existence and of who we are. As a very wise person once put it, “99% of life is in your head”!
