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The Jewish Mission in the World

What is the Jewish Mission in the World? Listen!!!

Acquiring the trait of Alacrity for Good Deeds

How do we motivate ourselves to do good? Find out!!

Purifying One's Thoughts and Actions Part 1

How can we live on a high spiritual plane? Listen to Rabbi Moshe Chayim Luzatto explain in The Path of the Just.

Purifying Ones' Thoughts and Actions Part 2

How can we live on a high spiritual plane listen to Rabbi Moshe Chayim Luzatto explain in The Path of the Just.

A Light to the Nations

The prophet Isaiah coined this term and the UN followed through by placing his famous quote on the Isaiah wall outside their New York headquarters: The LORD will mediate between nations and will settle international disputes. They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.

Avoiding the Rat Race

If you live in the North East you will know what a Rat Race is how can we avoid being swept up by it and being distracted from our purpose in life. Listen!!!

The Purpose of Torah and Mitzvot

Why be Jewish? Why Learn Torah? Why perform God's commandments? What is in it for me? Listen!!!

Small Character Flaws

Fixing our Character Traits is one of the main purposes of our lives says the Gaon of Vilna. Nearly everyone has some small or large flaws to fix. Listen!!!

Don't Worry - Trust in God

Easy to say "Don't Worry -Trust in God". The key to a happy life is trust and dependence on Divine providence and help. Listen!!!

The Inner Consciousness

Most people are not in tune with their inner consciousness, not even aware that it exists but it contains the ability to connect with the Divine. Listen!!!

Teaching Children Belief in God

Don't think that children will believe in God on their own. We are living in a godless society although God is still on the dollar bill and the president of either party regularly says God bless America. How do we transform lip service into real belief? Listen!!!

Why Were the Temples in Jerusalem Destroyed?

The Jewish Temple in Jerusalem served as the epicenter of spirituality in the world and the connection between the lower and upper dimensions. If a person was seeking God all he/she had to do was go to the temple and receive revelation.

King Solomon (King David's son) built the first temple in Jerusalem in 832 BCE and Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon had it destroyed in 422 BCE. Ezra and Nechemiah built the second temple in 516 BCE the Roman general Titus destroyed it in 68 CE why? Listen!!!!

Repentance - Teshuvah

Only God is perfect and above sin. Human beings are torn between their physical desires and spiritual yearnings. Our Creator gave us the ability to repent for our wrongdoings and erase them and even make them into merits. Listen!!!

Bagels & Lox Religion Stemming Our Losses

Teaching a watered down bagels and lox gastronomic and cultural Judaism will not stem the losses of our best and brightest to cults and the allure of foreign religions. We need to teach the beauty of our religion and the purpose of life. Listen!!!

Making Mockery of Serious Issues is Dangerous

Making Mockery of Serious Issues is Dangerous-Listen!!!

Intro to the Talmud

If you are or are interested in learning Talmud, here are 21 parts of the Talmud as explained by Rabbi Shmuel Hanagid  about 800 years ago. Listen!!!

Rule of the Talmud

If you are or are interested in learning Talmud, here are 21 parts of the Talmud as explained by Rabbi Shmuel Hanagid  about 800 years ago. Listen!!!

Do we have a mission in this world -What is it?

We all have a mission in this world, Listen!!!

Finding the Creator - The Wonders of the Human Body

King David states in Psalms "From my flesh I will see G-d..." Listen!!!

Motivating Oneself to do Good Part 2

It is hard to motivate oneself to do good, here are some tools to help. Listen!!!

Motivating Oneself to do Good

It is hard to motivate oneself to do good, here are some tools to start. Listen!!!

Motivating Oneself to do Good Deeds - Mitzvot

How does one overcome their lethargy and motivate themselves to do good deeds? Listen!!!

The Danger of Mockery

It is very easy to dismiss rebuke or rational arguments with mockery and derision but this is a dangerous game that could prevent a person from reaching the truth. Listen!!!

The Wonders of the Human Body

We are surrounded by the wonders of God's creation and design and yet focus more on puny human creations that are usually outdated in a year or two. God's design is amazing. Listen!!!

What are we Doing in this World?

Are we born to have a good time and then to die or do our lives have a higher purpose? Listen!!!

Guarding Our Spirituality

As we all try and grow spiritually we also need to protect ourselves from digressing and from the slippery slope downward. We need to take precautions to protect ourselves from the spiritual snares and pitfalls that are around us each day. Listen!

The Power of Good

Everyone has within themselves a soul that provides a propensity to perform acts of goodness. We all need to nurture it and tap into it. Listen!!!

Is It Good to be Born?

One of the most interesting hypothetical discussion that the two great schools of Bet Shammai and Bet Hillel hat two millennia ago was the philosophical discussion if it is easier to be righteous or evil if it is easier to be evil then maybe it is better not to be born. Listen!!!

The Miracle of Israel

There has never been a case in human history of a nation exiled from its land for two thousand years persecuted and killed in the most horrifying ways. Despite a holocaust and savage persecution came back to the promised land. Listen!!!

The Rambam - Rabbi, Doctor, Philosopher

It is amazing what one special person can accomplish. Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon or Maimonides was born in Cordoba Spain in 1135 and spent many years running away from anti-Semitic persecution . Despite all his trials and tribulations he became one of histories seminal figures. Listen!

The Different Attitudes to Mitzvot

As societal attitudes change, people's attitudes to mitzvot also change, listen!!!

The Prohibition of Idolatry

The second of the ten commandments is the prohibition of idolatry, monotheism is the first commandment, listen!!!

Practical Trust in God

Concretizing our belief in God. Listen!!!

Social Interaction

A good measure of spirituality is how we get along with each other.

Countdown to Shabbat

TGIF became a big restaurant, little did they know that longing for the Shabbat is a mitzvah. Listen!!!

Filling the Void in our Lives

Living in this fast paced materialistic technology oriented society, many face crises in life because of the void within. Listen!!!

How can humble humanity serve God?

How can we serve God, most of humanity do not even think of this question.

Listen!!!

Finding Inner Peace

How can an active thinking person find inner peace? Listen!!!

How Can Humans Reach Perfection?

It is impossible to be truly perfect, only God is, however we need to strive to the best of our ability. listen!!!

What is our Mission in this world?

Assuming that we were placed in this world by an infinite all-knowing Creator what  is our mission and our duties? Listen!!!

Filling the Void Within

Many people today have a spiritual void inside that they don't recognize as such and try and satiate it with materialism to no avail, listen!!!

The 6 Constant Mitzvot Part 4

The Six Constant Mitzvot part 3

The 6 Constant Mitzvot Part 2

The Six Constant Mitzvot Part 1

Trust and Belief in God

Listen!!!

Belief in God Part 1

The first of the Six Constant Mitzvot is Belief in God. Listen!!!

Lessons we can Learn from Joseph

What lessons can we learn from the life of Joseph? Listen!!!

Inroduction to the Six Constant Mitzvot

There are six constant Mitzvot (commandments) that we can fulfill 24 hour a day just by being aware of them. Listen!!!

Small Character Flaws Add Up

We need to fix our character. Even small flaws add up. Listen!!!