BT Alumni Academy

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BT Alumni Academy episodes

September 07, 2018 Rabbi Benyamin Moss: Make Sustainable Changes this Rosh Hashanah
As Rosh Hashanah approaches, Rabbi Benyamin Moss offers practical suggestions for making long-lasting, sustainable changes in your life.
5 min
May 10, 2018 Morah Jaclyn Sova — The Root of Happiness
How do you define happiness? Depends if you are speaking English or Hebrew.
8 min
January 24, 2018 Rabbi Mordechai Soskil — Gratitude and the Plagues
How we learn about experiencing gratitude from Moshe during the first two plagues.
3 min
January 24, 2018 Rabbi Benyamin Moss — Jewish Leadership
What does Jewish leadership look like? Just ask Moshe.
5 min
September 10, 2017 Rabbi Asher Stein
Rabbi Stein considers the Chinese bamboo tree — you plant the tree and nothing happens for one year. Or the second year. Or third. Finally in the fifth year something finally happens. You thought you were wasting time, but that's not the case. How does this relate to our lives and our relationships?
5 min
September 02, 2017 Morah Sarah Lanner
Morah Sarah Lanner takes an ancient Hebrew letters and a Hebrew word and makes them relevant to our lives today. In this premier episode, Morah Lanner examines the letter א (alef), the word ארי (lion). What does the Shulchan Aruch 1:1 (the Code of Jewish Law) mean when it says, "יתגבר כארי לעמוד בבוקר לעבודת בוראו" — "One should strengthen himself like a lion to get up in the morning to serve his Creator?"
7 min

From the publisher's feed

A series of short but powerful thoughts on a range of Jewish topics by the faculty of Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School for BT alumni.