Join Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld as he guides us through the world and major works of Kabbalah, Hasidic masters, and Jewish philosophy, shedding light on the inner life of the soul.

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Join Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld as he guides us through the world and major works of Kabbalah, Hasidic masters, and Jewish philosophy, shedding light on the inner life of the soul.

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R' Joey Rosenfeld explores teshuvah, Motzei Shabbos, and the Eitz HaChaim through the teachings of Rav Tzadok, the Baal Shem Tov, and Rebbe Nachman—revealing the etzem haluz, the indestructible core of emunah that can never be erased.

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Join Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld as he guides us through the world and major works of Kabbalah, Hasidic masters, and Jewish philosophy, shedding light on the inner life of the soul.

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Reb Joey explores the hidden order within the apparent entanglement of lived experience. Through the mystical imagery of the se’aros—the hairs through which higher light descends into the worlds—we encounter the difference between the simplicity and clarity of the upper realms and the complexity, doubt, and fragmentation of life below.

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Reb Joey continues opening the Tanya by reframing its demanding path of avodah within a deeper atmosphere of goodness, calmness, and Divine presence. Exploring the relationship between Chochmah and Binah, the tzaddik and the beinoni, he asks how we can affirm the irreducible goodness of the soul while still taking seriously the endless work of becoming.

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Reb Joey explores the reshimu—the persistent trace of Ohr Ein Sof that remains after the tzimtzum. Through the teachings of the Arizal and Chassidus, he explains how Divine presence can remain hidden yet fully present, and what this means for emunah, bittul, and finding Hashem within apparent absence.

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Drawing on Rebbe Nachman, the Baal Shem Tov, and the Rebbe Rashab, Reb Joey explores joy not simply as an emotion, but as a deep awareness of Hashem’s ever-present goodness—a freedom that comes through letting go of self, relinquishing the need to control, and learning to receive life as a gift.

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Reb Joey explores the mystery of the rishimu—the trace of Divine light that remains even after the light itself seems to disappear. Drawing on the language of tzimtzum, Chazal, and the teachings of the tzaddikim, we discover that absence is never truly empty: the very experience of longing, distance, and searching can itself reveal the presence that appears to be hidden.

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In this shiur, Reb Joey explores the hidden order within the apparent entanglement of lived experience. Through the mystical imagery of the se’aros—the hairs through which higher light descends into the worlds—we encounter the difference between the simplicity and clarity of the upper realms and the complexity, doubt, and fragmentation of life below.

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