Knowledge on the Deeper Side

Knowledge on the Deeper Side

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Knowledge on the Deeper Side episodes

  • On The Essence of Chasidus - 17 - Living the Life You've Been Given
    On The Essence Of Chasidus - Part 17
    "Living the Life You've Been Given"
    (Recorded at the Intown Jewish Academy on September 11, 2016)
    Every morning you wake up to a certain reality -- who you are, where you are, what you're doing, who's in your life, what you're supposed to be doing. And there are two ways of approaching this reality. You can fight it and reject it. Or you can embrace it and own it.
    Positive psychologists will tell you that, for the most part, accepting your reality plays a very big part in achieving personal happiness. But the Kabbalists will tell you something else: Accepting your reality is how you get things done, and create the biggest change.
    Sounds like a paradox, right? Acceptance leading to change? Impossible!
    Not only is it not impossible, it's our very calling...
    In this session of Kabbalah & Coffee we learn about living the life you've been given. We share powerful and inspiring teachings on how to maximize your potential and create the biggest change -- every single day of your life.
    1 hr 25 min
  • On The Essence of Chasidus - 18 - Renewal
    On The Essence Of Chasidus - Part 18
    "Renewal"
    (Recorded at the Intown Jewish Academy on September 18, 2016)
    There is a most magnificent Kabbalistic teaching: that the universe exists for but a moment at a time. All of reality ceases to exist in this instant -- only to be re-enlivened once more.
    The mystical underpinnings of this axiom are breathtaking. But its ramifications are even more astounding. What happened yesterday, what happened even a moment ago, no longer exists. This moment is a brand new reality that has just been created.
    Kabbalists call this phenomenon "Constant Creation." We might call it "Renewal." No matter what you call it, it means that you and I are inhabiting a new world right now. And the past has no power to hold us back.
    We explore this powerful teaching in this session of Kabbalah & Coffee.
    1 hr 22 min
  • On The Essence of Chasidus - 16 - The Unbreakable Soul
    On The Essence Of Chasidus - Part 16
    "The Unbreakable Soul"
    (Recorded at the Intown Jewish Academy on September 4, 2016)
    There is a part of us that is invincible. Indestructible. Unbreakable. It's the core of the soul. And in the language of the Jewish mystics, this soul-core is called Yechidah.
    No matter what we've done, no matter where we've been, no matter what we've experienced, our Yechidah remains pure and perfectly connected with G-d. It's from the Yechidah that we can repair relationships, regain our footing, and reclaim our lives.
    So how do we tap into our Yechidah core? And what does the Yechidah experience feel like?
    We'll explore these questions and more in this session of Kabbalah & Coffee.
    1 hr 20 min
  • Elections 2016 - Lesson 6
    The Kabbalah of Politics: Dealing with Diverse Ideologies
    E pluribus unum -- out of many, one. Americans adopted this as an unofficial national motto from the earliest days of the republic, and even now, it adorns our coinage and some currency. We are proud of the unified nation we have shaped out of a multitude of states and peoples.
    Yet, to listen to today's political rhetoric, Americans are more sharply divided than ever against each other. Political differences have become increasingly unbridgeable, with civil conversations only likely or possible with "fellow-believers."
    What can Jewish wisdom teach us about how we approach the day's great political controversies? How can we again we confident that from our diverse and passionate political commitments, oneness can still emerge?
    1 hr 21 min
  • Elections 2016 - Lesson 5
    The Biblical Tax Rate
    Advocates of various tax philosophies seek to show how their beliefs have biblical support. Believers in the flat tax or the fair tax or in progressive taxation will point to the Bible as a powerful evidence for their preferred system as being the correct one.
    How does the biblical tax system really work? How did Jewish communities through the centuries, informed by Jewish law, fund the various kinds of needs present in communities then and now?
    In this session we explore The Biblical Tax Rate, and the important lessons we can learn from it.
    1 hr 32 min
  • On The Essence of Chasidus - 19 - Reason vs. Irrationality
    On The Essence Of Chasidus - Part 19
    "Reason vs. Irrationality"
    (Recorded at the Intown Jewish Academy on September 25, 2016)
    Statement 1: We live in a world of reason. Logic. Patterns. Things are orderly and make sense.
    Statement 2: We live in a world of irrationality. Illogic. Chaos. Things are random and make no sense.
    Both of these statements have their place in truth. There is a dimension of order, and a dimension of chaos. And Kabbalah teaches that both exist simultaneously. Sometimes, they even exist in the very same space and experience.
    In this session of Kabbalah & Coffee we look at this paradox of reality and analyze a Jewish law that is both reasonable and irrational, at the same time. For it is at the intersection of order and chaos that Essence is to be found...
    1 hr 23 min
  • Torah Studies 5776 - 36 - Eikev (Better Than Perfect)
    Better Than Perfect
    When the Righteous Fail
    If we were perfect, life would be a lot easier. But is that really what we want? Aaron, becoming High Priest after his involvement in the Golden Calf, teaches that perfection isn’t achieved at birth. Rather, by overcoming personal struggles and challenges, we achieve the ideal.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Torah Studies 5776 - 38 - Shoftim (Life Behind Bars)
    Life Behind Bars
    Is Incarceration a Jewish Thing?
    Perhaps our prison systems indicate our rigorous sense of justice, but could there be a more productive way of “correction” than years spent locked away? Understanding why Jewish law doesn’t promote incarceration reveals Torah’s unique approach to crime and punishment.
    1 hr 7 min

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