Think that the Tower of Babel is some cute little fairy tale? Think again! Actually, LISTEN to Monday Motivation with Rabbi Garfinkel, and you will find a very powerful lesson about the process of learning Torah as well as a very relevant message about the role of technology in our lives today. Enjoy! Lots of love, Rabbi Garfinkel of Project 613

You absolutely cannot understand yourself, your desires, and your reality unless you listen to this podcast. What happened back in the Garden of Eden is essential to understand who you are and how to succeed in life. Yep. This is an important Monday Motivation!

This VERY special time of year in the Jewish calendar is DESIGNED to help recreate ourselves into our BEST selves. The 4 species reflect this message of our re-creation! Plug in & put yourself on the road to becoming YOUR best self! Chag Sameach! Happy Holidays! Love, Rabbi Garfinkel of Project 613

I know. I know...you all CAN'T wait for Succos to arrive. Well, honestly, you'd be RIGHT! Succos is the MOST amazing holiday, and the lesson of the "flimsy roof" contains the SECRET to happiness and a fulfilling life. Probably worth your time to listen!

Well, it's time to rebrand Yom Kippur! The Talmud tells us that it is one of the two happiest days of the year! What?!?!? Yes, you heard me. Why? And how do we access this joyous state? Your answers are all in this edition of Monday Motivation with Rabbi Garfinkel!

Live from Reagan Int'l Airport, I want to share with you my powerful visit to the US Marine Memorial in Arlington, Virginia and it's a special message for each of us for Rosh HaShanah and the Jewish New Year

I know it's still August, BUT we are only 2 short weeks away from Rosh HaShanah! Listen in for the most essential thing we must do to help guarantee another year of life. Brought to you from the words of Rabbi Avigdor Miller, OBM, that giving thanks to Hashem for every moment of life is the KEY to our success for a Good New Year! Every Breath We Take! Enjoy! Lots of love, Rabbi Garfinkel of Project 613

Last week, the Jewish world leapt to its feet to search and thankfully find a missing 6 year old boy who was lost. We will explore in this podcast 2 powerful messages from this incident: how amazing it is to be part of the Jewish people & that our actions DO matter & DO make a difference. We will connect this to the current month of Elul which is the preparation time for Rosh HaShanah. Here is the link of the the testimonial of Victor Shine, the 56 year old man who ended up giving the key information to finding the boy- https://www.thelakewoodscoop.com/news/2021/08/chilling-audio-man-who-provided-breakthrough-tip-which-helped-locate-6-year-old-yosef-shapiro-speaks.html and here the link to more information about the incident itself including the masses of Jews who looked for this boy being drenched by fierce downpours. https://collive.com/massive-search-for-missing-jewish-boy-in-flatbush/

We all know that the Torah forbids eating milk and meat together. But the Torah expresses this in a very bizarre way. Why? What lessons can we learn from avoiding those cheeseburgers? Well, it's a VERY relevant message down to this very day. I hope you'll take the time to listen. Your life will be enriched from it. Mine was for recording it. Thank you! Lots of love, Rabbi Garfinkel of Project 613

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