The RDL Podcast with Rabbi Daniel Lapin

Do you know the really unpopular message of Chanuka? That's right, it has something to do with burning oil. Why the Fossil Fuel vision seems to drag along a vision of shortage, limits, and ultimately poverty. Predictions of running out of coal and oil go back to the 19th century and they've all been wrong. Why do they keep making them? It's almost as if they WANT to run out of energy. What's going on? Is it time for you to start making only wise decisions in the important areas of your life? If so, read this  https://a.co/d/cX2lpPq Do you want your spiritual schematic to be about abundance or shortage? There are real life consequences to how you answer that question. 

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Many mistakenly believe that the proliferation of regulations and laws are evidence of a society's sophistication and advance. In reality, that is like saying that all the medications in an old man's medicine chest are evidence of his good health. Preserving a functioning family or a successful society is hard and mostly depends on a rare array of tools. In this show, your rabbi provides a guide to those tools. Are you thinking about making next year different from last year? Here is a very useful resource to look into:  https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/chart-your-course-e-book-video-bundle/ Useful insights into clothing. Lessons for your life from McDonalds and General Motors. The hidden impact of vasectomies. Failures of feminism and artificial intelligence. 

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Do you want a good life? Do you know what a good life means? What do you have to do in order to achieve a good life? How Germany defeated France in only six weeks in early 1940. Why Mercedes and BMW are more reliable cars than Peugot and Citroën. What this teaches us about making our lives good. Especially connection between money and marriage. What is purpose of physical intimacy: pleasure or procreation? Both? Why must the life-enhancing energy we call family derive from this elemental male female connection? His wife concealed her half million dollar trust fund from him. Can he trust her? Can she trust him? Should she? Read about The Holistic You, the ultimate guide to the Good Life: Click: https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/the-holistic-you-hardcover/    What happens to a marriage when one spouse wins the lottery? Does money impact the quality of intimacy? 

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Your rabbi confesses that there are aspects of the Islamic struggle for world domination that he admires; not likes, not values, not commends and not approves, but admires. You willl learn why considering this a stuggle between Islam and Democracy is childish. Why Moslems fight among themselves. Why the Palestinian issue will never be solved by a bureaucrat with a map and a pencil. Why the hideous savagry of October 7th. Why they die in Gaza. What happened to the Red Cross and the kidnapped Jews in the dark Gazan tunnels.Political power today is achieved by appeals to the heart not the head. How democracy leads to tyranny. But in all of this, live a good life by focusing on your 5Fs and study the roadmap to a good life, The Holistic You.  https://a.co/d/fGCL0sl  Because regardless of the storms that swirl around the borders of your life, you can rise and prosper by retaining a laser-like focus on your 5 Fs.  

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In war, whether economic or military, masculine countries tend to beat feminine countries. What is gender with countries and societies? Why do some societies become feminized? Why is this dangerously destructive? Is there a way to "have it all"? Read about how to integrate the different areas of your life in our new book The Holistic You. Available at your favorite bookseller now.   

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In this show we answer the puzzling paradoxes in the previous show. Even the most baffling behavioral enigmas surrender to a coherent moral matrix. A moral matrix answers questions in four main areas: Family, Finance, Friendships, and Fitness. A moral matrix is not time dependent; what was moral years ago will still be moral in years to come. Could a moral matrix emerge by itself in an isolated society? Why do secular/socialistic regimes never endure for very long? Read about Scrolling Through Scripture and listen to a lesson for free now!  https://tinyurl.com/43z9e23e  Discover the connection between a country’s legal system and its underlying moral matrix.  

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Much of what you say flows subconsciously from your morality matrix. Many of your decisions are made based on your morality matrix. If you don’t have one, you are making a whole bunch of damaging mistakes in your life. With a proper functioning morality matrix you make far fewer mistakes and life is more joyful. With no morality matrix, or worse, a broken one, you are making decisions in finance, romance, and socially that will come back and bite you—if they haven’t already done so. Morality is not like a toddler learning to walk. Gaining one is not automatic. A functioning morality matrix is like calculus, cooking or car repair. Unless you make the effort to acquire them, you won’t have them. There are more than one morality matrix available. Did you ever deliberately and purposefully choose yours? Do you and your spouse share a morality matrix? If not, God help you! Your morality matrix is not confined to your faith. How well you are doing with Family, Finances, and Friendships has much to do with the existence and condition of your morality matrix. The deeper and inescapable truth about the 2023 Israeli war is revealed here: Clash of Destiny https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/clash-of-destiny-instant-download/  Is it true that violence never solves anything? Where did civilization come from?  Finally, understand the distinction between Civilization and Barbarism in terms of the same 5Fs that are transforming your life https://a.co/d/fZuMRoK  Are there barbarians who dress in a suit and tie and teach other barbarians about gender studies in universities?  Is it moral to kill in self-defense? Is it moral to kill one person to save the lives of five? Is it moral to steal medicine for a desperately ill patient? These and many more. 

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A young man says goodbye to his father and goes off to war. Why is this war different from every other ethnic conflict? Why can this one not be resolved by dividing the territory down the middle? Your rabbi is still in Israel. Why is the notorious Two State Solution, beloved by silly politicians, never going to be? Does Islam hate Christianity more than Christians love it? How many times has Islam tried to conquer Europe and turn it into part of the Moslem world? Why did Gazans in 2005 destroy millions of panes of glass? Why did the Nazis in 1938 destroy millions of panes of glass? Why did rioters, thugs and looters (Sorry, I meant to say “protestors”) in 2020 destroy millions of panes of glass in American cities? The deeper and inescapable truth about this Clash of Destiny https://rabbidaniellapin.com/product/clash-of-destiny-instant-download/   Is it true that violence never solves anything? Where did civilization come from?  Finally, understand the distinction between Civilization and Barbarism in terms of the same 5Fs that are transforming your life https://a.co/d/fZuMRoK  Are there barbarians who dress in a suit and tie and teach other barbarians about gender studies in colonial hell holes? Do you really have to choose between civilization and barbarism or is there a third choice? What will the world look like for your grandchildren?   

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The real purpose behind the Hamas mini-missiles. What is the atmosphere like right now on Israel’s streets? What happened in my synagogue just outside Jerusalem when the sirens went off on Saturday morning. Comparing civilian mortality rates in Israel’s Yom Kippur war fifty years ago with what happened on Saturday. The titanic struggle between civilization and barbarism. How long can Israel’s economy withstand a mobilization of over a quarter million reservists? The Israel Defense Force in some cases took five hours to get to besieged communities suffering pogroms and massacres such as haven’t been seen since the Nazis attempted genocide in World War 2.  

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Exactly fifty years ago Israel’s General Moshe Dayan tried to call a press conference to announce the defeat of Israel and the end of its 25-year existence. Hear what happened. The four steps to finding your financial feet. Job. Excel. Save. Fitness.  It’s as simple as that, but as always, the details matter. Follow the program laid out for you in this show and your financial future will be meteoric. Susan Lapin and I are exuberantly thrilled with our new book, The Holistic You. We’ve been working on it for over three years. It’s now finally available. Find out more about our new book, The Holistic You here https://a.co/d/af1PtkN  Happy Warriors are not tennis balls floating down the gutter of life. No! Happy Warriors are captains of their fates. Happy Warriors are not passive and are never victims. The Happy Warriors plans his life and then lives his plan. Become a Happy Warrior today. 

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