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What if the loudest voices in a teen’s life aren’t in the room, but in their pocket? We sit down with Rabbi Glenn Black, CEO of NCSY Canada, to unpack how 40 hours a week on social media reshapes truth, identity, and belonging—and how emuna and bitachon can ground young Jews in a world that won’t stop scrolling. This isn’t a theory class. It’s a look at the front lines of Jewish education where mentors, Shabbatons, and deep meaningful conversations turn confusion into clarity.

Glenn shares why the Shabbaton is such a powerful reset: remove the constant feed, add real friends, role models, and shared prayer, and watch teens ask better questions about who they want to become. University-aged advisors bridge the gap between aspiration and access, telling honest stories of growth that make change feel possible. We explore practical middot—respect for parents, dignity in dating, thoughtful speech—and how these habits build inner strength that holds under pressure at school, online, and beyond.

Parents aren’t spectators here. We dive into programs that bring families into the journey—learning nights, holiday gatherings, mothers-and-daughters events, and even Israel trips that mirror the teens’ flagship experiences. The goal: a family system that can carry faith forward. Glenn leaves us with a concise, transformative mindset: Hashem does not do things to you; He does things for you. That shift turns setbacks into training, and it invites teens and parents to meet challenge with courage, curiosity, and trust.

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Blink and the week is gone—and with it, the illusion that outcomes tell the whole story. We take a hard look at what success actually means and trade the hustle-first mindset for a trust-first practice: show up, do the right work at home, at the office, and in your community, then let the results live where they belong. The theme is simple and demanding: align your will with God’s will, and watch how clarity replaces anxiety and how opportunities arrive without becoming your master.

We unpack a classic teaching—make your will His, and He will make His will yours—and translate it into daily choices. That doesn’t mean passivity. It means turning down the noise of media and metrics long enough to hear what truly matters, then acting with courage. We share real-world examples from producing this show: we prepare, record, edit, publish, and pray for impact, then release control. Growth has come, but not because we forced it; it came as a gift entrusted to a team focused on faith over vanity metrics.

There’s also a sober warning: regret can demolish what took years to build. We explore how second-guessing a good deed—charity, prayer, learning—can strip its merit, and how to guard your work with gratitude. When you stumble, teshuva offers a practical reset: acknowledge, feel, ask, and choose better next time. That rhythm helps you recover faster, lead with integrity, and keep momentum when life ebbs and flows. We wrap with a simple weekly checklist to measure success by growth: one act of trust, honest effort, surrendered outcomes, protected deeds.

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What if the certainty you’re waiting for only shows up after you begin? We begin closing season one with a candid, energizing review of chapter six and a clear challenge to the “not now” mindset that keeps purpose on hold. Instead of trusting your senses to measure what they can’t, we invite you to lean on common sense and a lived track record of provision: breath, opportunity, and second chances that meet you daily.

Across seven sharp points, we unpack why demanding guarantees before serving God backfires. Pressuring a master for collateral reveals a mixed‑up view of place and power. Chasing an undefined cushion ensures endless delay because “enough” keeps moving. Living indebted doesn’t paralyse; it humbles and frees. Assuming divine limits shrinks your world to human scale. Stockpiling rarely brings peace, and even windfalls can heighten stress. Generosity precedes merit, both now and beyond, making prepayment demands senseless. And because success in mitzvot ultimately depends on God allowing growth, collateral claims have no ground. The takeaway is simple and practical: trust first, then watch security follow.

We also get personal about the show’s journey from its March beginnings to a stronger, more focused season two. You’ll hear why review cements learning, how small daily practices—ten minutes of prayer, a protected weekly rest, a first portion given—create rhythm and meaning, and what it feels like when service turns scattered hours into steady purpose. If you’ve been telling yourself you’ll start when life calms down, consider this your sign to begin with what you have, right now.

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Ever tried to bargain with certainty—“Set me up financially and I’ll finally live with purpose”? We take that deal apart and show why it fails at the root: you can’t demand collateral from the very source that powers your next breath. Using a clear lender–borrower analogy, we lay out why collateral presumes capacity, and how that logic breaks when applied to the Creator. Even the best intentions and the most disciplined spiritual practice depend on help; service isn’t a self-funded enterprise.

We dig into the difference between body and soul to ground this truth. Parents provide the physical form; God provides the life-force that makes sight, thought, and will possible. If raw materials are cheap but a life is priceless, then our value—and our agency—flows from the soul. That insight reframes the common promise to “get serious once I’m secure.” Waiting for perfect conditions is a stall built on the illusion of control. Purpose begins with small, faithful steps taken now, trusting provision will meet obedience rather than precede it.

I share a personal chapter from my baal teshuva journey: the sting of seeing loved ones under a “blindfold” while I felt newly awake. That experience taught me that clarity arrives by merit and timing, not by demand. The takeaway is simple and sharp: move first in trust, and let that trust be the channel for strength, focus, and follow-through. If you’ve been holding your purpose hostage to your bank balance, this conversation invites you to flip the script and act from reliance, not from leverage.

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What if your demand for certainty is the very thing blocking trust? We take on a bold idea: many of us hold the Divine hostage, promising to commit once money and success feel guaranteed. Using a crisp analogy of ordinary versus extraordinary debtors—plus a timely thought experiment about asking a billionaire for collateral—we reframe faith from a risky leap to a response grounded in memory and evidence.

We start with a quick preview of our upcoming guest, Rabbi Glenn Black of NCSY Canada, whose work with teens offers a window into how values form during the most malleable years. Then we dig into the “sixth response” from classic teachings: collateral makes sense with fallible people, not with a Provider who keeps paying out kindness with interest. From food that goes far beyond bread and water to shelter, relationships, and everyday comforts, most of us live with abundance that exceeds need. The senses themselves become a daily audit of gifts we didn’t earn yet rely on constantly.

This conversation is practical, not preachy. We outline a simple daily inventory—where did I grow, where did I drift, what can I repair today—and show how repentance is a reset, not a punishment. The payoff is clarity. When we acknowledge we’re often the late payer while the Source is unfailingly generous, the habit of bargaining for guarantees loses its grip. Gratitude becomes the engine of trust, and trust becomes the fuel for decisive action: give now, help now, build now.

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A single guitar line can tell the truth faster than a thousand hot takes. We open with the story behind our new intro and the psalm that inspired it, then follow that thread into a bigger question: does getting money up front actually bring peace, or does it sharpen anxiety? From there, we tackle the fifth response to the “security deposit” mindset—the common belief that wealth must arrive before we can act with purpose.

We share why advance riches rarely deliver the calm they promise, how lifestyle creep turns assets into obligations, and why more possessions often mean more restless nights. You’ll hear candid thoughts on social media’s glossy highlight reels, the performative nature of online “generosity,” and the subtle ways comparison steals our focus. Instead of chasing status, we make the case for starting the real work now: building skills, keeping commitments, and living within our means so that money serves rather than rules.

We also dive into a practical question many ask: can you buy life insurance and still live from trust? Our take is balanced. In a generation with thinner safety nets and wavering confidence, a policy can be sensible, much like saving for major life events. But we draw a hard line between wise provision and anxious stockpiling. The core message stands: trust is the foundation, not the afterthought. Begin before you feel “funded,” anchor in what endures, and let prudence handle the logistics while trust steadies the heart.

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What if faith wasn’t a leap, but a step grounded in everyday clarity? We sit down with Rabbi Dovid Sapirman—veteran educator and founder of the Ani Maamin Foundation—to explore how Emuna (faith) becomes sturdy when built on common sense and a little knowledge. From the tailor and the jacket to the precision of an eggshell and the “walking pharmacy” of the human body, we trace how design points to a Designer and how that recognition reshapes how we live.

Together, we challenge the idea that tradition alone can hold us in uncertain times. Tradition matters, but clarity is what steadies the heart. We discuss why Emuna must come before Bitachon (trust), and how trust grows when three questions are answered: Is the Protector present, capable, and caring? We discuss distraction as the modern obstacle to seeing what’s in plain sight, the strength of communal testimony from Sinai, and the practical ways to move from belief on paper to belief in practice.

This conversation is for anyone who wants more than slogans. It’s for the person who needs a reason to keep going, a framework to think with, and a way to turn conviction into daily courage. You’ll hear stories, analogies, and a gentle push to pay attention to what the world already shows. By the end, you’ll have a clearer path from Emuna to Bitachon—less fear, more purpose, and a steadier way to face what comes next.

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Tired of bargaining with life before you begin? We take on the quiet pact so many of us make—“I’ll start living with purpose when I have more money, more time, better health”—and show why that deal keeps us stuck. Through a sharp look at gratitude, trust, and daily responsibility, we expose the hidden cost of waiting for guarantees and offer a clear path to meaningful action today.

We unpack the three reasons people demand collateral from one another—fear of poverty, refusal to repay, or disappearance—and ask why we project those human risks onto a perfect provider who has never missed a sunrise. If collateral makes sense with fickle people, it collapses with a source that has sustained us through every season. This shift reframes trust from a vague ideal into a practical conclusion drawn from evidence: you have been carried until now, and that track record is your strongest data point.

From there, we move into practice. Instead of chasing certainty, we propose small, concrete steps that build character and momentum: finish one neglected duty, say the prayer you keep postponing, have the honest conversation, give quietly, or set a values-aligned boundary. Gratitude isn’t a slogan; it’s fuel for disciplined action. Each choice today becomes a vote for the person you intend to be and a gift to the people who rely on you. We also preview tomorrow’s conversation with Rabbi Dovid Sapirman, whose decades of teaching illuminate how the design of creation itself invites trust, responsibility, and steady growth.

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Stop waiting for God to prove Himself before you live by Torah values. We take on the quiet bargain many of us make—“I’ll commit when the money, house, and certainty show up”—and show how it traps us in delay, anxiety, and a never-ending chase for guarantees. Instead, we focus on what we can actually control: today’s obligations, one faithful step at a time, and the power of spiritual practice to ground a restless mind.

We unpack a core idea: tomorrow’s duties aren’t demanded today. That shift breaks the habit of forecasting fear and replaces it with clear, present action. Along the way we examine the paradox of our era: unprecedented material comfort paired with soaring reliance on anxiety and depression medications. If status, acquisitions, and public wins were enough, peace would be everywhere. It isn’t. We explore why, and how a spiritual centre—mitzvot, study, community—can restore meaning where metrics fall short.

You’ll hear a candid story from our retail days when keeping Shabbat meant closing during peak sales. It was hard, it cost us, and it changed everything. With preparation—meals ready, synagogue mapped, family activities planned—Shabbat became the most restorative part of our week. What started as a risk grew into a line we refused to cross, not out of fear, but out of love for the life it created. That’s the point: act first on a single mitzvah and let the results teach you more than any argument can. If you’re ready to trade bargaining for trust and rest, press play and join us. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s been “waiting for the right time,” and leave a review to tell us your first step.

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What if the finish line you’re chasing—more savings, a bigger house, a perfect career—keeps moving because it was never meant to come first? We confront the quiet bargain many of us make: “I’ll live a godly life after I’ve secured this world.” It sounds sensible, but it’s the very thing that delays meaning, drains joy, and blurs our priorities.

We start with a time audit that hits hard. If work gets eight to ten hours and the soul gets whatever’s left, no wonder we feel off-balance. Rather than scolding, we offer a workable reset: claim a protected daily block for prayer, learning, and acts of kindness, and then make that time count. Small, consistent rituals outperform grand plans that never begin. You’ll hear a clear analogy that reframes entitlement and gratitude—demanding guarantees from the Creator before committing is like asking a deposit from someone you already owe. Recognising our unpayable debt doesn’t shame us; it frees us from bargaining and invites us to act with gratitude today.

We also dismantle the false tradeoff between this world and the next. Aligning with divine guidance doesn’t shrink your life or your ambition; it purifies both. Integrity, presence, generosity—these are not obstacles to success but multipliers that stabilise careers, strengthen families, and calm the mind. By investing first in the next world’s currency, you’ll notice this world becomes more livable: fewer detours, cleaner desires, better decisions. And don’t miss the big news: Rabbi Dovid Sapirman joins us on Friday, bringing decades of hands-on wisdom and practical emunah to deepen the journey we’ve started here.

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