What Is?

Rethinking Everything we Know About Our Universe

Lesson 1: Is the World Real?

With Rabbi Ari Sollish

Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, February 4, 2025

Everything that we experience, we experience inside our heads, leading to the intriguing question: Maybe there is no existence outside of our minds? But perhaps a more fundamental question would be: What practical difference does it make if the world is real or not?

Torah Studies 5785

Class 16: Parshat Mishpatim

Laws or Love? Finding G-d at Sinai

Turning Law Into Love and Duty Into Connection

With Rabbi Ari Sollish

Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Is Judaism just a rulebook, or is it something deeper? This class explores the dual layers of the Mount Sinai experience—G-d’s laws as a manual for life, and the covenant as a bond of love. Discover how the Torah’s narrative structure invites us to balance discipline with devotion, creating a relationship with G-d that’s both structured and personal.

Torah Studies 5785

Class 15: Parshat Yitro

Love Me, Love Me Not?

Exploring G-d’s Love and Our Limitless Potential

With Rabbi Ari Sollish

Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Is G-d’s love dependent on our actions? Using Rashi’s commentary on the Ten Commandments, this lesson unveils a relationship defined by unconditional love and infinite potential, even in moments of spiritual distance.

Decoding the Talmud - Lesson 3

Decrypting the Mishnah: How the Sages Studied, Debated, and Understood the Mishnah

With Rabbi Ari Sollish

Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Discover the tools, methods, and principles the sages employed in the centuries-long effort to unpack the Mishnah’s full practical implications.

Torah Studies 5785

Class 14: Parshat Beshalach

Prayer, a Jewish Love Language

Why Jews Pray Even When They Don’t Have To

With Rabbi Ari Sollish

Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, February 4, 2025

At the shores of the Red Sea, the Jewish people prayed—not out of fear, but because prayer is what Jews do. Explore the profound idea that prayer isn’t just a plea for help: it’s an intrinsic expression of love and connection with G-d.

Decoding the Talmud - Lesson 2

The Mishnah: The Origins, Authors, and Contents of Judaism’s First Legal Code

With Rabbi Ari Sollish

Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, February 5, 2025

See how Jewish law shifted from oral tradition to written code and encounter the Mishnah’s precise style, tight structure, and tolerance for debate—and its spiritual significance in Jewish life.

Sunday Kolel

"Jewish Castle Law: Home & Community Defense in Halacha"

With Rabbi Elisha Pearl

Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, February 2, 2025

Sunday Kolel

"Laws of Chanukah: Illuminated"

With Rabbi Doron Podlashuk

Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, December 15, 2024

Torah Studies 5785

Class 13: Parshat Bo

Tomorrow’s Questions, Today’s Answers

Passing the Torch of Faith to the Next Generation

With Rabbi Ari Sollish

Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Explore the meaning behind the Simple Son’s question in the Passover Haggadah and uncover Rashi’s profound insights into the concept of “tomorrow.” This lesson bridges generational divides, offering timeless strategies to connect with those who seem worlds apart.

Decoding the Talmud - Lesson 1

The Jewish People and the Talmud: Why Jewish Life Orbits a Book of Law

With Rabbi Ari Sollish

Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Jewish law’s ultimate record is the Talmud, but what is Jewish law? Explore its nature, scope, and roots in the written Torah and Oral Law—and see learning’s central role in Jewish practice and culture.