Being and Becoming

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Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer shares Jewish spiritual inspiration for everyday living

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    • Mar 5, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 5m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    Parshat Ki-Tisa

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 3:08


    Social media creates the illusion of perfection. The lives of others appear faultless while we know our own lives are far from perfect. How to emancipate ourselves from this tyranny while leaning into our brokenness?

    Parshat Tzav

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 12:45


    Knowledge is power, but power can be blinding. The true path of wisdom is one of intellectual humility.

    Intellectual Humility, Parshat Terumah

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 2:38


    Knowledge is power, but power can be blinding. The true path of wisdom is one of intellectual humility.

    Losing my childhood God, Parshat Mishpatim

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 3:32


    As a child I experienced God’s closeness, as I grew older God became more distant. Then I discovered how to hold these two polarities in tension.

    ‘Like’ I, Parshat Yitro

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 3:53


    The bible depicts God’s revelation at mount Sinai. But what does a Divine revelation entail? The Ishbitzer Rebbe asserts that God can never be fully revealed, and all that humans are capable of grasping is a pale likeness of the real thing.

    Faith & Doubt | Parshat Beshalach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 7:12


    The Lebanese American Poet Kahlil Gibran wrote: Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. This episode highlights the role of doubt in ensuring that faith does not get reduced to dogma.

    Uncovering Divine Language - Parshat Bo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 4:12


    Underlying and animating all of reality is divine language. This language is revealed in the human realm through the sacred words of Torah. This idea opens a new way of perceiving reality.

    Vayechi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 5:02


    Vayigash

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2020 4:47


    Miketz

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 4:28


    Vayeshev

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 4:46


    Vayishlach

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 4:06


    Vayetze

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 4:49


    Toledot Deep Calling Unto Deep

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 4:57


    Haye Sarah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 4:48


    Vayera Faith and Doubt

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 5:40


    Lech Lecha

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 4:20


    Destructive fire or divine spark? Rabbi Brawer explores perception.

    Parshat Noach

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 4:21


    How do we cleave to a state of flow? Rabbi Brawer discusses the ebbing and flowing of this state. 

    Bereshit

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 5:18


    God as Ground of Being: Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev (1740 -1810) expands our notion of God, and in so doing, offers a fresh perspective on life

    Stopping the Flow of Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 7:06


    Is it possible to break with the past, and to truly begin anew? That depends on how one defines the passage of time. A striking tale in the Yom Kippur liturgy presents an inspired perspective.

    When the Rabbi was Late

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 7:12


    Ethical behavior trumps prayer, but are we prepared to live with the implications?

    When Words are not Enough - A Shofar Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 3:02


    Language is inherently limited. But what if we could cross the boundaries of words and communicate on the deepest of levels?

    Awestruck! A Rosh Hashana Reflection

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 6:50


    Rosh Hashanah ushers in a period traditionally known as the Days of ‘Awe.’ What is ‘awe’ and how is it different from ‘fear’? And what does it mean to live an awestruck life?

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