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Josh hosts Pappy, Stevie, Mikey and Kylo as they add and subtract all the numbers and finally discover the meaning of pi! ********** Max is a reclusive mathematician who's built a super-computer that will not only provide him with the key to cracking the stock market, but may also reveal the true name of Jehovah; a discovery that could lead to the end of the world. His search however brings him to the attention of both Hassidic priests and Wall Street gurus. Release date: July 10, 1998 (USA) Director: Darren Aronofsky Budget: 134,815 USD, 60,000 USD Screenplay: Darren Aronofsky, Sean Gullette Cinematography: Matthew Libatique Distributed by: Starz Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment

Through great travails, challenges, and opportunities, Mayer Weiss navigated his way to Judaism. His journey is an inspiring story of growth and renewal, from his roots in Mexico to his various stops along the path to a new way of life. Mayer can be reached at: mayernweiss@gmail.com   ____________________________________ Need Financial Planning and Life insurance?   Call Moshe Alpert!   Email: Moshe.alpert@nm.com for a free consultation, or head to Moshealpert.nm.com                                 Or call                          718-644-1594   ____________________________________ Subscribe to our Podcast   Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2WALuE2   Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39bNGnO   Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/MPPGooglePodcasts   Or wherever Podcasts are available!   Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meaningfulpeoplepodcast   Like us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/MPPonFB   Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/MeaningfuPplPod   Editor: Sruly Saftlas   Podcast created by: Meaningful Minute   For more info and upcoming news, check out:   https://Meaningfulminute.org

Episode 126: Modi and Periel are joined by Hassidic singer Mendy Twerski who is on a mission to 'make Yiddish music great again'.  Send us Modi Mail!118A Orchard St.PMB #208New York, NY 10002Modi's special "Know Your Audience" is available on YouTube now!For all upcoming shows visit www.modilive.com.Follow Modi on Instagram at @modi_live.Send us a textSupport the show

J.J. and Dr. Reuven Leigh finally bring Chabad into the 20th century! They inspect the life and thought of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe–Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn. This is part two of our mini-series on the intellectual history of Chabad Hasidut. Thank you to Rabbi Gary Huber for sponsoring this mini-series! If you would like to support us directly please shoot us an email or visit torahinmotion.org/donateFollow us on Twitter (X) @JewishIdeas_Pod to argue with fellow listeners about Hasidic philosophies of language and perception. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice!We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.orgFor more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcastsDr. Reuven Leigh is an affiliated lecturer at the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, UK, and is the director of Chabad of Cambridge. He studied at religious academies in Manchester and Montreal and upon graduating in 1999, he assumed a rabbinic internship in New Haven, Connecticut. He subsequently received his Rabbinic Ordination from the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva in 2001 and was appointed as a lecturer in Hassidic philosophy. His main research interest is the relationship between Theology, Philosophy & Modernity and he was awarded his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2020.

Meet Itel Landau (maiden family name: Brettler), a Holocaust survivor originally from Vișeu de Sus (Felsővisó in Hungarian, אויבערווישעווע in Yiddish), a shtetl in Transylvania (prewar Romania, Hungary during WWII, now Romania), discussing her life — before, during, and after the Holocaust. Itel was born into a Hassidic family, the Brettlers, who sold manufacturing materials. In 1940, Transylvania was taken over by Hungary. Among other changes, her school days were ended. In the spring of 1944, the Germans occupied Hungary, and soon after she and her family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. She, her mother, and two sisters were among the few survivors from her large extended family. After the war, she endured years of recovery from Tuberculosis in a sanitarium in France. She eventually married and moved to Bogota, Colombia, where she raised her family. After her children began to attend Yeshivas in New York, she and her family relocated there. She now lives in Manhattan.For more information, see also Itel's 1988 interview with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Thanks to Reb Yisrael Brettler, coproducer of this episode, who is also Itel's first cousin once removed. Music: Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz Air Date: June 19, 2024

Shulem Lemmer (born November 6, 1989), known professionally simply as "Shulem," is an American Belz Hasidic singer from Borough Park, Brooklyn, in New York City. He is the first born-and-raised Charedi Jew to sign a major record contract with a leading label, Universal Music Group, under its classical music Decca Gold imprint.  

Yahrtzeit Yomi #911!! ב שבט Reb Zusha of Anapoli רב משולם זוסיא מאניפאלי ב״ר אליעזר (1718 - 1800) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today, 2 Shevat, marks the 223rd Yahrtzeit of the Rebbe Reb Zusha of Anipoli. Reb Zusha of Anipoli and his renowned brother Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk became prominent disciples of the holy Maggid of Mezhritch; members of his inner circle of students, known as the “Chevraya Kadisha”; together with several other great tzaddikim, who eventually became great Hassidic leaders in their own right. Aside from being known for his deep emotional approach towards prayer and his great piety, Reb Zusha conducted himself with an extreme measure of humility and self-abnegation; to the degree that the unknowing might have considered improper. To illustrate: Reb Zusha never referred to himself as “Ich,” the Yiddish word for “I.” Since the Torah repeatedly refers to Hashem in the First Person (אנכי/אני ה׳ אלקיכם), he felt that to refer to himself in the first person would be tantamount to a denial of Hashem's Sovereignty as The Ultimate Being!! Rather, he would say “Zusha Fahrshteit Nisht” - “Zusha doesn't understand” or “Zusha feels badly”, etc. Once, while walking, he stopped and began to speak to the dirt beneath his feet: “Ert!! Tayreh ert!! (Dirt! Precious dirt!!) You are greater than Zusha!! So why is Zusha walking upon you?!? Ahhh, ert, daageh nisht, don't worry - right now Zusha is walking upon you, but very soon you will be on top of Zusha!!” One can't help but feel energized by Reb Zusha's simplistic yet motivational teachings. He expounded that the word תשובה, (inadequately translated as “return” or “repentance,”) is an acronym/mnemonic for five rudimentary elements in the service of Hashem: ת - ״תמים תהיה עם ה׳ אלקיך״ ש - ״שויתי ה׳ לנגדי תמיד״ ו - ‏״ואהבת לרעך כמוך״ ב - ״בכל דרכיך דעהו״ ה - ״הצנע לכת עם אלקיך״ T: Tamim - "Be sincere (תמים) with the Eternal, your G‑d." Sh: Shivisi - "I have set (שויתי) G‑d before me always." U: Ve'ahavta - "Love (ואהבת) your fellow as yourself." V: Bechol - "In all (בכל) your ways, know Him." H: Hatzne'ah - "Walk discreetly (הצנע) with your G‑d. What's so vital about this mnemonic is that it incorporates the most fundamental and basic tenants of עבודת ה׳: 1. אמונה 2. יראת שמים 3. אהבת ישראל 4. אהבת השם 5. צניאות Of course, far more than any one thing he said, Reb Zusha's teachings were taught in the most effective way possible: through the means of personal example!! זכותו יגן עלינו!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To dedicate or sponsor, please contact 917-841-5059. First come, first served. Monthly sponsorships are $540. Weekly sponsorships are $180. Daily sponsorships are as follows: Dedications (l'Zecher Nishmas, Zechus shidduch/refuah/yeshuah, etc.) are $50. Sponsorships (fliers, advertising, promotions, additional links, etc.) are $100. The cost to request and sponsor a Tzaddik that is not included on the following list is $180. Shvat Yahrtzeits 1. Maharam Shick 2. Reb Zusha of Anipoli 3. Rav S. Bunim of Peshischa 4. Rav ML Sassover/Baba Sali 5. Sfas Emes 6. Oneg Yom Tov/Skolya Rebbe 7. Minsker Gadol 8. Era of Zekainim 9. The Ran/Rav Eliezer Silver 10. Rav Isaac Sher 11. Rav Noach Weinberg 12. Rav Meir Atlas 13. Rav Baruch Sorotzkin 14. Pnei Yehoshua 15. Shaarei Teshuva 16. Maharsham 17. Rav Chaim Falagi 18. Rav Beinish Finkel 19. Rav Yisroel Belsky 20. Rav Ezra Attiah 21. Kochav MiYaakov 22. Kotzker/Rav Yehuda Zev Segal 23. Pilegesh BiGivah 24. Nevuas Zechariah 25. Rav Yisrael Salanter 26. The Taz 27. Rav Zundel Hutner 28. Rav Nesanel Quinn 29. Alter of Slabodka 30. Rav Yerucham Fishel Perla Share the Yahrtzeit Yomi link with your contacts!! https://chat.whatsapp.com/JimbwNtBaX31vmRDdnO3yk

Women of the World's Religions Interview Series from the first-ever Women's Village at the Parliament of the World's Religions Short Interviews Served Up Weekly I was honored to be a part of a special project for the Parliament of the World's Religions Women's Task Force: conducting interviews inside the first-ever Women's Village. The invitation put forth at the Interview Suite was: Let Your Voice be Heard! In total, I interviewed 71 women, and I will share all of them. Each interview packs a powerful dose of inspiration in a few short minutes. I was truly fortunate to sit with women as they spoke so profoundly from their hearts about their love-in-action toward the Parliament's themes of: a call to conscience, the support of the human rights and dignity of women, and the care of the next generations of children (which, of course includes care of our earth).  ••• This episode features Hanna Yaffe.  Hanna Yaffe was born in London to a Rabbinic family. She has lived in Plymouth (UK) and Sunderland, studied in Gateshead, lived in Johannesburg, South Africa during the height of apartheid, an experience which shaped her into a humanist and spiritual activist by the age of 19. She moved to Jerusalem in 1975, where she is deeply involved with arts and culture as a means to Peacework.Hanna has frequently shared forums with Muslim and Christian storyteller, touring around the UK on the "Spirit Of Peace Tour" with Sheik Hassan Manasra and she is the Jerusalem Coordinator of Spirit of Peace UK based charity. She is an active member of Shira Hadasha, a Feminist Orthodox Synagogue. She regularly leads prayers there and for women's groups around the country. She defines herself as an unorthodox orthodox Rabbinic Jew(ess) Hanna has produced three CD's:"Birth in a Time of Bloodshed", a collection of lullabies from around the world written in time of war, exile and slavery."Lullabies from Jerusalem" a collection of folk lullabies sung by artists who belong to different faiths.  The disc was acclaimed by Martha Stewart as "Lullaby CD of the Year 2000"."Return Again" is an anthology of Hassidic stories and melodies.​ •••This series of interviews gives me a sense of peace and reassurance. The women are activated, and their love cannot be stopped. And I believe that you will find, as I did, that listening to women speak from their fierce hearts, empowers us as women to find our own voices and to take action from our hearts as well. Find your place among these women… You can participate in Brecia's Women's Woven Voices project. Please Subscribe and help me to share these women! With love, Dale YouTubehttps://m.youtube.com/@daleallen-womenoftheworld Podcast https://daleallenpodcast.buzzsprout.com Websiteshttps://www.daleallen.nethttps://www.inourrightminds.net “Woman Shine” song by Dale Allen on all music platformshttps://youtu.be/-nsvL9JjMc4  Hanna Yaffehttps://www.lullabies-of-loss.org/aboutwww.spiritofpeace.co.uk    YouTubehttps://m.youtube.com/@daleallen-womenoftheworld Podcasthttps://daleallenpodcast.buzzsprout.com WSupport the show

A Hassidic meditation for Shofar and beyond

  About Our Guest:   Shulim Leifer is a chasidish husband and father. He was a business executive in the field of Healthcare Administration, and is now a Social Justice Activist & Victim Advocate in the Charedi world. https://twitter.com/ShulimLeifer       Would you like to be a SPONSOR? Reach out about new sponsorship opportunities for your brand & organizations - franciskakay@gmail.com     Check out www.JewishCoffeeHouse.com for more Jewish Podcasts on our network.

Through great travails, challenges, and opportunities, Mayer Weiss navigated his way to Judaism. His journey is an inspiring story of growth and renewal, from his roots in Mexico to his various stops along the path to a new way of life.   Mayer can be reached at: mayernweiss@gmail.com   ____________________________________   Need Financial Planning and Life insurance?   Call Moshe Alpert!   Email: Moshe.alpert@nm.com for a free consultation, or head to Moshealpert.nm.com                                  Or call                          718-644-1594 _______________________________________ Help RCCS Raise The Bar!   Donate at Dryveup.com/RCCS   _______________________________________ For the best-looking and most comfortable dress shirts in the world..   Collarsandco.com    Use promo code: MEANINGFUL for 15% off! ______________________________________ With Tisha B'Av approaching, check out Aleph Beta's collection of inspiring Tisha B'Av videos. Rabbi David Fohrman, founder of Aleph Beta, explores some of the most beloved Tisha B'Av texts to discover the deeper meaning and relevance of the day. And for a limited time only, our listeners get $18 off an annual Aleph Beta membership, which will give you access to all the Tisha B'Av videos plus hundreds more on parsha and the other holidays. Go to Aleph Beta and enter coupon code MEANINGFUL23 for $18 off an annual premium membership. https://www.alephbeta.org/tisha-bav?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=meaningfulpeople23 ______________________________________   Win the Tesla of your choice or fifty thousand dollars in cash! This raffle is benefiting the Chicago Chesed Fund. Chicago Chesed Fund is a tzedaka organization dedicated to helping families in crisis, and is funding 80+ programs and services right now. For your chance to win, head to CCFraffle.com, where you can get $25 off two tickets by using the promo code “MPP”. ______________________________________   Subscribe to Meaningful Minute on WhatsApp:  WhatsApp Subscribe Link ____________________________________ Subscribe to our Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2WALuE2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39bNGnO Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/MPPGooglePodcasts Or wherever Podcasts are available!   Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meaningfulpeoplepodcast Like us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/MPPonFB Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/MeaningfuPplPod   Editor: Sruly Saftlas Podcast created by: Meaningful Minute   For more info and upcoming news, check out: https://Meaningfulminute.org   #jew #jewish #podcast #frum #rabbi #frumpodcast #meaningfulpeople #torah #mitzvah #hashem #jewishmusic #jewishpodcast #israel #kumzitz #nachigordon #jewishpod #Conversion #Mayer #Weiss #Chassidim #hispanic   

In part One of my interview with Rabbi Sam Feinsmtih we explore his musical lineage as the son of the famous Marvin Feinsmith, composer of the Isaiah Symphony and principal bassoon of many symphonies Internationally.He explores his wildly diverse childhood, his connection to the Indian Nation, the Hassidic lineage, how he discovered meditation and Mindfulness.Also, you'll hear how he founded Orot, the Center for New Jewish Learning, and taught mindfulness in Jewish High Schools before becoming full-time core faculty at the IJS Insititute of Jewish Spirituality.Learn more about Orot herehttps://www.orotcenter.org/Learn more about the IJS herehttps://www.jewishspirituality.org/More about The Holy Sparks Podcast herewww.holysparks.tvThank you to our Sponsor JTLV24/7 programming stories that inspirego towww.jltv.tvBecome a Sponsor of the Podcastor sponsor an episode click herewww.patreon.com/saulkaye

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Samuel Lebens—a philosophy professor, rabbi, and Jewish educator—about the nature of consciousness.At a time when artificial intelligence can make us question what it even is that makes humans unique, we look deeply into our ability to have personal experiences and turn them into new ideas. In this episode, we discuss with Sam: Why do we each have a subjective consciousness?What is the relationship between prayer and our lives?What is the “Turing test,” and how does it relate to prayer?Tune in to hear a conversation about how consciousness gives us the ability to transform words into prayer, to “sing a new song.”Interview begins at 31:28.Rabbi Dr. Samuel Lebens is an associate professor in the philosophy department at the University of Haifa, as well as a rabbi and Jewish educator. Samuel holds a PhD in philosophy from Birkbeck College (University of London), and his academic interests cover the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of language. Samuel teaches at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education and the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies. Samuel's most recent book, of several, is A Guide for the Jewish Undecided, groundbreaking work has an engaging style that makes it accessible to all readers, while not losing the clarity and rigor characteristic of analytic philosophy. Samuel's first book was a study of Bertrand Russell's dynamic theories about the nature of meaning. Samuel previously joined us to talk about rationality and mysticism.References:Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. HofstadterGalileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness by Philip Goff“Perpetual Prophecy: An Intellectual Tribute to Reb Zadok Ha-Kohen of Lublin on His 110th Yahrzeit” by David BashevkinBeing John MalkovichEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindAnomalisaNetivot Olam by the Maharal of PragueWaking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam HarrisRupture and Reconstruction: The Transformation of Contemporary Orthodoxy by Haym Soloveitchik“God and his imaginary friends: a Hassidic metaphysics” by Samuel Lebens2001: A Space Odyssey“A Conversation With Bing's Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled” by Kevin RooseThe Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive by Brian ChristianShemot Rabbah

Rabbi Jeremy Rosen shares his unique perspective on the balance between rationality and mysticism growing up in a Litvish and Hassidic household. He discusses the trend in the frum world where religious observance is becoming stricter and stricter, and how this phenomenon can be attributed to the Holocaust and Israeli politics. As we delve deeper into the conversation, Rabbi Rosen speaks about the current mood in the Haredi and Hassidic communities and how he sees the "tail wagging the dog." He explains why things are getting more extreme and how change happens very slowly, but also why he is optimistic that things will improve. He points out that the secular part of society has gone off the rails, which has led to reactionary fundamentalism in these communities. We then shift our focus to the cultural and political changes that are occurring in Israel and the world, including the controversial judiciary reform that has split the nation and the nature of political corruption. Moving on to the Jewish approach to dealing with tragedy and grief, Rabbi Rosen highlights the superstitions and social miscues that are unfortunately common responses. He presents a way to educate people on how to respond to another's tragedy, as Jews often turn to “hocus pocus” in desperate times and incorrectly conflate the Messianic Age with Olam Haba (the Afterlife). We briefly touch on the Book of Job and the fact that each person responds differently to grief, emphasizing that there's no cookie-cutter approach. We also discuss the concept of reincarnation being a new addition to Judaism and how Kabbalah can get out of hand, especially as it relates to the human response to tragedy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/judaismdemystified/support

In episode 228 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Kenny Pearce and Dr. Sam Lebens to discuss which view of God better explains the creation we live in, Hassidic Idealism, wherein we live in God's mind, or Berklean Idealism, wherein the external world is separate from God's mind but intimately dependent on it. (Of course these options aren't the only ones!). This episode is the culmination of two other episodes, one with Dr. Lebens and one with Dr. Pearce. Check them out here for more background on the discussion from this episode: Pearce: https://youtu.be/1nTmoFyWuQo Lebens: https://youtu.be/iPF_WsIhKDg If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees If you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspensees Sub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/ Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Do we live in God's mind? 4:44 - Can God create a world outside His Mind? 10:20 - Why Berkeleyan Idealism over Hassidic Idealism? 16:06 - Ontological Pluralism and Fictional Characters? 29:20 - Free Will and the Authorial Analogy 31:38 - How Many Stories is God telling right now? 37:17 - Contingency Arguments and Idealism 42:28 - God's Mental Causation on Hassidic vs. Berkeleyan Idealism 46:27 - Information Theory and God's Language 58:38 - Can you be a Classical Theists and an Idealist? 1:01:10 - Free Will, Pharaoh, Paul, and Divine Agency 1:08:40 - Simulation Hypothesis vs. Idealisms

In this very unique episode, we interview cult-expert Rick Alan Ross to shed light on the definition of a cult and the techniques they use to recruit and control their members. Some historical and recent examples of cults include Adolph Hitler, Branch Davidians, Scientology, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), and Lev Tahor. Ross explains common cult techniques people should look out for and who is generally susceptible. He also answers the question of whether a cult needs to be an organized group that holds meetings or if an individual can fall into the same trap by following politicians, conspiracy theorists, social media influencers, or even people as "unthreatening" as health coaches. Ross explains the difference between religion and cult, and how the Orthodox Jewish community can protect themselves from cult leaders/figures within their own religion, even when certain leaders still cast a big shadow after their death. He clarifies whether Hassidic sects like Chabad or Breslov fall under the category of a cult. Listeners will learn how someone can know if they're in a cult and how they can escape, considering that their safety may be compromised if they leave or expose the cult. Finally, Ross offers insights into how an ex-cult member can "deprogram" and reintegrate into normal society. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/judaismdemystified/support

Today's Talmud page, Nazir 57, delivers a much-needed reminder that, whether we like it or not, we're all responsible for each other. What does that mean in real life? And what can we learn from the famous Hassidic tale about the rich guy who wanted to meet the Prophet Elijah? listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer.  Check out all of Tablet's podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

We hear about these various labels of Judaism all of the time; Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, Hassidic, Talmudic, Kabbalistic. The list goes on and on and on. So how many types of Jews are there? Who better to answer that question than Rabbi Moshe Bryski of Conejo Chabad. Rabbi Bryski is a religious and community leader who shares the message that, truly, there is only one type of Jew despite the labels we get caught up in. Chaz Volk, host of Bad Jew, has personal ties and gets emotional during the episode. Rabbi Moshe Bryski's Bio: RABBI MOSHE BRYSKI has served as the Executive Director of Chabad of the Conejo for the past thirty nine years. Highlighting his achievements is the founding and directing of the Conejo Jewish Academy – a unique adult education institute that has served as a model for dozens of other communities throughout the world. He and his wife Matty are the spiritual leaders of Chabad of Agoura Hills and have been blessed with eight children and ten grandchildren. Connect with Rabbi Moshe Bryski www.ChabadConejo.com rabbi@chabadconejo.com Connect with Bad Jew: Join our online community HERE: https://linktr.ee/badjew BadJewPod@gmail.com Ig @BadJewPod TikTok @BadJewPod

Raizel and Dani Namdar are the creators of the world's first Orthodox Jewish family vlog dubbed “That Jewish family” on various social media platforms. They educate followers about Jewish topics and customs inaccurately portrayed in culture. Their videos are lighthearted and fun while being informative and educational, a perfect combination that excellently captivates viewers.   Raizel was born in Sydney, while Dani was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. Both Raizel and Dani grew up in Chassidic families. Because of their captivating videos and educational content, the family has earned a massive following across various social media platforms.   The Namdars don't live in one particular home. They are nomadic, keeping their belongings in storage literally around the world. Their destinations span from Iceland to Sweden, Australia to Hungary or the United States. They remain steadfast in their vision of educating their followers about their life as frum Nomads and to continue advocating for love, respect, and understanding.     **SPONSORS**   The WhatsApp status that's there for your mental health

Ha’azinu speaks of God as a parent, as the Being that created and formed us all. What implications does this fact have for our spirituality and consciousness? Yiscah Smith presents a teaching of the Hassidic master – the Piazecne Rabbe, … Read the rest The post Ha'azinu 5783: Breathing God into Our Lives first appeared on Elmad Online Learning. Continue reading Ha’azinu 5783: Breathing God into Our Lives at Elmad Online Learning.

Hassidic Jew Joins Lower Case Atheist and Christian Civil Discussion on God, Nationalism & Politics

Hear a fantastic thoughts for Hisbonenus based on this week's torah portion with Rabbi Laibl Wolf! 

It starts with the journey of one, young woman's harrowing journey of awakening, to reveal the social dysfunction of an extremist and elitist group, a group that projects it's internal demons on the external world.

Parashat Ekev includes the second paragraph of Shema, in which we find the command to educate our children: ולמדתם אותם את בניכם – “You shall teach them [the words of Torah] to your children” (11:19). The adult generation bears the obligation to ensure the perpetuation of Torah, that it is successfully transmitted to the next generation. The Torah is eternal, and must be always preserved, and we therefore have the obligation to teach it to our children. As everybody knows, this mitzvah poses a great challenge. Educating our children to follow the path of Torah has always been challenging, but it is especially so in our day and age, when lures and distractions abound. One of the important principles to keep in mind when it comes to education is that while the Torah never changes, the “packaging” does – and must – change. The way we transmit it, the tools and methods we use to teach and inspire, must be tailored to the specific needs of every generation. One obvious example of “new packaging” is the fact that thousands upon thousands of Jews today learn Torah over digital platforms, by hearing classes and reading printed Torah material disseminated through apps and websites. This is today's “packaging” of the Torah. Another example is the founding of the Hassidic movement in Eastern Europe in the 1700s. Many Jews in Ukraine and other places were simply unable to connect to Hashem through Gemara learning. They were poor peasants who needed to start working already as children, such that they never received an education. Learning was not an option. The Ba'al Shem Tov realized that the Torah needed to be “repackaged” – not, Heaven forbid, changed – to allow these people to connect to it. And so he founded a new movement, which emphasized things like joy, prayer, singing, dancing, and the notion that even a simple, unlearned Jew can build a special relationship with Hashem. In our times, we need to “package” the Torah for our children the right way. Shoving it down their throats with anger and threats is not going to succeed. The pasuk says, דרכיה דרכי נועם, וכל נתיבותיה שלום – “Its ways are ways are pleasantness, and all its ways are peace.” We need to show our children the beauty of Torah life, and the joy of Torah life. We need to try to make it fun and engaging, something that they will be attracted to. Imagine somebody goes over to his fellow who is struggling, hands him a check, and says, “Look, I'm giving you $1,000 because I see that you're an abject failure, you can't make a living, you're a real hazit , and you never do anything right, so you need help.” The person will certainly accept the $1,000, but will obviously not feel very good about it. Now imagine the person going over to his struggling fellow, handing him a check, and saying, “Look, I know you're going through a rough time, working very hard but not seeing much success. You're a good guy and I really respect you – so I wanted to help you out.” Needless to say, the recipient would warmly hug him and feel overjoyed. In both scenarios, somebody gave another person a valuable gift. But the “packaging” was drastically different. In the first instance, the “packaging” was unpleasant; in the second, the “packaging” was beautiful. And that makes all the difference in the world. This is our challenge in setting out to fulfill the mitzvah of ולמדתם אותם את בניכם . Torah is a beautiful, precious gift. But when we give it to our children, we must do so in a pleasant, enjoyable way, in a manner of דרכיה דרכי נועם , which leaves then with a good feeling. They will then accept this gift lovingly and happily, and then, please G-d, transmit it also to their children, so that the beautiful chain of Torah will continue for all time.

Rabbi Angel carefully presents the traditional Sepharadi approach to law and life. Do we take a more stringent or lenient approach than Ashkenazim? We live in an age where Judaism is highly fractured with sectarianism, including Ultra-Orthodox, Yeshivish, Haredi, Hassidic, Modern Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, Secular Zionist, Anti-Zionist, Religious Zionist, etc. Very little (if any) progress has been made in unifying the denominations of Judaism. How are we to lead a path to a Judaism that will one day be able to unify these fractures? And what has been the Sepharadi approach that has allowed it to stay relatively uninfluenced by these movements? We also discuss what the term Modern Orthodox means, as it's a title that has been much maligned and misunderstood, as well as the Kollel crisis and the common treatment of the Gedolim. 

In this enlightening conversation with Rabbi Yitzchak Blau, we survey talmudic and Hassidic sources that speak about Devarim as the possible root of the Oral Law.

Parshas Pinchas: Moses' dialogue with the Divine regarding his successor...From biblical text through midrashic protest to Hassidic notions of leadership.

Sarah Guigue, better known as HassidicHipsterGirl on Instagram is an amazing content creator and Torah educator who uses her influence on social media to educate her large following on Torah and Jewish Identity. Rabbi Wildes and Sarah cover many important topics ranging from the practical to the mystical. How we can use the potential of social media for the good? What is the best way to combat Antisemitism? Why does God seem so hidden in this world of ours? All that and more in this captivating conversation. Timestamps: 3:30 Relearning Judaism 17:00 Why God Hides 27:00 Rudy Rochman's controversial post on AntiSemitism 38:00 Can Social Media be used for good? 46:30 Favorite Torah Teaching You can follow Rabbi Wildes and Sarah on Instagram @RabbiWildes and @HassidicHipsterGirl

Hasidic Hipster Sarah Guigue stops by. Cousin Malcom too. Ever see my big fat Greek wedding? Culture shockers are real in Shiduchim. There are so many different kinds of minhags or customs or rituals that families have. In this episode, the NTS crew rant about the best to the worst in shidduch dating culture shockers! 1) Family Huggers 2) Bris 3) Sefardic kissing on cheeks 4) Bro Cuddling 5) Women cheek kissing 6) Men walking around the house in underwear 7) Women's Nida (a guys house vs. a gals house) 8) Black hats 9) Sheitels 10) Men wear rings when married 11) Men wearing rings in general (Italian like) 12) Engagement bracelets 13) When the mother doesn't cover her hair 14) Asking the father permission to marry their daughter. 15) Pesach vacations --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shidduchim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shidduchim/support

In this wonderful conversation with Yossi Ben Harush, a charismatic educator and scholar of modern Hasidic writing, we speak about a modern Hasidic interpretation of Pinchas' behavior and about the zealot within us all.

Join Jewish Comedians Rachel Creeger & Philip Simon for their comedy podcast, a chat show about all things Jewish, produced by Russell Balkind. It's the final episode of the series and this week's guests are American comedians Leah Forster and Daniel Lobell.Follow them on social media, follow US on social media and don't forget to let us know what you think about the show.Subscribe to our Patreon: @JewTalkinFacebook: @JewTalkinTwitter: @JewTalkinInstagram: @JewTalkinDon't forget to subscribe and leave us a 5* review - it really helps other people find the show. Go on… it's what your mother would want!--------------------------------------------------------------------- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leahforster/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hellowhellowleahLeah Forster is an internationally renowned character comic and stand up. Coming from a Hassidic background, Leah was a pioneer in performing comedy at Jewish women's events, selling out shows for thousands. Having grown up in a Yiddish speaking ultra-orthodox family, following a traditional path into marriage and motherhood, she came out of the Hassidic world and the closet, whilst maintaining a warm relationship with her family and community. She came to public attention after a controversial incident where a Kosher Certification authority threatened to cancel venues' licensing for hosting her show, citing her sexuality. Website: http://www.dannylobell.com/Twitter: @DanielLobellInstagram: @daniellobellDaniel Lobell is an LA based comedian, comic book creator, podcaster and graduate of The Second City improv program. Daniel hosts the Modern Day Philosophers podcast, featuring comedians like Bill Burr, Brian Regan and Maria Bamford talking philosophy, and Tipping the Scales, about body image and health. He also created the “Fair Enough” autobiographical comic book series, and has two albums out on Stand Up! Records: “Some Kind of Comedian” and “The Nicest Boy in Barcelona”. In 2017, Daniel made his Edinburgh Fringe debut with acclaimed show “Broke As A Joke” , followed by “Tipping the Scales” in 2019. Get bonus content on the Jew Talkin' To Me? Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rena Branson, founder of the Queer Niggun Project, speaks on her work as a community organizer, song-weaver, and teacher of both traditional Hassidic and new liturgical melodies. In this conversation with Riv Ranney Shapiro, Rena reflects on the power of communal song to metabolize trauma and on their experience bringing Jewish spiritual gatherings and music to people incarcerated in NYC jails.

Oy. Yo. Shift a letter, shift the meaning. Nosson gets involved in the conversation about Jewish melody and rap, traditional and contemporary, differences and common ground. In this episode Dovid, Adam and Hassidic rap sensation Nosson Zand discuss how successful each of these art forms are at: evoking joy, breaking limitations, melting inhibitions and building inter-human connections. Toward the end of the episode Nosson captures his “drop the rake” moment and depicts what it felt like to collaborate with reggae superstar Matisyahu. A playlist of traditional Jewish melodies (niggunim): [Youtube] Nosson's catalog: [Spotify]

JACOB BLESSING HIS SONS. Jacob's twelve sons gathered to hear their father's prophecies regarding each of them and to receive his blessing (Genesis 49). Woodcut from the Cologne Bible, 1478-1480. Gen 49:1 In the last scene on Jacob's deathbed, surrounded by his children, he has a prophetic moment when he desires to tell them the (acharit yamim) end days. In the next verse (Gen 49:2) however, he launches into the blessings for each tribe. What happened between these two verses? Why did he not reveal to them the time of redemption? We tour the midrashic responses then three Hassidic masters and finally a dazzling Zohar that sheds light on the secret of survival during the dark night of exile.

1 (3m 26s): We worship you. Jesus. We thank you that we will praise your name forever and we praise your name today. 2 (11m 33s): Gotcha. Thank you. That's your name is powerful Lord and yeah, we invite your powerful name to move in our midst, Lord, God, you've already begun and we just pray that that would continue. God. I pray that there were where, where there is a disconnect between us and you corporately or individually, Lord God that there would be in Jesus name. I pray God that we would connect to you in a fresh and powerful way where we need to repent of our sins. I pray that we would repent of our sins, God, where we need to acknowledge that we have separated God, that we would acknowledge that and draw close to you. God, that we would allow your spirit to dwell in us on hindered God that we would be convicted of sin and of righteousness, God of your presence, Lord God, that we would honor you all the days of our lives. 2 (12m 25s): God, that we would dwell in you and that you would dwell in us. God, thank you that you do inhabit the praises of your people. I pray that we would always be a people who worship you in spirit and in truth, God, that we would be available to you 24 7, God, that we would be humbled before you grateful for you. God, that we would always understand who you are and who we are in light of your grace in our lives. Lord DOD. So God keep us humble. Keep us filled with the love of God, the grace of God, the compassion of God, or give us, give us the desire to love people in our community. 2 (13m 5s): To love you wholeheartedly, Lord, God, God, we just invite your presence all over this campus Lord. And for whoever's watching online, God, we pray God that you would download grace and truth and supernatural power to us. God that we would be different as a result of this gathering, this corporate gathering of worship today, God, that we would be impossible for us to leave the same, but that there would be change and transformation in our lives because we've gathered, we've prayed together. We've worshiped together. We've looked at the word and studied the word together. We declared that we will submit ourselves to your spirit and your word, Lord God. 2 (13m 47s): So God to change me, change us, transform us where we need to be transformed. Lord God, be glorified in this process. We pray. Thank you for what you're doing. We love you Lord in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. You may be seated. You may be seated. We're going to be in Hebrews chapter five today. Hebrews chapter five. We'll be looking at the last part of Hebrews chapter four as well. Thank you, Amanda. And so we'll be in a couple of different chapters looking again at the last few verses of chapter four, but then unpacking all of Hebrews chapter five. So if you have a Bible and you would like to turn in your Bible to those chapters, that would be great if you don't and they're going to be up on the screen. 2 (14m 29s): So, so that's going to be really good. I'm excited about what God wants to do today. I was up around my property, walking and praying this morning. And as I was praying and walking, I came upon this, all of this debris up on the highway. We live on highway one up on, on the Mason and our house is down about 150, 200 yards off of highway one. And I, as I walked up to the highway, she's me not how be one, but Willow. As I walked up to Willow, I noticed all of this debris everywhere and I was up there to pray, but I see all of this debris. So it's like somebody took a newspaper and just chucked it out the window. And it just went everywhere as well as a bunch of other trash and I'm OCD. 2 (15m 11s): So anytime I see trash, I got to stop and pick it up. I don't like trash. And so I stopped to pick it up and I was reflecting on the trash. I was like, why, who would do this? Why, why throw your trash out on the road on somebody else's property? Who does that? You know? So I was just kind of, kind of frustrated in my soul. And I thought, you know, if I just spend a moment and clean it up, it will all be good. You know? So I took about five, 10 minutes or so, and just gathered up all the trash. I'm having to crawl under the trees on my hands and knees to get the trash from underneath the trees. And, but once I got it all cleaned up, I was able to look at it and I just, I found myself resting again. There was something, something about that trash that was interrupting my ability to pray and my ability to rest in the Lord. 2 (15m 57s): I thought there's a parallel here. I think we allow trash into our lives. Either people put trash into our lives or we bring trash into our lives, but somehow we get trashed in our lives and it interrupts our rest in the Lord. It interrupts our ability to press in as followers of the Lord, Jesus Christ, that trash hinders us. And I got this clarity, this kind of revelation that if we'll just take the time, whether it's trash, somebody else has trashed our life with or trash that we have trashed our own lives with. If we will just deal with it. I think we have a disconnect in our walk with Jesus because of trash residue that we've allowed presence in our lives. 2 (16m 46s): Why don't we just clean it up? Why don't we just clean it up? How do we clean it up? If it's like trash baggage in our lives? Well, I find cleaning up means for me, extending grace to somebody who's trash, my life, choosing to love, choosing to extend compassion. And as soon as I begin to actually do what Jesus would do, as soon as I begin to act like Jesus would act and do what Jesus would do and speak like Jesus would speak all of a sudden, there's just the rest of God. 2 (17m 26s): The peace of God, the joy of God, it just, it just settles in me. And all of a sudden I've got clarity, any kind of anger or disappointment or disillusion. It just begins to dissipate and wonderful and profound things happen, but we have to be pro we have to be proactive. And so we have to identify, we have to be OCD about it. So it got, I don't, I'm not allowing this trash in my life. I'm getting rid of it. I'm going to clean it up. I'm going to confess it. I'm going to deal with it. I'm going to get it out in the open. I'm going to throw it away. I'm going to eliminate it from my life. We're talking about rest again this week, last week we said, God's rest is available to us. 2 (18m 9s): But even as I say that again, this week, it's just, it's such good news for us, especially in light of just this crazy holiday season that we find ourselves in it's December, it's almost Christmas again. And here we are, our trees are up. We did the live nativity. We did the, you know, Christmas tree lighting out front. It's been crazy. Lots of things happening every weekend and all throughout the weeks as we get ready to celebrate December 25th, the birth of Christ. And to remember that in the midst of all the chaos, the rest of God, the peace of God is available to us. 2 (18m 50s): How did you do this week? How did we do this week? Reflecting on the message last week, trying to apply it to our lives. How do we do? I did okay. There were moments where I forgot all about the rest. I forgot that it was even available. I forgot that I even needed it. I was just, I found myself uptight at different points. And, and then when I would return to the truth about who God is, that rest would just settle back on me and settle back in me. And it's, it's, it's, it's this supernatural work of the spirit that God wants to accomplish within us. It's really pretty profound. 2 (19m 31s): We've been waiting for six months, you know, kind of doing a ton of work over at 1 0 2 and trying to get a permit. And as I mentioned, I think I mentioned last week that we got the permit and that was like a huge load off, you know, and all through that process. I just had to keep going back to Lord and say, Lord, okay, you know the timing we're just going to trust you. And then when it happens, we're like, okay, thank you, Lord. We trust your timing. And then we had, we were able to call for an inspection. So when you get your permits, you gotta get to start getting a project inspected. So we had done plumbing and electrical and HVAC and Firespring all this different stuff. And so we needed to call for an inspection so that we could continue with the project can continue with the project until you get the sign off. 2 (20m 15s): So we had the inspection this week and Tuesday, we got the building signed off and they said, Hey, you can start insulating. And then you can start dry walling. And then you can start wrapping this thing up. And so there was such a joy. Yeah. There were such joy, such, such gratitude at, at God's goodness. You know, we get uptight about his timing, but as soon as he shows up and does in his timing, what he intended to do all along, well, we just were reminded God's he's not done here. 2 (20m 56s): He's not forgotten about us. He's not left us alone. He's got a plan that is unfolding. And so we need as Christians to stay in that place of rest when we don't understand his timing. And now we've got a few months ahead of us still, and I'm sure we're going to be back in this place where like Lord, what's going on and we're going to have to be reminded that God is still on the throne. And when it's right, we'll open the doors over at 1 0 2 and we'll begin to have church services. But in the meantime, we've had a couple of prayer meetings there. Oh goodness. And that place just got covered with black ink verses of scripture all over the walls. 2 (21m 37s): They're all covered up now, mostly. But man promises from the word promises from God that we're holding onto and recording on the walls of that building. We, we wrote names of people. I bet you there's hundreds of names of people that we've recorded in their names, that people, that people, that we're praying for, that God would touch them. They would experience the salvation of God, the rest of God, the peace of God, he, the healing of God. And so there's literally hundreds and hundreds of names that we've recorded there. And there's going to be another opportunity. We're going to open things up again. Soon. We we've had two prayer meetings and a lot of you have been there. We're going to do it again. 2 (22m 17s): And you're going to have an opportunity and you can stop by anytime during the week and just write names on wood. Don't write it on the dry wall, write it on the word, right? Write it on the wood. And it'll be there forever and ever. And, and just we'll, we'll just watch what God does. There's there's rest for the people of God. When we trust his timing, his plan, his purposes, and his provision. Last week, we talked about God's rest this week. We're talking about God's rest is again, what is the rest that we're talking about? 2 (23m 0s): Well, there's a temporal rest. Then there's the eternal rest. The temporal rest is for the here and now, like right in this moment. So if you're stressed out, anxious, angry, frustrated, resentful, God's rest is available to just scrub all of that stuff from your lives. I shared this story a couple months ago about the letter that I wrote to my dad forgiving him of a lifetime of disappointment. And I shared that when I wrote that letter and forgave, my dad, my soul was scrubbed. 2 (23m 43s): This is, this is the work of God that he wants do in our lives on a regular basis. But we've got to, we got to get rid of the rubbish. We gotta get rid of the trash. We have to address it, deal with it. Extend grace, ask for forgiveness and move forward in the grace and the goodness of the Lord, Jesus Christ. So that we can experience the temporal rest. That leads to the eternal rest of the living. God temporal rest means peace in the midst of the storm. It means faith instead of fear, trust instead of anxiety, joy, instead of worry, I shared these last week. 2 (24m 26s): And as I was getting ready to prepare the message for this week, I re-read this. And I thought we got to say it again. We forget. We got to remind, we got to say it again because I need to reminding, we need reminding about this temporal rest in what that means to us, temporal rest trust. God's his faithfulness, his provision, his love, his goodness, temporal Rast, trust the living God eternal rest, man, what is waiting for us? We get a taste of it here in the here and now. And we're meant to get a taste of it in the here and now we're meant to live in that rest in the here and now, but it takes us to this eternal rest, which means no more pain or sorrow sin or temptation sickness or death darkness. 2 (25m 12s): There will no longer be a curse on anything, but the grace of God rests on everything. Eternal rest means we will see Jesus face to face and we'll be in his presence forever more. So last week we said, this is how you get there. This is how you experience the rest of God. God's rest is available to you by faith. God's rest is available to you through obedience and God's rest is available to the tender hearted faith, obedience. And tenderheartedness that kind of leads us into the law. We're going to kind of relook at Hebrews chapter four, the last few verses verses 14 through 16. 2 (25m 55s): Then we're going to get into Hebrews chapter five and unpack the rest of that. And we're going to look at five points today that help us to understand how the rest of God is available to us. So let's reread Hebrews four 14 through 16. It says. So then since we have a great high priest who has entered heaven, Jesus, the son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. Number one, God's rest is available because we have a high priest who is victorious. The scripture says that we have this great high priest who entered having, how did he enter heaven? Why was he able to reenter heaven? 2 (26m 35s): Why? Because he had finished victoriously the work that God sent him to the earth to accomplish. He secured salvation for mankind. He entered heaven. Victoriously Jesus entered heaven. After completing the work he was sent to do securing salvation, he won the victory over sin and death for his people. So because of the victory of our great high priest, Jesus, the Lord, the rest of God is available to us. The Bible says there's no condemnation for those who are in Christ. Jesus. Why? Because our sins are forgiven. And so the condemnation that goes to the, that settles on the unrepentant. 2 (27m 17s): Isn't for the believer, for those of us who have confessed our need for Jesus who have repented of our sins and who have drawn close to the Lord. So we have this incredible rest. Even when we mess up, we say, Lord, forgive me for that misstep for whatever it was and washed a fresh over me with your grace. And then as we allow, God's grace to wash over us. And at times when we need to forgive ourselves, sometimes it's harder for us to forgive ourselves and forgotten to forgive us. And so when we forgive ourselves and we allow God to forgive us, the rest of God, the peace of God, just settles on us. Jesus won the victory over sin and death for his people. 2 (28m 0s): What exactly does that mean? Let's take a look at first Corinthians 1554 through 58. The apostle Paul explains to us what this means since then, verse 54, first Corinthians 15. Then when our, our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies, that will never die in that sound good. This scripture will be fulfilled. And then there's a quote from Isaiah 25 verse eight. It says death is swallowed up in victory. Oh, death. Where is your victory? Oh, death. Where is your sting for sin? 2 (28m 41s): Is the sting that results in death and the law gives sin its power. But thank God. He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. It means we get victory over sin. Doesn't mean we're not going to send any longer, but we'll send less and less and less as the sanctification process of the living. God at work in our lives takes place. As we trust to trust the Lord, as we yield to God, we sin less and less because we want to become more and more like the living God and we are becoming more in that sanctification process. We are becoming more and more like the living God. 2 (29m 22s): So my dear brothers and sisters verse 58, be strong and IM moveable. So we're studying Hebrews and the writer of Hebrews is speaking to a people who are not being strong, but they're being wishy-washy, they're second guessing their commitment to Christ. And maybe you're here today. And you've second guessed your commitment to Christ. You're not sure you're wishy-washy you're you're, you're, you're kind of, you're kind of in limbo a little bit. Maybe you're feeling a little lukewarm. You're not on fire for Jesus, but you're not obstinate toward him. You just don't know what to do. This truth in the scripture, in the Hebrews and in Corinthians is a reminder to us to stand firm, to be strong in the power of his might and be IM movable, always work enthusiastically for the Lord verse. 2 (30m 10s): The verse continues for you now that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. Jesus was victorious for us. He's given us new life, a brand new purpose. He's given us eternity to enjoy him. He has been victorious on our behalf. He has given us victory over sin and death. So we don't have to be slaves to sin. We don't have to be fearful about death because we just graduate from this broken down sick body that we encounter that we inhabit. And we graduate into a, a body, a, an eternal body that is no longer sick. 2 (30m 54s): I was talking with a gal last week after church and she said, I've got Ms. I had no idea she had Ms. But she been battling Ms for a long time. Now I talked to so many people or I got a text this morning from somebody who said, Hey, Mike, I woke up in my, I can't walk my hips out. I'm going to be watching church from home. I'm like, man, I can't wait until these bodies get swallowed up in victory. Right? Like I I'm so over him. Right. You know, even in our healthiest, I'm just, we're just over it. We're like, Hey, can we exchange, you know, trade up. Let's do that. But that would be good. Jesus' victory makes that great exchange possible that we, we trade up and we get glorious bodies moving forward in the new and the next life. 2 (31m 37s): And Hebrews four 14, the writer encourages his readers to hold firmly to what they believe. I think it's always so important for us to go back and be reminded. What is it that I believe what captured my attention when I first gave my life to Jesus, why did I give my life to Jesus in the first place? So that life can get hard, right? Challenging. We run into all kinds of problems, physically, relationally, spiritually, all kinds of problems. And sometimes we just need to revisit this where the writer is saying to the Hebrew people revisits. Remember what it is that you believe about Jesus. So what do they believe about Jesus? What is it that we in this 21st century world that we live in, what do we believe about Jesus? 2 (32m 21s): What we believe that Jesus died for our sins and praise God for that. And we can never get, we can never distance ourselves from that need, from that desperate need for the grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ. Maybe we have a less of a need possibly than we did then, but we're still desperately in need because the Bible says, if we break one law, we're guilty of breaking all the law. So we're desperately in need of the grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ. They believe that Jesus, that he was the Messiah. They were willing to go against their, their, their Judaism, their Judaism, their beliefs. As Judy, as, as, as Jews, they, they, they were willing to go against their religious teachers and their families to decide and proclaim that Jesus was the Messiah. 2 (33m 9s): They took a big hit in their culture by believing and choosing and proclaiming that Jesus was the Messiah. We've done the same thing we've said. I believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the son of the living, God, that he's the savior of the world that he was sent by God. They believe that. And we believe that we find rest in the Lord. When we continue to hold firmly to what we believe, we lose that rest in that peace and that joy. When we begin to waffle and doubt and question and move away from those foundational essential trues that brought us to Christ in the first place God's rest is available because we have a high priest who is victorious. 2 (33m 52s): Number one, number two, God's rest is available because we have a high priest who is compassionate. Oh, that's good news for us. Isn't it? He is compassionate. How many need some compassion from the Lord? Like we need it. We always need it right back to Hebrews chapter four, verses 15 and 16. It says that this high priest of ours understands our weaknesses for he faced all of the same testings we do yet. He did not sin. He has compassion because he knows exactly what we're dealing with in this life. So let us come. Boldly verse 16 says, let us come boldly to the throne, to the throne of our gracious God in there, we will receive mercy and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. 2 (34m 40s): So it's when we need it. Most that often we're pulling back from God. Like when we need his grace and mercy, the most were, we find it difficult to press into him. But when you're needing it, the very most, that's when you need to press in the very most pressing into the grace and the mercy of the Lord at Jesus Christ. The Lord is compassionate and merciful. Slow to get angry and fill with unfailing. Love. The Psalm says the Lord is compassionate and merciful. Slow to get angry and fill with unfailing love and his earthly life in ministry. Jesus was a man of compassion and we can look at our own lives and see where God has been. 2 (35m 25s): So compassionate, gracious, kind, loving patient with us. His compassion it's incredibly broad and effective in lives, but we see it in his whole earthly life ministry. He, he, he demonstrated compassion. He modeled compassion so that his followers then and now, so that we can see how he lived in reality with others. He had compassion on the woman who was caught in the very act of adultery. While everybody around her wanted to see her pay for her sin. Casting stones at her Jesus had compassion for her. 2 (36m 8s): He showed compassion to the hungry, the sick, the needy, the sinful. This is what compassion is. Compassion is the deep awareness of the suffering of another accompanied by the wish to relieve it deep awareness and the desire to relieve it. Somehow I was talking with a guy this week, a guy from the community, and we were just right over here behind 1 0 2. And I was talking to him, I've gotten to know him a little bit. And I said, Hey, how are you doing? What's going on in your life? He said, you know, my, my life is getting worse by the day. 2 (36m 50s): It's like, it goes, it's going from bad to worse every single day. And he explained to me about his marriage and about his, his business and about his relationship with his kids and just how his whole world is falling apart. I said, man, God, God wants to and help you. And to restore you. And it wasn't like this preachy thing, but I was just like with such compassion. I was like, man, there's, there's hope. It's like somebody walking around in the darkness and you you're able to turn on a light for them and say, man, there's actually help. And, and a hope that's available to you. And I, I asked him, I said, what is, where are you at spiritually? What do you believe about God? He said, well, I used to go to church. And he mentioned a Christian Church in town. 2 (37m 32s): And he said, I used to go. But about six years ago, I stopped going. And I, I just have been kind of falling away. I said, man, if you, if you choose to just invite Jesus back into your life, I didn't know what it will look like, but he will begin to restore. He will reconcile. He will heal. He will we'll move powerfully and profoundly in your life. If you'll just avail yourself to him, just invite him back into your circumstance. Just watch, just watch what he will do. I say, Hey, I said, can I pray for you? He said, oh, sure, sure. You know, I've, I've found that if you will just ask, most people, let you pray for them. 2 (38m 12s): I was talking to a guy after service this morning and he was at a restaurant and he talked to me about all the people that he had just been praying for at the restaurant. He saw somebody who was taking, I pray for you and you pray for them. Everybody says, yes, everybody wants prayer. And so he prayed for them and they would just be encouraged and built up and, and whatever. And so I prayed for this guy out here and, and I just prayed. My hearts sometimes were maybe nervous with some praying, maybe for someone who doesn't know Jesus or his backslidden, or I just pray with them. Like, they're a believer like a brother. I just pray. Like they're all in, you know? 2 (38m 53s): And I just invite God to do whatever that is that he wants to do in their lives. And I just take my Liberty because they said yes, and, and God's got great stuff in store for him. So I just began to pray. And after we prayed, he said, oh, thank you so much. I really appreciate you. And so I just encouraged him afterwards. I said, man, God's got purpose and plan. He, the world needs the rest of God. The compassion of God. And we, as followers of Jesus were where Jesus was skin on. And we get to go out and reach people and love people, communicating grace and truth. And just, and when we get to watch what God will do, and we just humbly make ourselves available. 2 (39m 36s): Compassion is the deep awareness. Maybe you're struggling with compassion. Maybe you got jaded hard or whatever. Just ask the Lord to change your mind about that. He will change your mind. He will soften you up and he will give you compassion for people who are perfect strangers for people in your family, God will just begin to change your hearts. Jesus had compassion on the woman with the issue of blood. She just reached in the crowds and, and, and touched the hem of his garment and healing power went out and who, who, who touched me? He said, and the woman identified herself. And he blessed her. 2 (40m 16s): The lay man at the pool of Bethesda was healed because Jesus had compassion. Jesus resurrected, a widow woman's son and Lazarus at the fed, the multitudes all because he was compassionate, loving, and gracious. What is Jesus done for you? Where is Jesus being compassionate in your life? Maybe we need to revisit that truth. Revisit that revelation, that those memories of things that God has done, because in remembering that we will, we will well up with compassion. We'll well up with gratitude. We'll say thank you, Lord, for the ways in which you've been compassionate to me, Lord, help me to be compassionate with others. He's been compassionate and that he has forgiven you and he's forgiven me and he continues to forgive you. 2 (41m 0s): And he continues to forgive me. He's been compassionate and that he's constantly kind, he's loving and patient he's been compassionate and that he speaks the truth to us in love. So we might be arrested with that truth. Confess our sins, turn away from iniquity, sin, whatever it is. That's, that's a polluting our lives. See he out of his great compassion. He will speak the truth in love. Somebody said after first service, as I teach through Hebrews, he said, he said, I think Hebrews is more of a sermon than a letter. It's like that writer is preaching to these people. As I preach a Sunday morning to you, I it's, it's, it's a message that redeems and rescues and salvage is and, and speaks life in grace. 2 (41m 50s): It's meant to be in Jesus' name. What is Jesus done for you? You need Jesus to do right now. And you're in this moment. And what do you need him to do? Where do you need the compassion of God? Just invite him. Like I invited my friend to invite Jesus in. I'm inviting you to invite Jesus in. Maybe you're feeling distant, disconnected from the Lord. Don't you don't have to. Maybe there's some rubbish, some trash. She just needs to be dealt with confess. Forgive, let go, and watch what the Lord will do to restore the rest of God, to you. 2 (42m 33s): God, God wants to do something and he wants to do it today. And this was the reason for my prayer. I believe that God wants to address some of the stuff in our lives today. I don't wait for a new year's resolution. Don't wait for another day to make your decision to settle some stuff. Let's allow God to do what he wants to do in our lives. Now let's be ready and humble and teachable today and now, and just watch what God will do. You will, you will be changed. 2 (43m 14s): You will have this rest that we've been talking about. You will experience the grace of the living. God, the compassion of God God's rest is available because we have a high priest who is compassionate. Let's jump into Hebrews chapter five. We've got a few minutes to get through the rest of this message. Every high priest, Hebrews five one says this. Every high priest is a man chosen to represent other people in their dealings with God. He presents their gifts to God and offers sacrifices for their sin. So number three, God's rest is available because we have a high priest who is our mediator. 2 (43m 57s): Another word for mediator is interceptor. He mediates on our behalf. He he's the go-between between us and the father. He made that inner, that, that mediation possible by the shed blood that he offered on the cross because he died for us. We have become, we've had righteousness imputed to us. We are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. And so we've had access granted to us, to the father of Jesus. And now Jesus continually makes intercession for us. He intercedes for us. 2 (44m 38s): He's still connected to us, committed to us and he understands intimately. What we need first Timothy two five says for there is one God and one mediator who can reconcile God and humanity. The man Christ Jesus. We need that reconciliation work at salvation and all through the sanctification process. We need that reconciling work where by we come by faith through the grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ into this relationship with God. And we stay there because of that reconciliation work, that ongoing work it's once and for all. 2 (45m 19s): And then continual it's it's it's you're saved once and for all. And then we're continually by God's grace reconciled by the, the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus has been big Torian. He's compassionate. And he continues to reconcile. He's reconciled to a reconciled us to the father. He he's involved in the, in the process. Ongoing is my point. He did it once and he continues to do it. He loved us then, and he continues to love us. Now he loved us then, and he will love us for all eternity. He is connected to us. He is our forever eternal mediator between us and the father. 2 (45m 59s): Speaking of earthly priests. Now see, we're seeing in comparison and in Hebrews five, a comparison between our great high priest, who is Jesus Christ, the Lord, and now in earthly priests, we're seeing the difference. Remember the writer's writing to Hebrews who understood Judaism. They understood the priesthood. And so he's making a connection between the earthly priesthood and the eternal priesthood of the Lord, Jesus Christ. And he is able to deal speaking of earthly priests, verse two, Hebrews five, and he's able to deal gently with ignorant and Weyburn people because he himself is subject to the same weakness. That is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as theirs. 2 (46m 41s): So we see the difference between the earthly priests and the eternal king of Kings and Lord of Lords. Jesus Christ. The great high priest is that he is sinless. Number four, God's rest is available because we have a high priest who is sinless. So he understands what we've been through and is endured the testing and temptations that we have. And yet he is been sinless. He is sinless. He's victorious over sin. And in Christ, we have the ability to be victorious over sin. And we'll get to a couple of verses that, speak to that here in just a moment. But Peter number, Peter, Jesus, I'll never leave. You. I'll never deny you a Peter. Actually tonight before the cockroach, you're going to die three times. 2 (47m 21s): As you know me, Peter said this about Jesus. Peter knew Jesus well, intimately. And this is what he said. Peter said, Jesus never said he never said nor ever deceived anyone. Jesus was pure through and through no matter what the world threw at him, he was pure. He was sinless through in, through Paul wrote in second Corinthians five for God made Christ who never sinned to be the offering for our sins so that we could be made right with God through Christ. First John three, five and six says, and you know that Jesus came to take away our sins and there is no sin in him. 2 (48m 4s): And I love verse six. It says in anyone who continues to live in him will not sin or continue to sin. Not that we will be sinless, but we will send less and less. Why? Because we're in Christ. If we abide in him and he abides in us, we will bear much fruit. Our lives will be fruitful. We'll become more and more like Jesus, less and less. Like our old man will be sanctified more and more will become more like Jesus sitting less and less. But it says, but anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is. So if we're in a lifestyle of sin, maybe we don't even know him or understand who he is, what he came to do for us. 2 (48m 50s): What he came to complish he came as the sinless lamb of God to take away the sins of the world to offer us salvation in Christ so that we might not just have fire insurance that we avoid hell, but that we enter into relationship for now. And for all eternity with him and where our lives are just being transformed, where we're like, man, I don't even want to do the stuff that I used to do. It's not immediate. I just, I don't want it. It's not in me to want it. That's that's transforming. I see that happen all the time in people's lives are like, I don't even want my, what I'd used to do. It's not appealing. There's nothing about it. That's appealing anymore. 2 (49m 30s): That's the transformational process that God wants to bring us through verse four and no one can become a high, a great, a high priest simply because he wants such an honor. He must be called by God for this work just as Aaron was now, we're seeing a comparison between Jesus and the earthly priest, the Bruce sort of Aaron. That was why Christ did not honor himself. By assuming he could become high priest. No, he was chosen by God. Who said to him, you are my son today. I become your father. Or today I reveal you as my son. There was a work that God was accomplishing in the earth for us. And in another passage, God said to him, you are a priest forever. 2 (50m 9s): In the order of milk Hassidic deck, get some milk has a deck. And chapter seven will impact that. Man, we'll get to chapter seven. Number five God's rest is available because we have a high priest who is eternal. He's not going anywhere. He's the same yesterday and forever. He's alpha and omega the beginning and the end. He is eternal while Jesus was here on earth, verse seven, it says he offered prayers and pleadings with a loud cry and tears to the one who could rescue him from death number in the garden of . And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God, even though Jesus was God's son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered when he went to the cross and this way God qualified him as a perfect high priest. 2 (50m 58s): Perfect. And that he was sinless. He was a Taurus. He was compassionate. God qualified him as a perfect high priest. And he became the source of eternal salvation for all, who would all those who obey him and God designated him to be a high priest in the order of milk has a deck. So the writer of Hebrews is re-introducing revelation and truth about this Jesus, this Jesus that they chose to believe, but then he challenges them. He challenges. And I think the challenge speaks to the reason that they're waffling, that they're struggling in what they are believing in. And they're lukewarm and, and undecided verse 11 says there's much more. 2 (51m 41s): We would like to say, to say about this, but it's difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually Dole and don't seem to listen. There's a connection there. Unbelief was connected to their lack of ability to press in and grow as sons and daughters of God growing in grace and truth. You've been believers so long. Verse 12 says, now that you so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again, the basic things about God's word. You're like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. So again, this is the reason, or at least part of the reason of their way, wordiness for their waywardness in the faith. 2 (52m 28s): They just refuse to grow up and understand truth and to press in and understand what God speaks to us in his word and the pages of scripture from Genesis to revelation, they just refuse to engage into, continue to learn and grow. And they just grew stale and their connection to God and their commitment to God. And they began to get way word and, and they're they're tossed to and fro, and they can't decide. Verse 13 says for someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn't know how to do what is right. So he's saying, Hey, grow up, learn to do what is right. 2 (53m 10s): Grow up. Verse 14, solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skills you're recognize the difference between right and wrong. Often we miss the rest of God. The peace of God. We miss the blessings of God because we don't know that truth well enough so that we easily buy into lies. We believe lies that the world will throw at us, that the enemy will throw at us. A Bible says that Satan is the father of lies. So that's what he does permanently, constantly full-time as he allies to us. And if we don't know the truth, while I forgot to buy into the lies, and then we're going to get wayward in our faith, we're going to begin to doubt with the scripture, say, and we're going to get Luke warm and we're going to begin to grow distant from the Lord. 2 (53m 57s): We will never experience the rest of God in that place. So maybe you're brand new in the faith. And God's grace is on. You always be growing, always be growing. When I was first in the ministry here, full-time vocationally 22 years ago, I showed it to a pastors meeting. I'm the, like the youngest guy there. You know, I'm the youngest guy by like 20 years of that meeting. And I remember somebody said, Hey, the only cure for youth is just time. But I had to that it's time plus a commitment to maturity so we can grow older, but not real mature. 2 (54m 38s): And so the challenge from the scripture is that we would grow old and the grace of God and grow mature and the truth of God. And then all the days of our lives, we experienced that rest, that deep contentment and satisfaction that comes from trusting God, knowing God and believing God, that's what I want for me. That's what I want for us. That's what I always want for us. Moving forward as God does the good stuff that he wants to do through us in this village and in this community and in this world. Amen. Amen. Let's go and stand up and pray. And we're going to sing some more Lord as we pray. We thank you for your word. We thank you that it is more than capable to speak to us. 2 (55m 23s): Challenge us, bring us to a new level of trust in you, Lord, a new level of rest and confidence in you. I, I just want us to rest in you and that's, that's what you want. Lord. You want us to just find our rest in you. And so in the midst of the storm, we just have this confidence, this trust Lord, when things are going sideways, physically or relationally or emotionally or spiritually Lord, we just find this place of rest. So I just speak grace over every person listening, gathered in attendance, grace, or God help us to get the rubbish out of our lives so that we can arrest in you in Jesus name. 2 (56m 6s): Amen. Let's worship 0 (56m 11s): we have 1 (1h 3m 51s): We thank you, father that we get to be in your house today. We thank you for the word that was shipped. That'd be take time today to prioritize you. That'd be thinking that you love us, that we think you, that you sent your son to die for us so that we could live forever with you. God, in that we could sing glory. I got to Europe to you every single day. And so God, we love you and praise you. Thank you for being in church today. If you'd like prayer, we have an amazing prayer teams. You can make your way forward. Otherwise have a wonderful day.

Join The Good Doctors for their discussion of the Netflix limited series 'Unorthodox.' Following the story of Esty and her process of leaving the Satmar Hassidic Jewish community she belonged to, it's a remarkable story of perseverance and identity and belonging. In Part 1, we discuss the layers of identity and trauma, the importance of water in Hassidic traditions, and why the respect of the Yiddish language is critical to the success of the show. In part 2, we discuss the regimented gender roles, the wedding, the juxtaposition of the Orthodox and outside world, and the power of showing the story, not telling. Show Notes: Learn more about the Mezuzah here Eruv explains why Esty couldn't leave her apartment building on the Sabbath If you want to check out more of our content or if you think The Good Doctors could help your organization, click here for our link portal Or sign up for our monthly digest to get all the latest news Today's podcast is sponsored by The Good Doctors Digest - our newsletter! You've heard us talk about it on the podcast before, but it really is the most consistent way to keep up with how we can serve you best. Every week, you get a brief cultural lesson - on the history of Juneteenth, or the importance of paternity leave - and a few links to places to learn more. Sign-up today at our website: abbey-research.com

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The Journey from the ultra-orthodox world to Hassidic understandings of the pandemic

R' Yaakov Koppel Lifschitz was an early-18th-century Kabbalist whose key writings -- the Sha'ar Gan Eden ("Gateway to the Garden of Eden") and the Siddur Kol Ya'akov -- evinced strong Sabbatean influences. They, in turn, were held in very high esteem by the Ba'al Shem Tov. In this episode, Gavin and Jordan explore Lifschitz as a possible link between Shabbetai Tzvi's legacy and the early years of the Hassidic movement, with some digressions into R' Nachman of Breslov's attitude toward rationalism. Read the original article at https://www.kotzkblog.com/2018/03/168-r-yaakov-koppel-lifschitz-sabbatean.html

A story by Rabbi Mira Rivera on gossip. For more information please visit romemu.org. How do you listen to A Taste Of Romemu? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

A Hassidic Bedtime Story by Rabbi Mira Rivera. For more information please visit romemu.org. How do you listen to A Taste Of Romemu? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

Joel David Bakst is a teaching rabbi and scholar of Talmud and Kabbalah who, while living in Jerusalem for 20 years, studied and taught in Orthodox yeshivot. Raised in a Southern California Conservative Jewish home, Joel became a ba'al teshuva (newly religious) at the age of 20 bringing full circle his lineage from a long line of rabbis. Both his grandfather and uncle were Orthodox rabbis, his great grandfather was chief rabbi of St. Louis, MO and his great, great grandparents made aliyato Eretz Yisrael and are buried on the Mount of Olives. He is the 8th generation of Rabbi Avraham Ragoler of Skhlov, the brother of Rabbi Eliyahu, the famed Gaon of Vilna, whose unique teachings and School of Kabbalah, have been a focus of Joel's esoteric studies. Joel's spiritual search through comparative religions led him to Israel in 1971 where, upon enrolling in a traditional Eastern European style yeshiva, he became part of the original Ba'al Teshuva movement, the initial great wave of assimilated Jews returning to traditional Judaism. For 10 years he pursued a path towards rabbinical ordination and studied Talmud, Halacha (Jewish Law) and mussar (Jewish Ethics). During the next 10 years, while continuing his Talmudic studies, he also began a search into Hassidic and Kabbalistic literature. He studied under Sephardic kabbalists (Moroccan and Tunisian) along with Ashkenazic teachers and colleagues versed in Kabbalah. Uncommonly, Joel has had the honor of having immersed in all four of the great rivers of Kabbalah that flow from the holy Arizal (Lurianic Kabbalah): 1) R. Yisrael Ba'al Shem Tov (the Besht), 2) R. Shalom Sharabi(the Rashash), 3) R. Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (the Ramchal), and 4) R. Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, the Gaon of Vilna (the Gra). Joel continued his rabbinical education and continued on a path of intense Torah study and practice as well as teaching the traditions he received . He has lectured and taught in Israel, the United States and India. Joel is the author of numerous works on rabbinical methodology, esoteric Judaism, the prophetic confluence of Kabbalah with the new sciences and the messianic role of the maps and models pouring forth from modern technology.

Christine Darg asks, Is our world descending into unparalleled trouble? An Hassidic rabbi decrees the Ezekiel War has begun.

The guys discuss Kabbala and the Hassidic view of the Tzadik. Where do these beliefs come from? Should we as believers attempt to experience these mystical realms through Kabbalah? Find out what the guys have to say.

Allison Josephs interviews Dov Popack, Hassidic Jew and founder/owner of Fiya, the world's first kosher Caribbean restaurant.