Discover Your Inner Temple
In this lecture, we Discover the inner Temple. Everyone has an inner temple. In the same way that the Mischan was the Jewish peoples connection to HaShem, so t0o is the inner Temple our...
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Dress for Success | Parshat Tetzaveh
Dress for Success | Parshat Tetzaveh Our clothes reflect both our personalities and our desires. One who dresses in a dignified manner and according to the standards of modesty shows that he or she...
Two paths to illumination
There are two paths to illumination. The Path of Torah is where through understanding and contemplation in the ways of G-d, one comes to see the goodness of Divine Providence. Ira Michaelson is the co-host...
The Ark Bears its Bearers
According to the sages, then, it was only an optical illusion, when the four men seemed to have been carrying the Ark. In fact, “The Ark bore its bearers”. However, in my opinion, this...
G-D Requires the Heart
In this week’s Parashat Terumah, we read about the materials donated to the building of the Tabernacle. Considering that the Tabernacle is none other than a place for the Divine Presence to dwell on...
Build Me a House | Parashat Terumah
When we examine the words of HaShem that ask Israel to build him a house we find profound understanding in our personal relation with the Creator of the Universe. We will find that the...
The Covenant of the Righteous
The Jewish people entered the covenant of the Torah by three rites, the third of which was the above-mentioned offering. In the words of Maimonides: “Israel entered the covenant by way of three rites:...
Dealing with the Yetzer | Parshat Mishpatim
Dealing with the Yezer | Parshat Mishpatim Rabbi Yaakov Cohen shares this weeks Torah portion Mishpatim on dealing with the yetzer. In Judaism, yetzer hara (Hebrew: יֵצֶר הַרַע, for the definite “the evil inclination”),...
Yitro, A Tzadic or Opportunistic
Yitro is the poster child of those in the nations who choose to be Jewish or attach themselves to Judaism as a righteous non-jew. Discover the value of the righteous and their role in...
The 21st Century Yitro, Still Thirst for knowledge of G-D
Nothing is more inspiring to man than the discovery of His Creator after a long period of searching. Yitro could not contain his exultation. “Now I know,” he said, “that Hashem is greater than...
Parshat Yitro | Know your G-D
We will discuss this week portion Yitro | Know your God. The historic event known as the Theophany at Mount Sinai is described in at least three places in the Torah,and information presented in...
Beshalach | Do miracles build faith?
Beshalach: Do miracles build faith? Do miracles build faith? In this lecture Reuven Bryant challenges the idea with an obvious observation from this weeks reading from Exodus 15. Hebrew for “when [he] let go,” the...
