Topics explored in this class:
*How do we continuously keep a conscious awe of G-d's presence?
*What are there so many blessings to say in Judaism?
*What do mitzvoit accomplish?
*Why is he/she so blessed with abundance, joy, love and health, when I do so much more good than he/she does, and have so little?!

35. Eikev: Are You Tap Dancing with G d?!

The Five Books of Moses documented one universal flood, while the Zohar documents a second one, which we are living through today.

Noah 5782: The Second Flood

For a G-d who does not appear to me regularly, can be no G-d of mine.

2. Vaeira: "When G-d Appears to Me"

There is nothing to fear but the fear of fear.

Do not try to eliminate fear. Rather, be brave and face your fear, accept your fear, and move forward nonetheless.

3. Parshat Bo: "Come And Face Your Fear"

The world we live in looks and feels like such a dark and chaotic jungle. Why then does G-d call it His garden?

4. Beshalach - 10 Shevat: Garden or Jungle?

When going head to head with the Evil Inclination, the fight just gets to hard. However, there is a better way!

5. Mishpatim: "How Not To Live A Barren Life"

What Mordechai tells Esther about her individual destiny

Purim: "Mordechai And Esther: A Family Matter"

Understand what took place at Mount Sinai, giving us, the offspring, that which even our forefathers did not have

Jewish Inspiration For Shavuos By Guest Speaker Rabbi Avremi Lipsyc

"When everything is made to be broken, I just want you to know who i am" -Iris, Goo Goo Dolls

Healing's Journey

Shavout: Enter The 50th Gateway of Essence

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The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America reads, “One nation under G-d, indivisible,” while the Declaration of Independence  declares that, “All men… are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” America went through a difficult journey in understanding the individualities of the states, and the Federal Republic for which it stands. A Journey that culminated with a Civil War, since which the Supreme Justice System peacefully decides which issues are designated for states to decide for themselves, and which issues are for the Federal Government to decide for the entire Union.

In truth, this is one of the primary journeys of the United States of America, as a Union and as individual states, as a nation built upon democracy, to define the parameters in which the individual stands alone, and in which the individual stands as part of a nation. In the democracy and liberty of the individual, we do not deny that the individual is part of a whole nation, with responsibilities and limitations of the individual to the nation. And on the other hand, the nation does not define the entire definition, responsibilities and liberties of the individual, for in democracy, the individual stands also as an island unto his own, with total self-dominance.

So too, in Judaism, and especially so in Chassidus, there exists these two sides to one coin of the individual as a whole unto himself, while simultaneously being part of a greater whole. On the one hand, the individual is called, “An entire universe,” unto himself, while on the other hand, the individual is called but a part of an, “One complete floor,” which is defined that in every generation the individuals of that generation are all part of one human being, with each soul being another organ, limb etc. of that one being. In this lecture, we are going to understand the relationship of one Jew to another, in their individuality and in their unity.

This lecture is based primarily on a maamor the Rebbe delivered on the 19th of Kiselv, in 1969, exploring the mystical teachings concerning the Jews being scattered among the nations of the world.

8. One Nation Under G - D Indivisible -Understanding Jewish Unity

Rabbi Avrohom Lipszyc is the founder and director of The Jewish Mind.
Rabbi Avrohom Lipszyc additionally serves as the Shliach at Chabad of North Miami, and as the Rabbi of the Jewish Center.
\He can be reached at TheJewishMind@icloud.com