Resurrection of the Dead
Lesson 1: Flesh Over Spirit
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
(Recorded live in Atlanta on July 1, 2021)

What the Resurrection of the Dead tells us about life -- today.

Resurrection of the Dead - Lesson 1

Overcoming Folly - Part 37
"It's Not My Fault!"
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
(Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on October 31, 2021)

It's not easy to accept responsibility. There seems to be a natural human tendency to deflect and blame and point fingers at others -- all in order to shift responsibility elsewhere. Instead of internalizing, we externalize.

Of course, this shifting and blaming detracts from our ability to correct and grow. Yet, we seem to prefer the comfort of excuse to the discomfort of fault.

Where does the need to blame come from?

In this session of Kabbalah & Coffee, we will explore the origins of excuses and learn why human beings have such a difficult time accepting responsibility. We see how blame is sourced in some of the deepest crevices of the soul -- and at the same time discover some powerful tools to combat deflection.

Overcoming Folly - 37 - It's Not My Fault!

Dead Sea Scrolls
Dead Sea Sect vs Rabbinic Interpretation

The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered to be the most important archaeological find of the twentieth century. A considerable number of these scrolls are evidently sectarian and they reveal an intense debate from the Second Temple era over aspects of Jewish ritual and philosophy. Who were these sectarians? What were their beliefs? Against whom were they polemicizing? We will learn the underpinnings of this dispute by examining key passages in the scrolls and by searching for contrasts and analogies in rabbinic literature.

Great Debates in Jewish History - Lesson 1

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Overcoming Folly - 37 - It's Not My Fault!

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