Overcoming Folly - Part 44
"Parallel Universes"
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
(Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 2, 2022)

The Jewish mystics speak of realms beyond ours -- metaphysical spaces that exist in parallel to our physical reality.

Generally, there are four "worlds": Emanation, Creation, Formation, and Action. These realms unfold from one another. But while forward progress is made, the roots of reality remain in place.

In this mind-expanding session of Kabbalah & Coffee we examine the mystical landscape of parallel universes and come to an astounding conclusion -- that the lower the realm is, the more it reflects the ultimate purpose of existence.

Overcoming Folly - 44 - Parallel Universes

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 Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies women's program in Jerusalem, is making available this amazing series with educational director Rivka Marga Gestetner, a weekly Parsha series.

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Rivka Marga's Parsha Series: Bo

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𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 ~ 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐀 𝐘𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭 𝟓𝟕𝟖𝟐 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥

It is an indisputable historic fact that the Rebbe’s rise came on the Wings of a Ma’amer – the delivery of an original formal Chassidic Discourse. 

It was on the night of Yud  (the 10th day of the Hebrew month of) Shevat 5711 (1951), on occasion of the first Yahrzeit-Hilulah of the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson that the Rebbe formally accepted the sacred mantle of inspired leadership. 

For many months prior, the Rebbe had already reluctantly, yet increasingly assumed the responsibilities of the revered saintly position. Yet, he never formally acquiesced or acknowledged it.   

Anyone learned can deliver a scholarly address with original thoughts or insights, and the Rebbe had already shared many such ingenious and inspirational talks.  Yet only a Rebbe delivers an original Ma'amer.  Up until this point, despite the pleading of Chassidim, the Rebbe had consistently refused to do so.   

On that dramatic and historic night. Things changed. Forever. With profoundly holy fervour and soul-searing emotion the Rebbe tearfully delivered his first Ma'amer: Basi L'Gani 5711 an original formal Chassidic rumination based on the Last Ma’amer of his predecessor. 

Each year, on this anniversary he would deliver a new and unique rumination - based on a segment of the original Yom HaHilulah Ma’amer, Basi L’Gani. 

The original Ma'amer was 20 chapters long. Each year the Ma'amer would expound upon and elucidate the Torah ideas that were found in the corresponding chapter.

This year we study the 12th chapter, and this presentation focuses on the Ma'amer the Rebbe delivered on Yud Shevat 5742 (1982).  

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

ENDLESS LIGHT - Yud Shevat 5782 Special

Two stories this week for Yud Shevat, the first about a mysterious mission given by the Rebbe Rayatz to three Chabad rabbis in Paris in 1947 and the second about another mysterious mission given by the last Lubavitcher Rebbe to Rabbi Yosef Weinberg who was given a box of matza to delivery to a Jew in a town he had never heard of and had no plans on going to.

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There's A Jew In Brooklyn Thinking Of You

Mastering Our New World 
Transforming Fear & Anxiety to Strength & Faith
With Rabbi Laibl Wolf
Internationally Acclaimed Kabbalist and Psychologist
Bestselling Author of Practical Kabbalah
Recorded Live at the Intown Jewish Academy in Atlanta, GA on Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Mystic and mentor Rabbi Dr. Laibl Wolf masterfully combines ancient Jewish wisdom with cutting-edge psychology to inspire and change the way you think and feel.

Rabbi Dr. Laibl Wolf of Australia has been a worldwide teacher of spirituality for almost two generations. He draws upon contemporary positive psychology side-by-side with ancient spiritual wisdoms to create a unique synthesis of past and present, reshaping people’s lives and values. Having trained in law and psychology, he is an unusual blend of Chassidic Rabbi, therapist and teacher, who has shared at the Fortune 500 Convention, the International Psychological Conference, the Gawler international Wellness convention as well as various spiritual and even Buddhist ashrams. He has been described as “a Jewish synthesis of Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer and Steven Covey.”

Mastering Our New World with Rabbi Laibl Wolf

Overcoming Folly - Part 45
"The Great War"
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
(Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 9, 2022)

The mystics speak of two forces that lie within every human being. A Divine force and an animal force. The former pulls us upward; the latter, downward.

And we? We are stuck in the middle. Our very existence is fraught with tension. The tension of being pulled in two different directions -- at the exact same time.

How can we manage the tension? How do we deal with the constant struggle between our higher and lower selves? Is there a way to satisfy both inner forces, or must we choose one over the other?

In this powerful session of Kabbalah & Coffee, we peel back the layers of our soul to discover what exactly is behind the inner tension that we all feel. After mapping the challenge, we then chart a roadmap for successfully navigating the great war of life.

Overcoming Folly - 45 - The Great War

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?

THE YUD SHEVAT ADDRESS: Why it had to be a Ma'amer. The ONLY Change we Can Believe In!
The Central Yud Shevat Farbrengen 5782

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

THE YUD SHEVAT ADDRESS - Why It Had To Be A Ma'amer

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Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the Spiritual Leader and Executive Director of Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, serving one of Canada’s most dynamic Jewish communities. He also serves as Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service. He is an active member of Toronto’s Vaad HaRabbanim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis), and a voting member of the COR Kashruth Council of Canada’s executive rabbinical board. Rabbi Kaplan is featured regularly on many local television and radio shows. He is a sought after speaker, with hundreds of lectures on Chabad.org. He and his wife, Faygie, are blessed with eight children. Artistically endowed, the rabbi enjoys drawing, sketching and creating charcoal portraits.

As Chabad Chassidim, many of us were brought up by religious parents and lived in religious homes all our lives.
There are so many things we were taught and got accustomed to doing without knowing why. Maybe it’s because we didn’t ask. Or maybe we asked, but our parents and teachers didn’t know how to respond.
Sure we kept the mitzvos and still do because we have Kabalas Ol Malchus Shamayim. We know that taking upon ourselves the yoke of Heaven is rule #1. This is how we were raised, and we know that this is the way we will always live our lives.
The fact is that although it is essential to do things out of Kabalat Ol, how much more meaningful would it be if we understood why we live the way we do! How much easier would it be to teach others to live a Torah-true life! And how much more enthusiasm and genuine chayus would we be able to bring to our learning and performance of mitzovs!
Throughout every day questions arise about what, why and how we live as Jews, as Chassidim. Wouldn’t it be great to finally get some answers?
For example, we wake up every morning, put our hands together and say Modeh Ani. What is the deeper meaning behind the practice of saying Modeh Ani? And why do I say it with my hands together?
When we put on our Tefilin we wrap the straps outward while others wrap in an inward direction. Why?
We don’t eat Shalos Se’udos at the end of Shabbos, something all religions Jews do, well, religiously. Why?
We wave our hands over the Shabbos candles three times before covering our eyes and saying the brocha. Why?
For those who are anxious to quench their thirst for knowledge and meaningfulness, we have created this website. With the Aibersther’s help, we hope to provide a platform for asking and receiving answers to the questions that you have had in the past, and the ones you will be inspired to ask in the future.

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The Frierdiker Rebbe tells the following anecdote of a conversation between himself and his father, the Rebbe Rashab:
“When I was a small child, just beginning to speak, my father said to me: ‘Every question you have, you should ask me.’
When I grew a bit older, I asked my father: “Why, when we say Modeh Ani, must we place one hand against the other and bow our head?”
Father replied: “In truth, you should not be asking ‘why.’ But I did tell you to ask me all your questions.”
He then sent for the servant Reb Yosef Mordechai, a Jew of eighty years, and asked him: “How do you recite Modeh Ani in the morning?”
“I place one hand against the other and bow my head,” answered Reb Yosef Mordechai.
“Why do you do so?” asked my father.
“I don’t know. When I was a small child, that’s what I was taught.”
“You see,” said Father to me. “He does it so because his father taught him so. And so on back until Moshe Rabbeinu, and until Avraham Avinu. One should do without asking ‘why.’”
“I’m just a little boy,” I said in my defense.
“We’re all ‘little,’” Father replied. “And when we get older, we first begin to understand that we’re little.”

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

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