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Nurturing Relationships Lesson 3 "Art of Disagreeing"

Based on a teaching from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, we see how the nature of oil teaches us how to be a true lamplighter in the world.

Chanuka Prep - The Oil's Guidance to In-reach - Rav Shlomo Katz

Torah Studies 5785
Class 6: Parshat Vayeitzei
Jacob’s Moral Dilemma
Don’t Be Pious at Someone Else’s Expense
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Marrying two sisters was forbidden, but so was crushing someone’s feelings. Jacob faced a tough choice and prioritized his values, teaching an eternal lesson about balancing piety with compassion.

Torah Studies 5785 - 6 - Vayeitzei: Jacob’s Moral Dilemma | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Torah Studies 5785
Class 5: Parshas Toldot
It’s Not So Good to Be a Goodie-Goodie
The Beauty of ‘The Struggle’
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Would you choose to be free of all negative temptation? A close study of two sets of twins in Genesis—Jacob and Esau, along with Peretz and Zerach—argues that the answer should be "No!" Discover the value of struggling against temptation.

Torah Studies 5785 - 5 - Toldot: It’s Not So Good to Be a Goodie-Goodie | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Torah Studies 5785
Class 7: Parshat Vayishlach
Broaden Your Horizons
What an Ancient Sage’s Travels Teach about Exploring New Ideas
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Rabbi Akiva, one of the greatest sages, was also an explorer. Learn why this pious scholar traveled to learn about other cultures and what it teaches us about embracing new ideas.

Torah Studies 5785 - 7 - Vayishlach: Broaden Your Horizons | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Yud Tes Kislev
Finding Serenity: How Chassidus Offers Peace of Mind in a Stressful World
With Rabbi Ari Shishler
Recorded in Atlanta on Wednesday, December 18, 2025

Yud Tes Kislev - Rabbi Ari Shishler - Finding Serenity

During a yud tes kiselv farbrengen in 1978, the Rebbe shows us the origins of yud tes kislev from a very unexpected source.  

Yud Tes Kislev - A Besora from Heaven - Rav Shlomo Katz

Torah Studies 5785
Class 8: Parshat Vayeishev
Keep Climbing
Trajectory Is All That Matters
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Who builds a city on a mountain slope? An ancient Mesopotamian city captures a key Jewish tenet: two people can be on the same slope but moving in different directions. The lesson? Always aim for the upward trajectory.

Torah Studies 5785 - 8 - Vayeishev: Keep Climbing | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Torah Studies 5785
Class 9: Parshat Vayigash
When You’re in Pain, Start Yelling
Standing Up for Your Beliefs
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, January 1, 2025

When Joseph, still in disguise, threatens to keep Benjamin, Judah steps up and throws a tantrum. What happened to diplomacy? Discover the importance of standing up for what you believe in.

Torah Studies 5785 - 9 - Vayigash: When You’re in Pain, Start Yelling | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Torah Studies 5785
Class 10: Parshat Vayechi
You Can Clean Up Your Own Mess
No Mistake Is Too Great to Fix
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, January 7, 2025

The Jewish people have faced many challenges, some self-inflicted, yet we’ve always persevered. Jacob’s parting blessing to his son Benjamin teaches that no challenge is insurmountable.

Torah Studies 5785 - 10 - Vayechi: You Can Clean Up Your Own Mess | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Women's Teves Class
Lighting Icicles & Reviving the Dead: Chassidus in the Month of Teves
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, January 5, 2025

This class -- based on Likkutei Sichos, Vol. 15 -- explores the cold of the month of Teves in spiritual terms, focusing on the calling to transform cold materialism into warm inspiration.

Women's Teves Class - Lighting Icicles & Reviving the Dead

Oneness in Creation - Part 9
“Work Like a Mensch!”
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, August 25, 2024

One of the hardest things to get right is our work/life balance. How much time and energy should we allocate to our work? How much should we allocate to our other pursuits? 

These questions are amplified when we think in terms of our spiritual beliefs. If G-d is in control of all that happens, does that render our work superfluous? If our faith dictates that G-d will take care of us no matter what, what is our role in "making a living"? And if we do work, and work hard, does that call our faith into question?

These are big questions. And they're all addressed by the Jewish mystics.

In this session of Kabbalah Café we take a magnificent look at the interplay between faith and work, and effort and emunah. What we walk away with will inspire both our physical and spiritual efforts.

Oneness in Creation - 9 - Work Like a Mensch! | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Oneness in Creation - Part 10
“Why Do We Wander?"
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, September 1, 2024

It's a truth of the Jewish story: we are a wandering people. Abraham wandered. Jacob wandered. Moses and the generation of the Exodus wandered. And for the last 2000 years, we too have wandered. Why all the wandering?

On the surface, it may seem due to our lack of worthiness. Our indiscretions caused the Holy Temples to be taken away from us, and led to us being a people unsettled. But there's so much more to the story.

The Kabbalists explain that Jewish wandering has a positive, G-dly purpose. For it is only in our wandering that we can complete the task we have been given, and help guide the world toward its originally intended alignment. And that grants it profound meaning.

In this session of Kabbalah Café we explore the soul of Jewish wandering and discover the spiritual purpose of our travels.

Oneness in Creation - 10 - Why Do We Wander? | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Oneness in Creation - Part 11
“You Promised!"
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, September 15, 2024

In a time beyond time, in a space beyond space, your soul was selected and prepared for its mission on earth. It was briefed on the mission's objectives, goals, and strategies. It was told of the challenges it would face, and it was given access to the spiritual tools it would need.

And then came the Great Oath, when your soul took the "Tzadik Pledge."

What, exactly, do souls promise before they descend below? And what is the purpose of this promise if we have no conscious memory of it?

In this session of Kabbalah Café we discuss the soul's experience before birth, and explore the promise you and I took so long ago.

Oneness in Creation - 11 - You Promised! | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Oneness in Creation - Part 12
“The Kabbalah of Time"
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, September 22, 2024

People worry about their money, 
But they don't worry about their time. 
Money ultimately doesn't help, 
And time doesn't come back.

There's a lot of truth to this old Jewish proverb. We so often take time for granted. Yet, time is the ultimate non-fungible commodity. And none of us knows when our time is up.

Kabbalah reveals profound secrets about time -- its origin, its nature, its preciousness, and our responsibility toward it. The better we understand time, the better we can utilize every moment for the purpose it was created.

In this session of Kabbalah Café we explore Jewish mystical teachings about time. We dive into the secret of the soul's journey, discuss the mission with which we've been entrusted, and gain deep insight into our relationship with time.

Oneness in Creation - 12 - The Kabbalah of Time | Rabbi Ari Sollish

Is Mashiach in a state of sleep until he is chosen?


Yemot Hamashiach (16) - Does Mashiach Know he is Mashiach? - Rav Shlomo Katz

Gimmel Tammuz Women's Class
How To Lead So Others Will Lead
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, June 29, 2025

One of the first things we did together as a people was sing. But how exactly did three million people sing the same song? 

There are three Talmudic opinions: Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Nechmyah. According to the first, Moses sang the song himself, according to the second, the nation repeated Moses’ song, and according to the third, Moses only opened the song, and it was continued by the people. 

What is the logic behind this argument? It revolves around the question of what is the role of a leader? To inspire loyalty, to create followers, or to craft leaders?

Gimmel Tammuz Women's Class - How To Lead So Others Will Lead - Rabbi Ari Sollish

The Torah Center ATL takes pride in offering innovative, inclusive, and impactful educational programs to all. People from a diverse spectrum of life find the Center to be a warm and non-judgmental community in which to experience the richness and authenticity of Jewish learning and heritage. 
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Support our work!
http://thetorahcenteratl.org/donate

The Intown Jewish Academy takes pride in offering innovative, inclusive, and impactful educational programs to all. People from a diverse spectrum of life find the Academy to be a warm and non-judgmental community in which to experience the richness and authenticity of Jewish learning and heritage. 
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Support our work!
http://intownjewishacademy.org/donate

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