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Weekly Torah Portion

Growing through Exodus – Ki Tisa

Rabbi Trugman – Shares with us what the goals of prayer and learning are – connecting to Hashem.

Personal Thoughts – Rabbi Trugman makes a very valid point that we sometimes lose the forest from the trees when engaging in mitzvot and prayer and miss the whole point entirely which is to get close to the One who gave them to us.

Bonus Video – Seasons of the Soul – Gal Einai – Purim to Pesach:

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Personal Growth

In The Place Where The Baal Teshuvah Stands- Even A Complete Tzaddik Can Not

Rabbi David Kalmus – Tells us to ask, “Where are you? to Hashem. No matter how dark the place is.

Personal Thoughts – As a Baal Teshuvah myself, I can identify with a lot dark places (locationally and spiritually) Rabbi Kalmus talks about in this video.

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Jewish Holidays

Purim Sameach and Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Trugman (Pre-Purim Class Gal Einai Students) – Shares with us some interesting details about Purim.

Personal Thoughts – I liked the analogy/comparison of the Purim “characters” with the “characters” of the Garden of Eden at the very beginning of the Torah in Berashit.

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Prayer

Can Prayer Change G-d’s Mind? Yes & No – Philosophy vs. Kabbalah

Rabbi Yitzchak Botton – Shows us the relationship between prayer and repentance (teshuva) and how it can turn us into a new person, a new reality.

Personal Thoughts – The Rabbi shows me some very concrete benefits to prayer and how it can change me for the better so I can become the vessel for more blessing and what part I play in the process.

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Weekly Torah Portion

The Half Sheqel All Lives Matter Equally

Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz – Shares how the extra portions read on the Shabbatot before Purim has deep meaning to ourselves individually and the Jewish People as a whole.

Personal Thoughts – I really liked his story towards the end of this shiur about the genius music conductor, Arturo Toscanini, and how important each musician was to his master works and how this is analogous to how important each one of us is to Hashem’s master symphony.

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Personal Growth

Making A Good Marriage Better – Not A Partnership – Shabbat Shalom!

Tod Jacobs, Dr. Peter Lyn, and Rabbi Dov Birbaum – Show us practical steps to build a marriage with a strong foundation (regardless of what stage the marriage is in).

Personal Thoughts – Love the way how they incorporate Jewish ideals of giving in marriage in a way that is doable and not overwhelming.

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Weekly Torah Portion

Current Events and Weekly Torah Parsha (Mishpatim) – Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi – Shares some current events from a mussar (ethics) perspective and events in the Weekly Torah Parsha (Mishpatim).

Personal Thoughts – Explains great Torah concepts while being funny and entertaining with lots of good things to say while cutting through the BS.

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Jewish Holidays

KLM Practical Steps How to Increase Joy in Adar

Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit – Shows us concrete steps on how we can actually increase your joy in the month of Adar and fulfill four separate mitvot in the process.

Personal Thoughts – To be honest, sometimes its just not that easy to be happy. Living my way into better thinking through actions (a.k.a. fake it until you make it) is on way to do it. Just do it – be happy!

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Rebbetzins

Tehillim (Psalm) 22 – Dovid Hamelech and Ester Hamalka

Rebbetzin Rochel Silber – Shares shows us the relevance of Tehillim 22 (Psalm 22) to the Purim story in our current Hebrew month in Adar and to our own life as well.

Personal Thoughts – Really liked how the Rebbetzin tells us how to pray from the depths our being (like an orphan or a widow) and how to do so.

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Personal Growth

Feeling Low? Start Dancing!

Rabbi David Kalmus – Sharing how clapping and dancing help you feel like you are coming home.

Personal Thoughts – Powerful lessons to start living my way into better thinking through song, dance, and clapping. We all just want to come home!

And a Bonus Short Clip:

How To Light Up Hashem’s Name Within Yourself Through The Mitzva of Tzedakah:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/zimJ8i3m_Ts?start=1892&end=2213&autoplay=1

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