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The Rolling Stones – Vayeitzei (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares some aspects of the Weekly Parsha – basically the days in the life of Yaakov Avinu. His traveling to the Yeshiva of Shem and Ever, his running away from his twin brother Esav, and his dream of the ladder. How do these events forshadow the lives of the Jewish people and what can we learn from them today?

The Tznius of Rochel – Vayeitzei (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

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Like we prayed on Rosh Hashana:
Teshuva (repentance), Tefilah (prayer), and Tzedakah (charity) remove an evil decree.

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Hand on Foot – Toldos (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares some aspects of the Weekly Parsha we just read (Toldos). One interesting topic was the name Esav (who was Yaakov’s twin brother) – his name means complete – meaning he felt he was complete and had nothing else to learn a complete human being. This is opposite Yaakov (and the Jewish way) that says we are not complete that there is always room to continue to grow throughout our life. Two different perspectives to teach us today.

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Like we prayed on Rosh Hashana:
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Shabbat Shalom! The Wine in the Cave – Vayeira (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parasha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares all the ins and outs of the interesting stories and their meanings in this packed weekly Parasha (Vayeira) that we are going to read. S’dom, Lot, destruction, wine, relations, etc. Saturday matinee coming up this Shabbat.

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Teshuva (repentance), Tefilah (prayer), and Tzedakah (charity) remove an evil decree.

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A Fish on Land – Nitzavim (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares the daily question of choosing life and planning on doing mitzvot resulting in a happy fufilled life. Do the job consistently and do YOUR job (not someone else’s job). Also, find the answer of what is better to give $1,000 tzedaka to one person or $1 tzedaka to 1,000 people. Hint – who is the mitzvah for – for the receiver or the giver (therein lies the answer).

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It Will Catch You – Ki Savo (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares a simple message (towards the latter part of the lecture) that focusing on doing the right thing will eventually catch up with you. What’s the right thing? The answers are in the Torah. Such a simple and strong message.

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The Mysterious Shovel – Ki Seitzei (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares why is was so important for Jewish soldiers to carry a shovel with them – to clean up after themselves and how this separation of the clean from the unclean teaches us the essence of how to conduct ourselves and in turn improve our spirituality.

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Shabbat Shalom – KI Seitzei (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares how we can take some pretty unusual laws in this weekly Torah reading and not only explain them but how we can learn from it in our life today. Another interesting topic of how we need to tread lightly in our spiritual advancement to make sure we don’t go to quickly and trip ourselves up in the process. Slowly but surely for the long haul.

Torah Recommendations – KI Seitzei

Physical Therapy and Psychology – KI Seitzei

Don’t Get Mixed Up – KI Seitzei

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The Mysterious Eliyahu – Parshas Devarim (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares interesting aspects of this past Shabbat’s weekly parasha. One of the interesting ideas is why do our Sages say that while Moshe Rabeinu was 10 amot tall and Pharaoh was 1 amot tall. The example he gives is his experience meeting celebrities who were “larger than life” but in person they were very small. Similarly, Pharaoh was the leader the most important country in the World at this time but was very small, while Moshe Rabeinu was the humblest person to ever walk the Earth but was large in stature.

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Dialogue Die Along (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha – Balak)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares about the upcoming the weekly parasha (Balak) that we read last Shabbat. The beginning of the class focuses on how important it is to be a decent human being and to not use one’s religiousness as an excuse not to be (good common sense advice).

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Multi Video Feature – Shabbat Shalom – Parashat Balak

Three good videos for Shabbat by Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz, Rabbi Dovid Kaplan, and Rabbi Avraham Trugman. Rabbi Breitowitz talks about Bilaam who wanted to curse the Jews but ended up blessing them against his will. Rabbi Kaplan talks about Bilaam showing us the negative of not having the ability to overcome our desire for pleasure when lasting happiness ironically has nothing to do with pleasure. And, Rabbi Trugman speak about Bilaam’s innate ability in finding the right specific moment in time to curse.

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