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Mishpatim 5786 - a world of wonder by Rav Mike
Take the first few steps on the Jewish Hero's Journey with Ari Abramowitz as he answers the essential questions: what is good? Whom do you serve? Where do you take your stand?
The essential element that humanity adds to creation is avodah, the ability to actualize potential. This finds its first application in the power of naming, which is how we map, conquer and even create the world.
How we receive feedback says a lot about who we are.
In this episode we explore the "lo tov," the not good. It offers a deep commentary on the human condition, - as well as an answer to the 'why?' of creation.
Beshallach 5786 - The healer by Rav Mike
Now that the human capacity for avodah, for actualizing the good which is not yet in creation, has been revealed it is time to enter the garden and take on our first task.
Bo - the power of the storyteller by Rav Mike
Vaera 5786_ Accepting feedback by Rav Mike
The second telling of the story of creation introduces us to an interactive world, one waiting for humanity to actualize its potential
Heroism begins in letting yourself see the world
From Divine cosmology to human existential anthropology, this class starts our exploration of the second telling of creation's story.
6 A taste of the world to come by Rav Mike
There is a certain type of leadership that looks beyond limited horizons
Vayigash - The heroism of a broken heart by Rav Mike
A point of heroism from the parsha - Yosef was ready for whatever came, and why he was can teach us all a lesson
Humanity adds a new face to creation, reflective of the Divine. But it's not without controversy.
Rav Mike's annual Hanukkah class in honor of the yartzheit of his father, Charles M. Feuer.
The four ways the will interacts in relationship are enhanced by a fifth - how it acts on itself. Tzimtzum, creative contraction, is the context for creation.
Shimon and Levi went beyond the bounds to rescue their captive sister. It is a heroic sory and a moral dilemma all in one.













