The Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen Podcast

In this shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen explores the inner world of Friday night, from the blessing of children to the singing of Shalom Aleichem, weaving together practical wisdom about relationships and deep Kabbalistic teaching about angels, peace, and the Jewish home. Rabbi Dov Ber explains that the two angels who escort us home on Shabbat, the good and the challenging, are both called Malachei Hashalom once they enter a home filled with warmth, candles, and simcha. The so-called bad angel is not truly bad; like the yetzer hara itself, it serves Hashem, and our task is not to destroy what seems dark but to transform it. This is the secret of shalom: not the absence of opposition, but the turning of it toward good. Woven throughout is a vision of home as the center of Jewish life, where unconditional love creates the safety for children, guests, and even angels to rest. When we bless, welcome, and show up fully for one another, we become vessels for Hashem's blessing in the world. Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life. Courses & Resources - Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course https://www.rabbidovber.org Join the WhatsApp Community https://bit.ly/4qtfv3p Contact: [email protected]

Shabbat Shalom! Rav Dov Ber Cohen explores the inner meaning of Kabbalat Shabbat — not merely as a liturgical sequence, but as a genuine act of receiving. He opens with the teaching that Shabbat is a gift, a matanah tovah, and that kedusha and menuchah — conscious spiritual presence and deep well-being — are the two qualities that define what it means to truly arrive. Rabbi Dov Ber traces the roots of Yedid Nefesh as an expression of bhakti, a lovesick yearning of the neshama for Hashem, and asks whether our nigunim are truly directed toward Hashem or have drifted into spiritual self-indulgence. He calls for kavana inside the singing — speaking to Hashem during the melody, not just enjoying the melody itself. Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life. Courses & Resources - Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course https://www.rabbidovber.org Join the WhatsApp Community https://bit.ly/4qtfv3p Contact: [email protected]

In this shiur on Parshat Lech Lecha, Rav Dov Ber Cohen unpacks Hashem's call to Avraham not merely as a geographical journey, but as an invitation to every person to move beyond ארציות, טבע, and inherited values toward an encounter with the self that is pure neshama. The gematria of אראך equaling Shabbat becomes the thread of the entire teaching: the land Hashem promises to show us is Shabbat consciousness itself. Rabbi Dov Ber distinguishes between superficial pleasure and the deep spiritual תענוג the soul is truly yearning for, and shows how עולם, שנה, and נפש — place, time, and the person — all point toward the same destination: presence, kedusha, and a palpable relationship with Hashem. Eretz Yisrael, Shabbat Kodesh, and purity of thought are the three pathways that open this experience. The shiur closes with a reminder that tasting true spiritual joy carries one responsibility — to give it away. Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life. Courses & Resources - Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course https://www.rabbidovber.org Join the WhatsApp Community https://bit.ly/4qtfv3p Contact: [email protected]

In this shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen teaches the fifth and deepest path of Jewish spirituality: meditation. Drawing on classical Hebrew terms and vivid imagery, he distinguishes between passive meditation — the work of calming and clearing a restless mind — and active meditation, where one consciously chooses the inner landscape of thought, gratitude, and connection to Hashem. Rabbi Dov Ber introduces the foundational concepts of yishuv ha-da'at and menuhat ha-nefesh, peace of mind and genuine inner rest, as the bedrock of all avodah. He explains how conscious breathing is not merely a wellness technique but a direct pathway to the neshama, rooted in the Torah's account of Hashem breathing life into Adam. The shiur weaves together the metaphors of a garden, a whiteboard, and a car journey to illuminate how meditation clears what was never chosen and replaces it with what is true. Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life. Courses & Resources - Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course https://www.rabbidovber.org Join the WhatsApp Community https://bit.ly/4qtfv3p Contact: [email protected]

In this rich and layered shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen draws on the image of the Shabbat candle to illuminate the deepest structure of the neshama. The flame, he teaches, has two parts: the part that burns against the wick, transforming physicality into energy, and the part that rises above it, spreading light into the world. These two parts mirror the two dimensions of the soul — that which purifies our inner life and that which radiates outward into everything around us. Rabbi Dov Ber weaves together kedusha, ahavah, simchah, and the spiritual architecture of Shabbat into a single, coherent vision: we are not here to escape the physical, but to refine it. Lighting Shabbat candles becomes an act of inner alchemy — releasing the weight of the week and opening to the taste of Olam HaBa that Shabbat carries. A shiur for anyone seeking to understand what it truly means to let their light shine. Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life. Courses & Resources - Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course https://www.rabbidovber.org Join the WhatsApp Community https://bit.ly/4qtfv3p Contact: [email protected]