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Real Torah for the Real World
Real Torah for the Real World
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Drawing from the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Rav Kook, and many more, Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder brings texts to life with clarity, curiosity and humor. Listen in on these exciting classes and lectures. |
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Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder, Alternadox
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1. What good is halacha, anyway?
| The gemarra says that, since the Temple was destroyed, Hashem has only the 4 amot of halacha. Rav Kook unravels this mysterious statement.
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| Published on Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:27:08 +0000 - 43 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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2. Beyond the mathematics of destiny
| chen – the gift that is beyond the mathematics of experience. But we have to rise above the mathematics of destiny in order to merit to receive chen. And once we have it, we may be able to give it to others.
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| Published on Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:22:27 +0000 - 40 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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3. What the Torah is supposed to do to us
| The Torah is not the point, in Rebbe Nachman’s thought, it seems. The point is the encounter we have – with each other, with the world. The Torah helps in an essential way in making that encounter happen. We also explore this “intelligence” which occurs in nodes in our wo
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| Published on Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:16:38 +0000 - 57 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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4. Despite bad context, there is a moment of opportunity
| Even when the Golden Calf is built, still Moshe finds a way to ask for the loftiest gifts. And the Good that needs to come down will come down – at the right moment. Join us in exploring Berachot 7a
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| Published on Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:10:16 +0000 - 41 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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5. Ascending to the Mind of all things
| Rebbe Nachman calls upon us to engage with the Mind, the purpose, the source of all things by raising us up to our own Source, our own reason. When we do, the Mind that we find illuminates our journey through the world, well beyond that encounter. The mind is the life-force. When the mind is [..
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| Published on Tue, 31 May 2011 06:05:14 +0000 - 57 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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6. Throwing heretics into pits ? a modern problem
| Tosefot wonders about R’ Yehoshua b. Levi’s backing down from cursing his heretically annoying neighbor by accessing the moment (1/58,888 or 1/88,888 or 1/8888/hour) of G-d’s wrath. Why not persist, wonders Tosefot? There is, after all, precedent on gemarra AZ 26b for throwing
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| Published on Tue, 31 May 2011 05:56:49 +0000 - 33 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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7. the musician sorts the spirits
| Amazing that listening to music, when done right, can help us organize our orientation in the world, away from confusion/illusion and toward clarity/connection. Here’s how it works.
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| Published on Wed, 25 May 2011 19:17:54 +0000 - 19 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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8. When the rooster crows, it?s time for love
| G-d gets angry for 1/58,888 of an hour every day. When, exactly is it? How can we access it? And what is really happening at that time? Join us on a psychedelic journey.
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| Published on Wed, 25 May 2011 19:00:18 +0000 - 11 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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9. The points are spaghetti of the spirit
| In this last installment of Torah, we explore the tzaddik as the one who has refined his/her own ruchot to the point where s/he can bring it out in others; also, looking at hitbodedut as the practice of discerning between spirits by finding the good points, which are actually surfacings of a spirit
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| Published on Tue, 24 May 2011 19:55:15 +0000 - 20 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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10. Rising to the level of the bechor
| Today we started a new lesson in Likutei Moharan – Lesson I in the first section. We explore the concept of chen – what is it? How do you get it? And we enter into Rebbe Nachman’s suggestion that we engage the “intelligence” of each thing – what it means, wh
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| Published on Tue, 24 May 2011 19:31:21 +0000 - 18 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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