Rabbi David Lapin's Parsha Series
This series presents the weekly talks that Rabbi Lapin gives on the Parsha (Torah portion of the week) or the Holiday of the time. Expertly uncovering relevant and inspiring wisdom from authentic Torah texts, Rabbi Lapin applies the Torah to the immediacy of modern life.
Episodes
27 episodes
Belief in God and Knowledge of Him - Intuition vs Rational Knowledge
In unpacking the opening to the Ten Commandments we learn how the Torah integrates rational knowledge and intuitive, experiential understanding.
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49:35
What is a home? Yom Yerushalyim 2023
The Five Dimensions of a home, and how Yerushalyim connects us to Hashem
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17:50
Yom Kippur 5783 - How we judge determines how we are judged
Summarizing this year's Yamim Noraim themes: The process of forgiving and letting go - סליחה,מחילה וכפרה - Forgiveness, Empathy and Sealing.
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8:26
5782 Yom Kippur Message
A call to approaching Yom Kippur with more lightness of being while retaining our seriousness of intent - finding in it the magic powers of healing
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4:47
Rosh Hashanah 5783 - Please Don't Change
Rosh Hashana is traditionally our time for introspection and change. In this episode, Rabbi Lapin proposes a different approach this year as we look towards life post-pandemic
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38:08
2022.02 Resetting Your Relationship After Corona
Peoples priorities and even their values have been reexamined during the pandemic. How might that affect your relationship and how might you reset and revitalize your relationship now?
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50:38
2022.02.09 Live in Flow - לא בזכותא תליא אלא במזל (Modi'in)
Hundreds of minor events align to provide each of us with the circumstances we need for our fulfilment and wholeness
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1:11:33
Sucot Shiur - Finding Flow Between Two Realities
We penetrate to the depths of the meaning of Sucot and its origin. In the process we gain understanding of the meaning of the world and the purpose of our lives.
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34:18
202107.15 Tisha BeAv - Regaining Lost Kedusha
It is difficult to relate personally to the loss of the Temple on Tisha BeAv. This episode provides a practical lesson on how to grow spiritually on this important day.
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51:49
Pinchas - Build Muscle and Lose Weight - קרבני לחמי לאישי
A deep Kabbalistic perspective on food, nourishment, and wellbeing by aligning our spiritual and physical lives correctly.
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43:56
2021.06.10 Parshat Korach Making Conflict Work
We live in a time where conflict is avoided or at best managed. But how about embracing conflict to expand your perspectives, discover truth and build wholeness? This episode on Parshat Korach explores the idea of positive conflict.
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48:17
Parshat Shelach Lecha - The Paradox: Faith and Effort
Faith and Effort (Hishtadlut) create a polarity in our lives. How are we to manage this polarity?
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48:09
Parshat Beha'alotecha - Inner and Outer Lives
We need to nurture both our inner and our outer lives and ensure they are aligned.
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48:58
Parshat Nasoh - Tuning into Blessing ברכת כהנים
Receiving is an artful act of generosity, it facilitates the giving. Knowing how to receive, how to listen and how to ask, are central themes in this shiur.
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46:13
Lag Ba'Omer - An Introduction to Kabbala
Kabbala is a much misunderstood and misrepresented study. Its popularization has added to the publics ignorance about it's true meaning and role in Jewish thought.
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30:37
What is Lag Ba'omer Really About
There is so much confusion about the origin and meaning of Lag Ba'Omer. Even the ways of observing it are very different in different traditions. This episodes explains the essence of the day.
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28:05
Parshat Kedoshim - You're not "Only Human"
Explaining the majesty of the opening commandment of the parsha and its inspiring message. Kedoshim is one of the few mitzvot that are not about doing, but about being. The episode also deals with the "how to" of Sanctity
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38:31
Parshat Shemini Inside Out Leadership
We examine two different models of leadership, that of King and that of Priest, and how to synthesize them in daily life.
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48:48
Seder as a Workshop
The Seder is a workshop designed to provide us with a model for education and engaging communication.
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50:49
Parshat Pekudei - Productivity
The episode explores three different dimensions of productive activity: Labor, Service and Purpose. A guideline is offered to help audit our activities and edit out those that are of insufficient value to justify the effort we exert for them.
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49:12
Parshat Ki Tissa - Depletion and Restoration
Depletion, unlike fatigue, is a spiritual rather than a physical phenomenon. It requires a spiritual process to restore. This episode extrapolates five principles of restoration from the laws of Shabbat.
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47:44
Parshat Zachor and Terumah - Faith & Fear
This episode explores what exactly we are meant to remember about Amalek. It is not so much what they did, but why they did it and what we need to do to avoid a repetition of those fateful events.
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