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SERIES Shabbat Observance
Concise laws of Shabbat based on Kitzur Hilchot Shabbat by Rabbi Jacob Posen, Dayan of Congregation Kehillat Adat Yeshurun NY
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1 Shabbat: Sign of Faith and Trust; Honoring Shabbat 22m
2 Kindling the Shabbat lights: Who lights? Where? Oil or wax? 25m
3 The obligation to light. Time of candle-lighting. If one forgot 24m
4 Prayers, Delights and Meals of Shabbat 46m
5 Kiddush 53m
6 Two Loaves; Havdalah 40m
7 Melachah: The 39 forbidden labors of Shabbat - Introduction Pt I 49m
8 Melachah: The 39 forbidden labors of Shabbat - Introduction Pt II 40m
9 The 39 forbidden labors listed and categorized 26m
10 Zore'a: Planting 15m
11 Choreish: Plowing 12m
12 Kotzeir: Harvesting 24m
13 Me'ameir: Gathering Sheaves 9m
14 Dash: Threshing, Squeezing juices 42m
15 Zoreh: Winnowing; Boreir: Sifting & Selecting Pt 1 55m
16 Boreir: Sifting & Selecting Pt 2 34m
17 Boreir: sifting & selecting Pt 3 28m
18 Tochein: Grinding; Meraked - Sieving 37m
19 Losh: Mixing and kneading dough or batter 45m
20 Opheh: Baking and Cooking Pt I 46m
21 Opheh: Baking and Cooking Pt II, Gradations of heat 1h3m
22 Opheh: Baking and Cooking Pt III, Miscellaneous practical laws 24m
23 Keeping the Shabbat food warm I: Sh'hiya, leaving pots on fire before Shabbat 36m
24 Keeping the Shabbat food warm II: Chazara - returning a pot to the fire 20m
25 Keeping the Shabbat food warm III: Hatmana, covering pots to retain heat. Washing in hot water 21m
26 Gozeiz: Shearing, cutting hair 16m
27 Melaben: Bleaching, laundering Pt I 27m
28 Melaben: Bleaching, laundering Pt II 27m
29 Separating fibers, dyeing, spinning, preparing the loom, the weaving process 25m
30 Kosheir-tying knots & Matir-untying 25m
31 Tofeir: Sewing 16m
32 Kore'a: Tearing 12m
33 Tzad: Trapping, hunting 15m
34 Shoheit-Slaughtering, taking life & Mafsheet-Skinning, flaying 17m
35 Me'abeid: Tanning, working leather 19m
36 Memaheik-smoothing, smearing; Mesarteit-scoring, marking; Mehateikh-cutting 24m
37 HaKoteiv: Writing 20m
38 HaMoheik: Erasing 11m
39 Boneih-building & Soteir-demolishing Part I 38m
40 Boneih & Soteir Part II: Ohel Ar'ai-temporary roofing 25m
41 Boneih & Soteir Part III: Demolishing, taking apart, opening cans and packaging 22m
42 Makeh b'Patish-striking with a hammer, the last touch; repairs & adjustments 21m
43 Children's toys and games on Shabbat 16m
44 Rabbinic decrees protecting from coming to fix utensils on Shabbat 22m
45 Fire: Mekhabeh-Extinguishing & Mav'eer-Kindling 18m
46 When is it permitted to cause a fire to be indirectly extinguished? 16m
47 When fire endangers life or property 21m
48 Carrying on Shabbat I: The Four Domains 27m
49 Carrying on Shabbat II: The Eiruv 29m
50 Carrying on Shabbat III: Definition of the act of carrying and its components 30m
51 Carrying on Shabbat IV: If one forgot and carried out on Shabbat 25m
52 Carrying on Shabbat V: Carrying a child in the public domain; Garments & ornaments 22m
53 Carrying on Shabbat VI: Medical dressings, handkerchiefs, keys etc. 31m
54 Resting and feeding animals on Shabbat 9m
55 Honouring the Shabbat Part I 27m
56 Honouring the Shabbat Part II: Not speaking as we do on weekdays 46m
57 Giving work to a non-Jew before Shabbat 14m
58 Muktzeh I: Items that may not be handled on Shabbat 39m
59 Muktzeh II: Detailed laws of different kinds of Muktzeh 50m
60 Muktzeh III: Laws of the base on which a muktzeh item is standing 35m
61 Muktzeh IV: Money found in pocket on Shabbat; moving muktzeh indirectly 34m
62 Muktzeh V: Practical applications 34
63 Dealing with life-threatening situations on Shabbat 29m
64 What is permitted in cases of non-life threatening illness on Shabbat? 28m
65 Minor ailments; pain relief; medications for healthy people; needs of small children 25m
66 How far outside the town may one walk on Shabbat? 51m
Kabbalah Code of the Torah
How the holy names and other biblical terms allude to the Ten Sefirot. Based on Shaarey Orah, Gates of Light by Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla
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• Free study aid: CHART OF SEFIROT
1 General Introduction to the series 6m
2 Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla's Introduction to Shaarey Orah 45m
3 First Gate 1: Malchut, Kingship; ADNY and Brachah 1h
4 First Gate 2: The Well; B'er Sheva; Sea of Wisdom; Shechina; Temple 1h15m
5 First Gate 3: Shechinah, Israel, Sanctuary, Justice with kindness, David, Eagles 1h18m
6 First Gate 4: Hand Tefilin, Koh ("thus"), Tree of Knowledge, Land of Living, Book of Life 1h18m
7 First Gate 5: Zot; Oral Torah; Assembly of Israel; Land of Israel; Bride. Names of Malchut according to influence from above 1h7m
8 Second Gate 1: Yesod, Foundation, channels blessing to Malchut 54m
9 Second Gate 2: Good, Peace, Remembrance, Shabbat 54m
10 Second Gate 3: Redemption and prayer; Shabbat and its three meals 38m
11 Second Gate 4: Covenant of the tongue and the flesh; Oaths 1h9m
12 Second Gate 5: Ki tov ("for it is good"); laws and statutes - chok and chukah 55m
13 Second Gate 6: Mt Zion, Mt Moriah, Mt Seir 33m
14 Second Gate 7: Kol - "all"; the Mighty One of Jacob, rejuvenation; the lower kindness 58m
15 Second Gate 8: Prayer rises through Yesod, joining all the levels 42m
16 Third & Fourth Gates 1: Netzach & Hod Introduction; Prophecy; Judgment 1h18m
17 Third & Fourth Gates 2: Yachin & Boaz; Sh'hakim (lower heavens); sources of prophecy 1h11m
18 Third & Fourth Gates 3: Kavanah - Directing one's prayers for health, children and livelihood 45m
19 Third & Fourth Gates 4: Counsel, decrees and their nullification; Holy holy holy 1h10m
20 Fifth Gate 1: Tiferet, Beauty - HaVaYaH (HaShem, The Name, "Tetragrammaton") 44m
21 Fifth Gate 2: HaShem joined with other names; 10 Sefirot unified in HaShem 55m
22 Fifth Gate 3: HaVaYaH contains all the divine names 48m
23 Fifth Gate 4: The other names and titles are garments of HaVaYaH 37m
24 Fifth Gate 5: The 3 columns, 30 Titles, 70 Angels & 70 Nations 55m
25 Fifth Gate 6: The 70 Angels, 70 Nations and the Mystery of Circumcision 43m
26 Fifth Gate 7: HaVaYaH, Israel, the 70 Angels and 30 Titles 57m
27 Fifth Gate 8: Titles (kinuyim) of El and Elohim 1h13m
28 Fifth Gate 9: Titles (kinuyim) of HaVaYaH; Unity of the Merkavah-Chariot 1h3m
29 Fith Gate 10: The 4 elements & the Merkavah; more titles of HaVaYaH 50m
30 Fifth Gate 11: Emet-Truth, Tiferet-Glory, Da'at-Knowledge 57m
31 Fifth Gate 12: Da'at; 12 permutations of HaVaYaH, 12 Tribes & 12 Signs of Zodiac: 1h2m
32 Fifth Gate 13 (conclusion): Ani-I, Atah-You, Hoo-He; 22 Letters of Aleph Beit 55m
33 Sixth Gate 1: Elohim, attribute of Justice; consumption of animal meat; 32 pathways of wisdom 1h11m
34 Sixth Gate 2: Other gods-angels of the nations; the Heavenly Court 54m
35 Sixth Gate 3: Temple Offerings; consuming fire; darkness of hell; fear of Isaac 41m
36 Seventh Gate 1: El; Thirteen Attributes of Mercy 39m
37 Seventh Gate 2: Truth to Jacob, Kindness to Abraham 41m
38 Eighth Gate 1: Binah binds upper three with lower seven sefirot 50 m
39 Eighth Gate 2: Alignment of Binah with Malchut 45 m
40 Eighth Gate 3: Jubilee, Teshuvah, Upper Shechinah, Atonement, World to Come 54 m
41 Eighth Gate 4: The great Shofar; Tehilah, praise 59 m
42 Ninth Gate 1: YaH (Chokhmah-Wisdom) includes the top 3 sefirot and brings salvation 1h6m
43 Ninth Gate 2: Yesh-Substance, Chokhmah-Wisdom, Ratzon-Favor 1h9m
44 Ninth Gate 3: Omek-extreme depth or height; Machshavah-thought; Yir'ah-awe 1h9m
45 Ninth Gate 4: Yir'ah-Fear (exterior) & Reverence (interior); the Garden of Eden 1h7m
46 Tenth Gate 1: Ehyeh, the Crown; 13 Attributes of Mercy; overturning decrees 1h14m
47 Tenth Gate 2: Ani-Atah-Hu, I-Thou-He; Ayin-Nothing; Kedem-Before; Babylon 1h27m
48 Tenth Gate 3: Keter, the Crown; the White Head; Conclusion 49m
Teachings of Rabbi Nachman
Inspirational lessons and practical guidance from teachings and stories by the Rebbe and his leading followers
Tsohar: the Light of Truth
1 Window of Light: You can always connect to God's truth 9m
2 Lesson of Tsohar: the main points, from Kitzur Likutey Moharan 31m
3 Prayer is the source of our vitality and influences all levels of creation 1h1m
4 Seeing the openings in the darkness 39m
5 The desert traveller that sniffed the earth to know which way to go 26m
6 Prayer & Miracles vs. the Law of Nature: The difference between Israel and Egypt 45m
7 The Lesson of Tsohar (Likutey Moharan I:112): The radiant light of Truth 28m
Garden of the Souls: Rabbi Nachman on Suffering (Likutey Moharan 1:65)
1 Introduction; the Master of the Field; Speech; making one out of our prayers 27m
2 Tachlis - the goal of life and all creation; transcending suffering 21m
3 Conclusion: Boaz and Ruth - mind & soul; future dance of the righteous 39m
The Deeper Meaning of Purim (Likutey Halachot, Orach Chaim, Purim 1)
1 Deeper Meaning of Purim I 60m
2 Deeper Meaning of Purim II 37m
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The 10 Pulses & 10 Kinds of Song:
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Manhattan JCC Sunday February 7
Rabbi Chayim Vital's Introduction to Etz Chayim detailing 30 conditions for attaining kabbalistic wisdom and holy spirit with discussion on their applicability today.
Rabbi Nachman and the Illuminati
Cafe Classico 35 W. 57th St. NYC Monday February 8
The unique relationship between the Chassidic master and three leaders of the Haskalah movement in early 19th century Ukraine helps us unravel his masterplan to build a bridge between traditional Judaism and the modern world.
The Kabbalah of Money
Manhattan JCC Tuesday February 9
Lean times have forced many to make fundamental changes in attitudes to money, livelihood, wealth and their lack. This class explores Torah guidelines on healthy approaches to getting money matters into the proper perspective and enjoying what we have.
The Torah Pathway of Healing
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Exploring the doctrine of the Ten Pulses and the redemptive power of the Ten Kinds of Melody on which the Book of Psalms is based to revive and heal the spirit.
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Surviving the Flood
Lessons for today from the story of Noah and his sons
Posted Sunday 30 October 2011
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Posted Sunday 23 October 2011
Rabbi Nachman's 201st Yahrzeit
4th day of Succot 5772
With Torah and teachings & melodies from Reb Avraham Greenbaum
Posted Sunday 16 October 2011
In the Shade of Faith: The Succah
The Word of G-d, the Hand of G-d, Prophecy, the embodiment of G-d's light in the Succah and the Four Kinds
Posted Sunday 9 October 2011
Time to do for God
The quest for the Lost Princess Part VIII
Posted Sunday 2 October 2011
READ THE STORY OF THE LOST PRINCESS HERE
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Posted Sunday 25 September 2011
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Posted Sunday 18 September 2011
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The quest for the Lost Princess Part V
With discussion of 9/11 and its aftermath
Posted Sunday 11 September 2011
Time to do for God
The quest for the Lost Princess Part IV
Posted Sunday 4 September 2011
Time to do for God
The quest for the Lost Princess Part III
Posted Sunday 28 August 2011
Finding the Lost Princess Part II:
Why Rebbe Nachman told stories
Posted Sunday 21 August 2011
Finding the Lost Princess Part I:
Why Rebbe Nachman told stories
Posted Sunday 14 August 2011
Listen only if not easily shocked
The recent murder of one of Israel's foremost true kabbalists is a wake-up call to all to face up to uncomfortable realities.
Posted Sunday 31 July 2011
Minchah-time!!!
Since each millennium is one "day" in G-d's eyes, on 1 Av 5771 (1 August '11) we will reach 12:30 p.m. on "Friday afternoon" of the 6th millennium, when the spirit of the coming messianic Shabbat starts to be felt.
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Messianic Lifestyle
Posted Sunday 12 June 2011
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Aspects of Messianic Judaism: Chabad and Na Nach
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The inner chain of the True Tzaddikim: Rabbi Nachman as a latter day embodiment of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, teaching us how to recognize our true teacher
Posted Sunday 22 May 2011
In the shade of faith: finding the Tzaddik of our time
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Posted Sunday 15 May 2011
Iyar, Month of Healing
Transcending strife and conflict
Posted Sunday 8 May 2011
The General Remedy
Rabbi Nachman's Tikkun HaKlali
The Ten Psalms chanted in Hebrew to the melodies of Rabbi Nachman
Study aids:
• What is the Tikkun HaKlali
• English translation of the Ten Psalms
• English transliteration of the Hebrew text
CLICK HERE to listen to the full class on Rabbi Nachman's Tikkun HaKlali
Posted Sunday 10 April 2011
MUSIC AND STORIES:
Niguney Gan Eden
Chassidic Meditation Melodies
Lecha Dodi
Me-eyn Olam Haba
Binu Bo-arim
Yechadshehu
Yambah Dance Melody
Rabbi Nacham's Chupah Melody
Ke-ayol Taarog
Adon Olam
Stories of our Sages
Everything is for the best
This too is for good
The boy and the king
Respect for all
The Golden Table
The Shabbat Cow
Uninterrrupted prayer
The Herb of Life
The Fox and the Wolf David son of Yisha
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