“The goal is to be kadosh, not just ethical.” Chochma is visionary, creative thinking that helps us to reach the highest goal that we can reach: to be kadosh, to be in the physical world, but not addicted to it. Now that you’ve finished the series, we invite you to go back to class one and enjoy it all over again! Listen Now … [Read more...]
Rabbi David Aaron – Spiritual Success 6b – Teshuvah & Emunah
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“You have to want to change.” Keter is also Teshuvah and Emunah, both of which are paradoxical, completely beyond logic. How is it possible to change the past and to somehow know the unknowable? Listen Now … [Read more...]
Rabbi David Aaron – Spiritual Success 4b – Believing
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“Belief in yourself is the natural extension of belief in G-d.” What is belief? Why did Hashem create us? What can I do for Hashem? Listen Now … [Read more...]
Rabbi David Aaron – Spiritual Success 4a – Remembering
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“Life is about remembering.” Here, we learn how to live a life that acknowledges the reality that I am bonded with the source of constant joy, as Keter opens us to the G-dly attribute of Ecstasy. Listen Now … [Read more...]
Rabbi David Aaron – Spiritual Success 2b – Willing
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“Want what Hashem wants, which is what you really want, since you are an expression of Hashem.” One of the other big secrets of becoming aware of (and experiencing) our pre-existing bond with the Divine is to use the power of choice to choose to align our will with the Divine will. Listen Now … [Read more...]
Rabbi David Aaron – Spiritual Success 2a – Knowing
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“You know G-d, but you just don’t know that you know.” In this class, Rabbi Aaron shares one of the biggest secrets to getting to know Hashem: getting to know yourself. Listen Now … [Read more...]
Rabbi David Aaron – Spiritual Success 1 – The Goals
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“How does Judaism help me to be successful in life?” With this question, Rabbi Aaron begins the series through elucidating the main goal of Jewish living: to bond with the Divine. He then introduces the Ten Sefirot and the process of becoming aware of the bond that we already have. Listen Now … [Read more...]
Rabbi David Aaron – Seeing G-d 9 – Keter, Chochma, Bina: Will, Wisdom, Understanding
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In this last class of the series, Rabbi Aaron looks at the ‘top’ three sefirot. Keter, the life force, is seeing the will in the universe. Wisdom is the innovative, unpredicted force of intuition. Bina is pulling something apart and understanding it. Then the Ten Divine Attributes are reviewed and shown how they all work together. Listen Now … [Read more...]
Rabbi David Aaron – Seeing G-d 8 – Chesed and Gevurah: Justice and Kindness
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Through the glasses of Gevurah there is a sense of justice and meaning, while through Chesed the world and life is seen as the complete gift that it is. Rabbi Aaron explores the sefirot through the personalities of our forefathers Yitzchak and Avraham. Listen Now … [Read more...]
Rabbi David Aaron – Seeing G-d 7 – Tiferet: Truth and Realness
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The sefira of Tiferet is also known as the clear lens, which was the level of Moshe’s prophecy. Here, Rabbi Aaron helps us to see the truth, realness, compassion and harmony in the world. Listen Now … [Read more...]
