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  • Wrestling with Innate, Unchangeable flaws: The Keturah Method

    Wrestling with Innate, Unchangeable flaws: The Keturah Method
    Nov 17 2025
    Our character traits fall into three categories: The ones that are easily changeable with minimal effort. The ones that can be changed, but it requires much more intense and concerted effort because they are much more deeply rooted. The character flaws that are not changeable; they are hardwired and fixed in place. What do we […]
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    43 min
  • Living a Torah Life (Alei Shur Introduction to The First Gate)

    Living a Torah Life (Alei Shur Introduction to The First Gate)
    Nov 10 2025
    Torah is not supposed to be a detached, academic study. The Almighty gave us a Torah as the authoritative guide for living the most elevated and rich life possible. The Creator of all of created existence endowed humanity with with the guidance for how to live a most meaningful and uplifting life. The First Gate […]
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    42 min
  • The Walled Garden of Torah (Alei Shur Introduction)

    The Walled Garden of Torah (Alei Shur Introduction)
    Nov 3 2025
    A thick wall separates the world of Torah from the world outside of it. Those who are outside have no concept of the wondrous nature of that world. Even people who are Torah observant – who are Orthodox – can be totally ignorant of this most magnificent world. Even someone who is privileged to be […]
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    53 min
  • The Singular Day of Yom Kippur

    The Singular Day of Yom Kippur
    Sep 30 2025
    The holiest day of the year is upon us. The day of Yom Kippur is unmatched and unrivaled by any other. It is a day of elevation. It is a day of purification. It is a day to be cleansed of all of our sins. It is a day to move past all of our […]
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    53 min
  • Jonah: The Yom Kippur Reading on an Allegorical Level

    Jonah: The Yom Kippur Reading on an Allegorical Level
    Sep 29 2025
    On Yom Kippur afternoon, we read the 48-verse Book of Jonah, which tells of a renegade prophet, Jonah, who defies the directive of God and refuses to castigate the people of Nineveh and instead escapes from God to Tarshish – with mixed results. A simple reading of the story reveals a tale of repentance, both of […]
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    2 h et 6 min
  • Kingdom of Heaven in Exile: A Novel Rosh Hashanah Framework

    Kingdom of Heaven in Exile: A Novel Rosh Hashanah Framework
    Sep 22 2025
    Rosh Hashanah marks the day of the creation of Adam on Day Six of Genesis. The creation of Adam facilitated the coronation of God as King. Because Adam was endowed with the choice to accept or reject God, his decision to submit himself to God and his Dominion resulted in the establishment of the Kingdom […]
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    42 min
  • The Alchemy of Repentance

    The Alchemy of Repentance
    Sep 15 2025
    Repentance is one of God’s great gifts to humanity. The ability to move past our mistakes, to cleanse ourselves from our previous trauma, to expunge sin and any of its after effects is indeed a great gift. But this gift may come with some scary packaging. We are all a bit intimidated with the notion […]
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    42 min
  • Divine Mirroring: The Secret to Earning a Merciful Judgment on Rosh Hashanah

    Divine Mirroring: The Secret to Earning a Merciful Judgment on Rosh Hashanah
    Sep 8 2025
    The judgment on Rosh Hashanah is comprehensive: every single human has his or her moment of judgment before God. Even the dead are judged again each year. The judgment covers not only our behavior with respect to fulfilling our obligations to God, it also covers interpersonal matters. If we are meritorious, we will be forgiven […]
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    30 min