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Summer 2008 Classes


On God
God's Desires
Jocheved and the Fixing of Desire
Doing God's Will - Making God's Desire
The Seductive Power of Ba'al Pe'or
Piazecna Torah for the Three Weeks

High Holidays Classes - 5768-9


Teshuva and Remembering
The Exile of God's Desire
Nitzavim
Giving back to God

Fall - Winter Classes - 2008-9


God's Shout (Noah)
Simcha - Joy (Lech Lecha)
God is Young, because we are young (Vayera)
Slavery(Chaye-Sarah)
Truth & Honesty in Jacob (Toldoth)
Money (Vayetze)
Loneliness or Solitude (Vayishlach)
Integrity and Judah (Vayeshev)
Sexual Thoughts (Vayechi)
Acquiring Prophecy (Shemot)
God is the world-to-come (Va'era)
Moshiach (Bo)
Self Hatred and Amalek (B'Shalach)
Why Moshe? (Yitro)
On Becoming a Rebbe (Mishpatim)
Embryonic Torah (Terumah)

Spring - Summer Classes - 2009


Walking in the Light (T'tzaveh)
Never mind the right thing. Is it the only thing?(V'yakehel - Pikuday)
Korban - Sacrifice (Vayikra)
Just in Time (Pesach - Passover)
Rosh Chodesh - Forgiving God (Shemini)
Life is Precious (AcahreyMot - Kedoshim)
So Much Love (Emor)
The real Glory of God (Bamidbar)
Torah is Wilderness (Matan Torah)
Finding your own true Torah (Naso)
We are the Face of the Menorah (Be'ha'alotecha)
We are the Life of God (Sh'lach L'cha)
Forgetting is the real Power of Love (Korach - Chukath)
How does it turn out in the end? (Pinchas)
Getting a taste of sweet Torah (Matos Massey)
Covering for God (Devarim - 3 Weeks)
Bring it with you (Eikev)
Torah is Tefilla (Re'eh)
To be a Rebbe (Shoftim)
Everyone is Holy (Ki Tetze)
Shechina is in your mouth (V'zot Ha'bracha)

Fall - Winter Classes - 2009-2010


Facing God in the Now (Bereishit)
God is not Outside (Lech L'cha)
God is not Other (Vayera)
Abraham Goes Backward in Time (Chaye Sarah)
Fixing the Tree of Knowledge (Toldot)
Jacob is God's dream (Vayetze)
Jacob Laughs the Angel to Death (Vayishlach)
Judah Laughs Last (Vayeshev)
Joseph Shines Through Us (Miketz)
Jacob, Joseph, Benjamin and Judah (Vayigash)
The End Of Exile (Vayechi)
No Generation Has Ever Shone As Brightly As This One (Shemot)
Moshe Arguing With God (Va'era)
Darkness Of Heaven and Hell (Bo)
Pharaoh, the human god versus GOD (Beshalach)
Moses expresses who we are (Yithro)
We Are Not Who We Think We Are. We Are What We Do (Mishpatim)
The Aron Hakodesh - The Heart (Terumah)
The Olive Oil - Purim (Tetzaveh - Zachor)
Parah and Pesach - Two Statutes (Parshat Parah)
Seeing the Divine In Another Person (Vayakhel - Pikudei)
Freedom Has A Taste - Matzo (Vayikra)

Spring - Summer Classes - 2010


Why Moses Can Fix Intimacy (Tzav)
Counting the Omer with Isaac
Mindfulness with Jacob (Acharei Mot - Kedoshim)
Even in the Dark - Even in Death (Emor)
Hod She'B'hod - The Secret of Rabbi Akiba (Behar Bechukothai)
Becoming transparent to God (Bamidbar)
Realising God (Shavuot - Naso)
Being Who You Really Are (BeHaalothecha)
Seeing Into The Deepest Abyss (Shlach)
Levi Wrapped in Cohen (Korach)
Death - The Ultimate Illusion (Chukath)
Invasive Intimacy - Balaam (Balak)
Love of Separation - Midian/Moab (Pinchas)
Following God (Matos - Mase'ey)
Disqualifying the First Ten Commandments (Devarim)
Moses' Deference vs Joshua's Chutzpa (Eikev)
Seed Shooting Like An Arrow (Re'eh)
Even When They Tell You Right Is Left (Shoftim)
Beauty Is There Where It Is Not Seen (Ki Tetze)
The End In The Beginning - Bikurim (Ki Tavo)
Scapegoating The Negative Inner Voice (Yom Kipur)

Autumn - Winter Classes - 2010 - 2011


Moses - Dying To Be Born (V'Zot HaBracha)
Seeing Through Ourselves To God (Bereishit)
True Torah is the True Darkness (Noah)
Abraham Questions His Maker (Lech L'Cha)
Abraham and Sarah Only Think They Have Despaired (Vayera)
Abraham Reaches That Place Beyond Value (Chaye Sarah)
Isaac Cannot Even Pray For Anything He Is Too Afraid (Toldoth)
Nothing Jacob Ever Does Requires Clarification (Vayetze)
Jacob Only Thinks He's Woken Up (Vayishlach)
Joseph The Forgetting Forgotten One (Vayeshev)
To Fear Acting Like God (Miketz)
Finding The Inner Roar (Vayigash)
Staying Connected No Matter What (Vayechi)
Not Knowing That You Don't Know (Shemot)
Only Seeing El Shadai - But Knowing YHV"H (Vaera)
Even Moses is Afraid Of Pharaoh's Image (Bo)
We Really Have To Get Away From Egypt (Beshalach)
ANOCHI: I Am Your GOD From Egypt (Yithro)
How Did We Fall From Sinai into Slavery (Mishpatim)
Love As Bitter As The Olive (Tetzaveh)
We Know From Not Knowing From Our Misunderstanding (Ki Thisa)
Learning How To Move Quickly Past Our Mistakes (Vayakhel)
Face to Face with God In Prayer (Pekudei)
What It Means To Be Called By God (Vayikra)
We Are Not Amalek and He Is Not One Of Us (Shabbat Zachor)

Spring - Summer Classes - 2011


We Were Not Created For A Bad Purpose (Purim)
Raban Gamliel's Light Shines In and Out (HaChodesh)
We Are At Times Both Metzora (leper) And Cohen (priest) (Metzora)
There Is Logic In Statute and Irrationality In Law (Acharey Mot)
Faith And Paradox Shemitta And Yovel (Behar)
Heaven Is Thought : Earth is Heart (Bechukothai)
We Betroth GOD With A Ring Of Attitude (Bamidbar)
The Levite Answers AMEN To Our Blessing (Naso)
Learning From Mistakes - Lighting The Menorah (Beha'alotecha)
How Many Ways Are There To Be A Jew (Sh'lach L'cha)
Holiness Unites Giver And Receiver (Korach)
Miriam Atones For Korach Who Atones For Aaron (Chukath)
Part Of Us Never Sleeps - The Cohen (Pinchas)
Why DO Crabs Walk Backwards?(Tamuz-Av)
Write Your Torah In Any Language If You Find It Beautiful (Devarim)
Come Let Us Swap Clothing Says GOD (Tu B'Av - Ekev)
The More You Know God The More Troublesome Questions There Are (Re'eh)
The Way You Look At Someone Affects You Them And God (Shoftim)
All Spiritual Attainments Are But Hints Of The Real Thing (KiTetze)
We Have To Pass Ourselves Through This Covenant (Nitzavim - Vayelech)

Winter Classes - 2011 - 2012


Pharaoh's Dream Is The Oral Torah - Shechinah Being Born (Miketz)
Joseph Prevents Jacob From Forgetting His Torah (Vayigash)
If Only We Could Still Hear The Shimon Inside There Would Be No Exile (Vayechi)
Can I Look At Myself And Still See The Divine In Me? (Shemoth)
Realise Your Relationship To GOD And You Are Free (Vaera wma) (Vaera mp3)
Joseph Completes The Job That Abraham Started (Bo wma) (Bo mp3)
Moses Takes The Bones Of Joseph With Him And We Follow Moses (Beshalach wma) (Beshalach mp3)
We Did Not Arrive At Sinai Until We Had All Become Joseph (Yithro wma) (Yithro mp3)
We Do Not Have To Like, But We Must Accept Ourselves (Mishpatim .wma format) (Mishpatim .mp3 format)
Don't Bring Me Anything, Says God. Take Me, Instead (Terumah .wma format) (Terumah .mp3 format)
Wisdom Of Moses Inside Each Jew Is The Light In The Dark (Tetzaveh .wma format) (Tetzaveh .mp3 format)
Amalek Scoffs Before The Act And Shames Us After The Fact (Ki Thisa - Purim .wma format) (Ki Thisa - Purim .mp3 format)
The Secret Of All Art Is To See The Divine At Work (Vayakhel Pikudei - Parah .wma format) (Vayakhel Pikudei - Parah .mp3 format)
Unlocking The Seven Nemeses of Evil (Vayikra .wma format) (Vayikra .mp3 format)
Even Haman Can Be Forced To Dress Mordechai In Glory (Tzav - Shabbos Hagadol .wma format) (Tzav - Shabbos Hagadol .mp3 format)


שעורים אוף אידיש


אורו של משיח

Sefer Yetzirah


The First Sefer Yetzira class
The Second Sefer Yetzira class
The Third Sefer Yetzira class
The Fourth Sefer Yetzira class
The Fifth Sefer Yetzira class
The Sixth Sefer Yetzira class
The Seventh Sefer Yetzira class
The Eighth Sefer Yetzira class
The Ninth Sefer Yetzira class
The Tenth Sefer Yetzira class
The Eleventh Sefer Yetzira class
The Twelfth Sefer Yetzira class
The Thirteenth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 2 - The Fourteenth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 2 - The Fifteenth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 2 - The Sixteenth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 2 - The Seventeenth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 2 - The Eighteenth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 2 - The Nineteenth Sefer Yetzira class N/A
Chapter 3 - The Twentieth Sefer Yetzira class N/A
Chapter 3 - The Twenty First Sefer Yetzira class N/A
Chapter 3 - The Twenty Second Sefer Yetzira class - N/A
Chapter 3 - The Twenty Third Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 3 - The Twenty Fourth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 3 - The Twenty Fifth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 3 - The Twenty Sixth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 3 - The Twenty Seventh Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 3 - The Twenty Eighth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 4 - The Twenty Ninth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 4 - The Thirtieth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 4 - The Thirty First Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 4 - The Thirty Second Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 4 - The Thirty Third Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 4 - The Thirty Fourth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 4 - The Thirty Fifth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Thirty Sixth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Thirty Seventh Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 4 - The Thirty Eighth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Thirty Ninth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Fortieth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Forty First Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Forty Second Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Forty Third Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Forty Fourth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Forty Fifth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Forty Sixth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Forty Seventh Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Forty Eighth Sefer Yetzira class
Chapter 5 - The Final Yetzira class

Pesach - Passover


Kavanot Haggadah - The 4 Cups
Kavanot Haggadah - The 4 Sons