Purim

Can Ken and Barbie Ever Get Along? The Secret to True Equality

What is Kabbalah?

Explore the profound teachings of Kabbalah in this class, where Rabbi Simon Jacobson demystifies its ancient wisdom and reveals how it applies to your daily life.

The Ceasefire Hoax

The Ceasefire Hoax

Is Satan Real?

Is Satan Real?

The Mistakes We All Make

Discover and learn insightful tips on how to turn life’s common mistakes into opportunities for growth.

Explore the role of sadness in our lives, discussing how it can serve as a powerful catalyst for personal growth and deeper connections with others. He emphasizes that when handled properly, sadness can lead to profound introspection and self-discovery.

Why are We So Divided? How to Create a UNITED States

Explore the deep-rooted causes of societal division and offers insights on how to foster unity and create a truly united state.

Was Trump Saved by G-d?

Explore the concept of divine intervention and its implications in contemporary events, reflecting on how faith and spirituality influence our understanding of political and personal occurrences.

Reacting to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump

What happened?? Making sense of the attempted assassination on Donald Trump

A True Leader Creates Leaders; Not Followers

Discover that true leadership is about empowering others to become leaders themselves, by highlighting the importance of fostering growth, independence, and the ability to inspire others.

The Soul of July 4th

The Soul of July 4th

Happy Father’s Day!

Explore the profound influence of fathers on their children and society. He offers reflections on the unique responsibilities and joys of fatherhood, providing heartfelt insights and blessings to celebrate and honor fathers.

The 10 Commandments in 10 Minutes

The 10 Commandments in 10 Minutes

Is World Peace Achievable? Lessons from Sinai

Discover how the lessons from Sinai can guide us toward achieving world peace in this insightful video.

Memorial Day: Remember and Honor

Explore the profound significance of Memorial Day, emphasizing the importance of remembering and honoring those who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom.

Searching for the Land of Milk and Honey

Explore the profound search for fulfillment and spiritual purpose in “Searching for the Land of Milk and Honey”.

Live from Israel

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Explore insightful discussions and live broadcasts from Israel.

Campuses on Fire: What Is Going On?

Campuses on Fire: What Is Going On?

The 15 Steps in 15 Minutes

Discover the profound journey of self-reflection and transformation in just 15 minutes with ‘The 15 Steps’ video, guiding you through the Passover Seder’s spiritual significance.

Why Self Harm is Not Allowed

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Why Self Harm is Not Allowed

Fighting Ageism: “Respect Your Elders”

Fighting Ageism: “Respect Your Elders”

Exodus 2024: Gaza, Iran and Egypt

Explore the timeless lessons of Exodus amidst modern challenges in Gaza and Egypt, delving into the deep-rooted narratives that shape our world today.

Total Eclipse: Is This the End of the World?

Explore the profound insights on the total eclipse and its significance in “Total Eclipse: Is This the End of the World?”

How to Deal with Unethical Leaders

Learn practical strategies for navigating the challenges of unethical leadership.

The Kabbalistic Secret to Drinking Responsibly

Discover profound wisdom and spiritual insights into your relationship with alcohol.

Some Dance to Remember, Some Dance to Forget…

Delves into the profound impact of memory in our lives.

Who Can You Trust?

Explore the complexities of trust and its profound impact on our lives

Rabbi Speaks Out on DEI

Discover the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and its role in fostering a more compassionate and connected society.

Argentina and Israel: A Modern Day Miracle

Explore the inspiring tale of the enduring bond and remarkable collaboration between Argentina and Israel in this enlightening video.

What Is a Mind Without a Soul?

History is a witness to the fact that Jews are always at the center of world events. In every single generation the Jews have been ostracized. But why?

Why is the World Obsessed with Jews?

History is a witness to the fact that Jews are always at the center of world events. In every single generation the Jews have been ostracized. But why?

United or Divided Nations?

With wars waging between Israel and Gaza and between Russia and Ukraine, are nations more united or more divided than ever before? Have we made any progress between nations?

Do You Feel Abandoned?

With wars waging between Israel and Gaza and between Russia and Ukraine, are nations more united or more divided than ever before? Have we made any progress between nations?

Why We Need Pain

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The definition of growth means moving from one state to another. How is this possible? Only through going out of our comfort zone. We need to feel the discomfort in order to grow.

Year in Review and Looking Ahead

Year in Review and Looking Ahead

Update from the Spiritual Warfront: Week 11

Week 11

Update from the Spiritual Warfront: Week 10

Week 10

Update from the Spiritual Warfront: Week 8

Week 8

Update from the Spiritual Warfront: Week 7

Week 7

Update from the Spiritual Warfront: Week 6

Week 6

Update from the Spiritual Warfront: Week 5

Week 5

Update from the Spiritual Warfront: Week 4

Week 4

Update from the Spiritual Warfront: Week 3

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Week 3

Update from the Spiritual Warfront: Week 2

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Week 2

Personal Lessons from the War in Israel

Personal Lessons from the War in Israel

How to Do the High Holidays Like a Pro

How to Do the High Holidays Like a Pro

You Were Born an Original; Don’t Become a Copy

You Were Born an Original; Don’t Become a Copy

Why Can’t I See G-d?

Why Can’t I See G-d?

What the Stars Say About YOU: Virgo

Zodiac Decoded: Virgo

What the Stars Say About YOU: Leo

Zodiac Decoded: Leo

How to Wage a War Against Apathy

Apathy, characterized by indifference, can hinder personal growth and the pursuit of meaningful goals. Discover a comprehensive approach to inspire and ignite a passionate and purposeful life.

The UNITED States: Why Are We So Divided?

Join Rabbi Simon Jacobson in unraveling the complexities of our divided nation, and embark on a journey towards a more united and harmonious United States. Together, let us discover the path to healing and forge a brighter future for generations to come.

The Soul of Charisma

Spiritual charisma is not about seeking validation or trying to impress others. It is about embodying and radiating your authentic spiritual nature, connecting with others on a deeper level, and inspiring them to explore their own spirituality.

What the Stars Say About YOU: Cancer

Zodiac Decoded: Cancer

Are All Political Leaders Corrupt?

The very question itself, posed by many, speaks of our mistrust and negative feelings towards our leaders today. Does being a leader mean that you need to compromise, negotiate and manipulate your way through power? Can a leader even keep his values and morals intact these days?

Seize the Day: A Message to All Graduates

We go to school to learn many different things, but what is the single most important thing to keep in mind? The unique impact that YOU can have on the world. All the information, data and knowledge you acquired are tools for you to utilize. But the real question is, how will You be empowered, how will YOU dare to make a difference?

Youth Crime and Social Media: How Can We Stop the Trend?

Youth Crime and Social Media: How Can We Stop the Trend?

What Does the Bible Say About Gun Control?

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What Does the Bible Say About Gun Control?

What the Stars Say About YOU: Gemini

Zodiac Decoded: Gemini

This Video Will Make You Want to Call Your Mother

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The innate power and strength of a mother; lessons on love, selflessness and complete devotion.

What the Stars Say About YOU: Taurus

Zodiac Decoded: Taurus

Think Different. Be Different. Think for Yourself. Be Yourself.

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Think Different. Be Different. Think for yourself. Be Yourself.

Ayahuasca: Is it a Spiritual Experience?

Ayahuasca: Is it a Spiritual Experience?

How Can I Give Charity Amid Financial Uncertainty?

How Can I Give Charity Amid Financial Uncertainty?

What Nobody Ever Told You About Passover

This is where it all began, when a family of tribes became a nation of people, when a body of slaves became a soul of freedom. Some people have an exit strategy; we have an exodus strategy.

What the Stars Say About YOU: Aries

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Zodiac Decoded: Aries

Fighting Terrorism

How to find unity in the face of political division

Esther’s Secret: Why Jews Celebrate Her Every Year on Purim

Esther’s Secret: Why Jews Celebrate Her Every Year on Purim

The Transcendent Power of Joy

Often, to appreciate a gift, we need to imagine what life would be like without it. What would our lives be like without joy? Without happiness? Even with the capacity for joy life can be quite difficult. Devoid of any joy, it would simply be unfathomable to imagine how unbearable existence would be.

The Healthy Wild Spirit: Purim Workshop

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Discover the indispensable lesson that Purim has for all of us, how it can transform your perspective of yourself and that which you can accomplish in life.

Functional and Dysfunctional Joy: Pre-Purim Workshop

Discover some surprising secrets about joy and ways to find happiness in unexpected places in your life.

Enigmatic Esther: Pre-Purim Workshop

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Discover how Esther allows us to access the mystical side of ourselves. Unleash your innermost resources and transform your life this Purim.

Beyond Structure

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Through the Purim story, learn how free will can exist within a structured world.

Joy and Depression

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We have the power and ability to bring true and lasting joy into our lives, despite all circumstances.

Purim Insights

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Get 37 short and inspirational vignettes to intersperse throughout your Purim festivities. Great material for before or after Megilla reading, at the Purim feast or any other time you see fit! Your students will love these 37 short, to-the-point, deep Purim lessons!

Purim: Middle East Revisited

Perhaps the most intriguing, and definitely the most mysterious, character in the Purim Megilah is King Achashverosh, the Persian leader who ruled the world

WYSINWYG: The Story Behind the Story

It is time to celebrate the inside out world of Purim, where the obvious is not obvious and the not obvious is obvious.

Seven Steps to a Spiritually Intoxicated Purim

Be your true self this Purim and experience intoxicated joy! Learn how in seven steps.

The Angel and the Drunk

On Yom Kippur we fast and pray, on Purim we party. Yet the Zohar sees the two days as intrinsically similar.

Purim: Joy on Demand?

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Purim is a day of joyous abandon that transcends conventional boundaries. It is a day when a window opens up that allows us deep inside of ourselves.

Beyond Structure

Purim: It’s not our logic & plans that run the world but a higher force that may manifest in random experiences within which lies the greatest power of all.

A Singular People: Jewish Uniqueness

Purim celebrates the salvation of a singular people: Torah, the festivals, circumcision and tefillin are symbols of Jewish uniqueness.

A Roll of Dice: The Purim Lots

Purim derives its name from the lots cast by Haman. It is not some incidental detail but the single event that most expresses what Purim represents.

Purim Torah – Dip ’n Sip

The purpose of drinking on Purim..

Cosmic Sleep

Achashveirosh’s sleepless night set in motion a series of events that led to Mordechai’s rise, Haman’s downfall, and the salvation of the people of Israel.

A Purim Poem

A Purim poem by Rabbi Simon Jacobson.

A Feast and a Fast: The Fast of Esther

With their joy the Jews rejected their uniqueness as a nation under the special protection of G-d. To save the Jews Esther knew they had to reconnect to G-d

Oil and Wine

Chanukah is commemorated with oil. On Purim we celebrate with wine.

In Search of Eden

There are many angles to understand the war in Iraq. But the true war today is driven by the angst of man in search of Eden. This is an essay on the connection between redemption, the Persian gulf, and Purim.

Knowledge and Naught

Drinking until one does not know the difference between Haman and Mordechai on Purim is explored in conjunction with the concept of the tzaddik versus the baal teshuvah.

Beyond the Moon

The Jewish holiday of Purim teaches us how the Jewish people compare to the moon; we have the capacity for change and renewal like the moon wanes and waxes.

The Young and the Fearless

Even when the elders’ belief is clouded the children’s faith can carry us through difficult times.

A Feast and a Fast

Insight from the Talmud provides the framework for this examination of the decreed annihilation of the Jews of the Persian Empire.

Joy in Four Dimensions

The Torah teaches us that joy should be a constant in life. However, there are multiple degrees of joy. What are they?

Beyond the Moon

The significance of the lunar and solar calendars is explained as related to Haman’s fateful choice of the month of Adar for the Jews’ destruction.

Love in the Ice Age

On Tevet 10th of the year 3336 from creation (426 B.C.E.) we were plunged into a winter from which we have yet to emerge. On that day, Babylon’s armies laid siege to Jerusalem.

Purim: Ani Yehudi

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Ani Yehudi is not only an affirmation of Mordechai’s behavior in the times of Purim, and of the behavior of Jews throughout the millennia, but it adds a new dimension: that even the nations of the world embrace the Yehudi principle.

The Inner Courtyard

Therein lies the deeper significance of the above-quoted lines, spoken by Queen Esther to Mordechai. Generally speaking, there is an array of laws that govern who may enter into the “inner courtyard” and under what circumstances.

The Thousand-Year Difference: The Mitzvot of Purim

Purim revealed a new dimension to our observance of Torah, establishing it as a freely-elected way of life, as opposed to a set of compelling duties. And this thousand-year difference is reflected in several of the mitzvot of Purim.

Emerging Purim Patterns: The Connection Between Purim and the War in Ukraine

Rabbi Simon Jacobson explores the connection between Purim and the current Russia-Ukraine War. Connect the dots of history.

Emerging Purim Patterns: The Connection Between Purim and the 2003 Persian Gulf War

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Rabbi Simon Jacobson, author of the best-selling “Toward a Meaningful Life’, explores the connection between Purim and the Gulf War of 2003 and the Gulf War of 1991. Connect the dots of history.

Joy in Four Dimensions: Purim

On Purim the Jew attains the ultimate in joy: not only is his joy not qualified by any reason or objective, it is free even of the objective to be joyous. He is so consumed with joy that he is oblivious to all, including the fact that he is rejoicing…

The Power of Five Seconds: Jewish Obsession with Food