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Twelve Tribes; Twelve Paths: Which Personality Are You?
Let’s go back to the original book of all books – the Bible to discover which personality we best reflect. What better way to understand ourselves than based off the tried and true wisdom of the Torah?
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Do I Live to Work or Work to Live?
Does my personality and identity define my work or does my work define my identity? If I take away my profession, who actually am I at my essential core?
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A Family Reunion: What Joseph Teaches Us About Forgiveness
Essentially, Joseph’s initial tragedy was the catalyst that brought the birth of the Jewish people, the giving of the Torah – and all that followed. Imagine if Joseph would’ve chosen to wallow in his grief instead, choosing a path of hopelessness and despair? Where would we all be today? Let us learn from Joseph to take the path toward light instead of darkness, toward growth instead of stagnation.
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The Gift of Meaning: How a Small Flame Can Transform Your Life
Special Chanukah Program — The Gift of Meaning: How a Small Flame Can Transform Your Life
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Fighting Apathy: Preparing in the Years of Plenty for the Years of Famine
Often, we get stuck in the here and now – trying our best to simply survive or live in the moment, and not being able to see the forest from the trees. How do we find the resolve and passion to look ahead, to see a future that is a direct result of our current actions and beliefs? Can we shift our mindset to see the bigger picture and actualize it in our daily lives?
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The Power of Gratitude in an Ungrateful World
Gratitude is the antidote to the very core of ego and self interest; it manifests the essential purpose of existence: To illuminate a dark universe, to refine a hostile environment, to bring goodness and kindness to a unkind culture and gratefulness to an ungrateful world.
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The Elusive Secret of Family Harmony: When Eleven Brothers Turned on One
Jealousy, betrayal, sibling rivalry… Just how far can it go? In this week’s Torah Portion, Vayeishev, Jospeh is sold into slavery by his eleven brothers. Eleven brothers who – instead of loving him unconditionally and having his back – are so overcome with bitterness toward him that they want him dead, gone from their lives for good. How does this happen?
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The Kabbalah of Dreams
Join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for a fascinating journey into our inner psyches. Discover how dreams open up a door into another reality.
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A Mother’s Tears: What Rachel Teaches us About Maternal Love
What is true, eternal love? In this week’s Torah Portion, Vayishlach, we read the story of Rachel’s sad death in childbirth, giving her life for her newborn child. This personifies her historical role as the quintessential mother who would sacrifice herself for her children, throughout the ages, until the end of time.
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The Soul of Veterans Day
Join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for this special presentation honoring our veterans, and the larger lessons we learn from them: How to access the very essence and purpose for which we were sent to this earth — to commit our lives to service, to give, protect and sacrifice ourselves for the good of others.
