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Tanya Chapter 2 part 4. Do parents get to choose their child's soul?
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - April 04, 2024 18:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsNow we comprehend how cleaving to Torah scholars is akin to attaching to the Shechina. By connecting with holy people who represent the level of the “brain,” we can experience and manifest G-dliness. But what about those who rebel against Torah scholars and defy them? Are they still connected? Y...
Tanya Chapter 2 part 3. So many varying levels of souls, all from one Source. Why the differences?
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - March 21, 2024 18:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAll Jewish souls originate in the wisdom of Hashem, yet we observe a multitude of differences among them. Let's revisit the analogy of the seminal drop originating in the father's mind. Just as all parts of the body, from the brain to the toenails, stem from the same essence, so do Jewish souls ...
Tanya Chapter 2 part 2. When it comes to the Divine Essence, there's absolutely nothing we can say to describe it. Let's pull this idea into our context
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - March 14, 2024 18:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsNow let’s look at the Kabbalistic teachings of the Arizal, who exposed supremely high levels of the Divine reality. How does Maimonides’ statement apply in this context? Only once the Infinite Light clothes itself in the highest sefirot of the world of Atzilut. Beyond that, there’s really nothin...
Tanya Chapter 2 part 1. There's something actually G-dly within you. Will you ever be the same?
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - March 07, 2024 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsNow, we encounter our second soul, which is described as "truly a part of G-d above." This soul is "blown" into us from the very innerness of G-d Himself. The Jewish person originates within the Divine thought, essentially a sample of the Divine "inner experience," and is called a child of Hash...
Tanya Chapter 1 part 3. Getting to know the origin of our first soul, unveiling the secret of the tree of knowledge of good and evil
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - February 22, 2024 19:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsLet's explore the first soul, the one that vitalizes our body and is clothed within our blood. It originates from the klipah and sitra achara, the realm of unholiness, and is made of the four evil elements that give rise to our negative qualities and character traits. Surprisingly, this soul is ...
Tanya Chapter 1 part 2. It's not about your behavior, it's about your identity
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - February 15, 2024 22:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWho is this elusive beinoni? Defining him proves challenging; there appears to be no middle ground between a righteous person and a wicked one. Exploring various scenarios, we find that minor infractions do not categorize a person as a beinoni. Looking at the Talmud, we learn that the tzadik is ...
Tanya Chapter 1 part 1. You made an oath to Hashem before you were born. Now what?
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - February 08, 2024 23:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis Women's Tanya Class is our interactive spiritual journey where we investigate, discuss and apply the revolutionary ideas presented in the Tanya, a foremost work of Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.
Tanya Chapter 1 part 1. You took an oath in heaven before you were born. Now what?
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - February 08, 2024 23:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsHere’s the oath we took before we came down here – be righteous, don’t be wicked, and even if the entire world perceives you as righteous, regard yourself as wicked in your own eyes. How do we interpret this? Isn't it risky to view ourselves as wicked? Such a perspective could lead to either dep...
I Am Flow
Rapping with Rabbi Rachel - February 08, 2024 22:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this episode, Rabbi Rachel shares about flow. Support the show
Tanya Compiler's Foreword part 3. Our heart to heart conversation reverberates forever through this written word
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - February 01, 2024 20:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsA book really isn't one size fits all, and that is why you need a spiritual guide who can speak to you face to face, see you as the unique individual that you are, and give you guidance from that space of soul to soul connection. But this isn't a book. These are the transcripts of the deep, rela...
Tanya Compiler's Foreword part 2. Can you hear the Divine voice that speaks directly to your heart in the Torah?
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - January 19, 2024 20:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsCan a book truly reach you on a personal level like a teacher can? Your soul is rooted in the Torah and connected through the Torah to Hashem. And yet, even a book founded on Torah might not give you the guidance you seek, as not everyone is fortunate enough to discern their unique place in the...
Tanya Title Page and Compiler's Foreword part 1. I know what you're thinking - A book like this should never be written!
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - January 11, 2024 20:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThe Alter Rebbe opens his seminal work, which comes to explain a verse from the Torah, “for this matter is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, to do it.” The method of the book is “the long but short way,” and it is meant to take the place of a private audience with the Rebbe. Na...
Tanya Title Page and Compiler's Foreword. I know what you're thinking - A book like this should never be written!
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - January 11, 2024 20:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis Women's Tanya Class is our interactive spiritual journey where we investigate, discuss and apply the revolutionary ideas presented in the Tanya, a foremost work of Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.
Tanya Chapter 47. Personal liberation and transcendence every single day
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - December 22, 2023 01:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThe liberation from Egypt wasn't a one-time historical event. This is a personal experience, between me and my G-d, every single day. He comes to get me from where I am, and pulls me up beyond all worlds, to come close to Him in total fusion and unity. Nothing can get in the way of this fusion t...
Tanya Chapter 46 part 5. I'm like a beast! But that doesn't alter the reality of the situation
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - December 14, 2023 23:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis Women's Tanya Class is our interactive spiritual journey where we investigate, discuss and apply the revolutionary ideas presented in the Tanya, a foremost work of Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.
Tanya Chapter 46 part 4. Could you imagine that Hashem calls Himself by your name?
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - December 01, 2023 19:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsNow we explore the second meaning of "kideshanu" in the blessing for mitzvot. Hashem has literally made us holy with His intrinsic holiness, which is completely beyond the worlds. He becomes your G-d, His Essence manifesting through you, when you carry out a mitzvah, and thus we are obligated to...
Tanya Chapter 46 part 3. The opportunity to reach beyond the created realm to a realm where only Essence exists
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - November 23, 2023 21:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn giving us the Torah, Hashem has given us His very Self and Essence. Torah study is the Divine kiss – fusion so deep, where our essence merges with the Divine Essence. Hashem also embraces us in love by giving us His commandments, which are His limbs so to speak. His love for us is so great, a...
Tanya Chapter 46 part 2. Hashem's unfathomable greatness makes His love all the more compelling
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - November 17, 2023 01:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis Women's Tanya Class is our interactive spiritual journey where we investigate, discuss and apply the revolutionary ideas presented in the Tanya, a foremost work of Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.
Tanya Chapter 46 part 1. Tap in to your natural resources so that your heart mirrors Divine love
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - November 07, 2023 19:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsHere's a new method of feeling love for Hashem and this one is "very, very" accessible. This method requires only tapping in to your basic, natural self. It is part of human nature for one heart to reflect another, so that when someone loves you, it elicits love in response. Let's look at an ana...
Tanya Chapter 45 part 2. Compassion gives way to incredibly deep connection. Spirit to spirit
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - October 27, 2023 19:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsYaakov, who embodied Divine compassion of the world of Atzilut, aroused compassion for Rachel, who embodied the source of all Jewish souls. Through raising his voice, he reached to a place beyond himself, to a place of boundless Divine mercies. Through crying, he was able to pull down this compa...
Tanya Chapter 45 part 1. Have you ever considered having compassion for G-d?
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - October 20, 2023 18:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIf you are truly acting for the sake of Hashem, your driving force is the emotions you hold for Him. Either you love Hashem and so you want to connect with Him or make Him happy; or, you are inspired by awe and reverence, and tremble at the thought of ever being separated from Him. Now we explor...
I Am Aligned
Rapping with Rabbi Rachel - September 21, 2023 20:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this episode Rabbi Rachel shares about alignment, her time in Maui following the devastating fires, and this High Holy Week. SUPPORT THIS SHOW! Support the show
Tanya Chapter 44 part 5. Passionate, fiery love comes from realizing the vast distance
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - September 08, 2023 18:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWe are gifted with love as an inheritance: to realize that Hashem is truly my Life, to realize that Hashem is truly my Father. But just because it's innate doesn't mean it is automatic –– it takes effort on our part. That effort brings these loves to a space of "the heart's desire," and brings ...
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HaShem’s 7 Commandments for all Mankind - July 31, 2023 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratingsHaShem's 7 Commandments for all Mankind Rabbi Zvi Aviner takes you step by step, up the ladder of Noah’s Seven Commandments, which is the moral fabric of civilization. The classes are on IDOLATRY, ADULTERY, BLOODSHED, THEFT, INJUSTICE, BLASPEHMY and MERCY (the Prohibition to eat BLOOD and more. ...
Tanya Chapter 44 part 4. The love in your mind may not reach your heart, but it does reach higher realms of reality
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - July 21, 2023 20:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis Women's Tanya Class is our interactive spiritual journey where we investigate, discuss and apply the revolutionary ideas presented in the Tanya, a foremost work of Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.
Tanya Chapter 44 part 3. Emotionally experiencing your true essence yields amazing results
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - July 07, 2023 23:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis Women's Tanya Class is our interactive spiritual journey where we investigate, discuss and apply the revolutionary ideas presented in the Tanya, a foremost work of Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.
Tanya Chapter 44 part 2. Here's how to artificially experience your true emotion
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - June 29, 2023 21:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsartificially
Tanya Chapter 44 part 1. Your unique shade of love cannot be duplicated
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - June 19, 2023 22:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis Women's Tanya Class is our interactive spiritual journey where we investigate, discuss and apply the revolutionary ideas presented in the Tanya, a foremost work of Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.
Tanya Chapter 43 part 4. Sometimes, you need an emergency prescription of love
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - June 09, 2023 01:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThere's the normal way of doing things –– start with basic fear, practice Torah and mitzvot and then let love illuminate your soul. But sometimes, love has to come first.
Tanya Chapter 43 part 3. You can never get enough of what you don't really want
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - May 20, 2023 00:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThere are two levels of love – one is a gift, one is the product of human effort. When you finally arrive, your love becomes divested of all of pseudo loves, and yearns for the one and only true love.
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