Being and Becoming
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRabbi Dr Naftali Brawer shares Jewish spiritual inspiration for everyday living
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Parshat Ki-Tisa
March 05, 2021 14:00 - 3 minutes - 4.3 MBSocial media creates the illusion of perfection. The lives of others appear faultless while we know our own lives are far from perfect. How to emancipate ourselves from this tyranny while leaning into our brokenness?
Parshat Tzav
February 26, 2021 14:00 - 12 minutes - 17.5 MBKnowledge is power, but power can be blinding. The true path of wisdom is one of intellectual humility.
Intellectual Humility, Parshat Terumah
February 19, 2021 14:00 - 2 minutes - 3.62 MBKnowledge is power, but power can be blinding. The true path of wisdom is one of intellectual humility.
Losing my childhood God, Parshat Mishpatim
February 12, 2021 14:00 - 3 minutes - 4.85 MBAs a child I experienced God’s closeness, as I grew older God became more distant. Then I discovered how to hold these two polarities in tension.
‘Like’ I, Parshat Yitro
February 05, 2021 14:00 - 3 minutes - 5.33 MBThe bible depicts God’s revelation at mount Sinai. But what does a Divine revelation entail? The Ishbitzer Rebbe asserts that God can never be fully revealed, and all that humans are capable of grasping is a pale likeness of the real thing.
Faith & Doubt | Parshat Beshalach
January 29, 2021 14:00 - 7 minutes - 9.9 MBThe Lebanese American Poet Kahlil Gibran wrote: Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. This episode highlights the role of doubt in ensuring that faith does not get reduced to dogma.
Uncovering Divine Language - Parshat Bo
January 22, 2021 14:00 - 4 minutes - 5.76 MBUnderlying and animating all of reality is divine language. This language is revealed in the human realm through the sacred words of Torah. This idea opens a new way of perceiving reality.
Vayechi
January 01, 2021 14:00 - 5 minutes - 6.91 MBVayigash
December 25, 2020 14:00 - 4 minutes - 6.56 MBMiketz
December 18, 2020 14:00 - 4 minutes - 6.14 MBVayeshev
December 11, 2020 14:00 - 4 minutes - 6.54 MBVayishlach
December 04, 2020 14:00 - 4 minutes - 5.64 MBVayetze
November 27, 2020 13:00 - 4 minutes - 6.61 MBToledot Deep Calling Unto Deep
November 20, 2020 13:00 - 4 minutes - 6.8 MBHaye Sarah
November 13, 2020 13:00 - 4 minutes - 6.6 MBVayera Faith and Doubt
November 06, 2020 13:45 - 5 minutes - 7.78 MBLech Lecha
October 30, 2020 12:00 - 4 minutes - 6.25 MBDestructive fire or divine spark? Rabbi Brawer explores perception.
Parshat Noach
October 23, 2020 20:57 - 4 minutes - 5.98 MBHow do we cleave to a state of flow? Rabbi Brawer discusses the ebbing and flowing of this state.
Bereshit
October 16, 2020 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.28 MBGod as Ground of Being: Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev (1740 -1810) expands our notion of God, and in so doing, offers a fresh perspective on life
Stopping the Flow of Time
September 25, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes - 10 MBIs it possible to break with the past, and to truly begin anew? That depends on how one defines the passage of time. A striking tale in the Yom Kippur liturgy presents an inspired perspective.
When the Rabbi was Late
September 25, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 10.2 MBEthical behavior trumps prayer, but are we prepared to live with the implications?
When Words are not Enough - A Shofar Meditation
September 18, 2020 15:00 - 3 minutes - 4.16 MBLanguage is inherently limited. But what if we could cross the boundaries of words and communicate on the deepest of levels?
Awestruck! A Rosh Hashana Reflection
September 16, 2020 12:46 - 6 minutes - 9.39 MBRosh Hashanah ushers in a period traditionally known as the Days of ‘Awe.’ What is ‘awe’ and how is it different from ‘fear’? And what does it mean to live an awestruck life?