Knowledge on the Deeper Side

When’s Your REAL Birthday? Your Birthday Celebrates Realized Potential. Go Ahead and Realize Even More With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on February 9, 2022) Your Birthday Celebrates Realized Potential. Go Ahead and Realize Even More People love celebrating; yahrtzeits not so much. Surprisingly, while the birthday and yahrtzeit of our first leader, Moshe, occurred...

Daily Power Parsha 2.9.22 (Tetzaveh) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on February 9, 2022

Daily Power Parsha 2.8.22 (Tetzaveh) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on February 8, 2022

Daily Power Parsha 2.7.22 (Tetzaveh) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on February 7, 2022

Meditation from Sinai - Lesson 3 Mastermind The Benefits of Divine Closeness With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on February 8, 2022) G-d is often perceived as some distant force, and spirituality is something static. This lesson rips off the veil, demonstrating that G-d’s presence it is dynamically animating all of existence in the present, and that G-d is purposefu...

Artificial Love Robots in Jewish Law With Rabbi Dr. Moshe Goldfeder Senior lecturer at Emory University School of Law Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center (Recorded Live at the Intown Jewish Academy) The artificial intelligence revolution is here. Join Jewish legal expert Rabbi Dr. Moshe Goldfeder to explore complex and fascinating legal and ethical considerations surrounding robots and...

Overcoming Folly - Part 49 "Three Knots" With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on February 6, 2022) The Zohar -- the Book of Radiance -- describes three beings that are inextricably bound to one another. When these three "knots" are tight, all is well in the universe. But when their connection fades, the very fabric of the universe begins to unravel. What are these thr...

Daily Power Parsha 2.4.22 (Terumah) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on February 4, 2022

Daily Power Parsha 2.2.22 (Terumah) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on February 2, 2022

Daily Power Parsha 2.1.22 (Terumah) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on February 1, 2022

Judaism: A Religious or National Project? Three Sides of the Same Coin With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on February 2, 2022) There’s much chatter on this question. Throw in the mix the many other possibilities of what “Judaism” may or may not be. So, what is it, after all? The story of the nascent Jewish nation emerging from Egypt, entering the Holy Land, and fina...

Meditation from Sinai - Lesson 2 Mind Yourself! Reflecting Inward to Find the Divine With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on February 1, 2022) Spirituality is often perceived as distant or irrelevant to daily reality. This lesson explores the innate spiritual sense that our souls possess and demonstrates the means of harnessing it through meditation. This leads us to...

Jewish Book Club A Monthly Discussion Group for Fans of Great Jewish Writing Led by Ariela Rich (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 30, 2022) The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Sarit Yishai-Levi IJA’s Jewish Book Club features the most captivating and exhilarating new Jewish literature. Join the club and take part in lively monthly online discussions led by Book Club expert Ariela...

Jewish Book Club A Monthly Discussion Group for Fans of Great Jewish Writing Led by Ariela Rich (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on December 12, 2021) Unstoppable by Joshua M. Greene IJA’s Jewish Book Club features the most captivating and exhilarating new Jewish literature. Join the club and take part in lively monthly online discussions led by Book Club expert Ariela Rich.

Lesson 4 - A Slice of Life With Mrs. Leah Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 31, 2022) From baking to breaking to thanking, there is a host of special practices uniquely associated with bread, starting with separating challah—the special mitzvah entrusted to Jewish women—to the special role bread plays on Shabbat and the festivals. So, what’s the deal with dough? In thi...

How to Think Like a Chasidic Master - Lesson 3 "The Alter Rebbe & R' Levi Yitzchack of Berditchev" with Spiritual Mentor Mrs. Nomi Freeman (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 24, 2022) Over the last three centuries the Chasidic movement has spawned a revolution in Judaism, breathing new soul into an ancient faith. But what do we know about the leaders of the movement? How do the...

How to Think Like a Chasidic Master - Lesson 2 "R' Elimelech of Lizensk & R' Zushe of Anipoli" with Spiritual Mentor Mrs. Nomi Freeman (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 17, 2022) Over the last three centuries the Chasidic movement has spawned a revolution in Judaism, breathing new soul into an ancient faith. But what do we know about the leaders of the movement? How do these g...

Put on the Blinders Keep Your Eyes on the Prize and Don’t Stop Moving With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 26, 2022) A dry, legal, and highly technical clause of Jewish finance law is picked apart in a psychological/religious analysis. We emerge with powerful lessons for maintaining the sense of dignity and perseverance we need to power through our intended...

Overcoming Folly - Part 48 "How Free is Free Choice" With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 30, 2022) Free choice is one of the foundational principles of Judaism. Maimonides notes that if we take away the notion of free choice, the very edifice of Torah and mitzvot ceases to be relevant. After all, if we simply cannot be expected to follow a given precept, t...

Overcoming Folly - Part 47 "Pit of Doom" With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 23, 2022) Life is not without its ups and downs. But sometimes we trip and fall into a big pit, a hole that pulls us down far below. The pit of doom is an equal-access danger. No one is immune to it, no matter how great one might be. Actually, the greater one is the more susceptib...

Daily Power Parsha 1.31.22 (Terumah) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on January 31, 2022

Daily Power Parsha 1.28.22 (Mishpatim) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on January 28, 2022

Daily Power Parsha 1.26.22 (Mishpatim) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on January 26, 2022

Daily Power Parsha 1.25.22 (Mishpatim) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on January 25, 2022

Daily Power Parsha 1.24.22 (Mishpatim) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on January 24, 2022