Knowledge on the Deeper Side

Daily Power Parsha 8.16.21 (Ki Teitzei) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on August 16, 2021

You Be the Judge An Exhilarating Exploration of Jewish Civil Law With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on August 10, 2021) Lesson 1 The Parasite Is it fair to do business using your neighbor's cow? May you sublet your apartment for more than you pay in rent? How do we distinguish creative opportunity from crass opportunism? You Be the Judge presents real cases brought...

Overcoming Folly - Part 28 "Light Leaks" With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on August 15, 2021) Remember those old film cameras? The ones where you actually opened the back of the camera and dropped in a roll of 35mm Kodak film? Ah, the good old days! :) One "feature" of film is that (by design) it's highly sensitive to light. Which means if you open the back of the...

Let Go and Move Forward To Leave Egypt, You Must Really Leave It Behind. All of It With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on August 11, 2021) A Jewish king is not allowed to own too many horses. Sounds interesting, but why? So he doesn’t head back to Egypt and settle there. A fascinating ride through some complex halachic intricacies lands us at the doorstep of this imp...

Daily Power Parsha 8.13.21 (Shoftim) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on August 13, 2021

Daily Power Parsha 8.11.21 (Shoftim) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on August 11, 2021

Daily Power Parsha 8.10.21 (Shoftim) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on August 10, 2021

Daily Power Parsha 8.9.21 (Shoftim) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on August 9, 2021

Overcoming Folly - Part 27 "The Kabbalah of TikTok" With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on August 8, 2021) Ever watch a TikTok video? You know, the ones where people are lip syncing and dancing in perfect(ly hilarious) choreography? Great -- so we're on the same page then! :) See, there are two types of dancing. There's spontaneous, I'm-not-thinking-about-how-I-move-...

Daily Power Parsha 8.6.21 (Re'eh) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on August 6, 2021

Daily Power Parsha 8.5.21 (Re'eh) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on August 5, 2021

A Perfect Exchange Gaining Perspective on the Things That Vex Us Most With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on August 4, 2021) “I have given you blessing and curses; take a good look and make the right choice!” Scripture declares. Is this really such a choice that requires examination? A deep look at some thorny theological questions gifts us this nugget: How we look a...

Daily Power Parsha 8.4.21 (Re'eh) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on August 4, 2021

Daily Power Parsha 8.3.21 (Re'eh) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on August 3, 2021

Overcoming Folly - Part 26 "The Great Reckoning" With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on August 1, 2021) "There is a reckoning for everything." So goes the teaching of our sages in Ethics of the Fathers. Science has taught us that matter and energy are never lost, that one small flap of a butterfly's wing can unleash major consequences across the globe, that we are mo...

Daily Power Parsha 8.2.21 (Re'eh) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on August 2, 2021

Daily Power Parsha 7.30.21 (Eikev) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on July 30, 2021

Once You Pop, You Can’t Stop Giving Up Halfway Is Not an Option With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on July 29, 2021) Have you ever started a new pet project or embarked on a new “year of change”—and then you fell flat just a couple of months in? This class argues that when fate sets you down a certain path, G-d expects you to see it through to the end. The good news...

Daily Power Parsha 7.29.21 (Eikev) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on July 29, 2021

Daily Power Parsha 7.28.21 (Eikev) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on July 28, 2021

Overcoming Folly - Part 25 "Fool's Wisdom" With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on July 25, 2021) The world is governed by wisdom -- except when it's not. The cosmic energy of chochmah guides the flow of Divine beneficence into our reality. There is a method to the madness, a higher plan, an accounting for all. But sometimes, wisdom (even the higher version) is made t...

Daily Power Parsha 7.27.21 (Eikev) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on July 27, 2021

Daily Power Parsha 7.26.21 (Eikev) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on July 26, 2021

Daily Power Parsha 7.23.21 (Va'etchanan) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on July 23, 2021

Daily Power Parsha 7.22.21 (Va'etchanan) A Quick Daily Dose of Torah Inspiration With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live on July 22, 2021