Jewish Heroism Project

Terumah 5786 Let your heart move you 19.02.2026 5:52 ↓

Terumah 5786 Let your heart move you by Rav Mike

12 One flesh 16.02.2026 27:29 ↓

Adam's search for a solution to being alone gives rise to a primary spiritual practice - dveikut, cleaving to the Divine.

Mishpatim 5786 - a world of wonder 12.02.2026 6:57 ↓

Mishpatim 5786 - a world of wonder by Rav Mike

The Hero's Journey with Ari Abramowitz 12.02.2026 45:10 ↓

Take the first few steps on the Jewish Hero's Journey with Ari Abramowitz as he answers the essential questions: what is good? Whom do you serve? Where do you take your stand?

11 The power of naming 10.02.2026 26:20 ↓

The essential element that humanity adds to creation is avodah, the ability to actualize potential. This finds its first application in the power of naming, which is how we map, conquer and even create the world.

Yitro 5786: receiving feedback 05.02.2026 4:32 ↓

How we receive feedback says a lot about who we are.

10 The Why of Creation 02.02.2026 28:19 ↓

In this episode we explore the "lo tov," the not good. It offers a deep commentary on the human condition, - as well as an answer to the 'why?' of creation.

Beshallach 5786 - The healer 29.01.2026 5:03 ↓

Beshallach 5786 - The healer by Rav Mike

9 Entering the Garden 26.01.2026 25:39 ↓

Now that the human capacity for avodah, for actualizing the good which is not yet in creation, has been revealed it is time to enter the garden and take on our first task.

Bo - the power of the storyteller 22.01.2026 4:08 ↓

Bo - the power of the storyteller by Rav Mike

Vaera 5786_ Accepting feedback 15.01.2026 3:36 ↓

Vaera 5786_ Accepting feedback by Rav Mike

8 The potential of creation 12.01.2026 28:03 ↓

The second telling of the story of creation introduces us to an interactive world, one waiting for humanity to actualize its potential

Shemot 5786 08.01.2026 3:59 ↓

Heroism begins in letting yourself see the world

7 The human perspective 06.01.2026 30:33 ↓

From Divine cosmology to human existential anthropology, this class starts our exploration of the second telling of creation's story.

6 A taste of the world to come 04.01.2026 25:30 ↓

6 A taste of the world to come by Rav Mike

Vayechi 5786 01.01.2026 4:37 ↓

There is a certain type of leadership that looks beyond limited horizons

Vayigash - The heroism of a broken heart 25.12.2025 6:28 ↓

Vayigash - The heroism of a broken heart by Rav Mike

Miketz - Inside and Out 19.12.2025 4:51 ↓

A point of heroism from the parsha - Yosef was ready for whatever came, and why he was can teach us all a lesson

5 The Divine Image 16.12.2025 27:45 ↓

Humanity adds a new face to creation, reflective of the Divine. But it's not without controversy.

What darkness gives to light 14.12.2025 38:38 ↓

Rav Mike's annual Hanukkah class in honor of the yartzheit of his father, Charles M. Feuer.

4 Tzimtzum 08.12.2025 27:29 ↓

The four ways the will interacts in relationship are enhanced by a fifth - how it acts on itself. Tzimtzum, creative contraction, is the context for creation.

Vayishlach 5786 The nature of moral dilemma 04.12.2025 3:09 ↓

Shimon and Levi went beyond the bounds to rescue their captive sister. It is a heroic sory and a moral dilemma all in one.

3 Agent of Creation 02.12.2025 25:52 ↓

If God is unbounded in creative capacity, why is it part of the Divine will that there be agents in creation?

Vayetze 5786: The power of sleep 27.11.2025 3:28 ↓

Vayetze 5786: The power of sleep by Rav Mike

2 Essential Good 24.11.2025 29:12 ↓

The relative nature of moral good defines the human perspective, but God sees the Essential Good of all creation