The Jewish Mind

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/2045233979105250/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/60obccu5w7svzem/23.%20Acharei%205779%20-After%20Life%20-Embracing%20The%20True%20Gift%20of%20Life.pdf?dl=0 __ G-d’s law of gravity is that whatever goes up has got to come down. In lieu with this law, G-d’s desire is that every spiritual inspiration of yearning to the Above, must...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/2037454033216578/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p6y460bdhccn641/22.%20Pesach%205779%20-The%20Four%20Cups%20of%20Redemption.pdf?dl=0 -- How often do we feel disappointed when our efforts don’t bring us back the results that we were aiming for? How much more so, it is when we are speaking of spiritual matters, in which we feel th...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/2033432410285407/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/clridecefg1tn0q/21.%20Metzora-HaGodol%205779%20-The%20Art%20of%20Happiness%20--Finding%20Infinity%20in%20the%20Details.pdf?dl=0 An entrepreneur and CEO of his many businesses once told me, “If you want to see me get frustrated, talk to me about details! That’s why I have company m...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/2029219534040028/i9 Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wuc5zxcz6p1ic29/20.%20Tazriah-Hachoidesh%205779%20-Beyond%20the%20Shame%20--Accepting%20the%20Depths%20of%20Our%20Divinity.pdf?dl=0 Almost any Torah teaching can be absorbed on the level of, “The cup is half full,” or on the level of, “The cup is half empty.” In general, the dif...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/2025356687759646/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/brdkfrrin6nwu1j/19.%20Shmini-Parah%205779.%20In%20G-d%27s%20Acropolis.pdf?dl=0 -- People are gifted with many different emotions, allowing us to react accordingly to different situations. Often, these emotional reactions to different experiences create a mood-set. Today, science u...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/avrohom.lipszyc/videos/10156881954738257/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xaobk6f4zcr1hzv/18.%20Vayikra%205779.%20Pass%20The%20Salt%20Please.pdf?dl=0 Handout https://www.dropbox.com/s/gtayuke5unrw4bv/18.%20Handout%20for%20Vayikra%205779.pdf?dl=0 People say that life has its ups and its downs. People also say that if G-d gives you lemon, then make lemon juice. An...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/2014237882204860/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxm1m00izjxa46f/17.%20Pekudei%205779.%20Where%20to%20Find%20G-d%20in%20Our%20Lives.pdf?dl=0 --- The undeniable fact is that we are mortals, and in addition to being mortals, we are the only creature that is capable of contemplating, denying, fighting, negotiating, and ultimately a...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/2010266482602000/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i2o67kzg9r8n8ql/16.%20Vayakhel%205779.%20The%20Quintessential%20Vacation.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jfqsz849e6qup5m/16.%20Handout%20for%20Vayakhel%205779.pdf?dl=0 What is a real vacation, anyway? It is to recuperate from yesterday? Rejuvenate for tomorrow? Or, is...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/2006250556336926/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xzjnfcs8qlw1jcc/15.%20Ki%20Sisa%205779.%20Purim%20Katan%20-Sleepless%20in%20Shushan.pdf?dl=0 Handout https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wz0muotgz6bupx/15.%20Handout%20for%20Ki%20Sisa%205779.pdf?dl=0 -- There is a saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” However, there is also a...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/2002031386758843/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bnlmln1r2gdhi9h/14.%20Tetzaveh%205779.%20Producing%20Soul-oil%20to%20Illuminate%20Our%20Lives.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k1vs2uhs1vnb6sx/14.%20Handout%20for%20Tetzaveh%205779.pdf?dl=0 ------ One can build for themselves an entire beautiful home, with all the fines...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/1997707683857880/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/94snwwvs8o22lpi/13.%20Terumah%205779.%20Charity%20-Receiving%20What%20G-d%20is%20Giving.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdsgimk5ldy3uc6/13.%20Handout%20for%20Terumah%205779.pdf?dl=0 ------- I want to begin with a brief story that took place with the Reichmann brothers...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/avrohom.lipszyc/videos/10156787468938257/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mfefxrc6lcf6eab/12.%20Mishpatim%205779.%20Mount%20Sinai%20-Where%20There%20is%20Smoke%20There%20is%20Fire.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7sl4omiu22jx8x/12.%20Handout%20for%20Mishpatim%205779.pdf?dl=0 John Bradshaw, in his book Healing the Shame That Binds You, coined the conc...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/1989677657994216/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/o6phcznb2we2z1b/11.%20Yisro%205779.%20When%20Religion%20Doesn%27t%20Make%20Sense.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zuidk68qzgthhj8/11.%20Handout%20for%20Yisro%205779.pdf?dl=0 --- Judaism has, what seems to be, an impossible approach to faith in G-d. Maimonides defines th...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/1985802051715110/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rwmdwh6tzsbevwf/10.%20Bshalach%205779.%20When%20Pharaoh%20Becomes%20an%20Agent%20of%20G-d.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5rpkrgp2kla2mus/AAB3v7AvIDwMKG_Vm8R6zAYua?dl=0 Why do the righteous have to live under the dominance of the wicked who prosper? For 210 years the...

FaceBook LiveFeed: https://www.facebook.com/avrohom.lipszyc/videos/10156743110618257/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/iskv8595zp0jks5/9.%20Bo.%20Beam%20Me%20Up.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/06mjqpzv0powzd4/9.%20Handout%20for%20Bo%205779.pdf?dl=0 --- Deep within us we acknowledge that spiritual is infinite, while physical is finite, spiritual is eternal, while physical is mortal, and...

“Being Special” FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/avrohom.lipszyc/videos/10156724623213257/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ljw9rz5ergw4xbv/8.%20Vaeira%205779%20Being%20Special.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8so2kega6oo899z/8.%20Handout%20for%20Vaeira%205779.pdf?dl=0 People have a yearning to be special. Society imposes an often-misconstrued sense of what we want to be special at, s...

FaceBook LiveFeed: https://www.facebook.com/avrohom.lipszyc/videos/10156709133198257/ Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j9ei9pmjj9s34yo/7.%20Shemois%205779%20MAke%20Your%20Name%20Count.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bde28mi86lzzxoz/7.%20Handout%20for%20Shemois%205779.pdf?dl=0 --- The words Unconditional Love in themselves are so soothing. The mere thought that we could be loved uncondi...

FaceBook LiveFeed: https://www.facebook.com/avrohom.lipszyc/videos/10156695256993257/ Written Notes https://www.dropbox.com/s/hjsa9ui6m1qszyz/6.%20Vayechi%205779%20Does%20G-d%20Ever%20Say%20No%20To%20A%20Prayer.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mevlhe5vastxt8n/6.%20Handout%20for%20Vayechi%205779.pdf?dl=0 -- When we pray to G-d for something, does G-d ever say no? Some people say, “We pra...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheJewishMind/videos/1003074773235775/ Written Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jwgjc40nitmyo4t/5.%20Vayigash%205779%20-When%20Judah%20Meets%20Joseph%20-Studious%20Prayer.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wiki0zepsl4ot43/5.%20Handout%20for%20Vayigash%205779.pdf?dl=0 The secret of prayer is not the knowledge of mystical unifications, in as much as it is...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/1960846630877319/ Written Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h1xlmg9caozgws8/4.%20Mikaitz%205779%20-Is%20G-d%20But%20Gippetto.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/agrtae1k3hql0v6/4.%20Handout%20for%20Mikeitz%205779.pdf?dl=0 ---- Rabbi Levi Yitzchok, father of the Rebbe, taught, that on the High Holidays we do not pray for a l...

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/1956898904605425/ Written: https://www.dropbox.com/s/131xxazo1re5hlj/3.%20Vayeishev%20-The%20Chariot%20-Take%20a%20Ride%20on%20the%20Wild%20Side.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2wu7bw39cf2f3v7/3.%20Handout%20for%20Vayeishev%205779.pdf?dl=0 ----- Viktor Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Ho...

Title: The Gift -A Deeper Look into Prayer *Written Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y2hxfbhfbb7i7ny/2.%20Vayishlach%20-The%20Gift%20-A%20Deeper%20Look%20into%20Prayer.pdf?dl=0 *Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5sx4y4s5ypzya0v/2.%20HANDOUT%20Vayishlach%20-The%20Gift%20-A%20Deeper%20Look%20into%20Prayer.pdf?dl=0 What is the truth about prayer? Is it a placebo, which translates as the power of the...

Is one to marry who they love, or is one to learn to love who they married?! So many are in utter disbelief of the Chassidic dating process. Most often there is a matchmaker who introduces to the parents of the potential bride and groom an individual who they do not know. The research process begins, and if the parents are satisfied with what they have learned about their potential ‘in-law,’ they...

This lecture is going to explore the modern-day issue of people feeling Over THERE, away from everyone else, who are over HERE. If you don’t get what I am talking about, then G-d bless you, and this lecture will be an amazing spiritual High Holiday preparation lecture. However, if you do understand what I am talking about, this will also be a life-altering lecture. So, what am I talking about? The...

Written Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kcre008k48ypvxo/31.%20VaEschanan%205778%20%20-How%20To%20Earn%20Grace.pdf?dl=0  Earned Grace?! The title of this class, “How to Earn G-d’s Grace” is seemingly an impossible paradox. Why so? Well, let’s look up the definition of Grace. grace ɡrās/ noun 2. the free and unmerited favor of G-d You see, the whole point of grace is that it is free and unmerited,...