Torah Unraveled

Kinus Torah Pesach 5785 "Don't Delegate Mitzvahs" With Rabbi Levi Tzukernik Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on April 18, 2025

Kinus Torah Pesach 5785 "Fast of the Firstborn" With Hatomim Shraga Charytan Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on April 18, 2025

Kinus Torah Pesach 5785 "No Breaking Bones: The Spiritual Psychology of the Korban Pesach" With Rabbi Yisroel Noach Lipsker Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on April 18, 2025

Colorful Profiles - Lesson 4 Heroes and Hostages With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Four rabbis are captured by 10th-century pirates, Germany’s foremost Jewish leader is held for ransom, and thousands of East European Jews languish in Ottoman slave markets—how did Jewish communities respond?

Kabbalah Café Know Your Soul - Part 29 In Hot Water With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, May 25, 2025 How should you lead -- a business, a family, a life? With a firm grip or a soft touch? With discipline or compassion? Jewish mystics teach that just as no two faces are alike, no two souls are the same. Some souls are wired for chesed -- kindness, expansiveness....

Demystifying Tanya - Lesson 11 With Rabbi Tzvi Freeman Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Thursday, May 22, 2025 The Tanya is a cornerstone of Jewish spirituality, offering profound insights into the nature of the soul, the struggles of human existence, and the path to a purposeful life. In this new weekly series, Rabbi Tzvi Freeman provides a clear and thoughtful exploration of its core ide...

Torah Studies 5785 Class 25: Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim “I Jew. You Jew. I Love You” Learning to Love Even the Difficult Relatives With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 We’re commanded to love every Jew as ourselves—but how is that realistic? This class uncovers the Torah’s strategy for cultivating genuine love through action and through learning Ra...

Torah Studies 5785 Class 27: Parshat Behar-Bechukotai When Regret Falls Short The Value of Imperfect Repentance With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Is repentance still meaningful if we expect to falter again? This class explores the Torah’s nuanced view of partial repentance, showing how even imperfect regret holds value and can restore our discomf...

Colorful Profiles - Lesson 3 Unsung Heroines With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 A businesswoman saves thousands from the Inquisition and rebuilds Jewish life across the Mediterranean, and a female Torah scholar shapes Halachic discourse while raising a family, feeding students, and caring for the sick—see the secret ways women shaped Jewish hist...

Torah Studies 5785 Class 26: Parshat Emor Rewriting Who You Are Real Change Can—and Should!—Be Uncomfortable With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 True goodness isn’t only about following your instincts—it’s about reshaping them. The Torah’s mitzvot of giving don’t just teach generosity; they force us to break our natural tendencies, surrender contro...

Kabbalah Café Know Your Soul - Part 28 Four Dimensions of Sin With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, May 18, 2025 Before the world began, a cosmic debate unfolded: what should happen to the sinner? Some voices argued, no second chances. Break the system, and you’re out. Others pushed back: there has to be a way to repair, to return. Then G-d weighed in. Not only ca...

Demystifying Tanya - Lesson 10 With Rabbi Tzvi Freeman Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Thursday, May 15, 2025 The Tanya is a cornerstone of Jewish spirituality, offering profound insights into the nature of the soul, the struggles of human existence, and the path to a purposeful life. In this new weekly series, Rabbi Tzvi Freeman provides a clear and thoughtful exploration of its core ide...

Colorful Profiles - Lesson 2 Influential Jews With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Spain’s top Torah scholar leads a Muslim Army, an Amsterdam rabbi with a printshop talks England into readmitting Jews, and a rabbi teaches a Catholic scholar and saves Central Europe’s Jewish books—how did they integrate Judaism into their influence?

Kabbalah Café Know Your Soul - Part 27 A Magical Cup With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, May 11, 2025 A cup appears deceptively simple. It's a vessel for transferring liquid from source to lips, its contents seemingly unchanged throughout their journey. But imagine a cup with transformative power. Such a vessel doesn't merely hold what's poured into it; it enhan...

Colorful Profiles - Lesson 1 Courageous Converts With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 A Roman prince outwits his uncle to study Torah, an Italian priest studies his way to a new life, and a Polish noble meets an old Jew studying Talmud on a Paris park bench—see their journey to Judaism and what came next.

Kabbalah Café Know Your Soul - Part 26 “The Biggest Question” With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, May 4, 2025 It’s the oldest question in the book: Why are we here? Not because we have somewhere else to be -- this universe is all we’ve ever known. But still, the question echoes. Why this world? Why us? The Kabbalists are obsessed with this question. For them, it...

Torah Studies 5785 Class 24: Parshat Tazria-Metzora The Treasure of Words: Transforming Harmful Speech Into Hidden Gems of the Soul With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 This lesson reexamines tzaraat as a powerful message about the impact of our words. Through Rashi’s commentary, discover how avoiding gossip and embracing mindful speech can transf...

Kabbalah Café Know Your Soul - Part 25 “Paradox Busters” With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, April 27, 2025 The Kabbalists offer us a vision of creation that’s full of tension and mystery. They teach that G-d’s infinite light is so pure, so boundless, that it leaves no room for anything else. In that state, creation is impossible. And so, the light is drawn back...

Demystifying Tanya - Lesson 7 With Rabbi Tzvi Freeman Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Thursday, April 24, 2025 The Tanya is a cornerstone of Jewish spirituality, offering profound insights into the nature of the soul, the struggles of human existence, and the path to a purposeful life. In this new weekly series, Rabbi Tzvi Freeman provides a clear and thoughtful exploration of its core id...

Torah Studies 5785 Class 23: Pesach A Cup for Elijah and a World of Hope With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Elijah’s cup at the seder stands as more than just a custom—it’s a symbol of our unshakable belief in redemption. This lesson delves into its origins, halachic mysteries, and enduring message of faith, connecting past promises to future hop...

You Be the Judge 2025 Lesson 3: Burden of Proof With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 When two people lay claim to an object, how can we decide who is right? Upon whom does the burden of proof fall, and what kind of evidence will the court require?

Kabbalah Café Know Your Soul - Part 24 “The Soul of Passover” With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, April 6, 2025 The Jewish year revolves around two powerful seasons: Tishrei and Nissan. Tishrei brings the heavyweight trio—Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. Nissan is all about Passover. At first glance, the holidays might seem similar: we pray, we celebrate,...

Torah Studies 5785 Class 22: Parshat Vayikra Sorry, Not Sorry?: The Torah’s Approach to Accountability and Healing With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Does healing absolve the need for amends? Learn how the Torah balances personal resilience with moral accountability, emphasizing that true repentance begins with repairing harm to others.

Torah Studies 5785 Class 21: Parshat Pekudei If These Walls Could Speak: How the Stories We Live Are Worth Repeating With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, March 26, 2025 Why does the Torah recount the Mishkan’s construction in such detail? This class delves into Rashi’s commentary to reveal how repetition highlights the profound significance of our shared stories...

Kabbalah Café Know Your Soul - Part 22 “What Your Tears Are Telling You” With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, March 23, 2025 Tears tell a story. They flow for beauty, pain, wonder, and awe. They can deepen our suffering or bring release. Some tears come from the body—triggered by physical sensations. Others come from the soul—born of something deeper, something D...