Core Beliefs of Judaism Part 5

FromThis Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

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Core Beliefs of Judaism Part 5

FromThis Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

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59 minutes

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Nov 25, 2015

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The Nine Levels of Faith and how we understand pain in the face of a Benevolent God with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe.

Released:

Nov 25, 2015

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Podcast episode

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How to get your prayers answered: In this episode, Rabbi Wolbe explains the theory and the practice of prayer and addresses all the philosophical problems with prayer, and gives us the key to getting our prayers answered. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
53 min listen
Moses: The greatest prophet: Rabbi Wolbe explains the meaning of Moses being the “father of all prophets”, and delineates the profound differences in the veracity of our Revelations vs. all other religions. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
20 min listen
Social pressure vs. Social Influence: In this episode we discuss the positive and negative effects of our society, our community and our friends by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
69 min listen
Why didn’t God create the world in one instant?: Rabbi Wolbe addresses this interesting question, and also dabbles with the philosophical problems of an infinite existence and a finite world coexisting, and the paradox of Free Will in the face of an All Knowing God. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
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Why Jews Don’t believe in Jesus: All Jews know that we do not believe in Jesus, but not many know why. In this episode, Rabbi Wolbe outlines the reasons why Jew do not believe in Jesus, have not done so in the past and will not in the future. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
67 min listen
Grounds for Marriage: Combating Selfishness: A small child rarely wakes up to tend to her crying mother. From the beginning of our lives we are self-centered and care about ourselves only; in our quest to build better relationships, we must learn the tools to rid ourselves of this vile characteri... by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
48 min listen
The Five C’s of every Happy Harmonious and Stable Marriage: If we are to believe the statistics, the majority of marriages today end up in divorce. The Torah outlines the five components to a Happy, Harmonious and Stable Marriage , each beginning with the letter “C”. In this episode, by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
65 min listen
Honoring Parents: Learn about the responsibilities of children to honor and respect their parents. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
53 min listen
Shavuos Snippets: Rabbi Wolbe explains why Jews have traditionally stayed up the entire night of Shavuos studying. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
12 min listen
What are angels: Lessons in relationships: Can we really learn real life lessons in our relationships from angels. Indeed we can, and Rabbi Wolbe shows us how. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
63 min listen
Why Adam and Eve did not have Torah: Rabbi Wolbe tackles a puzzling point to ponder relating to Adam and Eve and discusses various elements of Free Will. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
11 min listen
Introduction to Mussar: What is Mussar and how did it come about? Those questions, coupled with anecdotes and lessons, are the content of this episode. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
101 min listen
The Overachiever’s Secret: The term “overachiever” should not be mistakenly conferred onto people who achieve greatness; greatness can result from great intellect, opportunity and circumstance, overachievers are those who achieve beyond what their peers in circumstance and abili... by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
39 min listen
What does Judaism really say about Moshiach (Messiah): Curious to know when Moshiach is coming? Can we – and should we – calculate his arrival? Think you’ve got what it takes to be Moshiach? Rabbi Wolbe answers these questions and outlines the qualifications needed for one to be crowned Moshiach and the ac... by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
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Inspiration to Perspiration: How to implement a great idea: We all have those moments in life where we are galvanized to change ourselves, our community or the entire world. However, only a select few people actually take the inspiration to the finish line. In this episode, by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
64 min listen
Intellectual Prowess: How to mobilize your most important gift: Our intellect is our most potent of assets. It is what distinguishes us from animals and what enables us to overcome our challenges. Learn the how what and why of maximizing your intellectual power in this episode by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
66 min listen
How to meet your sweet: In this episode we address the idea of “Bashert” or destined one, the Talmudic sources for it, and outline the plan to find that special one by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
63 min listen
Ethics of the Fathers: Spiritual Pipes (1.2): In this class we learn what distinguishes Man from all other species, about the fascinating Jewish idea of the convergence of the spiritual and the physical and, in a first, Rabbi Wolbe calls out one of the participants as being “flaky”. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
75 min listen
Did David Sin?: How do we understand Biblical stories that seem to indicate that great men made grave mistakes? In this Q&A episode, Rabbi Wolbe discusses the story of Cain and Ebel, Reuben and Bilhah, David and Bathsheba and more. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
7 min listen
The malleability of Halacha and the integrity of it’s transmitters: Is Halacha immutable? Does Halacha adapt to modernity? Did the executioners of the Law have the integrity to stay true and not bend in the face of controversy? by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
9 min listen
Why we get Drunk on Purim: On Purim we are instructed to intoxicate ourselves with wine till we do not know the difference between “Haman is cursed” and “Mordechai is blessed”. What could possibly be the rationale behind such a strange mitzvah? by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
13 min listen
Ethics of the Fathers: Introduction (1.1): Pirkei Avos, or Ethics of the Fathers is a compilation of Rabbinic ethical teachings spanning 500 years of Jewish vibrancy, circa 300 BCE to 200 CE, that, amazingly, retain their relevance to contemporary times. In this class, by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
88 min listen
Capital Punishment in Jewish Law: Rabbi Wolbe explains the seemingly strange phenomenon where a defendant cannot be executed if the Judges unanimously call for his guilt, and other interesting laws relating to capital punishment. by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
12 min listen
Beware of the Two Cliffs: How to navigate the perils of Self Perfection: Any pursuit of self perfection and character refinement will invariably be accompanied by two frightening and formidable challenges: 1. Body-Backlash; when the body rejects the agenda of the soul. 2. Heightened Haughtiness; when someone ascends to Moun... by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
45 min listen
National Revelation: An experience unlike any other: The answer to the most important question of all: How do we know we are right? Religions are mutually exclusive; The Jews, Christians and Moslems cannot all be right. It’s a zero sum game: If we are right, they all must be wrong! As Jews, by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
57 min listen
Understanding the Jewish Calendar: Learn about the Jewish perspective in time, and how we can tap into the same spiritual entities that existed in yesteryear. This fascinating idea joins another: the coexistence of a Lunar month and a solar year in the Jewish calendar. Lastly, by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
67 min listen
Till Death do us part: Can we still have committed relationships: “שמח תשמח רעים האהובים כשמחך יצירך בגן עדן מקדם” This statement, part of the Sheva Brachos (Seven Blessings), is recited under the Chuppah ( wedding canopy) of traditional Jewish marriages. Translated into English, we pray: “Gladden the loving couple, by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
53 min listen
Adam and Eve: A Model Marriage?: In several places in Jewish Literature and practice we present Adam and Eve as a prototype of a relationship worth emulating. There is only one slight problem with that – Adam and Eve did not seem to have a stable relationship, by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
77 min listen
Chessed (Kindness): The catalyst for greatness by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
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What happens after you die?: Tune in and listen to the definitive Jewish answer to life’s most compelling question: what really happens after you die. One of the few topics where it is hard to speak from experience, Rabbi Wolbe culls from various sources and Jewish traditions to p... by This Jewish Life - With Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
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Core Beliefs of Judaism Part 5

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