http://alternadox.net Drawing from the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Rav Kook, and many more, Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder brings texts to life with clarity, curiosity and humor. Listen in on these exciting classes and lectures. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:05:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Drawing from the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Rav Kook, and many more, Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder brings texts to life with clarity, curiosity and humor. Listen in on these exciting torah classes and lectures. Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder clean Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder yorabbi@comcast.net yorabbi@comcast.net (Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder) Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder, Alternadox Outside the Orthobox - Torah Classes and Lectures torah,judaism, nachman,kook,funky,parsha,holidays,orthodox,jewish,likutei,halacha,kaballah http://alternadox.net/images/rss.jpg http://alternadox.net/category/holidays/ http://alternadox.net/rav-kooks-yartzeit-in-the-middle-of-the-coming-of-moshiach/ http://alternadox.net/rav-kooks-yartzeit-in-the-middle-of-the-coming-of-moshiach/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:45:25 +0000 gavriel http://alternadox.net/?p=352 Welcome back!  We explore Rav Kook’s description of the Birthpangs of Moshiach – we’re right in the middle of it (hopefully closer to the end).  Knowing what is happening allows us to stay afloat in such difficult times.  Rav Kook’s prescription for how to manage is quite surprising.

]]> http://alternadox.net/rav-kooks-yartzeit-in-the-middle-of-the-coming-of-moshiach/feed/ 0 Welcome back!  We explore Rav Kook's description of the Birthpangs of Moshiach - we're right in the middle of it (hopefully closer to the end).  Knowing what is happening allows us to stay afloat in such difficult times. Welcome back!  We explore Rav Kook's description of the Birthpangs of Moshiach - we're right in the middle of it (hopefully closer to the end).  Knowing what is happening allows us to stay afloat in such difficult times.  Rav Kook's prescription for how to manage is quite surprising. Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder clean 1:23:09 http://alternadox.net/parshat-miketz-chanukkah-seeing-and-seeing/ http://alternadox.net/parshat-miketz-chanukkah-seeing-and-seeing/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:37:04 +0000 gavriel http://alternadox.net/?p=241 Chanukkah and the Yosef story are always intertwined.  This year we explore how Hanukkah and the Tzaddik can help us see what is and also what could be.   Yosef helps the brothers see who they are and then see what is possible, and Hanukkah helps us look at our own lives in order to truly see what is there – and then see what is possible.

]]> http://alternadox.net/parshat-miketz-chanukkah-seeing-and-seeing/feed/ 0 Chanukkah and the Yosef story are always intertwined.  This year we explore how Hanukkah and the Tzaddik can help us see what is and also what could be.   Yosef helps the brothers see who they are and then see what is possible, Chanukkah and the Yosef story are always intertwined.  This year we explore how Hanukkah and the Tzaddik can help us see what is and also what could be.   Yosef helps the brothers see who they are and then see what is possible, and Hanukkah helps us look at our own lives in order to truly see what is there - and then see what is possible. Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder clean 38:34 http://alternadox.net/rebbe-nachmans-yartzeit-making-the-most-of-his-wedding-day/ http://alternadox.net/rebbe-nachmans-yartzeit-making-the-most-of-his-wedding-day/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:25:27 +0000 gavriel http://alternadox.net/?p=100 On our wedding day, we are forgiven all our sins.  Rebbe Nachman used this opportunity toward G-d-service.  He used forgiveness as an opportunity to move, not to relax.  And we have the same opportunity on Sukkot after the forgiveness of Yom Kippur.

]]> http://alternadox.net/rebbe-nachmans-yartzeit-making-the-most-of-his-wedding-day/feed/ 0 On our wedding day, we are forgiven all our sins.  Rebbe Nachman used this opportunity toward G-d-service.  He used forgiveness as an opportunity to move, not to relax.  And we have the same opportunity on Sukkot after the forgiveness of Yom Kippur. On our wedding day, we are forgiven all our sins.  Rebbe Nachman used this opportunity toward G-d-service.  He used forgiveness as an opportunity to move, not to relax.  And we have the same opportunity on Sukkot after the forgiveness of Yom Kippur. Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder clean 15:13 http://alternadox.net/rebbe-nachmans-yartzeit-the-two-sukkahs/ http://alternadox.net/rebbe-nachmans-yartzeit-the-two-sukkahs/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:21:54 +0000 gavriel http://alternadox.net/?p=97 ‘For I sat the Jewish people in Sukkot when I took them out of Egypt’ – but we don’t find this story in the Torah.  So Rabbi Eliezer and Rebbe Akiva disagreed – were they actual sukkot like we have, or the clouds of glory?  They are both true, and represent two kinds of sukkah.  And the cycle between them is what Rebbe Nachman describes in ‘ratzo v’shov’.

]]> http://alternadox.net/rebbe-nachmans-yartzeit-the-two-sukkahs/feed/ 0 'For I sat the Jewish people in Sukkot when I took them out of Egypt' - but we don't find this story in the Torah.  So Rabbi Eliezer and Rebbe Akiva disagreed - were they actual sukkot like we have, or the clouds of glory?  They are both true, 'For I sat the Jewish people in Sukkot when I took them out of Egypt' - but we don't find this story in the Torah.  So Rabbi Eliezer and Rebbe Akiva disagreed - were they actual sukkot like we have, or the clouds of glory?  They are both true, and represent two kinds of sukkah.  And the cycle between them is what Rebbe Nachman describes in 'ratzo v'shov'. Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder clean 14:36 http://alternadox.net/test/ http://alternadox.net/test/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:04:32 +0000 gavriel http://alternadox.net/?p=13 As the 9th of Av came to a close, we looked toward the future with R’ Hirsch in order to find out when 9th Av will become a day of joy, as promised in the prophets.  Unlike Rambam, R Hirsch tells us that it will come to be only when we have broguht truth and peace into balance.

]]> http://alternadox.net/test/feed/ 0 As the 9th of Av came to a close, we looked toward the future with R' Hirsch in order to find out when 9th Av will become a day of joy, as promised in the prophets.  Unlike Rambam, R Hirsch tells us that it will come to be only when we have broguht tru... As the 9th of Av came to a close, we looked toward the future with R' Hirsch in order to find out when 9th Av will become a day of joy, as promised in the prophets.  Unlike Rambam, R Hirsch tells us that it will come to be only when we have broguht truth and peace into balance. Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder clean