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/rav-kooks-essays/ 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/rav-kook-the-soul-of-nationhood-and-its-body-part-i/ http://alternadox.net/rav-kook-the-soul-of-nationhood-and-its-body-part-i/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:30:51 +0000 gavriel http://alternadox.net/?p=92 This essay deals with the attempt to manifest the supernal reality of the Jewish nation into a body, and its struggles.  This particular session also deals with the question of when and how Mashiach will come.  Please note these segments are not in chronological order.

]]> http://alternadox.net/rav-kook-the-soul-of-nationhood-and-its-body-part-i/feed/ 0 This essay deals with the attempt to manifest the supernal reality of the Jewish nation into a body, and its struggles.  This particular session also deals with the question of when and how Mashiach will come. This essay deals with the attempt to manifest the supernal reality of the Jewish nation into a body, and its struggles.  This particular session also deals with the question of when and how Mashiach will come.  Please note these segments are not in chronological order. Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder clean 48:56 http://alternadox.net/part-vi-or-so-to-move-forward-we-have-to-know-our-patterns/ http://alternadox.net/part-vi-or-so-to-move-forward-we-have-to-know-our-patterns/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:02:02 +0000 gavriel http://alternadox.net/?p=82 We have to go back and look at our weak spots so that when we get ready to embrace a new ideology or system or relationship of state of being, we can anticipate what about it we might be attracted to, and then we can know if we are perhaps falling for it again.

]]> http://alternadox.net/part-vi-or-so-to-move-forward-we-have-to-know-our-patterns/feed/ 0 We have to go back and look at our weak spots so that when we get ready to embrace a new ideology or system or relationship of state of being, we can anticipate what about it we might be attracted to, and then we can know if we are perhaps falling for ... We have to go back and look at our weak spots so that when we get ready to embrace a new ideology or system or relationship of state of being, we can anticipate what about it we might be attracted to, and then we can know if we are perhaps falling for it again. Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder clean 52:09 http://alternadox.net/part-iv-pluralism-leads-to-unity/ http://alternadox.net/part-iv-pluralism-leads-to-unity/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:33:38 +0000 gavriel http://alternadox.net/?p=78 Yes, every belief system has some common ground with Judaism and Torah.  But we need to rigorously figure out what that relationship is – and throw away the excess

]]> http://alternadox.net/part-iv-pluralism-leads-to-unity/feed/ 0 http://alternadox.net/part-i-the-ever-expanding-ideology-of-torah/ http://alternadox.net/part-i-the-ever-expanding-ideology-of-torah/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:16:47 +0000 gavriel http://alternadox.net/?p=75 Torah is expanding as the world turns.  New ideologies emerge in the world, and it is our work to explore and understand how they interact with Torah.  Because they do interact – Torah is infinite and therefore there is no ideology to which Torah does not relate

]]> http://alternadox.net/part-i-the-ever-expanding-ideology-of-torah/feed/ 0 Torah is expanding as the world turns.  New ideologies emerge in the world, and it is our work to explore and understand how they interact with Torah.  Because they do interact - Torah is infinite and therefore there is no ideology to which Torah does ... Torah is expanding as the world turns.  New ideologies emerge in the world, and it is our work to explore and understand how they interact with Torah.  Because they do interact - Torah is infinite and therefore there is no ideology to which Torah does not relate Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder clean 56:05 http://alternadox.net/part-i-the-challenge-of-describing-the-intersection-of-torah-and-modernity/ http://alternadox.net/part-i-the-challenge-of-describing-the-intersection-of-torah-and-modernity/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:47:16 +0000 gavriel http://alternadox.net/?p=70 We need Torah that speaks to now.  So we have to know what ‘now’ is.  This essay speaks about the necessity of not rejecting the world we live in, but instead using it as a means and motive to understand the Torah we were given.

]]> http://alternadox.net/part-i-the-challenge-of-describing-the-intersection-of-torah-and-modernity/feed/ 0 We need Torah that speaks to now.  So we have to know what 'now' is.  This essay speaks about the necessity of not rejecting the world we live in, but instead using it as a means and motive to understand the Torah we were given. We need Torah that speaks to now.  So we have to know what 'now' is.  This essay speaks about the necessity of not rejecting the world we live in, but instead using it as a means and motive to understand the Torah we were given. Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder clean 52:01 http://alternadox.net/the-mitzvot-move-through-history/ http://alternadox.net/the-mitzvot-move-through-history/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:15:29 +0000 gavriel http://alternadox.net/?p=64 The Mitzvot take on certain meanings at certain points in time in order to guide us toward an ultimate end, but they also shed those meanings in favor of other meanings.  This can also happen in our personal lives, where a certain passage, prayer or mitzvah can hold meaning for us but must at some point evolve.

]]> http://alternadox.net/the-mitzvot-move-through-history/feed/ 0 The Mitzvot take on certain meanings at certain points in time in order to guide us toward an ultimate end, but they also shed those meanings in favor of other meanings.  This can also happen in our personal lives, where a certain passage, The Mitzvot take on certain meanings at certain points in time in order to guide us toward an ultimate end, but they also shed those meanings in favor of other meanings.  This can also happen in our personal lives, where a certain passage, prayer or mitzvah can hold meaning for us but must at some point evolve. Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder clean 1:01:15