Someone had to dedicate a class to MCA. Not that I am a huge Beasties fan. But someone had to dedicate a class to the Adam Yauch. So we did. And we go to what I would consider THE key question among thinking Jews – do I follow my heart and my instincts, or do [...]

How do you know when you’ve really learned something, not just superficially, but deeply? When your face changes from it.

This is a test of the Alternadox Broadcasting System.

Shalom chaveirim! Please join me next Tuesday, Sept. 20th 8-10 PM at Pekoe Sip House to hear an excerpt from new book and to pick up a signed copy.

chen – the gift that is beyond the mathematics of experience. But we have to rise above the mathematics of destiny in order to merit to receive chen. And once we have it, we may be able to give it to others.

Even when the Golden Calf is built, still Moshe finds a way to ask for the loftiest gifts.  And the Good that needs to come down will come down – at the right moment. Join us in exploring Berachot 7a

The Gemarra tells us all these outlandish things about Hashem – He wears tefillin, He gets angry if there is no minyan, He stands with judges as they are judging.  What do we do with that?

1. When R Huna’s wine turned into vinegar, we learned a lot about Hashem, tzaddikim, and the way things work. 2. Abba Binyamin wanted his prayer to be “next to his bed” – why?

the Zohar says we create heaven and earth through our divrei Torah, just like Hashem does.  Here’s what happens when this goes very, very wrong…

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