Being and Becoming

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Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer shares Jewish spiritual inspiration for everyday living

  1. 03/05/2021

    Parshat Ki-Tisa The Antidote to Fundamentalism

    Social media creates the illusion of perfection. The lives of others appear faultless while we know our own lives are far from perfect. How to emancipate ourselves from this tyranny while leaning into our brokenness?

    3 min

  2. 02/26/2021

    Parshat Tzav Shattering the Tyranny of Perfection

    Knowledge is power, but power can be blinding. The true path of wisdom is one of intellectual humility.

    13 min

  3. 02/19/2021

    Intellectual Humility, Parshat Terumah

    Knowledge is power, but power can be blinding. The true path of wisdom is one of intellectual humility.

    3 min

  4. 02/12/2021

    Losing my childhood God, Parshat Mishpatim

    As a child I experienced God's closeness, as I grew older God became more distant. Then I discovered how to hold these two polarities in tension.

    4 min

  5. 02/05/2021

    'Like' I, Parshat Yitro, Can G-d be truly revealed?

    The bible depicts God's revelation at mount Sinai. But what does a Divine revelation entail? The Ishbitzer Rebbe asserts that God can never be fully revealed, and all that humans are capable of grasping is a pale likeness of the real thing.

    4 min

  6. 01/29/2021

    Faith & Doubt | Parshat Beshalach

    The Lebanese American Poet Kahlil Gibran wrote: Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. This episode highlights the role of doubt in ensuring that faith does not get reduced to dogma.

    7 min

  7. 01/22/2021

    Uncovering Divine Language - Parshat Bo - How do you perceive reality?

    Underlying and animating all of reality is divine language. This language is revealed in the human realm through the sacred words of Torah. This idea opens a new way of perceiving reality.

    4 min

  8. 01/01/2021

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Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer shares Jewish spiritual inspiration for everyday living

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  • Creator
    Tufts Hillel
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Being and Becoming