613 Mitzvot: is the number of commandments important?

The Essence Of The Soul

On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-beit-midrash/id1884843743 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3bQaQ0BqK6Dg3jiaPY8RXY?si=XqkWlrv1RLWKf3DBhU4gfw On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebeitmidrash 0:00 Introduction-What Is The Purpose Of Life? 03:57 What Is The Soul? 07:50 The Metaphor Of A Child 20:37 Understanding The Divine From Our Body 24:59 Intermission 26:29 The Two Modes Of G-D

Divine CPR

On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-beit-midrash/id1884843743 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3bQaQ0BqK6Dg3jiaPY8RXY?si=XqkWlrv1RLWKf3DBhU4gfw On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebeitmidrash 00:0 Introduction 5:31 The Second Soul 19:13 The Deeper Meaning Of “Second” 24:17 A Piece Of G-D Literally 30:42 Proof Texts 32:03 Blowing 41:56 Is Speech Exclusively Divine? 45:33 Is There A Divine Body?

Kabbalistic Cosmology

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Israel Belongs To The Jews

On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-beit-midrash/id1884843743 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3bQaQ0BqK6Dg3jiaPY8RXY?si=XqkWlrv1RLWKf3DBhU4gfw On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebeitmidrash 0:00 Recap 2:48 Israel belongs to the Jews 6:05 Jews are unique not better 15:48 the difference between Kabbalah and Christianity 23:46 the innate hidden love 27:30 the animalistic soul of gentiles 42:50 summary of chapter one

What Makes A Person Jewish?

Tanya Chapter One Part Five 0:00 Recapping the two souls 3:22 Technical terms in Kabbalah 6:04 The Jewish soul of Kelipah 14:02 The distinction between a Jew and a non-Jew 31:57 What makes a person Jewish? 38:12 The perplexing part of Tanya