Episodes

  • Your Attitude is Your Reality
    Sep 30 2025

    Thoughts lead to feelings. But it’s not so easy to change your thoughts. Even if you are leading a life filled with purpose and meaning, negative thought patterns can hold back your happiness. Rabbi Shafier offers practical guidance from a Torah perspective in this indispensable class.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Teshuva Shmuz 5786: Erase the Past Without Erasing Yourself
    Sep 29 2025

    If you’re ready to shake off the dust of inertia and start acting like a tzelem Elokim, listen to this year’s Teshuvah Shmuz!

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Rosh Hashanah Shmuz (The Sugyah)
    Sep 21 2025

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    59 mins
  • Only the Good Die Young
    Sep 17 2025

    A response to tragic events.

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    58 mins
  • The Pursuit of Happiness: I Love Money!
    Sep 15 2025

    Give Elsie the cow a field and some grass, and she’s happy. Completely content. But Man doesn’t work that way. No matter what a man has, he is always aspiring for more- looking for a better deal, a bigger house, a more fulfilling career. It seems that man is never satisfied. In this shiur, Rabbi Shafier discusses why it is that Hashem made us crave more, and how we can use this desire to achieve real fulfilment.

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    50 mins
  • The Shmuz on the Parsha: Nitzavim: Preparing for Rosh Hashanah: How to Feel Awe-Inspired, Motivated and Ready for the Yom Ha Din
    Sep 14 2025

    I recently discovered an incredible chiddush in the Pele Yoetz.

    It’s to do with the soul of man.

    High-falootin’ concepts not for you? Keep reading. It’s totally relatable.

    The Pele Yoetz tells us that there are ‘seasons’ to the soul. Meaning, there are times when it’s just easier to feel happiness…or to experience genuine yiras shomayim…or even feel an overwhelming, deep love for Hashem.

    And this is not just for tzadikim. You don’t need to be on some incredible madreiga to tap into this force. So how do we do it? How can a regular Jew experience an awe-inspiring, life changing Rosh Hashanah?

    Listen to this electrifying Shmuz to find out.

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    1 hr
  • The Shmuz on the Parsha: Ki Savo: Maintaining the Motivation: How to make moments of inspiration turn into lasting change
    Sep 11 2025

    Ever felt like you wanted to:

    Make more time for important relationships

    Get healthy

    Do real teshuvah…

    And then, three months later:

    Whaddaya know, date night got pushed off...again

    The treadmill became a coat stand

    Um kavannah is still a major challenge??

    And you wonder, ‘what on earth happened to my resolve? My commitment? My burning desire to change? Is there any hope for me and my ruchnius?’

    In this transformative Shmuz, join Rabbi Shafier as he shows you how to convert your dreams into definable goals. You see, motivation isn’t enough. For eternity, it’s what we do with it that counts.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 3 Ways to Transform Your Tefillah Before Rosh Hashana
    Sep 10 2025

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    36 mins