Episodes

  • Colorful Profiles - Lesson 2 - Influential Jews

    Colorful Profiles - Lesson 2 - Influential Jews
    May 15 2025
    Colorful Profiles - Lesson 2 Influential Jews With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Spain’s top Torah scholar leads a Muslim Army, an Amsterdam rabbi with a printshop talks England into readmitting Jews, and a rabbi teaches a Catholic scholar and saves Central Europe’s Jewish books—how did they integrate Judaism into their influence?
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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • Kabbalah Café: Know Your Soul - 27 - A Magical Cup | Rabbi Ari Sollish

    Kabbalah Café: Know Your Soul - 27 - A Magical Cup | Rabbi Ari Sollish
    May 12 2025
    Kabbalah Café Know Your Soul - Part 27 A Magical Cup With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, May 11, 2025 A cup appears deceptively simple. It's a vessel for transferring liquid from source to lips, its contents seemingly unchanged throughout their journey. But imagine a cup with transformative power. Such a vessel doesn't merely hold what's poured into it; it enhances, alters, and elevates its contents. By the time you drink, you're experiencing something profoundly different from what you originally poured -- something richer, deeper, more potent. Kabbalah reveals a remarkable truth: we ourselves are these magical vessels. Each of us receives Divine light and energy, and within the depths of our being lies the extraordinary ability to transform that essence. What flows through us doesn't merely pass unchanged. We reshape it, reimagine it, recreate it. In this session of Kabbalah Café we explore this hidden power we all possess, the capacity to fundamentally alter the nature of creation itself, bending reality toward greater purpose and meaning.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Colorful Profiles - Lesson 1 - Courageous Converts

    Colorful Profiles - Lesson 1 - Courageous Converts
    May 8 2025
    Colorful Profiles - Lesson 1 Courageous Converts With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 A Roman prince outwits his uncle to study Torah, an Italian priest studies his way to a new life, and a Polish noble meets an old Jew studying Talmud on a Paris park bench—see their journey to Judaism and what came next.
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Kabbalah Café: Know Your Soul - 26 - The Biggest Question | Rabbi Ari Sollish

    Kabbalah Café: Know Your Soul - 26 - The Biggest Question | Rabbi Ari Sollish
    May 6 2025
    Kabbalah Café Know Your Soul - Part 26 “The Biggest Question” With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, May 4, 2025 It’s the oldest question in the book: Why are we here? Not because we have somewhere else to be -- this universe is all we’ve ever known. But still, the question echoes. Why this world? Why us? The Kabbalists are obsessed with this question. For them, it's not just philosophical, it's real. It's alive and dynamic. It opens doors to purpose, to mission, to the very heart of existence. And while they offer many answers -- some poetic, some logical, some otherworldly -- only one gets the title of the "true" answer. And it’s the wildest one of all. Of course it is. These are Jewish mystics, after all. In this session of Kabbalah Café we dive into the deepest of deep questions, and discover an answer that just might change how you see everything.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Torah Studies 5785 - 24- Tazria-Metzora: The Treasure of Words | Rabbi Ari Sollish

    Torah Studies 5785 - 24- Tazria-Metzora: The Treasure of Words | Rabbi Ari Sollish
    May 4 2025
    Torah Studies 5785 Class 24: Parshat Tazria-Metzora The Treasure of Words: Transforming Harmful Speech Into Hidden Gems of the Soul With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 This lesson reexamines tzaraat as a powerful message about the impact of our words. Through Rashi’s commentary, discover how avoiding gossip and embracing mindful speech can transform negativity, uncover hidden potential, and elevate the way we communicate and live. Does healing absolve the need for amends? Learn how the Torah balances personal resilience with moral accountability, emphasizing that true repentance begins with repairing harm to others.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Demystifying Tanya | Lesson 7 | Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

    Demystifying Tanya | Lesson 7 | Rabbi Tzvi Freeman
    May 1 2025
    Demystifying Tanya - Lesson 7 With Rabbi Tzvi Freeman Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Thursday, April 24, 2025 The Tanya is a cornerstone of Jewish spirituality, offering profound insights into the nature of the soul, the struggles of human existence, and the path to a purposeful life. In this new weekly series, Rabbi Tzvi Freeman provides a clear and thoughtful exploration of its core ideas, making the text accessible and relevant for modern seekers. Guided by Rabbi Freeman’s expertise and his masterful new translation of the text, participants will uncover the Tanya’s teachings on topics such as free will, inner conflict, and spiritual growth. The series blends textual study with practical applications, offering tools for navigating life with clarity and intention.
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    56 mins
  • Kabbalah Café: Know Your Soul - 25 - Paradox Busters | Rabbi Ari Sollish

    Kabbalah Café: Know Your Soul - 25 - Paradox Busters | Rabbi Ari Sollish
    May 2 2025
    Kabbalah Café Know Your Soul - Part 25 “Paradox Busters” With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, April 27, 2025 The Kabbalists offer us a vision of creation that’s full of tension and mystery. They teach that G-d’s infinite light is so pure, so boundless, that it leaves no room for anything else. In that state, creation is impossible. And so, the light is drawn back, concealed. Space is made for a world to exist. But then they tell us something even more astonishing: that the ultimate purpose of it all is for G-d’s own Essence -- the very Infinity that seemed too vast to allow creation -- to dwell within creation. Not above it, not outside it, but inside its most limited corners. So how does the Infinite enter the finite? How does the impossible become the goal? That’s where we come in. Human beings, with the capacity to do something no angel can do: reach beyond ourselves. Transform. Return. Through the fierce, focused strength of teshuvah, we bridge what logic says can’t be bridged. We don’t just navigate the paradox -- we embody it. In this session of Kabbalah Café we explore the impossible dream of G-d, and discover how we carry the key to making it real.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Torah Studies 5785 - 23 - Pesach: A Cup for Elijah and a World of Hope | Rabbi Ari Sollish

    Torah Studies 5785 - 23 - Pesach: A Cup for Elijah and a World of Hope | Rabbi Ari Sollish
    Apr 30 2025
    Torah Studies 5785 Class 23: Pesach A Cup for Elijah and a World of Hope With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Elijah’s cup at the seder stands as more than just a custom—it’s a symbol of our unshakable belief in redemption. This lesson delves into its origins, halachic mysteries, and enduring message of faith, connecting past promises to future hope.
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    1 hr and 16 mins