Being and Becoming

Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer shares Jewish spiritual inspiration for everyday living

Parshat Ki-Tisa 03/05/2021

Parshat Ki-Tisa 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? /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/18095576

Parshat Tzav 02/26/2021

Parshat Tzav Knowledge is power, but power can be blinding. The true path of wisdom is one of intellectual humility. /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/18095537

Intellectual Humility, Parshat Terumah 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. /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/17562587

Losing my childhood God, Parshat Mishpatim 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. /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/17562545

‘Like’ I, Parshat Yitro 02/05/2021

‘Like’ I, Parshat Yitro 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. /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/17562440

Faith & Doubt | Parshat Beshalach 01/29/2021

Faith & Doubt | Parshat Beshalach What is the role of doubt in faith? /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/17562311

Uncovering Divine Language - Parshat Bo 01/22/2021

Uncovering Divine Language - Parshat Bo 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. /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/17562191

Vayechi 01/01/2021

Vayechi what is G-d's manifestation in our reality? /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/17203970

Vayigash 12/25/2020

Vayigash From fear to hope /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/17203925

Miketz 12/18/2020

Miketz Nourshing positive middot (values) /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/17203883

Vayeshev 12/11/2020

Vayeshev /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/17055290

Vayishlach 12/04/2020

Vayishlach /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/17055260

Vayetze 11/27/2020

Vayetze Of Celestial Dreams and the Primacy of Prayer /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/16707929

Toledot Deep Calling Unto Deep 11/20/2020

Toledot Deep Calling Unto Deep When human devotion meets divine outpouring /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/16707899

Haye Sarah 11/13/2020

Haye Sarah Living in a State of Perpetual Wonder /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/16707857

Vayera Faith and Doubt 11/06/2020

Vayera Faith and Doubt Faith is not an exclamation mark, its a question mark /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/16707353

Lech Lecha 10/30/2020

Lech Lecha Destructive fire or divine spark? Rabbi Brawer explores perception. /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/16524911

Parshat Noach 10/23/2020

Parshat Noach How do we cleave to a state of flow? Rabbi Brawer discusses the ebbing and flowing of this state. /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/16524830

Bereshit 10/16/2020

Bereshit God as Ground of Being: Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev (1740 -1810) expands our notion of God, and in so doing, offers a fresh perspective on life /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/16419224

Stopping the Flow of Time 09/25/2020

Stopping the Flow of Time A Yom Kippur Reflection on Renewal /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/16070777

When the Rabbi was Late 09/25/2020

When the Rabbi was Late Ethical behavior trumps prayer, but are we prepared to live with the implications? /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/16070765

When Words are not Enough - A Shofar Meditation 09/18/2020

When Words are not Enough - A Shofar Meditation Language is inherently limited. But what if we could cross the boundaries of words and communicate on the deepest of levels? /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/16051607

Awestruck! A Rosh Hashana Reflection 09/16/2020

Awestruck! A Rosh Hashana Reflection Rosh Hashanah ushers in a period traditionally known as the Days of ‘Awe.’ What is ‘awe’ and how is it different from ‘fear’? And what does it mean to live an awestruck life? /episode/index/show/tuftshillel/id/16031606

Being and Becoming

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