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Fresh Start Podcast

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Dr. Janina Fisher, PhD: "Healing Trauma and the Hope for Redemption"
Dr. Janina Fisher, PhD talks to Rabbi Shais Taub about topics including what it really means to identify the Jewish…

Webinars

2:32:19

What Children Need to Know; A Conversation About Children Who Leave Yiddishkeit (PART 2)
Part 2 of a two part webinar on the topic of religious parents whose children have chosen a different path.

Fresh Start Podcast

36:02

Rabbi Shimon Russell, LCSW: "The Uniqueness of 'Learning' Trauma"
Rabbi Shimon Russell, LCSW, talks to Rabbi Shais Taub about the topic of religious trauma in the observant Jewish community.…

Webinars

2:00:13

What Parents Need to Know; A Conversation About Children Who Leave Yiddishkeit (PART 1)
Part 1 of a two part webinar on the topic of religious parents whose children have chosen a different path.

Fresh Start Podcast

45:50

Dr. Reggie Melrose, PhD: "Talking Won't Get Us There"
Dr. Reggie Melrose, PhD talks to Rabbi Shais Taub about topics including the limits of talk therapy; why people with…

Pesach

24:04

Seder Highlights Part 2
Rabbi Shais Taub share some of his favorite ideas from the Haggadah. Part 2 of 2.

Pesach

44:04

Seder Highlights Part 1
Rabbi Shais Taub shares some of his favorite ideas from the Haggadah. Part 1 of 2.

Fresh Start Podcast

18:48

Dr. Kenneth M. Adams: "Addiction as Intimacy Disorder"
Dr. Kenneth M. Adams talks to Rabbi Shais Taub about topics including addiction as an intimacy disorder; the negative cycle…

Fresh Start Podcast

36:18

Jacob Ham, PhD: "The Opposite of Trauma is Presence"
Jacob Ham, PhD talks to Rabbi Shais Taub about topics including "epigenetic" transmission of Holocaust trauma in Jewish families; the…

Torah Scroll

41:56

Letter in a Torah Scroll
It is a positive commandment to write one's own Torah scroll. How is this mitzvah fulfilled through participating in a…

Webinars

1:35:34

How to Work on Yourself (PART 2)
What is the key to emotional healing? What are common traps that people fall into when trying to better themselves?…

Mystical Concepts

1:14:14

Rabbi Shais Taub Speaks to Beis Rivkah 12th Grade at the Ohel
Rabbi Shais Taub speaks to the 12th grade of Beis Rivkah High School about the meaning of visiting the Rebbe's…

Webinars

1:30:28

How to Work on Yourself (PART 1)
What is the key to emotional healing? What are common traps that people fall into when trying to better themselves?…

Mikvah

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Family Purity
The mitzvah of Taharas HaMishpacha (literally "family purity") is the core of Jewish life. It governs the intimate life of…

Essence of Chassidus

22:47

The Beginnings Are Wedged In the Ends
The most obvious expression of an essence is in its lowest manifestations. Indeed, the Torah which is beyond even the…
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Topics

Lectures from Rabbi Shais Taub on a variety of Jewish subjects meant to educate and inspire

Mystical Concepts

34:14

Be the Needle: Lessons for a Yahrzeit
On the occasion of his father's yarhzeit, the Rebbe teaches a kabbilistic interpretation of the Mishnah studied on a yahrzeit:…

Education

37:13

All of Our Children Are Beautiful
Rabbi Taub addresses the Menachem Foundation’s Kinus Hamechanchos on their theme (The Advantage of Light from Dark) as it relates…

Basi LeGani 5711

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Lesson 4
Chapters 6-9 of the discourse.

Education

34:27

Raising an Emotionally Healthy Chasidisher Teen
Rabbi Taub addresses parents at Beth Rivkah High School in Crown Heights, Brooklyn about how to raise emotionally healthy teens.

Meditation

7:56

Offering Your Child a Real Connection
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Basi LeGani 5711

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Lesson 1
Text-based study of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's inaugural discourse. Lesson 1 of 4, this class covers chapter one of the text.

Marriage and Relationships

58:39

Stop Controlling & Start Loving
Why did 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva all perish? What is a "love martyr"? How do we stop trying to…

Education

37:34

Lifting Up Our Daughters
How do we raise our daughters to want to commit their lives to Torah? We lift them up. This talk,…

Marriage and Relationships

1:40:09

Masculine and Feminine
An appreciation of the spiritual roots of masculinity and femininity helps us to better understand the male-female dynamic as we…

Mystical Concepts

54:11

The Do's and Dont's Debate
Which are greater? The Torah's positive commandments or its prohibitions? In this debate, Rabbi Manis Friedman argues for the do's…

Mystical Concepts

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Meeting of Souls — A Visit to the Ohel
In anticipation of 3 Tammuz, the yahrzeit of the Rebbe of blessed memory, a group gathers at the Ohel, the…

Matzah Zu

43:21

Chapter 1
The Rebbe’s discourse Matzah Zu 5749 on the spiritual significance of the matzah we eat on Pesach. The maamar (discourse)…

Meditation

6:22

Troxler Effect
A fundamental chasidic teaching is that we can learn a lesson in the service of the Creator from everything we…

Matzah Zu

41:29

Chapters 3-4
The Rebbe’s discourse Matzah Zu 5749 on the spiritual significance of the matzah we eat on Pesach. The maamar (discourse)…

Education

57:03

Message to Jewish School Principals
Rabbi Taub addresses the CounterForce Principals Conference in Boro Park attended by over one hundred Jewish school principals.
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Series

Learn a topic the right way, join a course or lecture series

5 EPISODES

Fresh Start Podcast

Rabbi Shais Taub in conversation with the staff of Fresh Start Retreat Center discussing topics related to healing from trauma.

46 EPISODES

Shaar HaBitachon

Text-based study and discussion of the classic Shaar HaBitachon (Gate of Trust) from Rabenu Bachaye's Chovos HaLevavos.

35 EPISODES

Tanya

A chapter by chapter exploration of the structure and major themes of the book of Tanya.

4 EPISODES

Blood Brothers

Shais Taub and Dovid Taub are two brothers discussing topics that they find interesting.

8 EPISODES

Soul Songs

Popular singer Eli Marcus joins Rabbi Taub to discuss the stories behind some of their favorite chasidic melodies.

6 EPISODES

Webinars

Recordings of live webinars on a variety of specialized subjects.

13 EPISODES

Der Rebbe Redt Tzu Kinder

Text-based study of an original Yiddish talk from the Rebbe to children.

6 EPISODES

The Mitzvah Campaigns

The mitzvah campaigns, or Mivtza'im, refer to various mitzvah campaigns launched by the Rebbe to raise awareness of specific mitzvos among all Jews. This series sheds light on the backgrounds of these campaigns as well as giving insight into the mitzvos they promote.

11 EPISODES

Essence of Chassidus

Kuntres Inyana Shel Toras HaChassidus (On the Essence of Chasidus) is a discourse based on a talk delivered by the Rebbe on the 19th of Kislev 5726 (1965) and subsequently printed in 5730 (1970) which systematically explores the nature of Chasidic teachings.
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