11:00 am EST - 11:50 am EST 08/10/2020 - 08/14/2020
People with Purpose host Chaim Marcus talks with Rabbi Shais Taub about the time he received a phone call from Michael Jordan.
What prompted the call? What did he say? What impact did the call have?
9:30 pm EST 08/11/2020
tanya
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chapter 1
Is perfection attainable? The Tanya redefines our understanding of what it means to serve G-d.
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chapter 2
The "second soul" described in Tanya is the impulse for losing oneself in the Oneness of G-d. This chapter describes the selflessness of the "nefesh …
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chapter 3
The make up and composition of the G-dly soul is the "ten soul powers" or "kochos hanefesh" which correspond to the Ten Sefiros. These soul …
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chapter 4
The G-dly soul seeks expression through three modes or "garments"--namely, thought, speech, and action.
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chapter 5
Torah study is unique among all mitzvos, for all other mitzvos are "garments" for the soul while the study of Torah is "food." Whenever we …
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chapter 6,7,8
These chapters look at the unholiness within our own animal soul as well as in the universe around us. Just as the G-dly soul is …
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chapter 9
The body is compared to a small city over which two kings battle for total domination.
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chapter 10,11
The tzaddik is the one who has defeated his or her animal soul either incompletely by neutralizing it or completely by transforming it. The rasha …
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chapter 12
The beinoni is one who experiences the inner conflict of a rasha yet whose behaviors are indistinguishable from those of a tzaddik. The beinoni manages …
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chapter 13
We continue to learn about the personality of the beinoni. Emotionally, the beinoni is no different than a rasha, yet behaviorally he resembles a tzadik.
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chapter 14
We cannot change our feelings at will, but we can control our behaviors. The beinoni need not feel the love and awe of G-d that …
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chapter 15
Just as there are two types of tzadik and rasha, there are two types of beinoni--"one who serves" and "one who has not served." The …
