Soul Journey to Joyous Judaism: Recent Episodes
Menachem Landa
The perfect place for doses of Jewish inspiration to nourish your soul, uplift your day, and quite possibly change the trajectory of your life. Welcome!
Learn from G-D’s opening words to Avraham “go to yourself” an important mission for each of us
A powerful insight from the Baal Shem tov on the story of Noach teaches us a timeless message for life
Covid challenged us with something unequal in history: every single shul in the entire world closed down. How did Jews react and respond?
The Talmud says that in G-ds tefillin the verse "Who is like the People Israel, a unique nation on the earth" Is that still written?
The Bal Shem Tov's beautiful explanation on why we blow the Shofar.
Did Avrahaam dream about us when he saw the shining star that fateful Rosh Hashanah 3700 years ago?
Learn from the spies evil report and proof of corrupted angels, what our mission and purpose is in world!
Learn a valuable lessons on relationship priorities from calev interrupting the spies report
We learn from this beautiful parasha, Behalotcha, there are no such thing as stopovers. Just like when the clouds would rest the Jewish people would fully reassemble the sanctuary even just for a night, the same is true in our life every place and every moment is meant to make a sanctuary
The name of the Torah portion, behaltocha, teaches us that we rise to an incredibly high spiritual stature when we help ignite and inspire others
The prince’s of the tribes gift to the sanctuary teaches us a crucial lesson and utilizing our gifts and talents to make this world a divine home
Sometimes, giving away our hard-earned profits can be difficult. the Torah teaches us the way to allow it to be done joyfully
Lag Ba’Omer is a mystical and Holy day. Many have a custom to play with bows and arrows on this day. Find out the deeper meaning of why. By discovering the quantum mechanics of Judaism
Learn from the name of the Torah portion, tazria, to grow and renew ourselves in the face of mistakes
Why would God want us to bring offerings? Valuable lessons to learn from this odd mitzvah
We can learn from the small Aleph in this weeks Torah portion how to be humble like Moses
A very valuable lesson from the leaders conduct in the desert demonstrates to each of us the most important role we need to imbue as a leader for our surroundings
Learn some timeless tips from Moshe and the Jewish people at the splitting of the sea how to elevate divine holy sparks and be there with dedication and loyalty to the people around us
We see from Miriam and the Jewish women how to keep strong in dark times and to celebrate with boundless joy with resemption
The order of the first two of the 10 plagues in Egypt teach us an important element in freeing ourselves and developing a closer relationship to God
We see Moshe‘s fear lead to a very negative result. learn how to channel our positive thinking to lead to a great result
Moshe traveled to Egypt with a special donkey. This message reminds us to pay attention to Different signals that God sends our way
Pharaohs command of drowning the Jewish boys into the Nile and keeping the girls alive has lots of meaning and how we educate ourselves and our children
Learn from Jacob How to remain connected and plugged into the source while being in the outside, in the world and making a difference
Learn from our patriarch Jacob how to Keep your identity on your moral compass even in a surrounding that is less than ideal
We can learn from Avrohom how every day,even what seemed like a dark, uninspired day, can springboard us and advance our life‘s mission
We learn from the lifestyle of Abraham and Sarah of two integral components of our mission in life
The difference in Noach, Avraham and Moshe‘s work on defending their generations teach us a valuable lesson
Vayera #1: We learn the essence of hospitality from the way Avraham treated his special guests
Lech lecha #2: If I do a mitzvah with selfish reasons, does it count? A Beautiful lesson in kindness from this parasha
Parshat Noach #2 - The Torah uses an extra word in describing Noah's righteousness. Some commentary view it as an insult. I invite you to learn a beautiful lesson in life
Noach #1: The Torah gives us clear direction on focusing on the positive in others and correcting yourself when you see flaws in someone else.
Parashat Bereishit #2 - Have you ever reached perfect? Can you reach it? Learn an insight from the parsha on achieving perfection.
Parashat Bereishit #1 - The Torah begins with a letter Bet, to teach us an important lesson in how to approach Torah study
Let us Sing in the rain together!!! Let us allow this pandemic to bring out our very best!
Episode 4: Teshuva is returning to our true self. But who is initiating this return? a short story provides the answer
Episode #2 Learning from the our history allows us to tap into incredible spiritual energy during this month!
Episode 1 - How do we solve the High Holiday paradox? Lets use the custom of dipping apples in honey to solve this