Soul Talk

What exactly are we trying to accomplish through our fasting and lengthy prayers on Yom Kippur?

G-d transforms your relationship with G-d.

Why it's worth understanding the practice of Korban.

During our journey of life we will go through varying degrees of painful to tragic circumstances. There are many life situations that we have not chosen, yet, whose effects can be very challenging. How do we find purpose and meaning within the challenge? How do we choose mission over misery?

How can you turn around your relationship?

Life, especially now, is full of uncertainties. So much feels like it's out of our control. To what degree can we be happy in the face of circumstances that include fear, pain and so many unknowns? The choices that we make, especially now, are crucial to determining our joy. How to make choices that turn challenge into opportunity can be learned and is truly empowering.

Adam and Eve are a prototype for all of mankind. We have much to learn about human nature and the role and purpose of man in this world through learning and understanding the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Core issues such as free will, temptaion and accepting resonsability begin with the first man and woman of history. Understanding who man truly is by learning how to differentiate between ego and soul is the key to unlocking man's greatest potential.

Holiness is a term very closely connected to G-d and religion. What is holiness?

Are you a person who has faith in G-d? Have you thought about what that means? Faith is such a fundamental concept when it comes to man's relationship with G-d...but what does it really mean. The answer will surprise you. Listen to Soul Talk with Rabbi David Aaron and Leora Mandel to get a true understanding of what it means to have faith.

It's a time for contemplation and celebration. What are you supposed to be evaluating and what are you actually celebrating?

Sha'i ben-Tekoa explains how Israel's public diplomacy encourages the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

G-d is One. G-d is good. Accepting these facts, how does evil exist in the world? This is a question that has both philosophical and practical ramifications. Join Rabbi David Aaron and Leora Mandel to gain a new and true perspective on this fundamental challenge.

Listen to Soul Talk with Rabbi David Aaron and Leora Mandel to learn how to Tap Into The Power & Avoid The Danger of Jealousy.

Part 2 on the Fundamental on G-d Series

There is a concept that in dark times, G-d is 'hiding his face' from us: Hester Panim. Man cannot hide from G-d.

Do you ever find that you are holding onto emotions, thoughts or relationships that are just not serving you? Why do we do this? How can we learn to let go of anger, resentment, limiting beliefs and emotional pain to make space for the healthier happier version of ourselves?

To what degree are we who we are because of the choices that we make in life? According to Maimonides: "We each decide whether to make ourselves learned or ignorant, compassionate or cruel, generous or miserly. No one forces us. No one decides for us, no one drags us along one path or the other. We are responsible for what we are."

Life is full of variables that can induce worry.

Why is Jerusalem known as The Holy City.

Celebrate and commemorate the giving of the Torah - the RIGHT way!

This may sound counter-intuitive, but if you want to make drastic change in your life, you need to admit that you are powerless. Only a power greater than yourself can help you. That power is G-d!

Do you live with a sense of mission and purpose? Does your sense of mission and purpose include G-d?

Tisha B'Av is a difficult day. It's a day of fasting and sadness when we are supposed to feel the loss of the Beit Hamikdash. Yet, it's a day that is hard to relate to as I never experienced life with the Beit Hamikdash that I am mourning and therefore have a hard time fully relating to the loss. Tisha B'Av is a day to mourn many tragedies throughout Jewish history and as real as those tragedies are, how can I personally relate to them and make this day of sadness meaningful?

Listen to Soul Talk with Rabbi David Aaron and Leora Mandel and gain perspective on How To Trust G-d In Terribly Terrifying Times

Can you take the Hellenism out of the Jew?

G-d created the world. How involved is G-d in the running of the world and the details of my day to day life? This is an important question on a philosophical level, but also very practically effects how I see the details of my life. For better or worse, are they a part of the system of nature that G-d designed or given directly to me by G-d to navigate and grow through?

On Tisha B'Av we mourn the loss of the temple.

The tragic news from Israel is overwhelming. Jews all over the world are scared about what has happened, and in fear of what might yet come.

How to stick to your new years resolutions!

What happens to us after we die? What is the concept of "the world to come?"