Behaalosecha: Are You Willing to Swim Upstream?
- Date: 20200609
- Venue: Boca Raton Synagogue
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Korach: Don’t be on the Take, be on the Give
Shelach: Dust in the Wind
Naso: Wisdom From the South
Bamidbar: You Matter and You Make a Difference
Behar/Bechukosai: Faith and Finances
Emor: Kavod, Not Covid
Acharei Mos: Throw the Voice of Unworthiness Off a Cliff
Tazria/Metzora/Yom Ha’Shoah: Lessons for Today
Tzav/Shabbos HaGadol – Keep the Fire Burning
Vayikra: He is Calling You, Are You Listening?
Vayakhel/Pekudei: A Yid is Never Lazy
Terumah: This is the Only Thing You Can Take With You
Mishpatim: Authentic, Heartfelt Prayer Opens Doors
Beshalach: Song of the Soul
Va’eira: Why Did Moshe Have a Speech Impediment
Shemos: Not One in a Million, Unique
Vayechi: Hashem Is Our Best Friend
Vayigash: Staying True to Ourselves and Our Values
Mikeitz/Chanuka: Listening Before Speaking
Vayeishev: See the Closeness Between Us, Not the Distance
Vayishlach: It is Time for the Pendulum to Swing Back
Vayeitzei: How Far Apart Are the Real You and the Best Version of You?
Toldos: The Critical Role of Role Players in Judaism
Vayeira: Sarah Was in the Tent, Does That Make Her a Feminine Failure or a Success?
Lech Lecha: Are You Drawn to Happiness or Holiness?
Noach: Faith In Hashem & Faith in Ourselves
Nitzavim: Are You Standing Still or on the Move?
Ki Savo: Saying “It’s All Good” and Meaning It
Ki Seitzei: Is Your Word Your Bond?
Shoftim: The Job of a Leader is to Unite
Devarim: God Loves Honesty & Integrity Even More Than Sacrifices
Mattos/Massei: Passion and Compassion
Beha’alosecha: Praying for the Sick is Not a Favor, It is a Duty
Nasso: Coming Back From Infidelity
Behar: Using Our Struggles to Help Others
Kedoshim: Part Of, Not Apart From
Acharei Mos: Familiarity Breeds Contempt, How to Keep Life Fresh
Tzav: Keep the Fire Burning Inside You Always
Pekudei: Ayin Ha’Rah is Real and It Doesn’t Care About Your Red String
Vayikra: Doing Things Even When They Don’t Do Anything For Us
Vayikra (Slonimer Rebbe): Mikra or Vayikra? Answering Hashem’s Call
Pekudei (Slonimer Rebbe): Life is Made Up of Many Chapters, Twists and Turns
Vayakhel: Creating Community on Shabbos
Vayakheil (Slonimer): Shabbos is a Hard Reset for Our System
Tetzaveh (Slonimer Rebbe): Producing a Pleasant Aroma for God
Ki Sisa: Start the Day With Faith and Optimism
Ki Sisa (Slonimer): Making a Mistake is Forgivable, Not Feeling Ashamed and Guilty About it, Is Not
Terumah: Standing Upright
Mishpatim: The Best of Doctors are Going Straight to…
Mishpatim (Slonimer Rebbe): How is Your Relationship with Yourself?
Yisro (Slonimer Rebbe): The Sounds of Har Sinai Continue to Reverberate, Are You Listening?
Beshalach (Slonimer Rebbe): Go Outside Your Comfort Zone and Transcend Nature
Yisro: Paint a Picture So Our Children See Our Sounds
Beshalach: When the World is Cruel, At Least We Can Be Kind to One Another
Bo: Don’t Have a Farbisina Face Like Pharaoh, Show it is Geshmak to be a Yid!
Bo (Slonimer Rebbe): Achieving a Spiritual Adrenaline Release
Va’eira: Be a Subject, Not an Object
Shemos: To Hashem, Every One of Us is a Superstar
Shemos (Slonimer Rebbe): Redeem Yourself by Breaking the Busyness Cycle and Experiencing Serenity Now
Vayechi (Slonimer Rebbe): Which Should Dominate, Ahava or Yirah, Love or Fear?
Vayigash: Davening to Have a Good Davening
Mikeitz, Chanuka & Grandparenting: The Only Habit We Should Ever Have is Never Doing Things Out of Habit
Vayeishev: Strength Comes From Feeling You Aren’t Alone
Vayeishev (Slonimer): Transcend Your Nature and Be the Best You
Toldos (Slonimer Rebbe): What is the Greatest Beracha We Could Receive?
Vayishlach: Get in the Ring, Don’t Stand On the Side Watching
Toldos: Anti-Semitism, as Old as the Jewish People
Chayei Sarah: Making All Our Days Equal
Vayeitzei: When You are Looking for Hashem, You Have Found Him
Vayeishev (Slonimer): Transcend Your Nature and Be the Best You
Vayeira: The License to Protest and Object to Hashem
Vayeira (Slonimer): Mesirus Nefesh vs. Mesirus Ha’Guf
Lech Lecha (Slonimer): Magen Avraham & Our Shield Too
Netzavim: Some Are Dead While Alive and Others are Alive Long after They Die
Ki Savo: Become a Real Jew Today
Ki Seitzei (Slonimer): How to Stay Strong in the Daily Grind
Ki Seitzei: Nothing Worse than an Ingrate
Ki Savo (Slonimer): Where are the Love and Affection?
Shoftim (Slonimer): Make Your Will Conform to His
Re’eh: The Unconditional Love of Our Father in Heaven
Re’eh (Slonimer Rebbe): Solve the Clues and Identify Your Unique Mission in Life
Eikev: Our Talents and Skills are Borrowed But Never Owned
Va’eschanan-Nachamu: Don’t Only Look How Far You Have to Go, See How Far You Have Come
Eikev (Slonimer): Davening and Learning are Hard, That’s Why They are Called Avodah
Korach: The Value of Sleeping on It to Resolve Machlokes
Shelach: Three Times a Day, The Meraglim Were Right
Beha’Alosecha: Spiritual Envy & Competitiveness
Nasso: Misusing Your Talents and Time is Stealing from Hashem
Tazria/Metzora: EGO = Edging God Out
Yisro: Who is a Jew?
Yisro: Delegate, Delegate, Delegate
Yisro: Are We Properly Educating Tomorrow’s Mothers?
Vayishlach: You Have Some Nerve
Vayishlach: You Can’t Run from Your Destiny
Vayishlach: Yaakov Kept the Military Option on the Table, But Took the High Road
Vayishlach: Why Pray if God Has Already Answered?
Vayishlach: The Ethics of Collective Punishment
Vayikra: The Role of Sacrifice and Service in Relationships
Vayikra: Putting Salt on Our Bread
Vayikra: Maintaining Integrity
Vayikra: Common Courtesy with Common Sense
VaYigash: Yosef’s Catharsis
Vayigash: What Does it Mean to be a Goy Gadol, a Great Nation?
Vayigash: Stepping Out and Stepping Up
Vayigash: Shocked and Speechless
Vayigash: Perfection or Fallibility, the Jewish Archetype of Leadership
Vayigash: Brotherly Love
Vayigash: Achieving Immortality Through a Legacy
Vayigash: A Pedestrian Conversation or a Profound One?
Vayeitzei: Women of the Well
Vayeitzei: The Merit of a Good Work Ethic and An Honest Day’s Work
Vayeitzei: Seeing Things From the Other Person’s Side
Vayeitzei: Infertility Etiquette
Vayeitzei: Finding God When He Feels Farthest Away
Vayeitzei: Cutting a Deal with the Almighty
Vayeishev: The Solution to Sinas Chinam Lies with YOU
Vayeishev: The Real Story of Yehudah and Tamar
Vayeishev: Saying Baruch Hashem Often is not Just for Those Who “Flipped Out”
Vayeishev: Never Stop Believing the Best is Yet to Come
Vayeishev: Callous & Calculating Brothers
Vayeira: Why Does Moshiach Come from a Salacious and Scandalous Past? The Daughters of Lot
Vayeira: Taking a Knee to Hashem
Vayeira: Religious Man Must Be Willing to Sacrifice
Vayeira: Look Forward, Not Backward to Begin Life Anew
Vayeira: Isolation vs. Integration
Vayeira: A Smile of Laughter or a Smile of Cynicism?
Vayeira: A Prerequisite to Forgiveness is Seeing Things Through the Other Person’s Eyes
Netzavim/Vayeilech: Change Begins With the Mouth, The Art of Confession
Vayechi: Zevulun and Yissachar, a Partnership in Heaven and on Earth
Vayechi: The Role of Grandparents
Vayechi: Strange Way of Showing Love
Vayechi: So Hard to Say Sorry
Vayechi: I am the Progeny of Yosef and Not Vulnerable to Ayin Harah
Vayakhel: The Origin of Cholent and the Mitzvah to Eat It
Vayakhel: A Person who Gives Generously, or a Generous Person?
Vayakhel: The Jewish Value of Community
Va’Eschanan: No Entitlements
Va’eira: Patience is not A virtue, it is THE root of all virtue
Va’eira: “Because That’s Not Me”
Va’eira: We Are Living Through the 5th Language of Geula
Va’eira: The Story of Taking the Jews Out of Egypt and Egypt Out of the Jews
Va’eira: Gratitude, An Exercise in Humility
Va’eira: God’s Word is His Bond
Va’eira: Be God’s Angels Here on Earth
Tzav: There is No Holiness Without Preparation
Tzav: Slonimer Rebbe on the Superiority of the Korban Shelamim
Tzav & Haggadah: The Holiness of Taking out the Garbage
Tzav and the Seder: You Can’t Outsource Gratitude
Toldos: Yitzchak’s Un-deception through Yaakov’s Deception
Toldos: Yitzchak as the Paradigmatic Role PlayerGenerously sponsored by Mr smith in honor of his 200 birthday
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