Ebb and Flow with Solomon Ezra
by Solomon Ezra Berezin
Ebb and Flow, like the chassidic concept of Ratzo V’Shuv (running and returning), aims to provide you with the principles and practices, wisdom and willpower, insights and inspiration, and empowerment to access your higher vision, internalize it, and express it to the world. This podcast integrates Holistic Wellness and Hasidic Jewish Wisdom, so we can each thrive in body, mind, and soul. Each episode, each guest, and each story is another key to express this truth, as well as to open our eyes to the revealed goodness in the world.
Episodes
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Praying Is About Being Present, Not Perfect
5 minute talk delivered at Hadar Hatorah after Sukkot 2026, 5787.
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From Catholic College to Chabad Rabbi
My Speech at the @lemaanyilmdeu7704 Chag HaSmicha 5787 event. My journey from four years at a Catholic university to four years in yeshiva, concluding with receiving Smicha.A journey I never could have imagined from the basketball court in Dallas to learning Torah practically next door to...
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The Enlightened Jewish Master: Serving Hashem with Simcha & Playfulness | Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
1. The Backstory How Shlomo first heard about Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen Their first meeting and the memorable “Dov Bear foot” story 2. A Journey of Seeking Rabbi Dov Ber’s spiritual path before Judaism What he was searching for and what he’s doing today 3. Self-Mastery Over Circumstance Choosing your...
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Shoot the Arrow, Then Draw the Target 🎯
Speech shared at a local Brooklyn business. The discussion brought together the custom of shooting bow and arrows on Lag BaOmer and an analogy from the Rambam to help illustrate a teaching of changing one's state of being. First live aligned, joyful, present. Then build your life around that...
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100: Rewire Your Mind in Minutes: Jewish NLP for Rapid Change | Sagi Chekroun
What if change didn’t take years, but minutes? In this episode, Sagi Chekroun shares how Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) can help you create rapid, lasting transformation by working directly with the unconscious mind—the true driver of your habits, emotions, and results. Most people try to...
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99: The Inner Work Behind The Flow State | George Mumford
Show Notes Intro and how I came across The Mindful Athlete A little about George’ journey growing up to training the top athletes Correlations between ideas in Unlocked with chassidic teachings George’s concept of G-d Prayer, meditation, and study George’s connection with Chassidic Jewish...
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98: Journey to Oneness: Merging Torah, Chassidus, and New-Age Spiritual Teachings | Moshe Gersht
Topics of Discussion Background and what led to where he is now Religious Growth and affiliation, Chabad Learning Torah but far from Truth Learning Chassidus and going to therapy Finding the right therapist Jewish Chassidic teachings and New-age Spiritual thought leaders Day job Torah, side…
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97: A Path Forward: Wisdom and Guidance for Today from the Lubavitcher Rebbe | Nechama Shusterman
Show Notes: Nechama’s background and getting into the podcast Main Ideas and Models the Rebbe taught in these last years Tools the Rebbe taught us - Learning from Shabbos Getting in the Flow The donkey of Bilaam like our bodies - we beat it up. Feeling this so much being in yeshiva. If your body…
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96: Breath, Prayer, and Chassidus: Elevating Your Life with Rabbi Chay Amar
Show Notes: Rabbi Aamr’s background and how he got into meditative prayer and breathwork Purpose of breath-work and meditation Difference between Davenen (prayer) and meditation Thinking Chassidus means to ask: What you learned, how does it relate to your personal life? Mittler Rebbe Derech…
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95: From Hoops to Healing: A Journey of Resilience, Spirituality, and Balance with Doron Sheffer
background growing up and bball regimen Being the tall guy in school Mental performance tips The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Journey to South America and India during and after playing Soul searching, from Buddhism to Shamanism to Judaism Coming back to Judaism and Torah All to find balance way to...
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Opening Our Eyes to Health and Unity, and Embracing the Future Now
Class given on the topics: The Rebbe often said, "the messiah is here we just have to open our eyes," Preventative medicine Unity consciousness Health in Messianic times Listening to the body Eyes open and eyes closed is one Living as if our future is here now
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94: The Jewish Path to Self-Transcendence | Rabbi Moshe Genuth
- Rabbi Genuth’s background - Meeting Rav Ginsburg - Rav Ginsburg’s teachings - The meaning of Bittul (self transcendence) - Shiflus (lowliness) - Drawing G-d more into the picture and myself to the side - Admitting one’s shortcomings is really a strength - What your wife is telling you is a...
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93: Breath of the Soul | Adam Klasner
Show Notes: Background and how Adam got into breathwork and leading Anochi Workshops Background with personal development, Tony Robbins retreats The Call of the Shofar Concern of idol worship with these events? Is it real or a fear? Aseh Lecha Rav - make for yourself a mentor Giving tough…
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92 : The Mind Controls the Heart | Reuvan Flamer
Show Notes: Reuven’s background with nutrition, going to yeshiva, and with Meditation and hisbonenus (contemplation) Learning the Rebbe’s discourses and talks Meditation in a conventional way and meditating after learning His experience with Tony Robbins events Moach Shalet al HaLev - The Mind...
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91: The Love Rabbi: Navigating the Path to Your Soulmate | Rabbi Bernath
Rabbi Bernath’s background growing up and becoming a Rabbi Meeting the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, that inspires him till today How he assumed the title “Love Rabbi” Secrets of Matchmaking The hardest job in the world — dating Who am I and what do I bring to the...
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Intro Season 7
Welcome back to the ebb & flow podcast! In this episode is a intro for this season, as well as the intros from the previous seasons.
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The Heart’s Wisdom: Grasping Beyond Thought
Class on Women & Messianic Insights, celebrating before redemption, Wisdom of the heart, and anniversary of passing of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, as well as guided meditation of a yechidus (private audience) with the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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Finding the Answers — Inside yourself
Class delivered at yeshiva about empowerment in the Messianic era. Learning chassidus and following its ways leads a person to realize that at his core is really G-d Himself. Watch/ listen to this class for 3 steps on looking inward and sitting with discomfort to discover the answers you’re…
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The Messiah will come when we Least Expect it
In honor of completing a full year studying at Hadar HaTorah yeshiva, I gave a class on meditation, Davenen (prayer), the teaching of our Sages (Gemara Sanhedrin 97a), that, “Moshiach will come B’hesech hadaas” (lit. when we aren’t expecting him), and then guided a meditation. • Additionally…
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90: The Goal of Chassidus | Rabbi Naftoli Hertz Pewzner
Show Notes for Part 2 of Interview with Rabbi Pewzner: Goal of chassidus Struggle of the body and the soul What is the Messiah and Who is Messiah? The role of Moshiach, the days of Moshiach What will Moshiach do? The Yechida Effect The Torah was given for Peace (Shalom) Dirah Bitachtonim Who is...
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89: The Basics of Chassidus Part 1 | Rabbi Naftoli Hertz Pewzner
Show Notes: Story and background what is Chassidus Chabad Experiencing *The Pintele Yid - “*The Jewish Dot” Start off with questions Viewing life not from motivations but based on your identity, which can become your key motivator Chassidus is not to create another denomination. Jewish People are...
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88: Health Series 6: Clarity in Knowing Who You Are | Rabbi Manis Friedman
Show Notes Mentioning a discourse I learned in Guatemala and a personal lesson from it The tool of Meditation Recap of previous 5 episodes 3 kinds of commandments - orientations towards mitzvahs 4 kingdoms - inanimate (mineral), vegetable, animal, and human Yesod - foundation, fundamental The 10...
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87: Health Series 5: The Dance between the Mind and the Heart | Rabbi Manis Friedman
Show Notes: the greater the darkness, the closer to transformation relationship between mind and heart by nature the mind controls everything getting the heart to obey the mind is being healthy how does the heart do its own thing without consulting the mind? It’s like sleepwalking How do we bring...
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86: Health Series 4: Living a Fluid, not Rigid, Jewish Lifestyle | Rabbi Manis Friedman
Show notes: introducing today’s topic what’s a stronger motivator - personal benefit or serving a larger cause? Intention or kavana to serve the importance of self-love … healthy or not? don’t confuse the validity of being healthy with the obsession of being healthy Does it make sense to say…
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85: Health Series 3: The Foundation of Mindful Eating | Rabbi Manis Friedman
Show Notes: relating our episode to Yitzchak digging wells of his father Avraham what are the servants of Yitzchak? Thoughts, speech, action observing and thinking The servants must know their master Who is your master? Know where you’re going to be healthy what it means to be “in alignment with...
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84: Health Series 2: Healthy Thinking for Healthy Eating | Rabbi Manis Friedman
How do we get healthy? Mindset aspect of health Attitude towards [seeming] problems Nisah means to elevate There is a cause and effect to everything Relationship with food It’s not by bread alone that man lives- don’t become subservient to the food. Mindset #1: You’re the master. eating for a...
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83: Health Series 1: Master your food, Don't let it master you | Rabbi Manis Friedman
Show Notes: How we can live in harmony physically, mentally, and spiritually how do you define health for yourself don’t get too serious about your health - making health your focus is not healthy, similar to making happiness your focus is almost guaranteed to make you unhappy1:40-2:40 it’s a...
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82: How to Look at things and Be a Master Problem Solver | Danny Gavin
Show Notes: background and growing up; how it led into business how did his yeshiva education benefit or make challenging when getting into business Learning in yeshiva - Talmud, Gemara, etc and how it helps broaden intellect trains your mind to look at something from multiple angles and...
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81: Deep Listening & Asking the Right Questions | Ipek Williamson
Show Notes: background and her meditations on Insight Timer App Children’s book she wrote: Little Fawna is loved and Never Alone Teacher on Insight timer appPersonalized meditations 4 week meditation masterclass mindset default to health It’s just a matter of getting out of your own way Insight...
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80: Using the Body in Service of G-d | Ari Enkin
Show Notes: How I came across his book Health and Wellness Halachic Perspectives background and his own ignition to go on a health journey what is Halakha and Hashkafa:While halakha is a rigid legal system that ****generally does not afford much variation re major-practice, hashkafa provides a…
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79: Laughter Breaks All Barriers | Menachem Silverstein
Show Notes: background and what led to comedy Morning routines Comedy and Mental Health Just start Smiling! Smiling and laughter breaks down barriers Showing that Orthodox Jews are normal Menachem asks me about my life Meditation - my practice and his practice to get centered You need the…
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78: Open to Receive | Jackie Glaser
Show Notes: Jackie’s background and story leading to Psychology, Education and Leadership Development. Exploring her own heritage. When you reject apart of yourself internally or just don’t know about it or don’t embrace it, you’re limited Intense meditation retreats and background in psychology...
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Ways to be Healthy at Yeshiva
Class I delivered at Yeshiva in Morristown,NJ: - Health to cultivate Zreizus - alacrity - Mind, body, and soul are interconnected - Actionable things through a day starting in evening through the day - Parable of Baal Shemtov, like I shared in YJP class - Identity as a soul - Dance rather than...
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77: Hasidic Stories | Barak Hullman
Show Notes: Background about Barak Hullman“I do things for living, without the a in for a living” going to chabad and meeting Shalom Brat, who became his mentor, mashpia in hebrew. A spiritual trainerKept rehearsing what he did know so it became a part of him Figure it out when you get there…
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76: The Art of Exceptional Performance | Nir Moriah
Show Notes: - Nir’s Background with Taikwando and now Quantum Performance coaching.Training with best school which was in houston Traveling around the world to pick up patterns of what made a successful athlete there was never a philosophy with an excuse in the top athletes. Chassidic concept of...
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75: The Essence of Jewish Spirituality | Rabbi Rom
Show Notes: Background and meditation https://www.youtube.com/c/RabbiRome/featured https://www.rabbirome.com/ Journey into Eastern Spirituality and meditation coursein place with self he hadn’t touched before religion was theoretical From Buddha to Baal Shem Tov - My Journey back to Judaism What...
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Ebb & Flow: Holistic Hasidic Health
Welcome to Season 5!
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74: Float Tank Therapy | Infinity Float Center
Background and how they got into starting Infinity Float "When was the last time you did absolutely NOTHING? You bring yourself, we'll add perfectly warm water, Epsom salt, darkness & silence. " Combination of the epsom salt and darkness in the tank — 10" solution of water and 1200 pounds of...
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73: Financial Health & Living Aligned with your Values| Yael Trusch
Yael's Background and integrating Judaism Jewish Latin Princess Blog and Podcast Spirituality and practicality are one what are the pain points women have? what is it people are really struggling with? Money Coach help Jewish women achieve financial clarity & confidence to design a richer life.…
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72: Connecting with Your Emotions | Ryan Hance
Show Notes: Ryan's Background and Coaching Practice Vulnerability is fun to do and to be. Every time I am opportunities arise and people connect with you... It's no fun to talk to somebody without vulnerability... The more he disconnected from his emotions and tried to hide them the worse his…
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71: Listening to Your Body | Robbin Finney
Show Notes: How Robin & I met and her Background When you follow your heart and follow your Yes! Life just shows up for you Being really in tune with your body and i'd love to discuss it further. One of my favorite quotes has been: “There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest...
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70: Spirituality & Godliness | 'The Millennial Rabbi' Daniel Bortz
Show Notes Background Main reason he connected back to religion and God was through spiritual experiences Take the things he enjoyed and elevate it to a Godly experience How the spiritual experiences guided him to a religious observance? Difference between Spirituality and Godliness/Holiness How…
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69: Breaking Through Personal Limitations | Rabbi YY Jacobson
Show Notes: Two States of Consciousness - Ebb & Flow/ Ratzo V'Shuv The rhythm of life is comprised of Ratzo V'Shuv Ezekiel Chapter 1: The angelic beings are running and they're returning The heart contracts and then expands, the inhale and exhale of the breath We often get stuck in wanting to be…
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68: A Magician’s Mindset | Ben Jackson
Background and getting into magic, museum of natural science More than Magic Magic requires an audience to be appreciated, as opposed to a musician work so hard to conceal the skill, the details no one should detect How magic is like coaching Captivating audiences with humble props Barriers to...
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67: Living & Creating from Wholeness | Rav DovBer Pinson
Background what led to the growing interest in Kabbalah, writing books, and IYYUN center My objective in life is to live. That's the biggest thing in life is to be alive. And Part of being alive was to not only understand what's going in world and spiritually understand the inner working of the...
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66: Free Choice - Use It Wisely | Rabbi Shais Taub
Topics of Discussion & Show Notes Rabbi Taub's background that led to becoming a well known, influential Rabbi and how it led to writing God of our Understanding "fascinated by human insights found in Torah, especially Chassidic teachings, and what they teach us about how people work... and how…
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65: Manifestation Mindset by Getting Out of Your Own Way | Ayelet Polonsky
Background that led to becoming a transformational coach and meditation coach How she spent 6 years in India at an Ashram where it was taught to train the body to be submissive to the mind. A voice came through in meditation that told her to go to Israel. Within 30 minutes she booked a flight to...
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64: Bringing Jews Home from the Church with The Art of Listening | Rabbi Tovia Singer
Show Notes Tovia's Background and what led to Outreach Judaism During debates, how Tovia even gets Jews for Jesus and christian leaders to consider the words of Torah? What Tovia thinks is the root reason why people follow Jesus How does Tovia respond to individuals who claim Jesus appeared to…
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63: Becoming a Chooser & Meditation for Monotheists | Rus Devorah Wallen
Background of Rus Devorah and introduction into meditation & her company Toratherapeutics® Her Introduction into Transcendental Meditation The Problems with Transcendental Meditation and The Rebbe's talk on it Not have any Meditation of any format or religion - not Jewish or other. 11 POINTS FROM...
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62: Liberation, Momentum, and Thriving - The LMT Challenge & Smart Supplementation | Craig McCloskey
Background and how Craig got into health coaching How to address health - what comes first 60 Day LMT Challenge Mindset and Changing from Within Smarter_Supplementation Supplement Guide best recommendations for discovering what supplements are best for an individual You sourced examples of...
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Ebb and Flow, like the chassidic concept of Ratzo V’Shuv (running and returning), aims to provide you with the principles and practices, wisdom and willpower, insights and inspiration, and empowerment to access your higher vision, internalize it, and express it to the world. This podcast integrates Holistic Wellness and Hasidic Jewish Wisdom, so we can each thrive in body, mind, and soul. Each episode, each guest, and each story is another key to express this truth, as well as to open our eyes to the revealed goodness in the world.
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Solomon Ezra Berezin
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