Jewish Heroism Project

Biblical changes are happening in the Holy Land. Rabbi Yishai Fleisher and Rav Mike Feuer explore Parshat Bechukotai with an eye to the ingathering of the Jewish people to Israel - their eternal homeland. Welcome back to the Spiritual Cafe Series

Traveling can teach you about where you left, who you are and what the people you meet are called to be. A few take away thoughts from my US tour

We're back. The first episode in a new round of Spiritual Cafe where Yishai and I discuss the responsive creation in which we live.

Behar Bechukotai - Everybody's gotta serve somebody by Rav Mike

The quest is the context for life, the journey is life itself. The Torah's quest is for the goodness of creation, and the Jewish Hero's Journey in pursuit of it is made up of seven questions. A live class from R' Mike's US tour.

Another live class from Rav Mike's US tour. What does malchut, kingship, really mean, what are its three scales and how can they be a guide for leadership today?

A live class given the day after Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day. Taking Avraham as our heroic model, we explore how power can make the context for true independence - but what we create in that space depends on a different kind of heroism.

Atzmaut is more self-actualization rather than simple independence. In our quest to understand the meaning of this important day in our time, Avraham can be our heroic guide.

Shemini 5786 by Rav Mike

Tzav - hold more by Rav Mike

The 8th of Nisan is the yartzheit of two Jewish heroes, Eliyahu Hakim and Eliyahu Bet Tzuri. Executed for a political assasination in the course of the pre-State strugggle, their story teaches us about the warrior and the storyteller, two essential models of Jewish heroism.

Was eating from the Tree of Knowledge part of the plan from the beginning? And how did it pose the essential question which humanity faces?

Vayikra 5786 Come closer by Rav Mike

Vayakhel Pikudei - Called By Name by Rav Mike

Ki Tissa 5786 Between the redemption of Purim and Pesach by Rav Mike

Teztaveh heroes in uniform by Rav Mike

In the beginning, Adam and Chava were naked and unashamed. What is the connection between these two states, and how did the emergence of desire change everything?

Terumah 5786 Let your heart move you by Rav Mike

Adam's search for a solution to being alone gives rise to a primary spiritual practice - dveikut, cleaving to the Divine.

Mishpatim 5786 - a world of wonder by Rav Mike

Take the first few steps on the Jewish Hero's Journey with Ari Abramowitz as he answers the essential questions: what is good? Whom do you serve? Where do you take your stand?

The essential element that humanity adds to creation is avodah, the ability to actualize potential. This finds its first application in the power of naming, which is how we map, conquer and even create the world.

How we receive feedback says a lot about who we are.

In this episode we explore the "lo tov," the not good. It offers a deep commentary on the human condition, - as well as an answer to the 'why?' of creation.

Beshallach 5786 - The healer by Rav Mike

Now that the human capacity for avodah, for actualizing the good which is not yet in creation, has been revealed it is time to enter the garden and take on our first task.

Bo - the power of the storyteller by Rav Mike

Vaera 5786_ Accepting feedback by Rav Mike

The second telling of the story of creation introduces us to an interactive world, one waiting for humanity to actualize its potential

Heroism begins in letting yourself see the world

From Divine cosmology to human existential anthropology, this class starts our exploration of the second telling of creation's story.

6 A taste of the world to come by Rav Mike

There is a certain type of leadership that looks beyond limited horizons

Vayigash - The heroism of a broken heart by Rav Mike

A point of heroism from the parsha - Yosef was ready for whatever came, and why he was can teach us all a lesson

Humanity adds a new face to creation, reflective of the Divine. But it's not without controversy.

Rav Mike's annual Hanukkah class in honor of the yartzheit of his father, Charles M. Feuer.

The four ways the will interacts in relationship are enhanced by a fifth - how it acts on itself. Tzimtzum, creative contraction, is the context for creation.

Shimon and Levi went beyond the bounds to rescue their captive sister. It is a heroic sory and a moral dilemma all in one.

If God is unbounded in creative capacity, why is it part of the Divine will that there be agents in creation?

Vayetze 5786: The power of sleep by Rav Mike

The relative nature of moral good defines the human perspective, but God sees the Essential Good of all creation

When a door is shut before you, how do you know whether to push harder or to walk away?

What is the mystery of the Torah's first word?

JHP - Teshuva - A Hero's Journey - September 2025 by Rav Mike

Tears of futility, words of hope and wisdom on the question - what model of heroism could best serve us now?

A backstory conversation w/David Goodwin. Follow all the way to hear the best anecdotes about my life in the woods!

A conversation on memory and self actualization. Rav Mike and Eitan dig deep into the struggle to be part of the national experience, and dream bid about the opportunity presented by national independence.

What is the difference between fantasy, myth and Torah? How does the sacred imagination serve as a vessel for prophecy? What are we meant to be doing on Seder night? Hear about these questions and more as Rav Mike and Eitan engage in a deep conversation about this unique human capacity.

Here is an introduction to a new way of being. If you are seeking the Torah's guidance on how to become your best self, looking for tools of growth and frames for new consciousnes - tune in and take the Jewish Hero's Journey. Find more information at www.jewishheroism.com and sign up to join a the seven paths workship live or online here - https://forms.gle/N2fauG5MPy4jANzv8