Rabbi David Lapin's Parsha Series

Words of chizuk from Rabbi Lapin especially to those living in Israel during the Iran war.

In unpacking the opening to the Ten Commandments we learn how the Torah integrates rational knowledge and intuitive, experiential understanding.

The Five Dimensions of a home, and how Yerushalyim connects us to Hashem

Summarizing this year's Yamim Noraim themes: The process of forgiving and letting go - סליחה,מחילה וכפרה - Forgiveness, Empathy and Sealing.

A call to approaching Yom Kippur with more lightness of being while retaining our seriousness of intent - finding in it the magic powers of healing

Rosh Hashana is traditionally our time for introspection and change. In this episode, Rabbi Lapin proposes a different approach this year as we look towards life  post-pandemic

Peoples priorities and even their values have been reexamined during the pandemic. How might that affect your relationship and how might you reset and revitalize your relationship now?

Hundreds of minor events align to provide each of us with the circumstances we need for our fulfilment and wholeness

Understanding Chanukah.

We penetrate to the depths of the meaning of Sucot and its origin. In the process we gain understanding of the meaning of the world and the purpose of our lives. 

It is difficult to relate personally to  the loss of the Temple on Tisha BeAv. This episode provides a practical lesson on how to grow spiritually on this important day.

A deep Kabbalistic perspective on food, nourishment, and wellbeing by aligning our spiritual and physical lives correctly. Sources.

We live in a time where conflict is avoided or at best managed. But how about embracing conflict to expand your perspectives, discover truth and build wholeness? This episode on Parshat Korach explores the idea of positive conflict.

Faith and Effort (Hishtadlut) create a polarity in our lives. How are we to manage this polarity?

We need to nurture both our inner and our outer lives and ensure they are aligned.

Receiving is an artful act of generosity, it facilitates the giving. Knowing how to receive, how to listen and how to ask, are central themes in this shiur.

Kabbala is a much misunderstood and misrepresented study. Its popularization has added to the publics ignorance about it's true meaning and role in Jewish thought.

There is so much confusion about the origin and meaning of Lag Ba'Omer. Even the ways of observing it are very different in different traditions. This episodes explains the essence of the day.

Explaining the majesty of the opening commandment of the parsha and its inspiring message. Kedoshim is one of the few mitzvot that are not about doing, but about being.  The episode also deals with the "how to" of Sanctity

We examine two different models of leadership, that of King and that of Priest, and how to synthesize them in daily life.

The Seder is a workshop designed to provide us with a model for education and engaging communication.

The episode explores three different dimensions of productive activity: Labor, Service and Purpose. A guideline is offered to help audit our activities and edit out those that are of insufficient value to justify the effort we exert for them.

Depletion, unlike fatigue, is a spiritual rather than a physical phenomenon. It requires a spiritual process to restore. This episode extrapolates five principles of restoration from the laws of Shabbat.

This episode explores what exactly we are meant to remember about Amalek. It is not so much what they did, but why they did it and what we need to do to avoid a repetition of those fateful events.

Sometimes we lose precious opportunities for self-reflection and growth because we are obsessed with the other.

This episode explains the nuances and depths of universal moral principles uniquely understood through the lens of the Talmud. Ideas such as Love your Neighbor and Thou Shalt not Murder, mean so much more than meets the eye.

Ritual practice has no impact on our characters or beliefs. Only service that is rooted in our hearts can express our deepest souls and grow our human and spiritual capacity. Sometimes this growth needs us to be challenged at the limits of our capacities. When we are challenged there, those limits are no longer our limits as our capacities expand to levels we never knew were possible.

Sparks of intuitive insights are one of the ways God communicates with us. But they can only be trusted when they follow careful listening and deep reflection. Lessons from Yoseif and King Solomon.