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Bein Adam L’Chavero

• Can You Ever Tell A Lie?
• Controlling Anger
• Hospitality to Guests
• Love Your Neighbor
• Taming the Inner Critic: Transforming Attitudes by Judging Favorably
• The Stunning Power of Speech I: The Cosmic and Spiritual Dynamics of Speech
• The Stunning Power of Speech II: Lashon Hara – Destructive Speech
• The Stunning Power of Speech III: Reclaiming the Air Waves
• Visiting the Sick

Contemporary Issues

• Climbing a Stairway to Heaven A New Take on Music, Song, and Judaism
• Jewish Perspectives on Health, Nutrition, Fitness and Extreme Sports

Core Beliefs

• Belief in God: Is There a Mitzvah to Believe?
• Developing and Strengthening Belief in God I: First Cause and Design (Teleological) Arguments
• Developing and Strengthening Belief in God II: The Moral Argument and Deciding Whether or not to Believe
• Evidence for Torah M’Sinai I: Historical Approaches for Providing Evidence for National Revelation
• Evidence for Torah M’Sinai II: Witnesses, Prophecy, Jewish Survival, Mitzvot, Torah Scrolls
• Honoring Parents
• Taking Responsibility (Sechar V’Onesh)
• Teshuvah I: Introspection and Growth or the Confession Box?
• Teshuvah II: The Journey Back
• The Chosen People
• The Jewish Understanding of God
• The Miracle of Jewish Survival – The Eternal Jewish People
• Torah Study: The Foundation of Jewish Life
• Toward Understanding Suffering & Adversity

Dating, Relationships, Love and Marriage

• Dating Jewish Style – The Search for a Soul Mate
• The Jewish Concept of Love
• The Jewish View of Marriage – Marrying Your Ezer Knegdo – Soul Mate
• The Philosophy of Taharat Hamishpachah & Mikvah – The Hidden Mitzvot of Love, Joy and Renewal

Ecology and The Environment

• The Jewish View of Ecology and the Environment

Ethics

• Euthanasia and Patient Autonomy
• Jewish Business Ethics I
• Jewish Business Ethics II
• The Jewish Approach to Abortion

Finding Your Soulmate

• Am I Ready To Find My Soul Mate? Part I – Discovering Your Infinite Self
• Am I Ready To Find My Soul Mate? Part II – Gratifying Your Deepest Desires
• Am I Ready To Find My Soul Mate? Part III – The Search for Eternal Love
• Am I Ready To Find My Soul Mate? Part IV – What’s the Jewish Connection?
• Issues in Intermarriage – A Discussion Primer
• Teacher’s Guide for the Series ‘Am I Ready to Find My Soul Mate?’

Holocaust

• The Holocaust & Jewish Faith I – Where Was God?
• The Holocaust & Jewish Faith II – Faith Amidst The Unfathomable
• Understanding the History of the Holocaust – Timeline
• Understanding the History of the Holocaust I
• Understanding the History of the Holocaust II

Israel

• The Centrality of the Land of Israel

Jewish Calendar

• Chanukah I: Illuminating an Eternal Conflict
• Chanukah II: The Chanukah Miracles – How They Were Triggered and What They Teach
• Chanukah III: It’s All Up to Us – Spreading the Light
• Introduction to the Jewish Calendar: Holiness in Time
• Pesach I: Slavery and the Pesach Miracles
• Pesach II: Nationhood, Providence & Freedom
• Purim I: Purim Unmasked – Understanding the Eternal Festival
• Purim II: The Mitzvot of the Day
• Rosh HaShanah I: Meeting Our “Author”
• Rosh HaShanah II: The Big Bang and Me
• Rosh HaShanah III: Simanim & Tashlich – Serious Excitement
• Sefirat Ha’Omer I: Making it Count
• Sefirat Ha’Omer II: Lag B’Omer and Striving for Spiritual Perfection
• Shabbat I: Plugging into the Goals of Life
• Shabbat II: The Shabbat Experience
• Shavuot I: What Does Shavuot Commemorate? & The Eternal Impact of Ma’amad Har Sinai
• Shavuot II: The Ten Commandments, Preparing for Shavuot, Megillat Ruth & Shavuot Customs
• Sukkot I: The Sukkot Festival, the Sukkah, and the Four Species
• Sukkot II: The Week of Joy that Keeps us Dancing the Entire Year
• Sukkot III: Hoshana Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah
• The Passover Seder Experience Handbook
• The Three Weeks and Tishah B’Av I: Exile & Destruction
• The Three Weeks and Tishah B’Av II: Why the Temple was Destroyed & How to Rebuild It
• Tu B’Shvat: When a Tree is No Longer Just a Tree
• Yom Kippur: Actualizing Our Mission in Life

Jewish Leadership

• Avraham Avinu: The Great Progenitor
• Jewish Leadership I: What is Jewish Leadership and What Characterizes a Leader?
• Jewish Leadership II: More Leadership Qualities, Practical Skills, and Becoming a Leader

Jewish Life Cycle

• Bar & Bat Mitzvah: The Transformational Birthday Party for the Soul
• Brit Milah
• Celebrating a Jewish Wedding I
• Celebrating a Jewish Wedding II
• Jewish Perspectives on Death, Burial, and Mourning

Mitzvot

• Unraveling the Mitzvah of Tzitzit and Tallit
• Mezuzah
• Tefillin
• The Concept and Practice of Berachot
• The Mitzvot: Why They are Detailed
• Why Keep Kosher?

Money and Possesions

• The Power of Tzedakah

Personal Growth and Development

• The Yid and the Id: Jewish Perspectives on Psychology & Personal Development
• Defining One’s Role in Life: Achieving Greatness
• Judaism and Personal Growth I: Scaling the Internal Alps
• Judaism and Personal Growth II: Making it Happen
• The Jewish Vision of Happiness
• Too Big for Your Boots: Balancing Arrogance, Self-Esteem and Humility

Prayer

• Overview of the Amidah I: History, Structure, and Purpose
• Overview of the Amidah II: The Way to Pray – In Thought and Action
• The Amidah Prayer Experience Companion: Explaining the Blessings of the Shemoneh Esrei
• The Beit Knesset
• The Jewish View of Prayer
• The Shema – Part I: The Jewish National Anthem
• The Shema – Part II: Say It Like You Really Mean It

Purpose of Man in The World

• Being Like God
• Caring for the Jewish Soul
• Free Will I: The Nature, Importance & Dynamics of Free Will
• Free Will II: Is There Free Will in Light of God’s Omnipotence & Omniscience?
• Hashgachah Pratit I – The Nature and Dynamics of Divine Providence
• Hashgachah Pratit II – Perceiving God in Our Lives
• Introduction to the Purpose of Man in the World
• Making Impressions for Stardom or Infamy: Kiddush Hashem & Chillul Hashem
• The World Was Established for Chesed
• What is Judaism? An Introduction to a Journey of Self-Discovery

Spirituality and Kabbalah

• Introduction to Messiah and The World to Come
• Kabbalah – Jewish Mysticism I: What is Kabbalah and The Prerequisites for its Study
• Kabbalah – Jewish Mysticism II: Principles of Jewish Mysticism: Hishtalshelut
• Kabbalah – Jewish Mysticism III: Kabbalistic Explanations of the Torah, Mitzvot, and Reincarnation
• Prophets and Prophecy I: What is Prophecy, its Importance, and Who Qualifies to be a Prophet?
• Prophets and Prophecy II: Limits of Authority, Examples of Prophecy, and Prophecy Today
• Reincarnation
• The Jewish Vision of Spirituality I: The Quest for an Authentic Spiritual Connection
• The Jewish Vision of Spirituality II: The Spiritual Expression of Mankind
• The Jewish Vision of Spirituality III: Connecting to Spirituality in Time
• The Jewish Vision of Spirituality IV: Spirituality in Space & Beyond
• The Messiah I: The Concept of the Messiah, His Necessity, and Qualifications
• The Messiah II: The Nature of the Messianic Era
• The World to Come I: What in the World is the World to Come?
• The World to Come II: How Can I Secure a Front Row Ticket?
• The World to Come III: The New You! Resurrection of the Dead

Temple and Sacrifices

• Close Encounters of the Transcendent Kind: The Temple and the Sacrifices

The System of Halacha – Jewish Law

• Introduction to the System of Halachah – Jewish Law
• The System of Halachah I – The Revelation of the Torah
• The System of Halachah II – The Written Torah, the Oral Torah, and their Interrelationship
• The System of Halachah III – The Contents of the Oral Law
• The System of Halachah IV – Necessity, Advantages and Accuracy of the Oral Torahah
• The System of Halachah V – The Chain of Torah Transmission
• The System of Halachah VI – Rabbinic Authority
• The System of Halachah VII – The Concept and Dynamics of Machloket – Dispute
• The System of Halachah VIII -The Halachic Process and Codification of Jewish Law
• System of Halachah Schematic

Understanding Anti-Semitism

• Anti-Semitism I: The Striking Constancy and Uniqueness of Anti-Semitism
• Anti-Semitism II: Proposed Theories for Anti-Semitism
• Anti-Semitism III: The Root Causes of Anti-Semitism & Can It Be Eradicated?