The Stone that the Builders Refused - Yom Haatzmaut 5786

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