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Pearls of Wisdom from Rabbi Gordon’s Daily Classes

By Yehoshua B. Gordon


		Rabbi Gordon Live Promotional Trailer 2 Watch (0:36)



		Why the Alter Rebbe Wrote Tanya The Alter Rebbe’s decision to write a book that would serve as a practical guide for life. Watch (1:03)



		Why Tanya Means Strength The hidden meaning of the first word of Tanya and the power to transform ourselves. 4 Watch (0:55)



		Who is a Tzaddik? The difference between the causal usage of the term "tzaddik" and the Alter Rebbe's definition of the word in Tanya. Watch (2:18)



		What are "Kelipah" and "Sitra Achra"? Rabbi Gordon clarifies the definition of two common kabbalistic expressions for evil. Watch (2:10)



		Self-Serving Kindness Are we kind because it feels good or because it's the right thing to do? 1 Watch (3:31)



		What Your Soul Is Wearing The difference between who you are and what you do. 2 Watch (3:23)



		How Torah is Like Water Why the Torah is sometimes compared to water rather than light. 1 Watch (2:37)



		A New Pharaoh How is it possible -- as the Torah tells us -- that the new king of Egypt didn't know who Joseph was? Two opinions of the Sages. Watch (2:27)



		What’s Normal? Rabbi Gordon shares an amusing anecdote about how his father—Rabbi Sholom Ber Gordon, of blessed memory—wasn’t taken into the U.S. army in World War II. 1 Watch (2:15)



		Tribal Ancestry Reflections on the Biblical account of how the Jewish people established their tribal pedigrees for the census taken by Moses. 3 Watch (1:56)



		Dermatologist or Kohen? The difference between the spiritual condition often translated as leprosy (tzaraat) and the physical ailment of the same name. 2 Watch (2:25)



		Slavery in the Torah A general introduction to the concept of slavery and how it was practiced according to Biblical law. Watch (4:32)



		Jacob Leaves Home The circumstances under which our patriarch Jacob left his parents' home at the age of sixty-three. Watch (1:49)



		Free Will vs. Fate Whether something good or bad has been predestined, how does G‑d choose which person should be the one to bring it about? 2 Watch (2:46)



		The Book of Deuteronomy An introduction to the book of Deuteronomy and its uniqueness among the Five Books of Moses. 2 Watch (3:41)



		Judah's Debate with Joseph The opening words of the Torah portion Vayigash hint to an eternal debate over how to deal with the trappings of this world. Watch (1:46)



		A Wife’s Influence How one man’s wife saved him from a dismal fate, and the lesson for us all. 1 Watch (2:18)



		A Tallis "Speaking of a tallis...." Just a little joke about a tallis. Watch (1:22)

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