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The Kabbalah of Happiness




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Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the founder and spiritual leader of Chabad @ Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, he also serves as a Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service.
Michael Kigel is the producer of Passages and Messages, two weekly television shows entering their eleventh year of broadcast on CTS (Canada). He is also the Dean of the Jewish Leadership Program at the Lauder Business School in Vienna.


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Posted: Oct 5, 2008
choice
Is happiness not simply a choice? Does the Torah not command to serve Him with joy? How can G-d command us to do something that is "dependant" even on knowing we have a purpose? If happiness is a choice we can choose to be happy even if we don't buy into the idea of having a piurpose.
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Aug 29, 2008
The Kabbalah of Happiness
In 15 minutes of this video I received more practical information than all of the years and thousands of dollars I spent on an education in psychology. What a breath of fresh air!
Posted By Obidayah, Mobile, AL

Posted: Aug 28, 2008
Right to the point
Very good, I thank our G-d for providing fresh water out of his magnificent wisdom.
Posted By Johanan Vargas, San Jose, Costa Rica



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