What to Pray for on Purim

What to Pray for on Purim with Tzipora Harris

On Purim noone is turned away. It is a powerful time to pray. How do I know what to pray for?
With a modern day Haman and his promise of destruction, find out what amazing idea you can have in mind when you hear the name “Haman” during the reading of the megilla.

The End of the Climate War

Rabbi Adam Jacobs is Managing Director of the Aish Center in New York. Each week, he teaches 'Jacobs' Ladder,' discussing current events and a variety of relevant topics with a Jewish perspective.

Rabbi Jacobs is also a religion blogger on The Huffington Post. Visit www.aish.com and www.aishcenter.com for more content.

Why Clothes Make the Man

Torah-tainment: Inspiring ideas and stories on the Weekly Portion
This Week: Tetzaveh

1) Getting dressed as tikkun, self-definition
2) How consistency = always
3) Our role in deciphering the Divine
4) Overview: What is gossip?

Toward Personal Perfection

The Path Less Followed with Rabbi Stuart Shiff (Week 3)

Male and Female: 2 Genders, 1 Thermostat

Relationships Workshop with Rabbi Henry Harris (Week 4)

Clarity on Purim

Clarity on Purim with Tzipora Harris

Powerful intentions to maximize clarity on Purim.
What to have in mind when performing the four special commandments of the day.

The Essence of Purim

Rabbi Adam Jacobs is Managing Director of the Aish Center in New York. Each week, he teaches 'Jacobs' Ladder,' discussing current events and a variety of relevant topics with a Jewish perspective.

Rabbi Jacobs is also a religion blogger on The Huffington Post. Visit www.aish.com and www.aishcenter.com for more content.

Purim & the Forces of Randomness

Rabbi Adam Jacobs is Managing Director of the Aish Center in New York. Each week, he teaches 'Jacobs' Ladder,' discussing current events and a variety of relevant topics with a Jewish perspective.

Rabbi Jacobs is also a religion blogger on The Huffington Post. Visit www.aish.com and www.aishcenter.com for more content.

Little House on the (Prairie) Desert

Torah-tainment: Inspiring ideas and stories on the Weekly Portion
This Week: Terumah

1) Building a vessel is an eternal job
2) Some gifts we need to be told to take
3) Do you no, sealed, or permeable boundaries?

Chassidim: Barbara vs. Oprah

Rabbi Adam Jacobs is Managing Director of the Aish Center in New York. Each week, he teaches 'Jacobs' Ladder,' discussing current events and a variety of relevant topics with a Jewish perspective.

Rabbi Jacobs is also a religion blogger on The Huffington Post. Visit www.aish.com and www.aishcenter.com for more content.

How do you know when you’ve met the One?

The Relationship Workshop
Week 3: How do you know if you’ve met the one?

Topics include:
1) Common life goals – how they affect my attractiveness, my judgment, my staying power in a relationship
2) Values and Virtues – the 60 second character test
3) Attraction and chemistry – a deal breaker that’s last on the list

Mission Part II: The world was created for you

Rabbi Shiff continues with his 2nd class in the series, The Path Less Followed (on the book of Mesillas Yesharim). Rabbi Shiff is the Executive Learning Dirctor at the Aish Center in New York City. Visit www.aish.com and www.aishcenter.com for more content.

Delicious Derivatives and Luscious Laws (Partial)

Torah-tainment: Inspiring ideas and stories on the Weekly Portion
This Week: Mishpatim

1) Judges who don't think for themselves are not judges.  Yet all clarity is a divine gift.  How do we reconcile the necessity of independent thought with becoming a vessel?
2) The Sweetest Embarrassment
3) Are you a spectator or owner in your life?

Whitney's Dilemma

Rabbi Adam Jacobs is Managing Director of the Aish Center in New York. Each week, he teaches 'Jacobs' Ladder,' discussing current events and a variety of relevant topics with a Jewish perspective.
In the wake of the untimely death of Whitney Houston, this talk explores the notion of authenticity - both in artistic terms and as a personal expression of the soul.

Rabbi Jacobs is also a religion blogger on The Huffington Post. Visit www.aish.com and www.aishcenter.com for more content.

A Taste of "How Do You Know If You've Met Your Soulmate?"

A taste of "How Do You Know If You've Met Your Soulmate?" this Wednesday night.

How We Muck Up Relationships

How We Muck Up a Relationship
Week 2 in The Relationship Workshop

Part of what most threatens our sense of well-being (and stability in a relationship) is our undetected voice of negativity.  It presents itself as a street-smart, practical protector.  In fact, it's self-generated, untethered to reality and part of the archetypal journey from Egypt (Mitzrayim in Hebrew) we are all meant to travel.  How do we detect it?  How do we cease to buy into it?

The 10 Suggestions

Torah-tainment: Inspiring ideas and stories on the Weekly Portion
This Week: Yisro. Topics include

1) Listening vs. Seeing;
2) The Art of Being Marriageable;
3) The 1st 5 Commandments Parallel the 2nd - How?

Jews in Space

Rabbi Adam Jacobs is Managing Director of the Aish Center in New York. Each week, he teaches 'Jacobs' Ladder,' discussing current events and a variety of relevant topics with a Jewish perspective. Rabbi Jacobs is also a religion blogger on The Huffington Post. Visit www.aish.com and www.aishcenter.com for more content.

The Anatomy of Love

The Relationship Workshop, with R. Henry Harris of the Aish Center
Week 1: The Anatomy of Love

Topics covered include:
- Step One: Admit to being addicted to the wrong love
- Step Two: Love is not a happening; it's something we choose
- Step Three: Love is not blind; it's highly aware
- Step Four: Commit and Give

The Purpose of Creation

Rabbi Shiff introduces his new class, The Path Less Followed (on the book of Mesillas Yesharim) with 'The Purpose of Creation." Rabbi Shiff is the Executive Learning Dirctor at the Aish Center in New York City. Visit www.aish.com and www.aishcenter.com for more content.