Awakening with Rabbi Ami Silver

Episode 019 A great grandmother who davened in a tallis and received Hasidim looking for brachot and guidance; another w... Read more

Episode 34 Can we really stand in prayer before our Creator? Is it possible to approach God in our humanness, or do we l... Read more

Episode 014  The Baal Shem Tov recorded a conversation with the Mashiach in which he asked, “when will you come?” The an... Read more

Episode 35 In the eyes of the Hasidic masters, we do not pray to God—we pray with God. Join Rav Ami as he guides us thro... Read more

027 We often translate Tefillah as “prayer”, but what is the meaning of this word in its original form? This class explo... Read more

Rabbi Ami helps support his teaching from this week with a meditative practice.

Episode 010 Many people are drawn to Hasidic teachings and spirituality, but few are taught how to engage with these tex... Read more

Episode 31  The Mishnah teaches that the basic orientation to prayer is to bring ourselves into presence, to align ourse... Read more

Episode 30  Prayer is the centerpiece of our daily spiritual practice, and as we’ve been exploring in the previous sessi... Read more

Episode 013 There is a Torah that is taught to everyone equally, a Torah that is written in books and can be accessed by... Read more

The path through Sefirat Ha’omer to Shavuot is a process of self-refinement, of coming into contact with the myriad part... Read more

Episode 015  “... and why should the body be considered any less than the mind?... isn’t the primary purpose of Hasidut ... Read more

Episode 34 While much of the language and forms of prayer tend to be outward-directed, tefillah is an invitation to turn... Read more

"In truth, all pleasure and enjoyment in the world, of any kind, are nothing other than God's own joy and pleasure." — T... Read more

Episode 28   On this episode of Awakening, Rabbi Ami explores prayer as part of our basic identity as human beings. The ... Read more

The central practice of Yom Kippur is vidui - confession of wrongdoings. What is the goal of this? Is it make us feel gu... Read more

Episode 026This is the first class Rabbi Ami ever gave in the Piaseczner Rebbe’s writings. It’s a broad introduction to ... Read more

Episode 32 This week we continue to explore the entryway into tefilla, and look at the heart as the place of prayer, the... Read more

Episode 022  In this piece from Derech Hamelech, the Piaseczner Rebbe guides us on the search for wholeness in our spiri... Read more

On Tisha B’Av, we ask unanswerable questions. We gaze into the wounds of the world and don’t turn away from the pain. Ra... Read more