Ranked #1
Hidden Teachers: The Women in the Piaseczner Rebbe’s Life
Hidden Teachers: The Women in the Piaseczner Rebbe’s Life
Episode 019 A great grandmother who davened in a tallis and received Hasidim looking for brachot and guidance; another w... Read more
28 Jul 2019
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57mins
Ranked #2
Avodat HaTefillah: Hashem Sefatai Tiftach - Standing on Impossible Ground
Avodat HaTefillah: Hashem Sefatai Tiftach - Standing on Impossible Ground
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
12 Jan 2020
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57mins
Ranked #3
Paradigm Shift (pt.1): The Messianic Evolution
Paradigm Shift (pt.1): The Messianic Evolution
Episode 014 The Baal Shem Tov recorded a conversation with the Mashiach in which he asked, “when will you come?” The an... Read more
23 Jun 2019
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53mins
Ranked #4
Avodat HaTefillah: Praying With God
Avodat HaTefillah: Praying With God
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
19 Jan 2020
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56mins
Ranked #5
Avodat HaTefillah: What is Tefillah?
Avodat HaTefillah: What is Tefillah?
027 We often translate Tefillah as “prayer”, but what is the meaning of this word in its original form? This class explo... Read more
10 Nov 2019
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54mins
Ranked #6
Avodah: Makom Meditation - Coming Into Presence
Avodah: Makom Meditation - Coming Into Presence
Rabbi Ami helps support his teaching from this week with a meditative practice.
10 Dec 2019
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17mins
Ranked #7
How to Learn Hasidut: Mapping the Soul (pt. 1)
How to Learn Hasidut: Mapping the Soul (pt. 1)
Episode 010 Many people are drawn to Hasidic teachings and spirituality, but few are taught how to engage with these tex... Read more
5 May 2019
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57mins
Ranked #8
Avodat HaTefillah: Makom - Entering Divine Space
Avodat HaTefillah: Makom - Entering Divine Space
Episode 31 The Mishnah teaches that the basic orientation to prayer is to bring ourselves into presence, to align ourse... Read more
8 Dec 2019
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47mins
Ranked #9
Avodat HaTefillah: Is It a Mitzvah to Pray?
Avodat HaTefillah: Is It a Mitzvah to Pray?
Episode 30 Prayer is the centerpiece of our daily spiritual practice, and as we’ve been exploring in the previous sessi... Read more
1 Dec 2019
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57mins
Ranked #10
In Presence
In Presence
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
16 Jun 2019
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43mins
Ranked #11
BONUS: From Sefira to Shavuot - Coming Back to Wholeness
BONUS: From Sefira to Shavuot - Coming Back to Wholeness
The path through Sefirat Ha’omer to Shavuot is a process of self-refinement, of coming into contact with the myriad part... Read more
30 May 2019
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46mins
Ranked #12
Paradigm Shift (pt.2): Vessels Made of Light
Paradigm Shift (pt.2): Vessels Made of Light
Episode 015 “... and why should the body be considered any less than the mind?... isn’t the primary purpose of Hasidut ... Read more
30 Jun 2019
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46mins
Ranked #13
Avodat HaTefillah - The Inner Experience
Avodat HaTefillah - The Inner Experience
Episode 34 While much of the language and forms of prayer tend to be outward-directed, tefillah is an invitation to turn... Read more
5 Jan 2020
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #14
BONUS: Shavuot - “So That I May Enjoy You” - Tapping Into Divine Pleasure
BONUS: Shavuot - “So That I May Enjoy You” - Tapping Into Divine Pleasure
"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
6 Jun 2019
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #15
Avodat HaTefillah: A Living Pray-er
Avodat HaTefillah: A Living Pray-er
Episode 28 On this episode of Awakening, Rabbi Ami explores prayer as part of our basic identity as human beings. The ... Read more
24 Nov 2019
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54mins
Ranked #16
BONUS: Yom Kippur - Transcending Shame, Transforming Shame
BONUS: Yom Kippur - Transcending Shame, Transforming Shame
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
6 Oct 2019
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1hr
Ranked #17
The Piaseczner Rebbe’s Biography, Background, and the Torah of the Way
The Piaseczner Rebbe’s Biography, Background, and the Torah of the Way
Episode 026This is the first class Rabbi Ami ever gave in the Piaseczner Rebbe’s writings. It’s a broad introduction to ... Read more
25 Oct 2019
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1hr 25mins
Ranked #18
Avodat HaTefillah: The Place of the Heart
Avodat HaTefillah: The Place of the Heart
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
16 Dec 2019
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54mins
Ranked #19
Praying and Learning: The Search for Wholeness
Praying and Learning: The Search for Wholeness
Episode 022 In this piece from Derech Hamelech, the Piaseczner Rebbe guides us on the search for wholeness in our spiri... Read more
25 Aug 2019
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1hr
Ranked #20
BONUS: Tisha B’Av - Crying God’s Tears
BONUS: Tisha B’Av - Crying God’s Tears
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
10 Aug 2019
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1hr 12mins