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Mesilas Yesharim with Ari Goldwag

Mesilas Yesharim with Ari Goldwag

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This deep work aims to help us acquire an understanding of the concepts of Shleimus, spiritual perfection, Chassidus, true righteousness, as well as love and awe of Hashem (God). Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato, the author of this work, was a leading Kabbalist in the 17th century. We previously explored his book Derech Hashem in the Daily Kabbalah lesson. The current work actually constitutes a guide to attaining Ruach Hakodesh, Divine Inspiration.

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Chapter 27 - Kedusha - Holiness III

Published: Sept. 11, 2011, 11:22 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 21 seconds

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Chapter 27 - Kedusha - Holiness II

Published: Sept. 8, 2011, 11:22 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 38 seconds

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Chapter 27 - Kedusha - Holiness

Published: Sept. 7, 2011, 10:33 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 55 seconds

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Chapter 26 - Acquiring Fear

Published: Sept. 5, 2011, 10:33 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 26 seconds

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Chapter 25 - Fear of Sin II

Published: Sept. 4, 2011, 9:53 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 8 seconds

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Chapter 25 - Fear of Sin

Published: July 13, 2011, 9:25 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 48 seconds

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Chapter 24b - Acquiring humility II

Published: July 12, 2011, 12:40 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 27 seconds

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Chapter 24a - Acquiring humility

Published: June 30, 2011, 8:11 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 48 seconds

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Chapter 23c - humility III

Published: June 27, 2011, 11 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 56 seconds

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Chapter 23b - Anava - humility II

Published: June 12, 2011, 11:12 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 45 seconds

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Chapter 23 - Anava - humility

Published: June 5, 2011, 11:34 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 48 seconds

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Chapter 22 - Acquiring righteousness

Published: May 17, 2011, 9:24 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 43 seconds

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Chapter 21b - Seeing the long term II

Published: May 15, 2011, 10:29 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 49 seconds

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Chapter 21 - Seeing the long term

Published: May 1, 2011, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 32 seconds

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Chapter 20i - Benefiting his generation

Published: April 17, 2011, 9:37 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 44 seconds

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Chapter 20h - Standing up for God's honor

Published: March 29, 2011, 10:39 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 2 seconds

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Chapter 20g - Cleaving to and rejoicing in God

Published: March 28, 2011, 1:06 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 16 seconds

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Chapter 20f - Loving God

Published: March 27, 2011, 9:51 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 14 seconds

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Chapter 20e - Honoring Torah

Published: March 24, 2011, 11:08 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 55 seconds

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Chapter 20d - Honoring Mitzvos

Published: March 23, 2011, 10:12 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 17 seconds

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Chapter 20c - Fear of Hashem

Published: March 22, 2011, 10:24 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds

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Chapter 20b - Doing kindness

Published: March 16, 2011, 11:54 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds

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Chapter 20 - Subdivisions of Chasidus

Published: March 15, 2011, 11:39 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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Chapter 19 - Chasidus - righteousness

Published: March 14, 2011, 2:08 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 31 seconds

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Chapter 18 - Acquiring purity of thought

Published: March 13, 2011, 10:02 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds

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Chapter 17b - Tahara - purity of thought II

Published: March 9, 2011, 10:16 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 37 seconds

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Chapter 17 - Tahara - purity of thought

Published: March 8, 2011, 2:20 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes

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Chapter 16 - Acquiring Perishus

Published: March 7, 2011, 11:06 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 42 seconds

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Chapter 15 - Subdivisions of Perishus

Published: March 6, 2011, 10:33 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 45 seconds

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Chapter 14 - Perishus - separation II

Published: March 3, 2011, 9:40 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 9 seconds

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Chapter 14 - Perishus - separation

Published: March 2, 2011, 11:01 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 24 seconds

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Chapter 13 - Acquiring spiritual cleanliness

Published: March 1, 2011, 2:52 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 41 seconds

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Chapter 12k - Honor II

Published: Feb. 28, 2011, 10:44 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 16 seconds

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Chapter 12j - Jealousy and honor

Published: Feb. 27, 2011, 10:29 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds

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Chapter 12i - Pride and anger

Published: Feb. 24, 2011, 5:05 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 47 seconds

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Chapter 12h - Pride

Published: Feb. 23, 2011, 10:54 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 47 seconds

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Chapter 12g - Chillul Hashem, Shabbos, Yom tov

Published: Feb. 22, 2011, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 28 seconds

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Chapter 12f - Hatred, revenge, oaths and falsehood

Published: Feb. 20, 2011, 11:38 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 42 seconds

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Chapter 12e - Using words wisely

Published: Feb. 16, 2011, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 31 seconds

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Chapter 12d - Clean from prohibited consumption

Published: Feb. 15, 2011, 9 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes

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Chapter 12c - Clean from licentiousness

Published: Feb. 14, 2011, 10:05 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 51 seconds

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Chapter 12b - Trustworthiness II

Published: Feb. 13, 2011, 8:45 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds

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Chapter 12a - Trustworthiness

Published: Feb. 10, 2011, 11:18 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 56 seconds

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Chapter 11 - Spiritual cleanliness

Published: Feb. 9, 2011, 10:50 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 47 seconds

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Chapter 10b - Things that detract from quickness

Published: Feb. 8, 2011, 1:05 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 24 seconds

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Chapter 10a - Things that detract from quickness

Published: Feb. 7, 2011, 2:45 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 4 seconds

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Chapter 9 - Acquiring quickness

Published: Feb. 6, 2011, 10:37 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds

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Chapter 8 - Divisions of quickness

Published: Feb. 3, 2011, 10:12 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 11 seconds

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Chapter 7 - Quickness

Published: Feb. 2, 2011, 11:02 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 4 seconds

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Chapter 6 - Things that detract from carefulness

Published: Feb. 1, 2011, 10:56 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 35 seconds

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Chapter 5c - Reward and punishment II

Published: Jan. 31, 2011, 11:53 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 40 seconds

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Chapter 5b - Reward and punishment

Published: Jan. 30, 2011, 8:42 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 24 seconds

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Chapter 5a - Acquiring carefulness

Published: Jan. 26, 2011, 11:36 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 53 seconds

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Chapter 4 - Categories of carefulness

Published: Jan. 25, 2011, 12:10 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Chapter 3 - Trait of carefulness

Published: Jan. 24, 2011, 12:57 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 39 seconds

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Chapter 2 - Torah

Published: Jan. 23, 2011, 4:11 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 26 seconds

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Chapter 1d - Man's purpose in the world III

Published: Jan. 19, 2011, 2:03 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 43 seconds

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Chapter 1c - Man's purpose in the world II

Published: Jan. 18, 2011, 9:20 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 44 seconds

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Chapter 1b - Man's purpose in the world

Published: Jan. 17, 2011, 10:50 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 39 seconds

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Chapter 1 - Man's obligation to his Creator

Published: Jan. 16, 2011, 10:54 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 46 seconds

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The great wisdom

Published: Jan. 11, 2011, 5 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 49 seconds

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Importance of Fear and Love

Published: Jan. 10, 2011, 3:05 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds

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Depths in Fear and Love

Published: Jan. 9, 2011, 7 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 32 seconds

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Book knowledge and the heart

Published: Jan. 5, 2011, 7 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 14 seconds

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Seder Havikuach - Conversation begins

Published: Jan. 3, 2011, 7:09 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds

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Chapter 26c - Kedusha-Holiness III

Published: Oct. 21, 2010, 1:33 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

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Chapter 26b - Kedusha-Holiness II

Published: Oct. 20, 2010, 4:36 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 21 seconds

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Chapter 26a - Kedusha-Holiness

Published: Oct. 19, 2010, 3 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 57 seconds

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Chapter 25 - Acquiring Fear

Published: Oct. 18, 2010, 5:44 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes

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Chapter 24b - Fear of sin II

Published: Oct. 17, 2010, 3:01 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 20 seconds

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Chapter 24a - Fear of sin

Published: Oct. 14, 2010, 5:58 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 38 seconds

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Chapter 23b - Acquiring humility II

Published: Oct. 13, 2010, 2:44 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 26 seconds

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Chapter 23a - Acquiring humility

Published: Oct. 12, 2010, 1:05 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 2 seconds

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Chapter 22e - Honoring everyone

Published: Oct. 11, 2010, 7:20 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 15 seconds

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Chapter 22d - Bearing embarrassment

Published: Oct. 10, 2010, 5:41 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 6 seconds

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Chapter 22c - Humility in deed

Published: Oct. 7, 2010, 8:09 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 15 seconds

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Chapter 22b - Humility II

Published: Oct. 6, 2010, 10:29 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 54 seconds

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Chapter 22a - Humility

Published: Oct. 5, 2010, 3:28 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 1 second

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Chapter 21 - Acquiring Righteousness

Published: Oct. 4, 2010, 5:07 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 4 seconds

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Chapter 20c - Anticipating long term results

Published: Oct. 4, 2010, 4:12 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 39 seconds

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Chapter 20b - Balanced Righteousness

Published: Oct. 3, 2010, 8:49 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 56 seconds

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Chapter 20a - Preconditions for Righteousness

Published: Sept. 29, 2010, 1:42 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes

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Chapter 19k - Praying for the generation

Published: Sept. 26, 2010, 12:19 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 29 seconds

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Chapter 19j - Honoring Hashem

Published: Sept. 22, 2010, 1:29 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 33 seconds

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Chapter 19i - Deflecting desecration

Published: Sept. 21, 2010, 12:54 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds

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Chapter 19h - Serving with Joy

Published: Sept. 20, 2010, 7:11 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds

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Chapter 19g - Dveikus

Published: Sept. 19, 2010, 12:41 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 46 seconds

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Chapter 19f - Love of Hashem

Published: Sept. 15, 2010, 6 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes

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Chapter 19e - Honoring the mitzvos

Published: Sept. 14, 2010, 6:39 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 50 seconds

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Chapter 19d - Honor and respect for God

Published: Sept. 13, 2010, 5:56 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 31 seconds

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Chapter 19c - Developing Kindness

Published: Sept. 12, 2010, 2:58 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 36 seconds

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Chapter 19b - Careful observance

Published: Sept. 6, 2010, 6:39 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 28 seconds

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Chapter 19 - Categories of Righteousness

Published: Sept. 5, 2010, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds

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Chapter 18 - Understanding Righteousness

Published: Sept. 1, 2010, 6:21 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 28 seconds

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Chapter 17 - Acquiring Purity

Published: Aug. 15, 2010, 2:35 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds

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Chapter 16b - Purity II

Published: Aug. 11, 2010, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds

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Chapter 16a - Purity

Published: Aug. 9, 2010, 1:48 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds

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Chapter 15 - Acquiring separation

Published: Aug. 8, 2010, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes

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Chapter 14 - Categories of separation

Published: Aug. 6, 2010, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds

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Chapter 13c - Inappropriate separation

Published: Aug. 5, 2010, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds

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Chapter 13b - Appropriate separation

Published: Aug. 4, 2010, 1:40 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 34 seconds

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Chapter 13a - Perishus

Published: Aug. 3, 2010, 7:13 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds

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Chapter 12 - Acquiring spiritual purity

Published: Aug. 2, 2010, 6:54 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 21 seconds

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Chapter 11m - Honor

Published: Aug. 1, 2010, 9:24 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 26 seconds

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Chapter 11l - Jealousy and desire

Published: July 28, 2010, 10:36 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 59 seconds

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Chapter 11k - Levels of Anger

Published: July 27, 2010, 10:44 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 39 seconds

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Chapter 11j - Pride

Published: July 26, 2010, 9:46 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 28 seconds

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Chapter 11i - Chilul Hashem and Shabbos

Published: July 23, 2010, 9:09 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 53 seconds

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Chapter 11h - Oaths and falsehood

Published: July 22, 2010, 11:16 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 3 seconds

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Chapter 11g - Bearing a grudge

Published: July 21, 2010, 9:53 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 41 seconds

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Chapter 11f - Hurting feelings

Published: July 19, 2010, 9:25 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds

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Chapter 11e - Forbidden foods

Published: July 18, 2010, 7:32 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

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Chapter 11d - Setting Boundaries II

Published: July 16, 2010, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 44 seconds

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Chapter 11c - Setting Boundaries

Published: July 15, 2010, 2:37 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 11 seconds

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Chapter 11b - Avoid stealing

Published: July 14, 2010, 10:08 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds

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Chapter 11a - Details of Spiritual Purity

Published: July 13, 2010, 2:45 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 14 seconds

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Chapter 10 - Spiritual Purity

Published: April 27, 2010, 1:06 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 5 seconds

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Chapter 9 - Avoid Laziness II

Published: April 26, 2010, 12:56 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 52 seconds

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Chapter 9 - Avoid Laziness

Published: April 26, 2010, 12:54 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds

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Chapter 8 - Be Inspired

Published: April 25, 2010, 1:02 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds

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Chapter 7 - Grab the mitzvah!

Published: March 10, 2010, 2:32 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 12 seconds

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Chapter 6 - Quickness in Hashem's service II

Published: March 10, 2010, 2:31 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 40 seconds

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Chapter 6 - Quickness in Hashem's service

Published: March 7, 2010, 5:56 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 16 seconds

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Chapter 5 - Mockery and Company

Published: March 3, 2010, 11:21 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 31 seconds

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Chapter 5 - Torah is the antidote

Published: March 3, 2010, 10:55 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 11 seconds

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Chapter 4 - Balancing Mercy and judgment

Published: Feb. 21, 2010, 3:36 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 9 seconds

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Chapter 4 - Exacting Judgment

Published: Feb. 21, 2010, 3:34 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 17 seconds

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Chapter 4 - Inspired to perfection II

Published: Feb. 15, 2010, 6:43 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 44 seconds

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Chapter 4 - Inspired to perfection I

Published: Feb. 15, 2010, 6:40 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 54 seconds

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Chapter 3 - Spiritual accounting II

Published: Feb. 14, 2010, 2:44 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds

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Chapter 3 - Spiritual accounting I

Published: Feb. 14, 2010, 2:42 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds

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Chapter 2 - The concept of watchfulness

Published: Feb. 10, 2010, 12:41 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 32 seconds

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Chapter 1 - Our obligation in our world III

Published: Feb. 8, 2010, 1:24 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds

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Chapter 1 - Our obligation in our world II

Published: Feb. 8, 2010, 1:21 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 15 seconds

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Chapter 1 - Our obligation in our world

Published: Feb. 8, 2010, 1:20 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 58 seconds

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Introduction - Part III

Published: Feb. 3, 2010, 2:20 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds

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Introduction - Part II

Published: Feb. 3, 2010, 2:19 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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Introduction - Part I

Published: Feb. 3, 2010, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 26 seconds

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