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Daily Jewish Thought

Rabbi@JewishNDG.com (Rabbi Yisroel Bernath)www.theloverabbi.com

Thoughts on spirituality, Kabbalah, Jewish thought, Judaism and Relationships. Rabbi Yisroel Bernath is the Senior Rabbi at Rohr Chabad of NDG and the Director of Chabad on Campus at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Cherished for his incredible warmth and non-judgmental personality, this hipster is not your typical rabbi. In 2012, Rabbi Bernath founded the smashing success JMatchmaking International, a network of Jewish dating sites. He has made 104 matches (that he knows of) to date! In addition to being a matchmaker and dating coach, Rabbi Bernath is also the author of three books, and continuously produces engaging content on his many social media & podcast platforms. As a professional voice-over artist, screen-writer, and actor, he has been a part of dozens of productions, including the hit CBC Documentary "Kosher Love". 

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Episodes

What Are My Unique Values | Lesson #5: Struggle

Recorded Live at Rohr Chabad NDG in Montreal Canada on December 9, 2019 This Week's Topic: Struggle It is wrestling with our nature, rather than attaining perfection, that constitutes true righteousness. Everyone is somehow flawed, but righteousness is found in the struggle to do right amid a predilection to act selfishly. Our culture is showing the cracks of a growing fracture. Soaring divorce rates; a crippled economy that rewards the few and punishes the many; religious-fuelled hatred; record...

Dec 17, 20191 hr 12 min

Special Sunday Thought | Faith

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Dec 15, 20196 min

Parshat Vayishlach: What are your priorities?

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Dec 11, 20196 min

What Are My Unique Values | Lesson #4: Marriage

Recorded Live on December 2, 2019 at Rohr Chabad NDG. This Week's Topic: Marriage Marriage refers not just to the institution, but rather the softening of the masculine by exposure to the feminine. A culture that does not know how to respect women is bound to collapse. BRAND NEW SIX-PART SERIES ON LIVING MEANINGFULLY IN A MODERN WORLD with RABBI YISROEL BERNATH. Our culture is showing the cracks of a growing fracture. Soaring divorce rates; a crippled economy that rewards the few and punishes th...

Dec 10, 20191 hr

Four Biblical Prototypes | Lesson #5

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Dec 06, 20196 min

Four Biblical Prototypes | Lesson #4

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Dec 06, 20194 min

Four Biblical Prototypes | Lesson #3

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Dec 04, 20196 min

Four Biblical Prototypes | Lesson #2

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Dec 04, 20194 min

Four Biblical Prototypes | Lesson #1

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Dec 02, 20194 min

Q & A: What if I did something very wrong?

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Dec 01, 20194 min

Parshat Toldot: Would our Ancestors Recognize Us?

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 28, 20196 min

Parshat Toldot: Which Blessing Is For You?

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 27, 20196 min

Parshat Toldot: Delicacies Really?

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 27, 20196 min

What Are My Unique Values | Lesson #3: Action

Recorded Live at Rohr Chabad NDG on November 25, 2019 BRAND NEW SIX-PART SERIES ON LIVING MEANINGFULLY IN A MODERN WORLD with RABBI YISROEL BERNATH. This Week's Topic: Action What you do is more important than what you believe. Good deeds always supersede good dogma. Our culture is showing the cracks of a growing fracture. Soaring divorce rates; a crippled economy that rewards the few and punishes the many; religious-fuelled hatred; record rates of depression—the headlines paint a grim picture. ...

Nov 26, 20191 hr 15 min

Celebrate Uniqueness!

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 22, 20194 min

Parshat Chayei Sarah: Giving Or Taking?

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 20, 20194 min

Parshat Chayei Sarah: Life Is Precious.

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 19, 20195 min

What Are My Unique Values | Lesson #2: Redemption

This week's Topic: Redemption Christians and Muslims emphasize salvation, or the need for man to become spiritual—to refine his character and earn a place in heaven. But Jews believe in world redemption, the capacity for the individuals to make heaven here on earth for, the betterment of the community. ------- Our culture is showing the cracks of a growing fracture. Soaring divorce rates; a crippled economy that rewards the few and punishes the many; religious-fuelled hatred; record rates of dep...

Nov 19, 20191 hr 20 min

Parshat Chayei Sarah: Time Itself.

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 17, 20195 min

Parshat Vayeira: Get It Done!

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 14, 20196 min

Parshat Vayeira: The Boy or the Bottle

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 13, 20194 min

Parshat Vayeira: This Is Education!

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 12, 20193 min

What Are My Unique Values | Lesson #1: Destiny vs. Fate

Recorded Live at Rohr Chabad NDG in Montreal, Canada on November 11, 2019 Lesson #1: Destiny Unlike the Greeks, who believed that life was scripted from birth, the Jews believe in destiny. In short, they reject the idea of tragic fates and instead champion the individuals’ capacity to create their own destiny through individual choice. ------------- Our culture is showing the cracks of a growing fracture. Soaring divorce rates; a crippled economy that rewards the few and punishes the many; relig...

Nov 12, 20191 hr 23 min

Parshat Vayeira: Unleash Your Energy

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 10, 20196 min

Parshat Lech Lecha: Go Beyond!

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 07, 20194 min

Parshat Lech Lecha: Internal Beauty

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 05, 20194 min

Parshat Lech Lecha: Breaking Bad Habits

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Nov 03, 20194 min

Parshat Noach: Go Into the Ark!

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Oct 31, 20196 min

Everything YOU do Matters

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Oct 30, 20194 min

Meeting the Challenge!

A Brand-New Four Part Kabbalah Series - Turning Walls into Doorways How to Transform Life’s Obstacles into the Path to Your Greatest Growth Why do we keep hitting the same emotional walls? Why do certain fears, insecurities, patterns, and painful circumstances keep showing up in our lives, despite our best efforts to change? Access HERE https://www.jewishndg.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=102 Support the show Got your own question for Rabbi Bernath? He can be reached at rabbi@jewishndg.co...

Oct 29, 20193 min
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