Podcasts by Text-Based Study- SoulWords
Rabbi Shais Taub has delivered Torah lectures and classes to audiences on six continents. He writes a popular weekly column in Ami Magazine and is the author of the bestselling book, G-d of Our Understanding: Jewish Spirituality and Recovery from Addiction as well as several groundbreaking works on Tanya including: the Tanya Map teaching tool, the Soul Maps curriculum, and the audio series Mapping the Tanya. He currently serves as scholar-in-residence at Chabad of the Five Towns in Cedarhurst, NY. His lectures and classes may be found on SoulWords.org.
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Ner Chanukah: Class 3—Turn Darkness into Light from 2023-12-07T21:56:01
Chapters 7-10 of the maamar explain the role of the soul's essence in the alignment and integration of all soul levels as well as its ability to transform darkness into light.
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Ner Chanukah: Class 2—Why Defile the Oil? from 2023-12-01T05:26:29
Our connection to the mitzvos--even those that have reasons that we can understand--is ultimately suprarational. It is this level of devotion to Hashem's will that the Hellenists sought to eradicat...
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Ner Chanukah: Class 1—The Supernatural Number from 2023-11-23T08:02:27
Chapters 1-3 of the Rebbe's discourse Tanu Rabanan Mitzvas Ner Chanukah 5738 are studied in this text-based class. We examine the meaning of the number eight and its connection to transforming dark...
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Mayim Rabim: Class 5—The Power of Ordinary Life from 2023-11-16T02:31:38
In the final chapter of the discourse Mayim Rabim we learn about how ordinary mundane life actually contains tremendous spiritual potential. The return to our everyday lives after the excitement of...
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Mayim Rabim: Class 4—How Can the Soul Possibly Get Any Higher? from 2023-11-09T19:08:57
Previously we explained that although the mayim rabim (worries about making a living) are from a lofty spiritual source, the soul is from an even higher source, ie the Essence of G-d. However, we a...
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Mayim Rabim: Class 3—Purpose of the Soul's Descent from 2023-11-01T21:06:21
The soul descends from a place of spiritual perfection and is plunged into the harrowing conditions of embodiment. All of this is actually a descent for the sake of a subsequent ascent. The soul in...
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Mayim Rabim: Class 2—The Soul's Lofty Source from 2023-10-26T06:07:41
The flood waters of financial worries are rooted in the lofty spiritual level known as Tohu. Yet the source of the G-dly soul is ultimately even higher. The G-dly soul's love of G-d is likened to t...
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Mayim Rabim: Class 1—The Flood of Money Problems from 2023-10-19T17:06:14
Studying the Rebbe's discourse Mayim Rabim 5738, which metaphorically compares financial worries to a flood, inundating us like raging waters. Despite their overwhelming nature, these concerns not ...
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Basi LeGani 5711 - Lesson 1 from 2017-02-04T11:00:04
Text-based study of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's inaugural discourse. Lesson 1 of 4, this class covers chapter one of the text.
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Lehavin Inyan Pesach Sheini from 2017-02-03T22:04:58
What do you do when you've broken free from your limits? Break free again. Text-Based Study of Maamar Lehavin Inyan Pesach Sheni, 5738 with Rabbi Shais Taub. This discourse was recited by the Rebbe...
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Matzah Zu (Chapters 3-4) from 2017-02-02T22:03:36
The Rebbe’s discourse Matzah Zu 5749 on the spiritual significance of the matzah we eat on Pesach. The maamar (discourse) begins with this well known passage from the Haggadah: “This matzah that we...
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Matzah Zu (Chapter 2) from 2017-02-02T22:02:36
The Rebbe’s discourse Matzah Zu 5749 on the spiritual significance of the matzah we eat on Pesach. The maamar (discourse) begins with this well known passage from the Haggadah: “This matzah that we...
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Matzah Zu (Chapter 1) from 2017-02-02T22:01:33
The Rebbe’s discourse Matzah Zu 5749 on the spiritual significance of the matzah we eat on Pesach. The maamar (discourse) begins with this well known passage from the Haggadah: “This matzah that we...
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Bila HaMaves LaNetzach 5725 from 2017-02-01T21:58:25
Text-based study of the maamar recited by the Rebbe in honor of the yahrzeit of his mother, Rebbetzin Chana in 5725 and then edited and published in honor of the thirty-days of morning for the Rebb...
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