Daily Jewish Thought
by Rabbi@JewishNDG.com (Rabbi Yisroel Bernath)
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The Courage to Soften: Entering the Week of Hod
Apr 29, 2026
54m 39s
The Strength to Keep Going, Even When You Don’t Feel Like It: Entering the Week of Netzach
Apr 22, 2026
49m 48s
The Heart of Balance: Entering the Week of Tiferet
Apr 15, 2026
48m 42s
From Egypt to Opening Doors: How to Break Through What’s Holding You Back
Apr 7, 2026
36m 17s
The Kabbalah of the Passover Seder
Apr 1, 2026
53m 15s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/29/26 | The Courage to Soften: Entering the Week of Hod✨ | humilitystrength+4 | — | — | — | Hodhumility+5 | — | 54m 39s | |
| 4/22/26 | The Strength to Keep Going, Even When You Don’t Feel Like It: Entering the Week of Netzach✨ | enduranceambition+5 | — | Netzach | — | Netzachendurance+6 | — | 49m 48s | |
| 4/15/26 | The Heart of Balance: Entering the Week of Tiferet✨ | emotional balanceboundaries+5 | — | TiferetSefirat HaOmer+2 | — | emotional balanceboundaries+7 | — | 48m 42s | |
| 4/7/26 | From Egypt to Opening Doors: How to Break Through What’s Holding You Back✨ | Passoverfreedom+4 | — | — | — | PesachPassover+5 | — | 36m 17s | |
| 4/1/26 | The Kabbalah of the Passover Seder✨ | PassoverSeder+3 | — | — | — | Passover SederKabbalah+3 | — | 53m 15s | |
| 3/30/26 | Rabbi Bernath’s Passover Seder: A Guide to Preparing for a Night That Can Change You✨ | PassoverSeder preparation+3 | — | Rabbi Bernath's Haggadah | — | PassoverSeder+3 | — | 1h 04m 00s | |
| 3/29/26 | Pre-Passover Special - When the Chains are Invisible✨ | Passoverfreedom+3 | — | The Forgiveness Experiment | — | Passoverfreedom+4 | — | 39m 47s | |
| 3/25/26 | This Passover: How to Finally Break Out of Feeling Stuck✨ | PassoverKabbalah+4 | — | Haggadah | Egypt | PassoverHaggadah+5 | — | 31m 40s | |
| 3/18/26 | When, Not If: Why Your Mistakes Might Be Your Greatest Strength✨ | mistakesleadership+5 | — | Parshat Vayikra | — | mistakesleadership+6 | — | 38m 29s | |
| 3/11/26 | The Life You Dreamed vs. The Life You’re Living✨ | life reflectionKabbalah+3 | — | Lubavitcher RebbeParshat Vayakhel–Pekudei+1 | — | life dreamsKabbalah class+5 | — | 45m 58s | |
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| 3/4/26 | Finding Holiness in the Fragments of Life: The Kabbalah Secret of the Broken Tablets✨ | Kabbalahbrokenness+3 | — | TorahTalmud+1 | — | broken tabletsMoses+5 | — | 33m 04s | |
| 3/1/26 | When the Street Starts Singing: Drowning Out Haman, Then and Now... | This wasn’t just another Shabbat. This was the kind of Shabbat that reminds you history isn’t something we read, it’s something we walk into. At Chabad NDG in Montreal, a Persian-themed Shabbat table became something deeper: a meeting point between ancient Persia and modern Iran. Between the story of Haman and the voices of real Iranian activists fighting for freedom today. Between fear… and courage. Then came the moment no one planned. Walking to synagogue the next morning, before even heari... | 31m 43s | ||||||
| 2/25/26 | Going “All In” for the Right Things | The Megillah opens with one of the most extravagant, unnecessary parties in history and somehow, it’s there to teach us how to live. In this class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath discusses a powerful insight from the Rebbe: even a foolish king understood something many of us forget, that life is not meant to be lived halfway. Through the lens of Achashverosh’s over-the-top feast, we explore what it means to stop playing small, access our full potential, and show up to our lives, our relationships, and... | 33m 11s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 | You’re Not Broken, You’re Layered: The Kabbalah of Showing Up Even When You Don’t Feel Golden | Parshat Terumah introduces the Ark, Judaism’s holiest object and reveals a radical truth about the human soul. The Ark wasn’t one solid piece. It was gold on the inside, wood in the middle, gold on the outside. In this class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores how the Ark becomes a map of the inner life: A core that is pure and untouchable. A middle that feels messy, emotional, contradictory and an outer life that still has the power to shine. Drawing from Tanya and Chassidic psychology, this epi... | 29m 31s | ||||||
| 2/11/26 | Who’s in Charge: Your Emotions or Your Values? | In this morning’s class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explored one of the Torah’s most psychologically honest teachings: what to do when our emotions and our values don’t align. Through the mitzvah of helping an enemy’s fallen donkey, we uncovered Judaism’s middle path, neither repressing emotions nor surrendering to them. Drawing from halacha, Kabbalah, and Chassidus, the class reframed emotional maturity as the ability to feel honestly while choosing responsibly, and offered a practical way to act... | 37m 47s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | You Don’t Have to Be Born Jewish to Choose Judaism | Why would a powerful, respected spiritual leader abandon comfort, status, and certainty to join a nation of former slaves in the desert? In this morning’s class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores the story of Jethro—not as ancient history, but as a living mirror. Through a surprising Talmudic question, we uncover what Jethro really heard that compelled him to move from observer to participant. This class weaves together three forces that define the Jewish story, irrational hatred, the moral geni... | 37m 27s | ||||||
| 1/31/26 | The Forgiveness Experiment Book Launch | Rabbi Yisroel Bernath in conversation with Ilana Zackon | You don’t often see a book launch feel like a collective exhale. This recording is from the Montreal launch of The Forgiveness Experiment, featuring the author Rabbi Yisroel Bernath in conversation with Ilana Zackon. Ilana Zackon, an award-winning actor, writer, and filmmaker. Together, they dive into the heart of the book: why forgiveness matters, how it changes us, and what it means to live with open hearts even in a fractured world. Expect laughter, honesty, vulnerability, and plenty of in... | 1h 00m 03s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | Who Sang First? Leadership, Voice, and Finding the Song Within | One of the first things we did together as a people wasn’t march, organize, or strategize. We sang. Standing at the edge of the sea, fresh from fear, not yet healed, still unsure where we were going the Jewish people lifted their voices in song. But the Torah leaves us with a mystery: how did three million people sing one song together? Was it led by Moses? Echoed by the people? Or did each person discover the song within themselves? In this class, Rabbi Bernath explores an ancient debate tha... | 41m 35s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | Why the Hardest Moments in Life Are Invitations, Not Obstacles. | In Parshat Bo, G-d tells Moses something unexpected: “Come to Pharaoh.” Not go… but come. In this episode Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores a profound teaching from the Zohar and Chassidic thought: when we face a “Pharaoh” in our lives… fear, resistance, heartbreak, failure, or a person who seems to block our freedom… we are never sent alone. G-d says: Come with Me. Even more startling, G-d adds: “Because I hardened his heart.” The resistance itself is Divine. Not to stop redemption, but to reve... | 42m 08s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | Freedom Begins When We Stop Tolerating | One of the most surprising details in the Exodus story is that Moses, the redeemer of Israel, did not grow up as a slave, but in Pharaoh’s palace. In this morning’s Kabbalah class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores why Divine Providence chose such an unlikely path for Israel’s future leader and what it reveals about the nature of freedom. Drawing on Chassidic insights into the word sivlot“ burdens” that also mean tolerance, this class reframes redemption as a psychological and spiritual aw... | 38m 24s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | Turn Your Head... How Moses Found His Calling and How You Can Find Yours | Moses had every reason to stay comfortable: palace roots, a peaceful life in Midyan, and an age where most people stop reinventing themselves. Then a bush burned and refused to go away. In this class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores the moment that changes everything: not charging forward, not fixing the world, but simply turning your head. Through the burning bush, the Midrashic debate, and Moses’ three objections, we uncover how purpose actually shows up, why resistance is part of the callin... | 32m 30s | ||||||
| 12/24/25 | The Greatest Light That Could Only Come from the Deepest Darkness | The moment Joseph reveals himself to his brothers is not just a family reunion, it is a soul disclosure. In this class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores why Joseph repeats himself, why he asks his brothers to come closer, and why he insists on reminding them that they sold him into Egypt. Drawing from Torah, Midrash, and Kabbalah, we discover that Joseph’s greatest holiness was not forged in comfort, but in confrontation with darkness. His life teaches us that our deepest light often emerges no... | 42m 32s | ||||||
| 12/21/25 | After Bondi Beach Attack: Chabad Answers Darkness with Light! | This Shabbat, as Chanukah and Parshat Miketz converge, our hearts are heavy and our calling is clear. From the moment the Maccabees discovered a single cruse of oil in the desecrated Temple, Jewish history hinged not on what was found, but on what was done. They could have preserved the oil as a relic. Instead, they used it and ignited a light that has burned for 2,200 years. In the shadow of the tragic attack at the Chabad Chanukah celebration in Bondi Beach, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath delivers a... | 34m 05s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | Are the Jewish People Really the Chosen People? | In this morning’s class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explored the baffling, almost mythical global obsession with Israel and the Jewish people, a tiny nation that somehow takes up an outsized share of the world’s attention. Drawing on the teachings of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Rabbi YY Jacobson, and Rabbi Manis Friedman, Rabbi Bernath unpacked the spiritual roots behind antisemitism and the world’s fixation on Jews. We confronted the paradox: being “chosen” doesn’t raise us above others, it humbles us... | 42m 43s | ||||||
| 12/3/25 | A New Way to See Charity: When Giving Becomes Receiving | In this heart-opening conversation, Rabbi Bernath shares a powerful true story of a needy bride who felt ashamed to accept financial help, until she discovers that she is a partner, not a burden. Drawing on the Torah’s teaching of Yissachar and Zevulun, and Chassidic wisdom from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, he reveals the revolutionary idea that tzedakah is not a one-way act of charity but a sacred spiritual partnership. Through moving stories, including a dramatic tale of a Hatzalah medic and his ... | 26m 55s | ||||||
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