
Foundations
By Dmitry Goldshteyn


The Sons of Noah and Jacob
The spiritual and historical connection between the sons of Noah and the sons of Jacob in context of Channukah.

The Educational Purposes of Exile
Exile is not only about punishment, but about learning something.

The Strange Story of Yehuda and Tamar
How can we understand a holy man like Yehuda involved with soliciting a night worker? (Low audio)

How to Let go, without Giving up!
A fun dive into the dynamics of Faith, Trust, and reasonable effort with a side of theodicy (look it up lol).

Mesilas Yesharim Redux
Return to basic foundations, purpose of life, this world and the Next.

Foundational ideas in Judaism
Start of your jewish journey correctly, with three fundamental principles that will act as a foundation for everthing else you learn.

Levels of Pleasure
Climb the ladder to transcendence with these three levels of pleasure.

Relationship Rules!
Three fundamental rules for all relationships.

Parshas Toldos, Eisav and the death of Araham
What made Eisav go bad, when he started with such potential?

Parshas Toldos, Boring Isaac
Isaac our forefather at first seems like he's got very little interesting about him in comparison to his father and his son.

ABC's of Judaism, short version.
Fundamental and

Parshas Chayei Sarah, the power of 'everything'.
An exploration of the idea that the forefathers were blessed with 'everthing'.

What do men want? Womens class
A womens class asking the age old question, what do men really want anyway?

Tu B'Av and a world build on Love
Right after the saddest day of the year, Tisha B'Av, comes one of the happiest, Tu B'Av. Traditionally connected to the concept of romantic love, in this class we explore more deeply the mostly unknown holiday of the 15th day of Av.

The Divine Feminine and the Chosen People
Did you know that the Creator has a feminine presence? Did you also know it is connected to the Chosen people?

Amalek and Emunah
Who is this great enemy of Judaism, Amalek? What do they represent and how do we grow from our conflict with their ideology?

We want Moshiach now!, or do we?
Why do we want Moshiach really? Explore multiple levels of maturity on the subject of awaiting Moshiach.

Purim and the terrible power of randomness
Purim is largely the story of the ideological battle between Amalek and Judaism. In this context we explore the philosophies of randomness vs providence.

Joyous Yom Kippur
Rejoice while trembling, Yom Kippur is a day of Awe, but it is also a day of remarkable Joy, lets explain why.

Levels of Pleasure
Pleasure is a Ladder leading to the Almighty, when properly utilized and not abused.

ABC's of Judaism with bad art
I illustrate three foundational principles of Judaism and rational life with badly drawn pictures.

Atonement and Purity
Understanding the final stages of repentance, which is atonement and purity.

Confess Sinner! Jewish Style
Confession is a Jewish thing, which means there's a right and wrong way to do it :)

Jewish Guilt
Guilt and Shame are important parts of the Human experience, but what is proper Jewish Guilt and how do we use it to prepare for the High Holidays?

Preparing for Judgement Day
The Jewish month of Elul is the time to prepare for the High Holy Days, but when do you prepare for Elul?