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Many students take part in long distance learning programs, which take place by e-mail correspondence. 
Rabbi Nathan also teaches online, www.virtualyeshiva.com
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The recorded teachings of Rabbi Nathan are available on audio cassettes and can be ordered by writing to Audio@orhahechal.com. The Rabbi is available to assist students with questions and comments.
Here is a full list of available lectures:
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Learn Out Loud
Of General Interest
The Structure of the Torah:
Understanding Rashi's Commentary to Scripture.
Addresses questions about the process of the Torah's revelation, and explains Rashi's conception of the "plain meaning of the text". Essential for serious students of the Written Torah and it's classic Jewish Commentator.
Contents:
Tape 1 - The Problem with Rashi's Commentary/ The process of Revelation/ A Complete Torah or Scroll by Scroll?/ What Makes a Text into a Book?
Tape 2 - The Meaning of Midrash/ Texts and Contexts/ Examples of Rashi's Method.
Summary:
Rashi's method is to examine the text of the Torah carefully, and to identify the sections and subsections of the text. Each part of the text needs to be viewed within the context of verbally transmitted material, which eventually came to be formalized in the Midrashim. In this way is the full meaning of the Torah made clear.
2 ninety minute tapes.
Suggested contribution $30.00
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The Shabbat Offering: A Guide to the Inner Dimensions of the Seventh Day.
Explains, step by step, the spiritual meaning of virtually all the observances of Shabbat from "Receiving the Shabbat Bride" to the concluding "Havdalah" ceremony.
Contents:
Tape 1 - The 39 Labors
Tape 2 - Israel: Bride or Groom of the Shabbat?
Tape 3 - Anatomy of Shabbat/ Candle Lighting
Tape 4 - Welcoming the Shabbat/ Barechu
Tape 5 - Vayechulu/ 2 Angles/ Kiddush
Tape 6 - Kiddush/ Weekday Prayers
Tape 7 - Weekday Torah Reading/ Tefillin and Shabbat
Tape 8 - The Abbreviated 7/ Shabbat Morning Service
Tape 9 - Mussaf Prayer/ Minha
Tape 10 - Shabbat Afternoon Prayer/ The Time of Will and Grace
Tape 11 - Departure of Shabbat/ Havdalah
Summary:
This series explains the meaning and intentions related to the celebration of Shabbat, as understood by the Sages of Israel. The Shabbat is presented as a spiritual journey, and the various Mitzvot, observances and customs are revealed as being aspects of a single uplifting experience. No background in Jewish sources is needed to understand and enjoy these tapes. The teachings they contain will help you share the Shabbat experience of the Hassidic Masters.
12 ninety minute tapes.
Suggested contribution $120.00 for the complete set, or $15.00 per tape
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On Gender Issues and Marriage
Male and Female:
The Image of G*d in Judaism and the Kabbalah
Re-examines Male/Female role expectations in marriage, and explains why G*d is referred to as "He."
Contents:
Part 1: A Shared Humanity
Tape 1
* feminist issues
* modesty (tzniut) (I)
* the role of homemaker
* obligation and freedom in the service of G-d
Tape 2
* Is submission a virtue?
* the meaning of honor
* the "kosher" woman (I)
* a shared humanity
Part 2: Masculine and Feminine Consciousness
Tape 3
* Who is Adam?
* the helper/antagonist
* fire and fire
* cognitive frameworks
* Is there a commandment to believe?
Tape 4
* Torah as testimony
* the voice of G-d/the power of harmony
* Halacha of submission and freedom
* the politics of the kingdom of Heaven
* the heart of stone
Part 3: Spiritual Light and Vessel
Tape 5
* the spirit of impurity
* modesty (II)
* Devorah the Prophet
* matter and form (I)
Tape 6
* matter and form (II)
* light and vessel
* container and contained
* the Torah as infinite life
* AV-SOG-MAH-BEN
Part 4: From Embryo to Adulthood
Tape 7
* kavanah for Rosh Hodesh
* throwing the stone of prayer
* the stone the builders despised
* creation and evolution
* the kings of Edom
Tape 8
* "let there be light..."
* the kosher woman (II)
* embryosis, childhood, adulthood
Part 5: G*d and Gender
Tape 9
* the scent of the sacrifice
* 36 righteous persons
* masculinity and femininity
* G-d and the male gender
Tape 10
* kavanah for receiving the Shabbat
* kavanah for answering "amen"
* modesty (III)
* wig or kerchief?
Summary:
The essence of Humanity is freedom, thus men and women share this Divine gift. The stereotypical gender roles are not an integral part of the Torahs teachings. There are two paths in the Torah for finding G-d. The Male path is the Path of Submission while the Female path is the Path of Freedom. Both these paths are part of a redemptive process taking place throughout history. The Kabbalah has much to teach us about this process. When viewed Kabbalisticly, the stereotypical male role is actually a form of extreme femininity, while the use of the male gender in relation to G-d is antithetical to this. The use of the male gender in talking to G-d has no relation to human masculinity or femininity.
10 sixty minute tapes.
Suggested contribution $70.00 or $10.00 for each tape
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On Kabbalah
Judaism and Kabbalah, Step by Step:
Demonstrates the unity of Halacha and Kabbalah within the framework of Torah Judaism.
Contents:
Lesson 1 (Tape 1)
* What is Judaism?
* The Covenant
* The Broken Plate
* Reciting Ashrei
* The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge
Lesson 2 (Tape 2)
* The hand of G-d
* The Woman of Valor
* Gates of Individuality
* Transformation and Prophecy
* Torah from Heaven.
Lesson 3 (Tapes 3 and 4)
* The Shabbat and its Three Feasts
* Revelation - "Naaseh Venishma"
* The Meaning of Israels Chosen-ness
* Particular and Universal
* Jewish Nationalism
* Family Purity and the Kavvanah for Immersion
* The Divine Attributes
Summary:
Judaism is a dynamic process at the core of which is the relationship between the individual and G-d. All the content of our lives, spiritual, intellectual, emotional or material can become part of that relationship. However, there is a process of integration which much be carried out in which we are reborn into eternity. While Halacha relates to external realities of this process, the Kabbalah teaches us about the relationship itself. There is no Kabbalah without Judaism, and Judaism without Kabbalah is like a language without its meaning.
4 sixty minute tapes.
Suggested contribution $52.00
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Gateway to the Kabbalah:
Explains the basic term and concepts of the Kabbalah as understood by the Holy Baal Shem Tov and his disciples.
Contents:
Tape 1
* The nature of G-d in Philosophy and Kabbalah Contrasted
* Biblical Manifestations of the Divine presence
* Being and Non-being
* The Image of G-d
Tape 2
* The Attributes of G-d
* The meaning of the Torah
* The worlds of Atzilut, Beriya, Yetzira and Assiya
* The Attributes in the Human Form and in the Form of Worlds
Summary:
Philosophy can comprehend three levels of being. Kabbalah, however, being rooted in the prophetic experience affirms a fourth reality which integrates Divinity and Humanity, Being and Non-being, Spiritual Enlightenment with Ethical Action. The Kabbalah teaches that there are four Worlds, and in each, the Ten Sefirot, the attributes of G-d, can be found. "Gateway to the Kabbalah" is reflective of the Hassidic approach, and provides and understanding of the basic concepts needed for exploring Kabbalistical texts.
2 ninety minute tapes.
Suggested contribution $30.00
available as a digital download
Pathway to the Zohar and the Writings of the Ari
Provides a general introduction to the Zohar as understood by the Ari and the Hassidic Masters, and opens this profound text in an unprecedented way for serious students of our age.
Contents:
Tape 1
* History of the Zohar
* Ten Sefirot and Five Partzufim
Tape 2
* Visualizing the Five Partzufim
* The Partzufim and their Meaning for Us
Tape 3
* Daat
* Intimacy and Distance
* Emotional/Spiritual Experiences of doing Mitzvot (Habad Hassidut)
* Worship and Union
* Why Separate Seating?
Tape 4
* Projected Partzufim
* Yaakov and Yisrael, Rachel and Leah
* Values of the name Y/H/V/H (72, 63, 45, 52)
* Values of the Name A/H/Y/H (161, 151, 143)
* Kavvanah for Tefillin
Tape 5
* The Kings who Died
* Adam Kadmon (Primordial Humanity)
* Tzimtzum (Primordial Contraction)
Summary:
The Zohar came to light about 800 years ago, and is understood to contain a body of teachings much older than that. Despite the lack of a clear testimony to its authenticity, it eventually achieved central status in the Kabbalistical Literature, as the work of an ancient circle of sages, under the tutelage of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai. This is because The Zohar presents a radically different and more powerful system of Kabbalistic thought, which scholars living at the time of its appearance knew themselves incapable of producing. It took about three hundred years until Rabbi Yitzhak Luria, The Holy Ari, discovered the keys to its proper comprehension, and revolutionized how Judaism was understood the world over. "Pathway to The Zohar and the Writings of the Ari" provides an understanding of the key concepts needed for you to begin your exploration of the Zohar. It is reflective of a Hassidic approach.
5 ninety minute tapes.
Suggested contribution $60.00 for the complete set or $15 for each tape
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