Kabbalah for Everyone
You have probably heard about Kabbalah either as a Hollywood phenomenon or something that is beyond the world that we live in. Kabbalah actually has incredible secrets that can transform your daily life. This is your chance to connect to this incredible ancient wisdom and change your life for the better.
Cherished for his incredible warmth and non-judgmental personality, this hipster is not your typical rabbi. He is real, raw, unconventional and loved by thousands across the world. Rabbi Bernath has been teaching Kabbalah for over 15 years. He 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 documentarian, he has been a part of dozens of productions, including the award winning CBC Documentary "Kosher Love".
Episodes
221 episodes
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 w...
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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 o...
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Season 11
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Episode 19
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41:31
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...
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Season 11
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Episode 18
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25:43
Climbing Jacob’s Ladder: The Four Worlds & The Journey of Prayer
Prayer isn’t supposed to feel far away, confusing, or “for holier people.” It’s a ladder right beneath your feet, starting exactly where you are, in your busy, messy, beautiful real life. Tonight, we explore the ancient Kabbalistic map of the f...
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Season 11
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Episode 17
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55:15
Gratitude in Crazy Times: How Rachel Taught Us the Secret to Staying Whole
Life doesn’t wait until everything is perfect. It shows up messy, unpredictable, and sometimes painful. In this uplifting and down-to-earth session, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores how Rachel Imeinu, through the birth of Yosef revealed a simple ...
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Season 11
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Episode 16
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29:36
Why Laughter Might Be the Holiest Thing in Your Relationship
In this morning’s class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath dove into one of the strangest, most beautiful marriage scenes in the entire Torah, Yitzchak and Rivkah caught “jesting” behind a window. Why does the Torah use a word for laughter
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Season 11
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Episode 15
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28:48
Waking Up to the Gift of Time
In this morning’s class, Rabbi Bernath explored the timeless lesson hidden in a sleepy Midrash. When Rabbi Akiva saw his students dozing off, he woke them not with rebuke, but with revelation: the story of Queen Esther’s 127 provinces, mirrorin...
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Season 11
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Episode 14
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27:03
When the Flame Goes Out: Finding Your Spark in the Empty Vessel
In this heart-stirring exploration of the prophet Elisha’s miracle for the destitute widow, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath invites us to uncover our own “cruse of oil” the indestructible spark of holiness within. Drawing from Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Lia...
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Season 11
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Episode 13
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AMA: Am I less of a Jew because I was raised Reform?
In this heartfelt Ask Me Anything, Rabbi Bernath responds to someone from the Kabbalah for Everyone Community, a lifelong Reform Jew who asks a question many have quietly carried: “Am I less of a Jew because I was raised Reform?”
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Season 11
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Episode 12
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Do I Hear the Call? Lech Lecha.
This morning, Rabbi Bernath explored a fascinating question raised by the great medieval sage Nachmanides (the Ramban): Why does the Torah introduce every major biblical figure with their background—except Abraham?Why does G-d sud...
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Season 11
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Episode 11
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41:06
The Hero for the Simple People: Turning the Story of Noah on it’s Head
This morning, Rabbi Bernath explored one of the most misunderstood heroes in Torah, Noach. While the Torah calls him a tzaddik, some sages question whether he was truly righteous or simply better than those around him. Why would our tr...
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Season 11
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Episode 10
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28:22
The Divine Split: How Genesis Reveals the Secret to Love, Gender, and G-d
In this morning’s class, Rabbi Bernath explored one of the most profound paradoxes in the Torah, the two seemingly contradictory accounts of Adam and Eve’s creation. Far from a textual flaw, this duality encodes the deepest truths about relatio...
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Season 11
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Episode 9
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57:30
The Dance of Return: Joy That No Enemy Can Steal
In The Dance of Return, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath delivers a moving Simchat Torah sermon celebrating the miraculous return of the hostages, a moment when prophecy, pain, and prayer converge into pure joy. He draws a profound parallel betwe...
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Season 11
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Episode 8
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13:52
Building Joy in a Shaky World | Sukkot 2025
When Rabbi Yisroel Bernath spotted a superyacht with an infinity pool merging into the sky, it sparked a journey through one of the most powerful Talmudic stories, Rabbi Akiva’s “sukkah on a ship.” From that image of faith floating on waves, th...
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Season 11
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Episode 7
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36:55
Be the Breeze: The Power of One Soul on Rosh Hashanah
Rabbi Yisroel Bernath recorded this sermon before Rosh Hashana as he was preparing and we are sharing it with you... of course it’s nothing close to the magic of Rosh Hashana at Chabad NDG in Montreal. Rabbi Yisroel Bernath’s Rosh H...
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Season 11
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Episode 6
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19:53
Laughing Into the Future: The Promise of Rosh Hashanah | Rabbi Bernath's Rosh Hashana Sermon 2025
Rabbi Yisroel Bernath recorded this sermon before Rosh Hashana as he was preparing and we are sharing it with you... of course its nothing close to the magic of Rosh Hashana at Chabad NDG in Montreal. In this Rosh Hashanah sermon, R...
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Season 11
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Episode 5
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25:57
Who Are You Meant to Be? | Rabbi Yisroel Bernath Rosh Hashanah Sermon
Sometimes it takes a crisis to stop us in our tracks and ask: Who am I? What kind of spouse am I? What kind of person am I becoming?On Rosh Hashanah, Judaism invites us to ask these very questions. And at the heart of the holida...
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Season 11
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Episode 4
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58:46
Make a Confession: Reclaiming Judaism’s Lost Art of Owning Our Goodness
In this class, Rabbi Bernath reframed the very idea of confession in Judaism. While most people think of confession as listing sins and failures, the Torah introduces Vidui Ma’aser, a “confession” where the farmer proudly declares to G...
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Season 11
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Episode 3
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49:30
Finding G-d in Our Struggles: The Firstborn of the Unloved
In this week’s Torah portion, Ki Seitzei, we learn the law of the firstborn: even if the firstborn son comes from the “unloved” wife, he must be given the double portion. Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explored the deeper Kabbalistic meaning be...
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Season 11
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Episode 2
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49:00
One G-d, Many Voices: How Diversity Makes Us Whole
Rabbi Yisroel Bernath unpacks a fascinating teaching: why does G-d reject the idea of a single-stone altar? At first glance it’s just about ancient rituals, but the deeper message is timeless. Real faith and real life can’t be built on “one sto...
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Season 11
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Episode 1
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28:51
Rebroadcast: Elul & High Holidays - Our Marriage with G-d
The 5-Step Program of Spiritual Courtship, Engagement, Marriage, Honeymoon, and Real Life: Discovering the Divine Romance in Our LivesIn this sermon, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores the deep and mystical relationship between G-d...
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Season 10
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20:42
Vain Tears: Reclaiming Our Power After Generations of Silence
On the night of the 9th of Av, our ancestors cried tears of despair—tears the Talmud calls “בכיה של חנם”, baseless weeping. G-d’s response wasn’t punitive, it was prophetic: “You wept in vain, and this da...
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Season 10
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Episode 25
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40:34
Moses’ Rebuke & the Art of Receiving Criticism: A Parsha Perspective on Self-Esteem
This class explores one of the Torah’s most striking rebukes, Moses’ fiery confrontation with the tribes of Reuben and Gad and uncovers why they chose silence over self-defense. Through this encounter and a powerful Chassidic story about the Se...
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Season 10
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Episode 24
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45:07
The G-d Question: Beyond the Bearded Man in the Sky | A Candid Discussion.
In this eye-opening session, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores one of the most profound and misunderstood topics of all time: What is G-d? Moving beyond simplistic childhood images of a supernatural sky-being, we delve into Jewish, Chassi...
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Season 10
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Episode 23
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1:03:11
Who Really Wrote the Torah? A Conversation on G-d, Truth, and the Power of Ideas
In this heart-open, mind-stretching class, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath dives headfirst into one of the most profound questions ever asked: Who wrote the Torah and what do we mean by G-d? Sparked by a challenge from Ilana, a thoughtful soul w...
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Season 10
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Episode 22
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57:07