Spiritual Tools for an Outrageous World
Hi, I’m David Sacks, and WELCOME to my podcast! I write and produce for TV including shows like "The Simpsons". I went to Harvard. I’ve even won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe award. I love making cool TV shows, but I also have another side where I love exploring the fantastically, mysterious, beauty of creation, and seeing it through the lens of spirituality, quantum physics, psychology, storytelling and art. I give these talks to share all the amazing things I’ve learned along the way. I post a new talk every Sunday.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 992
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
Liberating the Fortress – Rosh Hashanah 2009
Did you know that according to the Beis Yaakov (The second Ishbitzer Rebbe), deep down, every person believes they created themselves?If Rosh Hashanah is all about making Hashem King, how can I succe…
00:43:54 |
Sun 13 Sep 2009
Sea Monsters and Gemstones
Dear Friends,Imagine an epic battle between Sea Monsters and a diver out to recover a precious gem. In a piece of Aggadata — the deeply encrypted transmissions of the Talmud — such a tale is relat…
00:47:51 |
Tue 08 Sep 2009
Lottery Tickets and Elul
Dear Friends,Imagine you buy a lottery ticket, never check to see if it won, and then never think about that lottery ticket again. Now imagine that ticket was a winner and was worth thirty million d…
00:47:43 |
Tue 01 Sep 2009
Questions and Answers
Dear Friends,I just published a new piece that I hope you like. It’s called “A Place for the Light.”www.aish.com/sp/so/53785442.htmlToday I took questions. We had time for three. The first was, is…
00:53:28 |
Mon 24 Aug 2009
You Can’t Fire G-d – Tests and Miracles in Torah
Dear Friends,What does it mean to test G-d? And what about miracles? We look deeply into the sources and arrive at a more sophisticated understanding of what it means to be in this world.The post Y…
00:48:11 |
Sun 16 Aug 2009
Ground Rules of Reality
Dear Friends,Can you imagine eating a hotdog and thinking the whole time this is the worst sushi you ever had? We need to know what something is first before we can begin to evaluate it. The same t…
00:45:35 |
Mon 10 Aug 2009
Be Comforted Be Comforted – A Kabalistic Overview of Av
Dear Friends,Tisha B’Av is now over and a dramatic upswing in positiveness now kicks in. In this week’s talk we look at the spiritual DNA of the month of Av and where we are now.The post Be Comforte…
00:24:39 |
Tue 04 Aug 2009
Fixing The World – Devarim and Tisha B’Av
Dear Friends,Every year before Tisha B’Av we are always beginning the book of Devarim. What is this new book teaching us about fixing the world?The post Fixing The World – Devarim and Tisha B’Av fir…
00:51:54 |
Mon 27 Jul 2009
Shabbos Candles and Harvard – A Personal Story
Dear Friends,So often it seems like we’re wondering around in the darkness. Sometimes we’re blessed with moments when a light turns on and then in retrospect we see that we were never alone, even th…
00:49:52 |
Mon 20 Jul 2009
How You Impact the Future
Dear Friends,Did you know there is a Torah way to cut an onion? Ideally, one shouldn’t begin by cutting off it’s roots. While this doesn’t necessarily apply in our generation, back then there were …
00:52:48 |
Mon 13 Jul 2009
Life is a Surprise Party
Dear Friends,Purification comes when we transcend our limitations. In the language of the Sages such a thing happens with the ashes of the red heiffer. Not only does it remove the ritual impurity …
00:50:45 |
Mon 06 Jul 2009
Body vs. Soul – The Delicate Balance
Dear Friends,According to the Jewish view of the world, the body and the soul are meant to be best friends. Without the soul the body is just a lump of earth, and without body the soul has no way to…
00:59:51 |
Mon 22 Jun 2009
Why is Life So Confusing? – Garden of Eden Part 6
Dear Friends,Why is life so confusing? To answer (one part) of this giant question we take a look at another question — is the Torah written in chronological order, or not? Factor in that we oursel…
00:50:33 |
Mon 15 Jun 2009
The Myth of Separateness – Garden of Eden Part Five
Dear Friends,Who is the real you? Or, put a different way, when you use the word “I” what is it that you have in mind exactly? In this talk we trace the history of consciousness from the Garden of …
00:46:32 |
Wed 10 Jun 2009
Waking Up in the Morning – A How To Guide
Dear Friends,Getting out of bed in the morning for many of us is the most challenging part of the day. The Torah teaches us that we have to arise in the morning like a lion! In this weeks, talk we …
00:47:02 |
Tue 02 Jun 2009
The Birth of Free Choice – Garden of Eden Part Four
Dear Friends,Many people are surprised to learn that before Adam and Chava ate from the Tree of Knowledge — the Torah records two earlier rebellions made before human beings were even created! The f…
00:55:36 |
Tue 26 May 2009
Garden of Eden – X Ray of the Soul (Part Three)
Dear Friends,In this, the third talk in the Garden of Eden series, we discussed what the nature of the test really was. We also explore what the true nature of the special garments Hashem made for A…
00:45:39 |
Tue 19 May 2009
Our First Mistake – More on the Garden of Eden
Dear Friends,Someone asked me this past week what interests me so much about the Garden of Eden. I think it’s because for me it’s the perfect setting to most fully understand the human condition and…
00:50:36 |
Tue 12 May 2009
Purifying Speech and Fish Tefilin
Dear Friends,So often in talking we present opinions as facts. For example, when we say, “That movie is no good!” we really mean “I didn’t care for that movie”. Being conscious of distinctions like…
00:55:10 |
Mon 27 Apr 2009
How To Regain Hope
Dear Friends,Hope is such a precious comodity and often so fleeting. In this week’s talk we analyze how taking a forward looking perspective on the unfolding of time can not only increase positivene…
00:53:02 |
Tue 21 Apr 2009
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