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
Second Chances – Pesach Shani – 2007
Second Chances – Pesach Shani – 2007
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00:44:38 |
Sun 19 Apr 2009
The Blessing Over the Sun – A Quick Overview
Dear Friends,We make a blessing over the sun once every twenty-eight years! Can you think of where you were (and who you were!) twenty-eight years ago? In this overview we explore the amazing spir…
00:09:08 |
Mon 30 Mar 2009
Intellect vs. Wisdom
Dear Friends, Intellect is good but wisdom is better. Why? Because wisdom is intellect plus life experience. The Torah is the repository of all of the wisdom in the world. The more we learn — the…
00:51:10 |
Mon 30 Mar 2009
Perfection is on the Way
Dear Friends,Perfectionism is that force that comes to us — not to try to improve what we are doing — but to tell us that nothing we do is good enough. The good news is that all Hashem wants is …
00:51:48 |
Sun 22 Mar 2009
On Brokenness
What do we do after we make a mistake? After we made the golden calf, Moshe does the stunning act of breaking the Luchos, the holy tablets the Torah says were written by Hashem Himself! Not only th…
00:45:44 |
Sun 15 Mar 2009
Completing the World – The Mishkan and You
With this week’s Torah portion, the Torah switches from the account of our freedom from Egyptian slavery to receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai, to now building the Mishkan – the Tabernacle into the d…
00:47:45 |
Sun 01 Mar 2009
From Hiddeness to Revelation
Dear Friends,We are about to enter into the Jewish month of Adar, the month of Purim and joy. On another level, it is also the month of hiddenness — the Megilla that we read on Purim doesn’t have th…
00:45:57 |
Mon 23 Feb 2009
The Bumpy Road to Salvation
Dear Friends,We discuss what salvation feels like in this week’s talk. This week’s Torah portion begins with the words “And Yisro heard”. What did Yisro, the father-in-law of Moshe, hear that cause…
00:48:33 |
Mon 16 Feb 2009
Making Sense of the Hard Times After the Good Times
Dear Friends,Most people when asked will tell you that the greatest single miracle that Hashem performed was the splitting of the Sea. So overwhelming is that event that relatively little attention …
00:49:39 |
Mon 09 Feb 2009
The Amazing Re-Appearing Mitzvah
Dear Friends,In this week’s Torah Portion, we have a verse (Ex 12:10) with two separate mitzvahs in it. The first mitzvah is to finish eating the whole korbon Pesach, the Passover lamb offering, and…
00:39:00 |
Sun 01 Feb 2009
Quantity vs. Quality
Dear Friends,We begin this talk with a further discussion of the “garments” Hashem gave Adam and Chava in the Garden of Eden. It ushered in the transformation of humanity, our going from creatures o…
00:44:34 |
Sun 25 Jan 2009
Back To The Garden of Eden
Dear Friends,We just began a new book in the Torah. The book of Shemos or Exodus is both the account of the Jewish people’s enslavement in Egypt and also our redemption. On a deeper level, it’s not…
00:43:53 |
Sun 18 Jan 2009
Maybe I’m Not In a Crisis
Dear Friends,Lots to talk about today. First, having just finished the book of Breisheis, we say “Chazak, Chazak, V’Nitchazayk” — Be Strong, Be Strong, and Have Good Courage! But what do we need co…
00:48:50 |
Sun 11 Jan 2009
Redemption Comes in Stages
Dear Friends,One of the most perplexing things in life is just how slow things take! The Exodus from Egypt is a perfect example. Here is something that Hashem Himself wanted to do — and yet when we…
00:35:15 |
Sun 11 Jan 2009
Resurrecting the Living
Dear Friends,The Kotzker Rebbe famously said that it’s a big miracle to resurrect the dead, but it’s an even bigger miracle to resurrect the living! In this week’s talk we discuss the one time only …
00:44:06 |
Wed 07 Jan 2009
Rivers, Mikvahs, and Saying Something Nice (Vayigash)
We have a powerful concept in Torah that says that even if something learns Torah not for the sake of Heaven, that person will come to learn for the sake of Heaven. In today’s talk, we develop this n…
00:41:57 |
Mon 05 Jan 2009
What is Your Success Fantasy?
We’re entering into a new month – Teves – with a personality all it’s own. Since all things are encompassed within Torah, every piece contains a taste of the whole. We will look at this special mon…
00:42:16 |
Sun 28 Dec 2008
Hanukah – The Fixing of Randomness – 2008
Hanukah – much needed light in the darkest time of year. Historically, this was the last holiday that was incorporated into the Jewish calendar. It is sending a message to us for all of history unt…
00:47:28 |
Mon 22 Dec 2008
Why Shouldn’t I? – Understanding the Thou Shall Nots in the Torah
Everyone knows there are 613 mitzvahs. These consist of 248 positive actions to be taken and 365 negative actions to refrain from. Since we are here in large part to fix the world — I would have thou…
00:51:02 |
Sun 14 Dec 2008
Why is G-d Testing Me?
What happens when we are given a test? So often we view it as a hardship, hope our best we pass it and then if we make it to the other side in one piece, consider ourselves lucky! But on a much deepe…
00:53:18 |
Mon 17 Nov 2008
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