Sinopsis
Born and raised in New York City, David Sacks attended Harvard College, graduating with a degree in Government in 1984. While there he began his comedy writing career as an editor of the school's humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon. Upon graduating, David moved to Los Angeles and began writing for television.Among the shows he has worked for are The Simpsons, where he won an Emmy Award, and Third Rock from the Sun for which he won a Golden Globe Award and Malcolm in the Middle. David is the co-founder and Senior Lecturer of The Happy Minyan of Los Angeles. David is married and raises his family in Beverly Hills, CA.
Episodios
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My Trip to Uman and The Baal Shem Tov
06/10/2019 Duración: 40minAn Audio Travelogue! Adventures from the Ukraine spending the last Shabbos of the year with the Baal Shem Tov and then Rosh Hashanah with Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. This was my first time to both, and here are some stories! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Yom Kippur: The Great Day is Coming
06/10/2019 Duración: 46minWe're in this forever. Let's take three steps back and get the big picture. It's all about relationships. In this week's talk, we get a user friendly view of how to approach prayer, avoid "expectation davening" and get in sync with our most Awesome Creator. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Forget Loving God — Let’s Start With Liking
22/09/2019 Duración: 01h08sThe Race to the New Year! All things are possible! In this week's podcast we talk about the paradoxical offering that doesn't bring atonement and yet, if you don't bring it, you don't receive atonement. And what does that have to do with LOVE. And how I can I love if I'm not even sure I like! Give a listen and all will be clear! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Creativity and God
15/09/2019 Duración: 57minEmbracing your individuality and creativity within the Divine plan. In this week's talk, we talk about how to take the unique aspects of yourself and use them to turn life into art See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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I Want a BLESSED New Year!!
08/09/2019 Duración: 01h08minA practical guide to getting blessed with a great new year! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Secret Ingredient is: LOVE
01/09/2019 Duración: 55minWe begin our preparations for the New Year with this week's talk. Love is in the air, and we discuss how breakthroughs can be made when add that secret ingredient. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Sinning With God
25/08/2019 Duración: 58minWhy are we at war with ourselves? Because our emotions and intellect are very far apart. In this week's talk, we discuss practical tools for unifying ourselves so that we can bring coherence to life's greatest challenges. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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God is Lost Not Me
18/08/2019 Duración: 32minIs God an idea inside my head? Or am I an idea inside His? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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How Do I Love God?
12/08/2019 Duración: 58minSecrets for loving God with all of your hearts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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We’re all on a Journey – So, who’s your GPS?
04/08/2019 Duración: 59minYou know when your GPS tells you to go the OPPOSITE way? Do you trust it? That's important because we're all on a journey. In this week's talk, we look into how the wisdom of the Torah can guide us through the mysteries of this world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Art of Torah, DNA and Destiny
28/07/2019 Duración: 01h09minThe Torah is beautiful. Because it is infinite it can be accessed in so many ways including through art. In the shapes of the Hebrew letters we see the intersection of art and holiness. In this week's talk, though the lens of the Hebrew letters, we take a trip into the DNA of creation and travel from the Garden of Eden, to Mount Sinai, to the End of Days and the perfection of the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Surprising Power of Mistakes
21/07/2019 Duración: 01h20minFixing Mistakes is greater than Perfection. In this week's talk, we go deep into the role of free choice, destiny, and how the decisions we make influence how G-d works with us in terms of perfecting the world. Lots and lots in this one! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Keys To Life
14/07/2019 Duración: 53minIn this week's talk, we propose a simple question to ask yourself: do you think it's possible, that over time, human beings will understand everything? We explore both sides, and show how this one simple question can open up gates to the Infinite. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Who Completes You?
07/07/2019 Duración: 50minNo one leaves this world with half their desires fulfilled. That's an amazing truth about our lives the Rabbis teach us, and in this week's talk, we explore what that really means, and how to turn lacking into the greatest blessing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Everything Goes By The Heart
30/06/2019 Duración: 54minThe Heart is king. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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What’s Wrong With Me?
23/06/2019 Duración: 56minSteve Jobs famously said, "Simple is hard." In this week's talk we drill down to the root of the root of all the problems in the world, as revealed by the great Hasidic Master Reb Tzadok HaCohen of Lublin. Get ready to go deep. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Are You Too Strict? PART TWO
17/06/2019 Duración: 52minClarity. Important tools for dealing with and ruling over your destructive impulses. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Are You Too Strict? PART ONE
11/06/2019 Duración: 44minThe Path of the Soul is filled with landmines. One of the greatest is the temptation to be overly strict. Learn how to tell the difference between coming close and falling into a spiritual trap. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The Holiness of Storytelling
02/06/2019 Duración: 01h48sWhat makes stories so powerful? And in what way are all of us living stories? In this week's talk we look at the power of Role Models in our lives and what role the nature of time plays in all this! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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God Is For Suckers, Right?
26/05/2019 Duración: 52minI just want to be real. How do you explain God to me in a way that I don't have to be "religious" to understand? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.