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Short videos, essays, and audio on living a fuller, warmer, more meaningful life — searchable by word, topic, or type. Collections · Topics
Stay One More Day: How We Take the King With Us
At the end of a seven-day feast, the King asks His children to stay one more day. A short audio teaching on Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah, and why one more day of dancing together means we never really leave.
Yonah: The Ship, the Storm, and the Soul
The Zohar reads the Book of Yonah as the story of your own soul crossing the ocean of this world. A teaching on what the ship really is, why the same word means "lament," and the third kind of person nobody talks about.
Found Like a Lost Object: The Ten Days Hashem Is Near
There are three ways a person comes to have something — wages, a gift, and a lost object you simply find. A short audio teaching on why these ten days are the third kind, and the one small thing they still ask of you.
Are We Judged Once a Year — or Every Day?
The Gemara says our livelihood is set from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur — and also that we are judged every day. Chassidus explains how both are true, and why we keep praying.
How to Battle Amalek on a Personal Level
Amalek represents coldness — and spiritual coldness can drain the life out of everything that matters. One easy but powerful way to fight it is to notice, remember, and share the little miracles.
What Makes an Idea Stay With You?
Why do some ideas remain with us for a lifetime while others fade in a week? The deeper a truth reaches within you, the longer it stays.
Welcome to the Live613 Library
What Live613 is for, how the library is organized, and how to use it to bring a little more warmth and meaning into your week.
What Hashem Really Loves
Hashem loves our Torah and mitzvos — but He loves something even more than our divine service. A 45-second video on what Elul is really about.
Why the Torah Is Always New
We chase sports scores and headlines because what is new is exciting — and old news is boring. A short audio teaching on where that excitement really belongs.
What If Your Problem Is Actually a Blessing?
In Parshas Tazria, a house struck with tzaraas had to have its wall broken — and inside, hidden treasure was found. A one-minute video on seeing problems as opportunities of discovery.
A Nation of Kohanim: Even Taking Out the Ashes
The Kohanim did the holiest work in the Temple — and were just as eager to carry out the ashes. A short audio teaching on meeting every person with passion, on their level.