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The Kabbalah of Happiness




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Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the founder and spiritual leader of Chabad @ Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, he also serves as a Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service.
Michael Kigel is the producer of Passages and Messages, two weekly television shows entering their eleventh year of broadcast on CTS (Canada). He is also the Dean of the Jewish Leadership Program at the Lauder Business School in Vienna.


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Posted: Dec 13, 2008
great message Rabbi. I love it!
Posted By Guilhlerme Benchimol, Passo Fundo, RS

Posted: Nov 23, 2008
who does the intro and exit music "Samech Lcha"
who does the beautiful music on the intro and exit -- "Samech Lcha Nafshi"
Posted By David, Balt

Posted: Oct 5, 2008
choice
Is happiness not simply a choice? Does the Torah not command to serve Him with joy? How can G-d command us to do something that is "dependant" even on knowing we have a purpose? If happiness is a choice we can choose to be happy even if we don't buy into the idea of having a piurpose.
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