The Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen Podcast

In this shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen teaches that speech is the fourth pillar of authentic Jewish spirituality, and perhaps the most overlooked. As the bridge between our inner world and outer reality, how we speak, to ourselves, to others, and to Hashem, shapes who we are becoming.

Rabbi Dov Ber unpacks the word lehitpallel as a reflexive act: tefillah is not petitioning Hashem for things but evaluating yourself, connecting to your soul, and envisioning a greater you. He walks through the four dimensions of tefillah, shevach, bakashah, hodayah, and sichah, and makes the case that sichah, simple, spontaneous conversation with Hashem, may be the most powerful of all.

From brachos as spiritual microdosing throughout the day, to the practice of saying "Hashem, I know You're here" fifty times daily, this shiur offers a living, breathing vision of what it means to make speech holy.

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In this shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen explores the depth of Shabbat candle lighting as one of the most spiritually charged moments of the week. Drawing from the Arizal, the Zohar, and the inner dimensions of Kabbalah, Rabbi Dov Ber reveals that the woman who lights is not simply performing a ritual, but actively drawing the Shechina, shalom, and kedusha into the home.

The shiur traces why fire and light hold a singular place in Torah thought: unlike any other physical substance, fire can be shared without diminishment, expands beyond its source, and never grows old. These qualities make it the closest analogy in creation to Hashem's own infinite light.

Rav Dov Ber also teaches that the neshama itself is called a ner, and that lighting candles with kavana is an act of illuminating one's inner divine light, of choosing emunah over anxiety, and of stepping fully into presence at the close of the week.

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In this shiur on Nitzavim-Vayelech, Rav Dov Ber Cohen opens with the essential balance the parsha itself encodes: knowing when to stand firm and when to move, when to push with hishtadlut and when to surrender with bitachon. From there, the teaching expands into something far deeper.

Rabbi Dov Ber draws on the Zohar's reading of Atem nitzavim to frame Rosh Hashanah not as a day of judgment from above, but as a moment of choosing. Uvacharta bachayim, choose life, is placed in our hands. The books of life and death are not written by Hashem alone. They are written by whether we choose kindness over jealousy, presence over numbness, and connection over sleepwalking through our days.

The shofar, the mezuzah, the bracha, the Modeh Ani, all of it is a call to wake up. And Rosh Hashanah, he teaches, is not about whether you succeeded this year. It is about whether you still want the right things. That desire alone is already beautiful.

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In this shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen opens a remarkable sefer, Sichot Hischazkus by the Chasidic Rebbe Tzvi Mayer Silberberg, as a guide for what avodah in Elul actually looks like in practice. He names three honest obstacles that prevent even sincere people from taking hold of these holy months: too many competing voices, the spiritual distance of our generation, and the fact that every neshama is its own universe, inspired by different things.

Rather than adding pressure, Rabbi Dov Ber invites a different orientation entirely. Hashem has opened something in Elul, a real siyata di-shmaya, and the one thing that blocks us from receiving it is our own heaviness. The avodah begins with a growth mindset, not perfectionism, and with tefillah as authentic communication with Hashem. Even a few honest words, said from the heart, open the relationship.

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In this rich and wide-ranging shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen unpacks what teshuva really means at its core: not a checklist of external changes, but a genuine return to healthy relationship — with yourself, with others, and with Hashem. He draws a sharp distinction between New Year's resolutions and the inner transformation that Torah asks of us.

Rabbi Dov Ber explores the two stages of teshuva — the ratzon, the deep inner want, and the action that proves the want is real. He teaches that your neshama is always already experiencing ahava, yira, simcha, and devekut; teshuva is the work of bringing your conscious life into alignment with what your soul already knows. He also offers practical guidance on the yetzer hara, inner child work, lashon hara, and how to use bad habits as triggers for connection with Hashem — meeting yourself with honesty rather than performance.

Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life.

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