The Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen Podcast explores Jewish mindfulness, emotional mastery, relationships, and real inner avodah.
In each shiur, Rabbi Dov Ber shares practical Torah wisdom for navigating anxiety, deepening connection, strengthening emunah, and living with greater presence and purpose.
Rooted in Chassidic depth yet grounded in everyday life, these teachings are experiential, honest, and transformative.
If youβre seeking clarity without pressure, growth without guilt, and spirituality that actually changes how you live - this podcast is for you.
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In this shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen reframes teshuva not as a word of burden or guilt, but as a warm and healing return to one's truest self. Drawing on Shabbat Shuvah and Parshas Ha'azinu, he teaches that the neshama's natural state is love, joy, and awe, and that teshuva is simply the act of remembering where we come from.
Rabbi Dov Ber weaves together the inner meaning of Shabbat, the practice of presence, and the silence that underlies all of creation. He shows how menucha is not rest from exhaustion but a return to the stillness that was here before creation began. The yetzer hara, he explains, arrives precisely when we are on the verge of something holy, which is itself a reason for encouragement rather than despair.
This shiur is a call to stop running, look up, and recognize that you are never truly disconnected from Hashem.
Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life.
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- Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course
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Yom Kippur | Joy, Teshuva, and Coming Home
Thursday, September 17, 2026 β’ Duration 47:22
In this shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen reframes Yom Kippur not as a day of dread but as the happiest day of the year β a day when Hashem floods the world with love and invites us to wipe the slate completely clean. Drawing on the image of the neshama as a light bulb covered by layers of paint, he explains how aveiros do not damage the soul but obscure its light, and how teshuva restores what was always there.
Rabbi Dov Ber teaches that teshuva has two stages: first the ratzon, the genuine desire for the relationship, and then the action that proves it. He challenges the tendency to either collapse into shame or coast on divine love, calling instead for a middle path of joyful, motivated self-examination. Practical guidance for the Aseret Yemei Teshuva is offered with warmth and honesty, including how to face the yetzer hara when it arrives to weaken our preparation.
Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life.
Courses & Resources
- Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course
https://www.rabbidovber.org
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Contact: livingintune.team@gmail.com
Rachel, Leah, and Two Paths of Avodas Hashem for Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 β’ Duration 38:09
In this rich pre-Rosh Hashanah shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen explores two fundamental archetypes of avodas Hashem β the way of Leah and the way of Rachel. Leah embodies the grounded, joyful servant who shows up regardless of feeling; Rachel burns for inner experience, light, and understanding. Neither is complete without the other, and Rav Dov Ber weaves them together into a vision of what it means to be both an eved and a ben before Hashem.
The shiur moves through two madreigos: accepting ol malchut shamayim with full commitment, and the higher bitul of dissolving into Hashem's light entirely. Along the way, Rabbi Dov Ber addresses the yetzer hara with warmth and wisdom β not as an enemy to fight, but as a signal of where you are spiritually and an opportunity to go higher.
He closes with a meditation on zachrenu lechaim and what it truly means to be alive: not achievement, not self-improvement for its own sake, but becoming a vessel for kavod Hashem in every moment and with every gift you carry.
Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life.
Courses & Resources
- Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course
https://www.rabbidovber.org
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Contact: livingintune.team@gmail.com
Rosh Hashanah on Shabbat | When Ahavah and Yirah Come Together
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 β’ Duration 43:28
In this shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen explores the rare and elevated meeting point of Rosh Hashanah and Shabbat. Drawing from the Netivot Shalom and the Yerushalmi, he unpacks why zichron teruah, the Torah's language of remembering the shofar, points specifically to this day. When Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, the shofar is not blown, yet the inner work of crowning the King continues at a deeper level. Memory, kavana, and davening become the vessel.
Rabbi Dov Ber teaches that Rosh Hashanah carries yirah, and Shabbat carries ahavah, and that on this day alone both wings are present together. There is no din on Shabbat, no judgment, only the possibility of a relationship fully alive with awe and love at once. The mitzvah becomes the yearning itself, and the yearning becomes a form of closeness that the action alone cannot reach.
Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life.
Courses & Resources
- Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course
https://www.rabbidovber.org
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Contact: livingintune.team@gmail.com
Five Avodot for Elul: Preparing for Rosh Hashanah with Joy and Depth
Monday, September 7, 2026 β’ Duration 45:26
In this shiur, Rav Dov Ber Cohen walks through five essential avodot for the days of Elul leading into Rosh Hashanah. Rather than approaching the season with anxiety or self-criticism, he frames it as a time of extraordinary divine openness β a moment to grow with vitality, not pressure.
Rabbi Dov Ber draws from Rav Tzvi Meir Silberberg and Rav Ovadia Yosef to show that Rosh Hashanah is a day of simcha, not dread. He explores kavana in tefillah, the real meaning of cheshbon hanefesh, and how teshuva is not only a reckoning with the past but a conscious, forward-facing commitment to becoming who we want to be.
Woven throughout is a reminder that emunah and bitachon are the antidote to anger, fear, and stagnation β and that Hashem, our Avinu Malkeinu, cannot stop thinking about us. The only question is whether we are open to receiving what He is already pouring down.
Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life.
Courses & Resources
- Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course
https://www.rabbidovber.org
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Contact: livingintune.team@gmail.com
Rosh Hashanah | The Secret of Yom Teruah, Shofar Blasts For The Soul
Sunday, September 6, 2026 β’ Duration 46:18
In this shiur delivered in the week of Rosh Hashanah, Rav Dov Ber Cohen explores the deeper meaning of Yom Teruah β not merely as a day when shofar is blown, but as a day whose very essence is shofar. Drawing on the Netivos Shalom and a profound mashal from the Baal Shem Tov, he teaches that the mechitzos between us and Hashem are not true barriers. They are woven from Hashem's own light, and the one who yearns hard enough discovers they were never truly separated.
Rabbi Dov Ber calls us to approach Rosh Hashanah not with philosophical analysis or accumulated heaviness, but with the cry of a child reaching for an Abba. The shofar blast is not a performance β it is a shattering of small consciousness into something vast. Leave your mind at the door. Scream. Dance. Yield. The treasure is one dig away, and the gates at Ne'ilah are not closing you out β they are locking you in.
Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life.
Courses & Resources
- Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course
https://www.rabbidovber.org
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Contact: livingintune.team@gmail.com
Authentic Jewish Spirituality Part 6 | The Path of Tefillah and the Power of Speech
Sunday, September 6, 2026 β’ Duration 32:42
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.
Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life.
Courses & Resources
- Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course
https://www.rabbidovber.org
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Contact: livingintune.team@gmail.com
Shabbas 26 | B'Yam Darkecha
Friday, September 4, 2026 β’ Duration 40:11
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.
Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life.
Courses & Resources
- Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course
https://www.rabbidovber.org
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Parashat Nitzavim - Vayelech | Choose Life, Wake Up, and Stand Before Hashem
Thursday, September 3, 2026 β’ Duration 27:49
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.
Living in Tune with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen
Mindfulness, Torah wisdom, and inner work for a calmer, more aligned life.
Courses & Resources
- Living in Tune - 8-Week Foundational Mindfulness Course
https://www.rabbidovber.org
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Contact: livingintune.team@gmail.com