What turned this sinner into an orthodox rabbi? What life lessons does he convey from ha-olam ha ba'a

Alon Anava before seeing heaven

Alon Anava was a self-professed, sinning Israeli secularist. He tells that he died during cardiac-arrest, went to heaven, saw the way the universe works, and was returned to life with message to spread. 

He changed his life to observing Torah mitzvot and studied Lubavitch Judaism. Today, Rabbi Anava shares (in paid lectures and online) the secrets revealed to him in heaven which transformed him into such an orthodox rabbi.  We watched him address an audience of Sephardim and Ashkenazim in this visit to Los Angeles' Hebrew Discovery Center in November 2014. Eavesdrop on his talk:

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Follow Rabbi Alon Anava on Facebook or on his website. He is currently lecturing in Los Angeles in English on these dates: 2/19- Encino; 2/2- Costa Mesa;  2/24- Santa Monica; 2/25- Encino.

High-Holiday special: What does G-d really expect from me? Faith? Ritual? Conduct? Orthodox rabbis answers may surprise you

Observant or secular: "Conduct unbecoming" a Jewish person?  Leading Orthodox Rabbis on Jews' behavioral obligations

Orthodox Rabbis Shmuel Goldin (Rabbinic Council of America) and Joel Tessler (Int'l Rabbinic Fellowship) are asked about Jewish ideals we should uphold- and what's hypocritical and what isn't.

Secular humanism (being a good person) alone does not make one a "good Jew," says Potomac, Maryland Rabbi Joel Tessler.
  

What are our obligations to G-d in faith, conduct & deed? Rabbi Moses Parry explains:


Faith without deeds- can one be "a good Jew"?  Orthodox Rabbi Shmuel Goldin of N.J.

 

"The Values for Our Future" panel from Orthodox Union's West Coast Torah Convention

At the 2010 annual Orthodox Union's West Coast Torah Convention, David Suissa, Rabbi Kalman Topp of L.A. Cong. Beth Jacob, Julie Fax (of L.A.'s Jewish Journal), O.U. National President Rabbi Stephen Savitsky speak at Young Israel of Century City on December 26, 2010.

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Rabbi Meir Kahane's spiritual teachings - the authentic, "Jewish Idea" explored in Los Angeles at at 20-year yahrtzeit of his martyring

Jews in Los Angeles gathered to commemorate the 20th Yarhtzeit of the assassinated Rabbi Meir Kahane (zecher tzadik v'kadosh l'brachah). In these 2 videos, Rabbi Moshe Parry delivers a treatise on Rav Kahane's Magnum Opus, "The Jewish Idea," which interprets Jewish liturgy into a philosophy for living.



Rabbi Aaron Parry, scholar and teacher, teaches about the Rabbi Meir Kahane we never knew - a Tzadik, an historic teacher and leader of the Jewish nation.



Jerry Bloom tells how Rav Kahane changed his life:



Heshy Rosenwasser's first-hand experience learned that Rav. Kahane led by example:



The young generation was represented by Moti Cohen, who tells of how Kahane's ideas are still growing throughout Israel:

Judaic teacher, Rebbitzen Esther Jungreis, author of "Life is a Test," addresses Persian Sephardic, Nessah Synagogue in Los Angeles