Aspiring Acceptance
Posted onIn this class (shiur) Mrs. Shira smiles discusses the holiday of Shavout.
Series: Greatest of Gifts: Sefirat HaOmer and Shavuot
The Greatness of Shavuot
Posted onIn this Torah class Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller -Gotleib discusses the Shavout Holiday
Chodesh Iyar: Love from a Distance
Posted onIn this shiur (Torah class), Rabbi Hershel Reichman discusses the unique spiritual characteristics of the month of Iyar. As the month in between Pesach and Shavuot, Iyar represents a more distant relationship with G-d. Yet, despite this distance, Rabbi Reichman explains the strong connection that bonds the Jewish people with the Almighty.
Clarity And Confusion
Posted onIn this class (shiur) Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses the Holiday Of Shavout.
Building Oneself – Sefirat HaOmer
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The time of Sefirat HaOmer is a time of working on oneself. Mrs. Shira Smiles describes the particular character traits we must attain in order to make our acceptance of the Torah on Shavuot a lasting one.
Struggle and Supplication
Posted onIn this class (shiur) Rebbetzin Shira Smiles discusses the Holiday of Shavout.
Shavuot: Regeneration & Rejoicing
Posted onIn this Torah shiur (class) on Shavuot, Mrs. Shira Smiles speaks about the custom of decorating our homes and shuls with greenery on Shavuot.
Rabbi Shimon
Posted onIn this Torah class Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller-Gotleib discusses the holy day of Lag Baomer
Preparing for Shavuot
Posted onRabbi Akiva’s Students – Sefirat HaOmer Vort
Posted onIn this class, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses a great Torah lesson to be learned from the story of Rabbi Akiva’s students, who were illustrious scholars and who perished during Sefirat HaOmer.
Shavuot: True Acceptance of Torah
Posted onIn this Torah shiur (class), in honor of the holiday of Shavuot, Rabbi Cohen explains the nature of true acceptance and performance of Torah.
Shavuot: Acceptance, Action
Posted onIn this Torah shiur (class) on Shavuot, Mrs. Shira Smiles speaks about the idea that receiving the Torah is re-enacted every year on Shavuot.
Lag Baomer
Posted onIn this Torah class Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller-Gotleib discusses the special day of Lag Baomer
Spiritual Counting
Posted onRebbetzin Heller discusses how Sefirat HaOmer teaches us to utilize the Middot (attributes) of Hashem, in our attempt towards self perfection.
Lag Ba’omer
Posted onIn this Torah shiur (class) on Lag Ba’omer, Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller discusses the essence of Lag Ba’omer; why it occurs when it does, the death of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s students, and Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai himself.
Torah Leadership, Part 1
Posted onRabbi Hanoch Teller speaks about the life of Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky.
Shavuot Milchig Mystery
Posted onMrs. Shira Smiles Discusses Shavuot.
Har Sinai: Foundation of Emunah
Posted onIn this shiur (Torah class) on preparing for Shavuot, Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller explains how Matan Torah (the giving of the Torah) at Har Sinai formed the core of our Emunah, demonstrating that Hashem is the Source of everything in this world, including what is usually described as Nature.
The Halachic Essence of Sefirat HaOmer
Posted onIn this shiur (Torah class), Rabbi Michael Taubes delves int the exact halachik nature of the mitzva of counting the omer. Through an understanding of it’s halachik definition, one comes to understand the purpose of this mitzva.
Lag BaOmer: Balancing the Individual and the Nation
Posted onIn this shiur (Torah class), Rabbi Hershel Reichman explains the spiritual characteristics of Lag BaOmer. Taken from the Shem MiShmuel, this class describes the lessons taught by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and how one can incorporate those teachings in our present day lives.
Torah Leadership, Part 2
Posted onIn this Shavuot inspired class, Rabbi Hanoch Teller continues his discussion of the gadol, Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky.
The Counting of The Omer
Posted onRebbetzin Leah Kohn discusses Sfirat Haomer.
Making Ourselves a Vessel for Receiving Torah
Posted onIn this shiur (Torah class), Rebbetzin Shoshie Nissenbaum provides guidance on how to prepare oneself to receive the Torah on Shavuot.
Sefirat Haomer: Joy and Mourning
Posted onIn this class on Sefirat Haomer, Rabbi Beinish Ginsburg discusses the dichotomy of sefirat haomer; on one hand, it is a time of joyous anticipation before Matan Torah, and on the other hand, it is a time of mourning for the deaths of the students of Rabbi Akiva. The class explains how it all fits together.
Lag BaOmer Vort: Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai’s Legacy
Posted onIn this Torah shiur (class), Mrs. Shira Smiles explains that Lag BaOmer awakens within us a passion to understand the significance of our personal importance to G-d, and recognize His Love and Devotion to us. She urges us to use this time of intimacy with G-d to pour out our hearts through supplication, prayer and Torah.
The 7 Middot for the 7 weeks of Sefirah
Posted onIn this Torah class Rebbetzin Tziporah heller discusses the 7 midot that are correspondence to the 7 weeks of Sefirah
Lag BaOmer
Posted onIn this Torah class Rebbetzin Tziporah heller-Gotleib discusses Lag BaOmer
Lag BaOmer
Posted onIn this Torah class Rebbetzin Tziporah heller-Gotleib discusses Lag BaOmer
Shavuot: Glimpses of Redemption
Posted onMrs. Shira Smiles speaks about the upcoming holiday of Shavuot.