Diminishment Deciphered P Vayishlach
Posted onBeing a nothing can lead to great things
Series: Torah Tapestries 5784
Operation Olive Oil – P. Tetzave
Posted onThe shiur analyzes the Midrash that compares the Jews to an olive. It is only through the beating and pressing process that we are able to find the inner light that is contained within us on a national and personal level.
Jubilee Jubilation – Parasha Behar
Posted onDarkness’s Dawn P. Miketz
Posted onChanuka related
Lofty Letters P. Ki Tisa
Posted onWhy did Moshe Rabbenu break the luchot ( Stone tablets with 10 commandments ) only when he saw the egel ( golden calf ) ,? What does the Midrash mean when it says the ‘letters flew away from the luchot”?
Fruit Fruition – Parshat Bechukotai
Posted onParshat Bechukotai – a very nice class
Birth by Breaches Parasha Vayigash
Posted onStory of Yocheved
Mirroring Mirrors Mindset – P. Vayakhel
Posted onWhat is the purpose of the kiyor ( the washing station in the Miskan – Tabernacle ? What is the significance in where it was placed? What is the symbolism of the mirrors that the women donated?
Dramatic Date – Shavuot
Posted onShavuot
Blockages and Blindness – Parasha Vayechi
Posted onLife of Yaakov Avinu
Hallowed Hooks – P. Pekudei
Posted onWhat do the Sockets and the collection of the half shekel mean for us?
How do we respond to the situation ? Supplication – Seeing the Source Parasha Bereisheet –
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How do we respond to the current events
Everything depends on how we pray.
Maintaining Momentum – Naso – Post Shavuos
Posted onAfter Shavuos, what next?
Spoken Secrets Parasha Shemos
Posted onWhy did the Jews suffer in Egypt? What did they do?
Yerushalyim Yearning – Purim
Posted onPurim and realtionship to Eretz Yisrael
Powerful Progeny – Parasha Noah
Posted onWhat are the generations of Noah
Noah created himself. Invest in your actions like you invest in your children.
Providential Pain Perspective – Parshat Behaalotecha
Posted onThe Journey according to the clouds, what does that teach us?
Heavenly Hail Parasha Vaeira
Posted onExplores why the makah of barad was considered equal to all the makot.
Further, why is this the only makah that refers to the makah penetrating Paraoh’s heart.
The shiur focuses on the importance of listening to our messages, and strengthening our fear of Hashem.
Purim Thoughts
Posted onThoughts for Purim revelant to the current crisis in Eretz Yisrael
Hagars Hope[lessness] P. Lech Lecha
Posted onNature of Hagar – mother of the Arab Nation
Hubris, Humility and Heavenly Help – P. Shlach
Posted onSpies what for?
and what was their mistake?
How did the advice of Moshe Rabeinu help Yehoshua ?
“Coming” Challenge – Parasha Bo
Posted onNothing exists except for Hashem
Timely Thanksgiving P. Tzav
Posted onParasha Tzav
Prayer’s Place – Parasha Vayeira
Posted onPrayer
Ultimate Utopian Uprising P. Korah
Posted onKorach Topics
Adornment, Attachement and Abode – P. Beshalach
Posted onWHat is the connection between the different explanations fo the word Ve’an-vehu. How does building a sanctuary, beautifying the mitzvoth, and emulating Hashem have to do with each other.
Beautiful Birth – Pesach
Posted onPesach Thoughts
Chesed Compatibility Parasha Chayei Sara
Posted onKindness
Exalted Emunah P. Chukat
Posted onMoshe Rabeinu, what was his sin?
Seeing Spirtual Sights – Parasha Yisro
Posted onWhat does it mean that at the giving of the Torah, the people saw sound. Explained in five different ways.