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Nefesh HaChaim 13
Great Jewish History: The Four Captives
Gems of Brisk: Talmud Torah
Nefesh HaChaim 12
Lag Baomer 2026 - Kavod
Nefesh HaChaim 11
Nefesh HaChaim 10
Pele Yoetz: Life
Parashas Emor: Every Day is Holy
Pesach Sheini Tish 2026: Why Not Me?
Nefesh HaChaim 9
Gems from Brisk: Faith or Knowing?
Nefesh HaChaim 8
Nefesh HaChaim 7
Parashas Kedoshim: Good Advice
Nefesh HaChaim 5
Pele Yoetz: Jealousy
Great Jewish History: The Ten Martyrs
Nefesh HaChaim 4
Pele Yoetz: Chidushei Torah
Gems from Brisk: The Fangs and the Kiss of Esav
Nefesh HaChaim 3
Pele Yoetz: Geshmak
Pele Yoetz: Zemer
Pele Yoetz: Planting for the Future
Parashas Metzorah: A Treasured Lesson
Nefesh HaChaim 2
Great Jewish History: Days of Sefirah
Pele Yoetz: Memory
Pele Yoetz: Generosity
Nefesh HaChaim (Shaar 4) 1
Gems from Brisk: All for Torah
Pele Yoetz: Halacha
Closer Shmuez: Pesach Asked and Answered
Pele Yoetz: Being Mevater
Pele Yoetz: Pesach
Tomer Devorah 26 (conclusion)
Pele Yoetz: Fugedaboudit
Parashas Vayikra - Offering the Finest
Tomer Devorah 25
Pele Yoetz: Hishtadlus
Pele Yoetz: Hatzalah
Gems from Brisk: The Perfect Mitzvah
Tomer Devorah 24
Pele Yoetz: Beauty
Tomer Devorah 23
Pele Yoetz: Stress
Tomer Devorah 22
Pele Yoetz: Printing Sefarim
Great Jewish History: David
Tomer Devorah 21
Pele Yoetz: Public Speaking
Gems from Brisk: Preparing for Life
Tomer Devorah 20
Pele Yoetz: Travel
Tomer Devorah 19
Pele Yoetz: Guardrails
Pele Yoetz: Greatness of Hashem
Parashas Ki Sisa: Rebbe-Talmid Relationship
Tomer Devorah 18
Pele Yoetz: Ga’avah
Pele Yoetz: Fasting
The Missiles of Purim
Tomer Devorah 17
Pele Yoetz: Purim
Purim: Sanctify the Safek
Tomer Devorah 16
Pele Yoetz: Relaying News
Great Jewish History: Purim Edition
Tomer Devorah 15
Gems from Brisk: Purim and Moshe Rabbeinu
Tomer Devorah 14
Pele Yoetz: The Greatest Time of Life
Pele Yoetz: Run Away
Parashas Terumah: Lessons for Torah Supporters
Tomer Devorah 13
Pele Yoetz: Wasting Time
Great Jewish History: Shaul HaMelech
Pele Yoetz: Parent-Child Relationship
Pele Yoetz: Humiliation
Tomer Devorah 12
Tomer Devorah 11
Pele Yoetz: Learning in a Beis Medrash
Gems from Brisk: Protests in Yerushalayim
Tomer Devorah 10
Pele Yoetz: Profession
Tomer Devorah 10
Pele Yoetz: Unity
Tomer Devorah 9
Parashas Yisro: Greater than Angels
Tomer Devorah 8
Pele Yoetz 5: Eating with Kavanah
Great Jewish History: Rus
Tomer Devorah 7
Pele Yoetz 4: Being a Good Friend
Gems from Brisk: The Legacy of Har Sinai
Tomer Devorah 6
Pele Yoetz 3: Loving Talmidei Chachamim
Tu Beshvat Tish 2026: Everything is Alive
Tomer Devorah 5
Pele Yoetz 2: Self Love
Tomer Devorah 4
Pele Yoetz 1: Love of Hashem
Parashas Beshalach: Are We Davening Inspired?
Great Jewish History: Yehoshua Captures the Land
Tomer Devorah 3
Tomer Devorah 2
Gems from Brisk: Faith and Following Hashem’s Middos
Tomer Devorah 1
Parashas Vayechi: Raising Great Children
Sha’ar HaBitachon 55
Great Jewish History: Mishkan / Korach
Gems from Brisk: My Sword and My Bow
Sha’ar HaBitachon 54
Sha’ar HaBitachon 53
Sha’ar HaBitachon 52
Sha’ar HaBitachon 51
Parashas Vayigash: When All Questions Disappear
Sha’ar HaBitachon 50
Great Jewish History: Matan Torah / Chet HaEgel
Sha’ar HaBitachon 49
Gems from Brisk: Two Approaches to One Famous Question
Sha’ar HaBitachon 48
Sha’ar HaBitachon 47
Sha’ar HaBitachon 47
Chanukah and the Edison Theater
Chanukah: The Woman Who Caused it All
Chanukah Tisch 5786 - Start and I Will Be With You!
Sha’ar HaBitachon 46
Parashas Vayeishev-Chanukah: The Power of Words
Great Jewish History - Manna/ Amalek
Sha’ar HaBitachon 45
Gems from Brisk: The Pleasantness of Sensitivity
Sha’ar HaBitachon 44
Sha’ar HaBitachon 43
Sha’ar HaBitachon 42
Parashas Vayishlach: The Best of Both Worlds
Sha’ar HaBitachon 41
Great Jewish History - Kriyas Yam Suf
Sha’ar HaBitachon 40
Sha’ar HaBitachon 39
Sha’ar HaBitachon 38
Chanukah: Follow the Gelt
Sha’ar HaBitachon 37
Great Jewish History - The Makkos/ Yetzias Mitzrayim
Sha’ar HaBitachon 36
Sha’ar HaBitachon 35
Sha’ar HaBitachon 34
Parashas Toldos: Follow Your Nose
Sha’ar HaBitachon 33
Great Jewish History - Goshen, Mitzrayim
Sha’ar HaBitachon 32
Gems from Brisk: Cynicism
Sha’ar HaBitachon 31
Sha’ar HaBitachon 30
Sha’ar HaBitachon 29
Parashas Chayei Sarah: Keeping it Real
Sha’ar HaBitachon 28
Great Jewish History - Mama Rachel, Yosef’s Temptation
Sha’ar HaBitachon 27
Sha’ar HaBitachon 26
Sha’ar HaBitachon 25
Parashas Vayera: Donkeys and Destinies
Sha’ar HaBitachon 24
Great Jewish History - Me’aras HaMachpelah, Yaakov and Eisav
Sha’ar HaBitachon 23
Gems from Brisk: Don’t ask Why
Sha’ar HaBitachon 22
Technology Asifa YKLI
Sha’ar HaBitachon 21
Sha’ar HaBitachon 20
Parashas Lech Lecha: In the Footsteps of Avraham
Sha’ar HaBitachon 19
Parashas Lech Lecha: In the Footsteps of Avraham
Sha’ar HaBitachon 19
Great Jewish History - The Akeidah
Sha’ar HaBitachon 18
Gems from Brisk: Homesickness
Sha’ar HaBitachon 17
Sha’ar HaBitachon 16
Parashas Noach: A Window to the World
Great Jewish History - Yitzchak, Arabs
Sha’ar HaBitachon 14
Sha’ar HaBitachon 13
Rosh Hashanah: Any Teshuvah Works
Great Jewish History: Tower of Bavel and Avraham Avinu
Sha’ar HaBitachon 12
Gems from Brisk: Zero Based Budgeting
Sha’ar HaBitachon 11
Sha’ar HaBitachon 10
Pre-Selichos 5785 tisch
Parashas Ki Savo: Thank You Hashem
Shaar HaBitachon 9
Great Jewish History: Shabbos and the Mabul
Shaar HaBitachon 8
Gems from Brisk: Running Away Towards Him
Shaar HaBitachon 7
Shaar HaBitachon 6
Shaar HaBitachon 5
Tips to Effective Tefillah
Parashas Ki Seitzei: Lost and Found
Shaar HaBitachon 4
Gems from Brisk: Don’t Be a Horse!
Great Jewish History: Creation
Shaar HaBitachon 3
Shaar HaBitachon 2
Shaar HaBitachon 1
Introduction to Shaar HaBitachon
Elul Tish: Torah Wins Wars
Elul: The Great Opportunity
Tisha B’av 5785: The Pendulum has Swung
Camp Kaylie 2025: War and Peace
Shavuos: The Unparalleled Joy of Torah
Shavuos Alumni: Always Learning
Mesilas Yesharim 88
A Shavuos in Vilna
Mesilas Yesharim 87
Mesilas Yesharim 86
Learning Torah and the Manna
Mesilas Yesharim 85
Parashas Emor: Dying and Living Al Kiddush Hashem
Lag Ba’Omer: Joyous Parting
The Tragic Passing of Mrs. Tzeela Gez HYD
Mesilas Yesharim 84
The Dangers of Summer
Mesilas Yesharim 83 (ch. 21)
Rav Moshe Wolfson: The Prayers of Shabbos
Mesilas Yesharim 82
Pesach Sheni: Why Not Me?
Parshas Acharei Mos: Non-Jewish Culture
A Personal Story of Hashgacha Pratis
How To Choose A Career
Mesilas Yesharim 81
Mesilas Yesharim 80 (ch. 20)
Mesilas Yesharim 79
Parashas Tazria: The Best Time of My Life
Mesilas Yesharim 78
Living a Broad Life
Mesilas Yesharim 77
Rav Moshe Wolfson: No Prayer Goes Unanswered
Relating to the Holocaust
Mesilas Yesharim 76
The Chofetz Chaim: Bribing Satan
Mesilas Yesharim 75
Pesach: A Monopoly of Chesed
Mesilas Yesharim 74
Mesilas Yesharim 73
Mesilas Yesharim 72
Mesilas Yesharim 71
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Chinuch and Davening
Mesilas Yesharim 70
Mesilas Yesharim 69
Parshas Vaykhel - Finding Beauty in Judaism
Mesilas Yesharim 68
The Chofetz Chaim: Supporting Torah
Mesilas Yesharim 67
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Davening Each Day Like Neilah
Mesilas Yesharim 66 (ch. 19)
Mesilas Yesharim 65 (ch. 18)
Purim: The Sister Mitzvos of Mishloach Manos and Matanos L’Evyonim
Mesilas Yesharim 64 (ch. 17)
Purim and Yom Kippur
Mesilas Yesharim 63
Mesilas Yesharim 62
Mesilas Yesharim 61 (ch. 16)
The Chofetz Chaim: Riding on His Coattails
Mesilas Yesharim 60
Purim and Prayer
Mesilas Yesharim 59 (ch. 14)
Mesilas Yesharim 58
Mesilas Yesharim 57
Parashas Terumah: Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover
Mesilas Yesharim 56
The Chofetz Chaim: Torah for All
Mesilas Yesharim 55 (ch. 13)
Rav Moshe Wolfson: The Holiness of our Shuls
Mesilas Yesharim 54 (ch. 12)
Mesilas Yesharim 53
Mesilas Yesharim 52
Parashas Mishpatim: The Sapphire Brick
Shovavim Talk
Mesilas Yesharim 51
Mesilas Yesharim 50
Rav Moshe Wolfson: One With Nature
Mesilas Yesharim 49
Mesilas Yesharim 48
Mesilas Yesharim 47
Parshas Yisro: Orderliness is Divine
Mesilas Yesharim 46
Tu BeShvat Tish 5785: A Heart Like an Esrog
Mesilas Yesharim 45
Rav Moshe Wolfson: The Greatest Song
Mesilas Yesharim 44
Mesilas Yesharim 43
Parashas Beshalach: The True Healer
The Chofetz Chaim: Who Fights against Amalek
Mesilas Yesharim 42
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Yetzer Hara in Disguise
Mesilas Yesharim 41
Mesilas Yesharim 40
Parashas Bo: We Matter to Hashem
The Chofetz Chaim: Eretz Yisrael and Torah
Mesilas Yesharim 39
Mesilas Yesharim 38
Mesilas Yesharim 37
Rav Moshe Wolfson: The Pleasure of Prayer
Closer Shmuez: Not By Chance
Chanukah: A Kiss from Above
Mesilas Yesharim 36
Mesilas Yesharim 35 (ch. 8)
Mesilas Yesharim 34
Bar Mitzvah Derasha: Only With Song
The Chofetz Chaim: When Moshiach Comes
Parshas Vayigash: No Honor but Torah
Chanukah Tisch 5785: The Eternal Light
Mesilas Yesharim 33
Chanukah: A Holiday of Thanks
Mesilas Yesharim 32
Mesilas Yesharim 31
Mesilas Yesharim 30
Parshas VaYeishev: The Biography About You
Mesilas Yesharim 29 (start of Ch. 6)
The Chofetz Chaim: Appeasing Satan
Mesilas Yesharim 28
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Miracles Surround Us
Mesilas Yesharim 27
Parshas Vayishlach: The Bitcoin Shmuez
Mesilas Yesharim 26
The Chofetz Chaim: The Camp that Escaped
Mesilas Yesharim 25
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Pesukei Dezimra Clears the Path
Mesilas Yesharim 24
Mesilas Yesharim 23
Parashas Vayeitzei: The Tzaddik’s Stone
Parshas Vayeitzei - Time Travel
The Chofetz Chaim: Parnasah Matters
The Chofetz Chaim: Parnasah Matters
Mesilas Yesharim 22
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Uplifting the Ordinary (part two)
Mesilas Yesharim 21
Parshas Toldos: Living a Broad Life
The Chofetz Chaim: The Blessings of Suffering
Mesilas Yesharim 20
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Uplifting the Ordinary (part one)
Mesilas Yesharim (ch. 4) 19
Mesilas Yesharim 18
Mesilas Yesharim 17
Parshas Chayei Sarah: Avraham’s Coin
Mesilas Yesharim 16
The Chofetz Chaim: Toil in Torah
Mesilas Yesharim 15
Rav Moshe Wolfson: The Right Pace for Davening
Mesilas Yesharim 14
Mesilas Yesharim 13
Mesilas Yesharim 12
Parshas Vayeira: A Jew is Never Lost
Mesilas Yesharim 11
Mesilas Yesharim 10
The Chofetz Chaim: Dangers of Kiruv
Mesilas Yesharim 9
Mesilas Yesharim 8
Parshas Lech Lecha: The Road to Self-Discovery
Mesilas Yesharim 7 (begining ch. 1)
The Chofetz Chaim: Three Essentials
Mesilas Yesharim 6
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Approaching the Throne
Mesilas Yesharim 5
Mesilas Yesharim 4
Mesilas Yesharim 3
Mesilas Yesharim 2
Parshas Noach: Just Be Easygoing
The Chofetz Chaim: Dangerous Books
Mesilas Yesharim 1
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Light Up the Words
Miami Alumni Simchas Beis HaShoeva 5785
Pre Yom Kippur Alumni Gathering 5785 - To Declare Him One
Shaarei Teshuvah 17
Aseres Yemei Teshuvah Tisch 5785 - Revival of the Dead
Shaarei Teshuvah 16
Rav Moshe Wolfson: How to do Teshuvah
Shaarei Teshuvah 15
Rosh Hashanah: Becoming Indispensable to the Community
Shaarei Teshuvah 14
The Chofetz Chaim: The Secret Weapon
Shaarei Teshuvah 13
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Why Tefillah is So Hard
Shaarei Teshuvah 12
Shaarei Teshuvah 11
Parshas Ki Savo: Feeling Your Pain - and Joy
Shaarei Teshuvah 10
The Chofetz Chaim: Torah to Die For
Shaarei Teshuvah 9
Rav Moshe Wolfson: We Talk to Hashem!
Shaarei Teshuvah 8
Shaarei Teshuvah 7
Shaarei Teshuvah 6
Parshas Ki Seitei: The Point of Life
The Chofetz Chaim on Ki Seitzei: Let Hashem Give You Bracha
Shaarei Teshuvah 5
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Davening Demonstrates Emunah
Shaarei Teshuvah 4
Orchos Tzadikim - Simcha 1
Shaarei Teshuvah 3
Shaarei Teshuvah 2
Parshas Shoftim: The Segulah for Protection
Shaarei Teshuvah 1
The Chofetz Chaim on Shoftim: The Seductive Power of a Bribe
Rav Moshe Wolfson: Why Daven?
Orientation Tish 2024: Teshuvah in Yeshivah
Teacher’s 2024 Orientation at YCQ: The Key to a Student’s Heart
Tisha B’Av 5784 - Where Are You?
Camp Kaylie 2024: Strings that Save
Closer Shmuez Summer 2024: How to Change the World
Shavuos: Don’t Step on the Grass
Pre-Shavuos Alumni Shiur: A Listening Ear
Megillas Rus: Foil Characters
Lag BaOmer Bonfire: Only with Joy
Parashas Behar: The Entire Torah from Sinai
Rav Matisyahu Salomon: Taking Tzedaka to Learn
Rav Elyah Lopian: Rabbi Akiva and Consistency
Parashas Emor: Bringing Kiddush Hashem into the World
Rav Mattisyahu Salomon: Torah Keeps the World Going
Rav Matisyahu Salomon: Are We Safe in America?
Great Jewish Inspiration: We are All Teachers
Sefira in the Rebbe’s Court
Rav Elyah Lopian: Takeaways from Technology
Pesach Closer Shmuez: A Match Made in Egypt
Parashas Tazria: The Swiss Bank Account
My Favorite Haggadah Vorts 5784
Parashas HaChodesh: What’s New?
Rav Matisyahu Salomon: The Battle of our Life
Great Jewish Inspiration: Life is Like a Postcard
Parashas Tzav: Menial is Meaningful
Rav Elya Lopian: Making Torah Sweet
Purim: A New Frame of Mind
Rav Elyah Lopian: Two Sandwiches
Great Jewish Inspiration: Fall Down You Get Back Up
Purim: To Revive Another’s Spirit
Rav Mattisyahu Salomon: Ambassadors of the King
Moshe Rabbeinu’s Yahrtzeit: Salvation from Above
Rav Elyah Lopian: Purging Corrosive Middos
Great Jewish Inspiration: Don’t Procrastinate!
Parashas Vayakhel: To G-d and to Man
Rav Elya Lopian: Elevating Our Shabbos
Rav Mattisyahu Salomon: The Waters of Wisdom
Parashas Ki Sisa: Faith in our Sages
Siyum on Bava Kama: On Choppy Seas
Rav Elyah Lopian: Two Stories
Rav Matisyahu Salomon: What a Chilul Hashem!
Great Jewish Inspiration: Reaching Further
Parashas Tetzaveh: Stoned
Purim Kattan Tisch: When In Doubt
Parashas Terumah: Gold Inside and Out
Rav Elyah Lopian: The Sea Dog
Great Jewish Inspiration: Cherish those Cloudy Days
Rav Matisyahu Salomon: Our Own Mishkan
Rav Elyah Lopian: Do You Love Fish or Yourself?
Great Jewish Inspiration: Write a Great Autobiography!
Parashas Mishpatim: Jewish Manners
Rav Matisyahu Salomon: The Power of Rosh Chodesh
Rav Elya Lopian: The Struggle is where the Treasure is
Great Jewish Inspiration: Success in Learning
Every Breath You Take - YCQ
Parashas Yisro: To Love is to Give
Rav Mattisyahu Salomon: It’s in our Power
Rav Elyah Lopian: A Tribute to Rav Yisrael Salanter zt”l
Parashas Beshalach: Face the Music
Tu B’Shvat Tisch - From Darkness Stems Growth
Rav Elyah Lopian: From the Depths
The Secret of Great Jewish Women
Closer Shmuez: A Vital Lesson from Rav Matisyahu Salomon zt”l
Rav Elyah Lopian: Two if by Sea
Parshas Vayechi: The Steelers Fan
Rav Elyah Lopian: Tuxedo or Rags
Asarah B’Teves: Tears of Joy
Rav Pinkus: Sign of Life
Parashas Miketz: The Power of a Single Word
Chanukah: The Gift of Life
Chanukah Tisch: The Blessing of Loneliness
Rav Pinkus: Off Camera
Rav Elyah Lopian: Torah vs. Philosophy
Great Jewish Faith: Bedrock of Belief
Chanukah: Lighting It Up
Parashas Vayishlach: The Two Faces of Eisav
Rav Pinkus: Satan’s many Masks
Great Jewish Faith: Back to the Future
Parashas Vayetzei: My Rebbe’s an Angel
Rav Pinkus: Yaakov called it a House
Rav Elyah Lopian: Geshmak to be a Yid
Great Jewish Faith: Envisioning Mashiach
Parashas Toldos: The Busiest Day of the Year
Rav Pinkus: Time Management
A Thought on the March on Washington
Great Jewish Faith: I Love You Hashem
Parashas Chayei Sarah: Captain of Ship
Rav Pinkus: Timing our Words
Rav Elyah Lopian: Psalm 142 - From the Cave
Great Jewish Faith: See the Messages
Parashas Vayera: The Tzaddik of Sodom
Rav Pinkus: Treating our Foes with Kindness
Rav Elyah Lopian: The World is Undergoing Renovation
Parashas Noach: Building a New World
Rav Pinkus: Noach and the Simchas Torah War
Rav Elyah Lopian: Avoid becoming Desensitized in War
Great Jewish Faith: Faith in Times of War
Parashas Bereishis: Feeling their Pain
Rav Pinkus: Suffering is Very Good
Rav Elyah Lopian: Where is Hashem in Horrific Times?
Teshuva Tisch: Turning Sin into Song
Alumni Teshuvah Event: Follow the Money
Rav Pinkus: The Unique Teshuva of Yom Kippur
Rav Elyah Lopian: Dry Cleaning our Sins
Neshei Shiur: Waiting for your Husbands
Rav Pinkus: Life and Death of Rosh Hashanah
Rav Elyah Lopian: Prayers of Rosh Hashanah
Great Jewish Faith: The Best Profession
Pre-Selichos Tisch
Parshas Nitzavim: Reframing
Rav Pinkus: Cognitive Dissonance
The Avodah of a Beinoni
Rav Elyah Lopian: The Power of Torah
Parshas Ki Savo: Appreciating Gedolei Yisrael
Memories of my Rosh HaYeshiva HaRav Aharon Schechter zt”l
Rav Pincus: Tasting Torah’s Sweetness
Opening Shmuez: Elul is Elul
Orientation Tisch: The Blessing of Torah on Business
The Role of a Rebbe
Tisha B’Av: The Titanic Lesson
Camp Kaylie 2023: Those Precious Tears
Churban: Bar Kamtza
Closer Shmuez: Sacrifice at First
Rav Schwab: Fleeing like Schoolchildren
The Vilna Gaon: All Fired Up
The Vilna Gaon: Blessing with Two Hands
Rav Schwab: Rus and Curbing our Yetzer
Shavuos: Decisions, Decisions
Rav Schwab: The Common Celebrity
The Vilna Gaon: A Spiritual Diet
Great Jewish Faith: Shiur 3
Rav Schwab: Shemita is Simply Divine
Lag BaOmer Bonfire: The Eternal Flame
Great Jewish Faith: Shiur 2
How to Win Friends (expanded version)
The Sky’s the Limit
Parashas Emor: A Holy Workweek
Tefillin: Right Between the Eyes
Parshas Kedoshim: How to Win Friends
Rav Schwab: The Importance of Eretz Yisrael
The Vilna Gaon: Hatred is Baseless
Great Jewish Faith: Shiur 1
Parshas Tazria-Metzorah: Don’t Judge Me
Rav Schwab: Climbing the Ladder of Sefirah
The Vilna Gaon: Starting off Right
Pesach Closer Shmuez: Cleaning Up Our Perspective
Rav Schwab: We DID Leave Egypt
Siyum on Daf Yomi - Nazir
The Vilna Gaon: Don’t Pass Over the Tropp
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 17
Parshas Vayikra: My Two Scents
Torah in Motion
Rosh Chodesh Nissan: Miracles Big and Small
Rav Schwab: Sippur Yetzias Mitzraim
The Vilna Gaon: The Difference between a Chacham and a Rasha
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 16
Silence is Golden
Parashas Vayakhel: The Cure of Shabbos
The Vilna Gaon: The Best Part of Waking Up
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 15
Parashas Ki Sisa: Appreciating Youth
Can’t Part from Purim
How to Fight Amalek Today
Special Purim Edition of the Vilna Gaon
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 14
Hesped for Rav Abba Bronspiegel zt”l
Parashas Terumah: Getting a Geshmak in Learning
Rav Schwab: Purim Edition
The Vilna Gaon: Half Measures
Rav Schwab: Hostage Situation
Vilna Gaon: Distancing from Lies
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 13 (Recollections of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt”l)
Parshas Yisro: What’s the Purpose?
Rav Schwab: Matan Torah in Shushan
The Vilna Gaon: Financial Peace
Tu Bshvat Tish: Give Your Fruits to Others
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 12
Parashas Beshalach: The Divine Bridge
The Vilna Gaon: The Unique Saphire
Public Speaking part 2
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 11
Parashas Bo: Making Mitzvos Easy
Rav Schwab: Giving In
Closer Shmuez: Living with Emunah
Parshas Vayigash; A Blessing for All Times
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 10
Chanukah Tish: The Cherished Rabbinic Lights
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 9
Parshas Vayeishev and Chanukah: We Survived - Let’s Eat
Chanukah and Chazarah
Rav Schwab: Vanquishing the Yetzer HaRah
The Vilna Gaon: Chanukah and The Pit
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 8
Parshas Vayishlach: Shoot for the Stars
Lander Winter Retreat Kumzitz: A Human Angel
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 7
The Inspiration of Ashrei
Rav Schwab: A Secret to Relationships
Vilna Gaon: Flesh and Bone
Public Speaking 101
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 6
Interview with Nachum Segal about Great Jewish Faith
Parshas Chayei Sarah: Body and Mind
Rav Schwab: Righteous Gentiles
Vilna Gaon: Eliezer’s Choice of Words
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 5
Parshas Vayera: With Utmost Respect
Rav Schwab: Anniversary of Kristallnacht
Parashas Lech Lecha: Putting Children First
Rav Schwab: Avraham’s Masterstroke
Vilna Gaon: The Avos established Tefillah
Parashas Noach: Let Your Words Shine
Rav Schwab on Noach: Believe it or Not
Vilna Gaon: A Source for the Magen Dovid
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 4
Yom Kippur: A Life for Him
Teshuvah: Decisions, Decisions
Teshuvah and Toothpaste
Rosh Hashana: Man on a Mission
Rav Schwab: To be Free of Sin
Vilna Gaon: The Depth of Din
Great Jewish Photographs shiur 3
Parshas Ki Savo: The Art of Giving and Taking
Rosh Hashanah: A Blank Canvas
Rav Schwab: Entering the Holy Land
Vilna Gaon: Tefillin in the Head
Great Jewish Photographs: Profiles of Greatness
Parshas Ki Seitzei: Sensitivity Training
Rav Schwab: Crime and Punishment
Vilna Gaon: The Perfect Weight
Parshas Shoftim: Self-Judgement
YCQ Faculty Orientation: Why we Chose this Field
Rav Schwab: Hey Mister, I Mean You!
The Vilna Gaon’s Torah: An Introduction
Great Jewish Photographs: Why Not You?
Starter Shmuez: Lessons from a Wedding
Tisha B’av 2022 - Scarring
Camp Kaylie: Hidden Gems
Siyum Daf Yomi Yevamos
Closer Shmuez: Leaving Yeshivah
Shavuos: A Chol HaMoed Yid
Shavuos: Little Har Sinai
Shavuos: Saturated at Sinai
Exploring Emunah: Bad is Really Good
Parshas Behar: Catch Him Before He Falls
Lag Baomer: Divine Magnetism
Exploring Emunah: The Wonder of Shemita
Parashas Emor: The Secret to Successful Chinuch
Rav Yerucham Levovitz: Final Banquet
Exploring Emunah: The Two Legs of Faith
Rav Yerucham Levovitz: Hashem Understands Us Best
Exploring Emunah: Holiness vs. Indulgence
Great Jewish Treasures part 9
Parashas Acharei Mos: Singing in the Rain
Rav Yerucham Levovitz: Imitating Goyim
Pesach: Haggadah Highlights
Pesach: Sympathy for our Enemies?
Rav Yerucham Levovitz: Pesach and Prayer
Exploring Emunah: The Most Famous Ramban
Great Jewish Treasures Part 8
Parashas Tazria: The Power of Marketing
Rav Yerucham Levovitz: Taking Personal Responsibility
Exploring Emunah: The Myth of Nature
Great Jewish Treasures Part 7
An Appreciation of Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l
Exploring Emunah: Accepting Tragic News
Great Jewish Treasures Part 6
Introduction to Megillah Marathon
Exploring Emunah: Trusting Sages Part 2
Great Jewish Treasures Part 5
A Call to Arms
The Most Important Shmuz of my Life
Rav Yerucham Levovitz: The Smell of Poverty
Exploring Emunah: Trusting Sages Part 1
Siyum on Daf Yomi Seder Moed
Great Jewish Treasures Part 4
Rav Yerucham Levovitz: Collateral Damage
Exploring Emunah: Awaiting Moshiach in Times of War
Great Jewish Treasures part 3
Parashas Vayakel: The Best Part of Waking Up
Rav Yerucham Levovitz: The Secret of Success
Exploring Emunah: The Right Intentions
In Search of Jewish Treasures
Parashas Ki Sisa: Children Are Our Future
Rav Yerucham: The Endless Pursuit of Wisdom
Purim Kattan: The Perfect Matanas Le’vyonim
Great Jewish Treasures part 2
Parashas Tetzaveh: Consistency
Parashas Terumah: Serving Hashem with Sensitivity
Rav Yerucham Levovitz: An Appreciation of Rashi
Exploring Emunah: Compassionate Giving
Great Jewish Treasures part 1
Parshas Mishpatim: Being Mindful
Rav Yerucham Levovitz on Mishpatim: Compassionate Justice
Exploring Emunah: Should Majority Rule in Faith?
Lashon Harah: Our Achilles Heel
Tu Beshvat in Miami
Closer Shmuess: Second Acts
Parashas Bo: The Importance of Flexibility
Exploring Emunah: Pharaoh in Pajamas
Parashas Va'eira: A Yid never gives up
Rav Yerucham Levovitz: Lessons from Pharaoh
Exploring Emunah: We Rock!
Parashas Shemos: Starting Off Right
Rav Yerucham Levovitz: The Making of Moshe Rabbeinu
Exploring Emunah: Prove It!
Parashas Vayechi: The Ultimate Partnership
Exploring Emunah: Trusting the Torah
Asara B’teves: Don’t Invade the Space of Others
Siyum on Daf Yomi Taanis
Parashas Vayigash: Don't Worry, Be Happy
Exploring Emunah: Just Relax
Chanukah: Outlook on Secular Subjects
Chanukah: Light It Up
Parshas Vayeishev: On His Shoulders
Parshas Vayeishev: Hello Brother
Exploring Emunah: Chanukah Edition
Parashas Vayishlach: Mama Rachel
Parshas Vayishlach: Rav Yerucham on the Power of Persuasion
Exploring Emunah: The Power of Prayer
Parashas Vayeitzei: Now I Will Praise
Parashas Vayeitzei: On the Rocks
Exploring Emunah: Toxic People
Parshas Toldos: The Secret of the Corners
Parashas Toldos: Sanctifying Pleasure
Exploring Emunah: Living in a Different Dimension
Great Jewish Life part 4: Q&A
Exploring Emunah: Rising to the Challenge
Great Jewish Life part 3: Choosing a Community
Parashas Vayeira: In His Footsteps
Great Jewish Life Series Part 2: Choosing a Career
Exploring Emunah: Opened Eyes to Hashem
Parshas Lech Lecha: Brand Loyalty
Exploring Emunah: My Personal G-d
Great Jewish Life Series part 1: Dating and Marriage
Parshas Noach: The World’s First Yeshiva
Exploring Emunah: Many Shades of Faith
Yom Kippur: Jailbreak!
Yom Kippur: The Happiest Day of All
Aseres Yemei Teshuvah: Who Am I?
Aseres Yemei Teshuva: The Crest of the Wave
Rosh Hashanah: Unlocking the Potential
Exploring Emunah: Pre-Rosh Hashanah Edition
Tisha B’Av: Mind Your Own Business
Parashas Devarim: The Crooked Road to Growth
The Year in Review
The Year in Review
Parashas Korach: The Morning Sun
Letters about the Holy Land
Parashas Behaaloscha: On that Day
Parashas Naso: Blessing with Love
Shavuos: Torah Basics
Count-Up to Shavuos
Parashas Behar - Bechukosai: Standing in their Shoes
Parashas Emor: Bread of Embarrassment
Lag BaOmer: Be My King
Pesach Sheini: A Real Cleaning
Parashas Acharei Mos- Kedoshim: A Yom Kippur Yid
The Emoji of Shavuos
Parashas Tazria-Mezora: Finding the Time
Parashas Shemini: Chinuch with Joy
Pesach: Sacrificing with Love
Pesach: Dissecting Dayeinu
Rosh Chodesh Nissan: How To Bring the Geulah
Parashas Vayakel: Light the Fire
Parashas Ki Teitzei: Seeking Wisdom
Purim Bells
Parashas Terumah: A Love Above Nature
Parshas Mishpatim: Biting the Hand that Feeds You
First Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Chaim Wakslak zt”l
Parashas Yisro: Seeing the Sounds
Parashas Beshalach: Relax, Hashem’s in Charge
Parashas Beshalach: Bring the Music
Parashas Bo: The Power of Tefillin
Parashas Vaeirah: The Heroic Frogs
Parashas Vaeirah: On the Back of a Fish
Anarchy in America
Parshas Vayechi: Blessings of Criticism
Parashas Vayechi: The Ambassador
Parashas Vayechi: Dealing With Jealousy and Blame
Parashas Vayechi: Raising Our Children to be Great
Parashas Vayechi: The Parental Blessings
Parashas Vayechi: Living Alive
Parashas Vayechi: Divergent Paths
Parashas Vayigash: Brotherly Love
Parashas Vayigash: Shouldering the Burden
Parashas Vayigash
Parashas Vayigash: Giving Hashem Nachas
Parashas Vayigash: To See and To Be Seen
Parashas Vayigash: The Greatest Artist
Parashas Vayigash: Escorting Someone on the Road to Life
Parashas Vayigash: Best Friends Forever
Parashas Vayigash: Honorable Mention
Kivrei Tzaddikim of Gedolei Ashkenaz
Parashas Mikeitz: iShiur
Chanukah: Pay Attention to the Soul
Chanukah: The Constant Miracle
Chanukah and the Edison Theater
Chanukah: Studying Torah and Secular Studies
Chanukah: As the Dreidel Turns
Chanukah in Hashkafa: Your Money or Your Life
Chanukah: Customs Inspection
Chanukah: The Holy Shamash
Chanukah: Guerrilla Warfare
Chanukah: Coming Back Home
Chanukah: Taking the Initiative
Chanukah: I’m Not a Fighter
Chanukah: Disproving Einstein
Chanukah: Out of the Pits
Chanukah: There’s a War Out There
Chanukah: Teaching By Example
Chanukah: Like Day and Night
Chanukah: A Kiss from Hashem
Parashas Vayeshev: Ironing Out Our Own Inconsistencies
Parashas Vayeshev: Words Are Weapons
Parashas Vayishlach: We Try Harder
Parashas Vayishlach: The Best of Both Worlds
Parashas Vayishlach: Taking it Slow
Parashas Vayishlach: Seduction
Parashas Vayishlach: Anatomy 613
Parashas Vayishlach: The Law of the Jungle
Parashas Vayishlach: Avoiding the Snake
Parashas Vayishlach: Aiming to Please
Parashas Vayeitzei: Torah is Reality
Parashas Vayeitzei: Playing Favorites
Parashas Vayeitzei: Spinning in Silence
Parashas Vayeitzei: What Happened to Daf Alef?
Parashas Vayeitzei: Angels of Shabbos
Parashas Vayeitzei: The Sensitivity of Mama Rachel
Parashas Toldos: Priceless Advice
Parashas Toldot: Follow Your Nose
Parashas Toldot: Emunah 101
Great Jewish Journeys – to the Past
Parashas Toldos: The Secret of Getting Our Prayers Answered
Parashas Toldos: Instant Gratification
Parashas Toldos: Perfect Timing
Parashas Toldos: A Different Kind of Yeshiva
Parashas Toldos: How to Merit having a Child who is a Talmid ChachamParshat Toldot: How to Merit having a Child who is a Talmid Chacham
Parashas Chayei Sarah: Take it Personally
Parashas Chayei Sarah: Focusing on Our Strengths
Parashas Chayei Sarah: Avroham’s Trophy
Parashas Chayei Sarah: The Loss of a Spouse
Parashas Chayei Sarah: Living with the Dead
Parashas Chayei Sarah: The Beauty of Sarah
Parashas Chayei Sarah: A Yid is Never Lost
Parashas Chayei Sarah: Head to Toes
Parashas Vayeira: The Five-Star Hotel
Parashas Vayeira: Growing From Our Struggles
Parashas Vayeira: Can You Keep a Secret?
Parashas Vayeira: The Business of Kiruv
Parashas Vayeira: Tears of Tehillim
Parashas Vayeira: The Sacrifice of Silence
Parashas Vayeira: Be My Guest
Parashas Vayeira: The Sweetness of Gedolim
Parashas Vayeira: Choose a Place and Stick With It
Parashas Vayeira: The Mystery of Matzah
Parashas Lech Lecha: On Holy Ground
Shavuos: The Disrupted Siyum
Parashas Lech Lecha: How to Run a Yeshiva
Parashas Lech Lecha – Greed is Good
Parashas Lech Lecha: Dual Citizenship
Parashas Lech Lecha: Good Eye
Parashas Lech Lecha: Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Parashas Lech Lecha: Traveling Inwards
Parashas Lech Lecha: What’s in a Name
Parashas Lech Lecha: Priorities in Parenting
Parashas Lech Lecha: Filters for the Eyes
Parashas Lech Lecha: Avraham, the Father of Faith
Parshas Noach: The Shmuez of Your Life
Parashas Noach: The Trust Fall
Parashas Noach: Crossing the Border
Noach and the Industrial Revolution
Parashas Noach: Stretching the Limits
Parashas Noach: I Believe in Me
Parashas Noach: Election Special
Parashas Noach: Balancing Act
Parashas Noach: The Happy Camper
Parashas Noach: A Whole New World
Starting the Journey of Learning Gemara
Parshas Bereishis: It Takes a Village
Parashas Bereishis: Be Creative
Parashas Bereishis: The Importance of Saying Thank You
Hoshana Raba Night
Yom Kippur: Love Conquers All
Yom Kippur: Obeying Our Leaders
Yom Kippur: Mastercard
Yom Kippur: Dreams
Yom Kippur: The Transformative Power of Teshuvah
Yom Kippur: Go Big or Go Home
Yom Kippur: A Day Like Purim?
Yom Kippur: Higher than Heaven
Yom Kippur: To Thine Own Self Be True
Yom Kippur: The Year of the Whale
Erev Yom Kippur: Fast Food
How to Win in Din Part 4
How to Win in Din Part 3
How to Win in Din Part 2
How to Win in Din Part 1
Rosh Hashanah: Let us Make Man
Rosh Hashanah: The Buck Stops Here
Rosh Hashana: A Tale of Two Rosh Hashanas
Rosh Hashanah: Cracking the Code of the Shofar
Rosh Hashanah: The King and I
Rosh Hashanah: The Shofar’s Message
Rosh Hashanah: Hidden Hallel On the High Holidays
Rosh Hashanah 5781: A Shabbosdik Year
Elul:An Uplifting Teshuva
Parashas Ki Savo: Do You Taste It?
Parashat Ki Savo: Wake Up Call
Parashat Ki Savo: The Deal of the Century
Parashas Ki Savo: Tefillin, Thinking Inside the Box
Parashas Ki Savo: Vidui Maaser- Straight from The Heart
Parashas Ki Savo: Feeling Yerushalayim
Parashas Ki Savo: Give and Take
Parashas Ki Savo: Learner – Earner
Parashas Ki Seitzei: Lost and Found
Parashas Ki Seitzei: Hands Up
Parashas Ki Seitzei: Hashem Helps Those who Help Themselves
Parashas Shoftim: A Whole Peace
Parashas Shoftim: Bribed
Parashas Re’eh: Good Chevrah Bad Chevrah
Parashas Re’eh: Earth in the Balance
Best Friends Forever
Tisha B’av: Curtain Call
Achoseinu by Eitan Katz and Baruch Levine (Composed by Rabbi Eliezer Chait and Dovid Chait)
The Nine Days: Unconditional Love
The Three Weeks: The Song Must Never Stop
Tisha B’Av: The Saddest Day of the Year
Tisha B’Av: The Churban Around the Corner
Tisha B’Av: Where’s the Kallah?
Tisha B’Av: The Churban is the Source of All Tragedy
Parashas Mattos: What Monument is Eternal?
Tisha B’av: It Started From Nothing
Parashas Pinchas: Principles in Leadership
Parashas Chukas: The City of Hope
America: A Nation of Chesed
Parashat Chukas: Summer Homework
Parashas Korach: The Budding of a Gadol
Parashas Shelach: Eyes and Spies
Solving The Riddle of the Harp
Parashas Be’halot’cha: Small Equals Great
Riots 2020: The Haves and Have Nots
Parashas Naso: Balancing Act
Shavuos: Ruth’s Positivity
Shavuos: The Gift of Curiosity
Shavuos: Your Personal Share of Torah
Shavuos and Summer
Shavuos: Transformational Torah
Money is Time
Shavuos: My Birthday
Shavuos: The Disrupted Siyum
The Heart of Shavuos
Shavuos: Mindfulness
Shavuos: Twin Peaks
Shavuos: No Prayer Goes Unanswered
Parashas Bechukosai: Respecting the Rabbis
Parashas Behar-Bechukosai: Jewish Pride
Parashas Behar: Stop the Talking in Shul
Parashas Behar: The Contagious Smile
Parashat Behar-Bechukosai: Torah is Divine
Parashas Behar: Awaiting Mashiach
Parashas Emor: Great Men: A Tribute to Hatzalah
A True Friend
Parashas Emor: Fuhgetaboutit
Parashas Emor: Always Find the Positive
Parashas Emor: Face Time
Parashas Emor: A World for Torah
Parashas Kedoshim: And Nothing But the Truth
Parashas Acharei Mos- Kedoshim: The Maggid’s Message
Parashas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim: Visiting the Sick
Parashas Acharei Mos Kedoshim: The Minyan Club
Parashas Kedoshim: Advice on Advice
Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim: The Secret to Life
Parashas Acharei Mos: Choices
Parashas Tazria: A Pandemic in 1848
Parashas Tazria-Metzora: Maintaining Our Diffrences
Parashas Metzora: Improve Yourself and Change the World
Parashas Tazria: Seeing Things Clearly
Parashas Metzora: How to Guide Your Pride
Parashas Tazria: The Best Days of Your Life
Parashas Tazriah: Loshon HaRah is for the Birds
Parashas Tazria: The Mosquito in the Mind
Parashas Shemini: Soaring on Their Wings
Sefiras HaOmer: Respecting Each Other
Sefiras HaOmer: The Sefira and the Sota
Parashas Shemini: The Pied Piper
Parashas Shemini: Antman
Pesach: The Interrupted Hallel of the Seder
Pesach: My Brush With Death
Passover in the Living Years
Passover: The Ripening of our Potential
Pesach: Who Knows One
Pesach: Three Secrets of the Seder
Pesach: The Meaning of Seder
Pesach: Hooked on the Haggadah
Pesach: 4 Vorts on the Haggadah
Pesach: An Attitude of Gratitude
Pesach: We are a Miracle
Pesach: What’s the Answer?
Pesach: Bringing it Home
Parashas Vayikra: Happy Endings
Parashas Vayikra: The Shrinking of the Ego
Parashas Vayikra: Only the Best
Parashas Vayikra: Living According to One’s Means
Parashas Vayikra: Sacrificing Your Ego
Parashas Pekudei: Deprived of Our Shuls
Parashas Vayakhel: Give it Up
Parashas Pekudei: The Pleasant Path
Parashas Vayakhel-Pekudei: Menchlichkeit vs. Mashiach
Parashas Vayakhel-Pekudei: Seeking Betzalel
Parashas Pekudei: Count Your Blessings
Parashas Vayakhel-Pekudei: Beauty Defined
Parashas Vayakhel: Leadership
Parashas Vayakhel: “Klal Yisrael’s Got Talent”
Parashas Vayakhel-Pekudei: The Holy Reflection in the Mirror
Parashas Ki Sisa: A Response to the Crisis
Parashas Ki Sisa: Write it Down
Parashas Ki Sisa: Answer the Call
Parashas Ki Sisa: The Kallah and the Talmid Chacham
Parashas Ki Sisa: Removing the Mask
Purim: Retail Politics
Purim Katan
Purim: Geshmak to be a Yid
Purim: Step It Up
Purim: The Whole Megillah
Purim Powerball
Purim: The Old Switcheroo
Purim: An Out of Body Experience
Purim and the Luchos
Parashas Tetzaveh: The Greatest Pasuk in the Torah
Parashas Tetzaveh: Seeing the Signs of Life
Parashas Tetzaveh: Golden Bells and Golden Speech
Parashas Terumah: The Holy Igloo
Parashas Terumah: Halftime
Parashas Terumah: The Roots of the Mishkan
Parashas Terumah: How to Make a Mishkan
Parashas Terumah: What Can I Do for You
Parashas Terumah: It’s Yours For the Asking
Parashas Terumah: Building With Pure Intention
Parashas Mishpatim: Laws with Heart
Parashas Mishpatim: Brick and Mortal
Parashas Mishpatim: Compassionate Giving
Parashas Mishpatim: Parent-Child Relationships
Parashas Mishpatim: Halacha Rules
Parashas Mishpatim: The Rebbi Talmid Relationship
Parashas Yisro: The Chosen People
Parashas Yisro: Interception in the Endzone
Parashas Yisro: Blogs and Boundaries
Parashas Yisro: Soar You at Sinai
Parashas Yisro: Just Come
Tu B’Shevat: Fruits of Eternity
Parashas Beshalach: Spiritual Vertigo
Parashas Beshalach: Serenity at the Sea
Parashas Beshalach: Song and Silence
Parashas Beshalach: The Juggler
Parashas Beshalach: The Real Doctor
Parashas Bo: Stealing Time
Parashas Bo: Mitzrayim and Me
Parashas Bo: What Do Parents Want
Parashas Bo: Taking Responsibility
Parashas Bo: The Light of Honesty
Parashas Bo: Making Hashem Proud
Parashas Va’eira: Plagued by Cynicism
Parashas Shemos: What is Your Name?
Parashas Va’eira: Gam Zu L’Tovah
Parashas Va’eira: Split Personalities
Parashas Va’eira: Bombs Away
Parashas Shemos: I’m With You!
Parashas Shemos: The Home Stretch
Parashas Shemos: What Goes Around Comes Around
Parashas Va’eira: Never Give Up
Chanukah: A Kiss from Hashem
Parashas Vayishlach: Taking it Slow
Parashas Vayechi: The Ambassador
Chanukah: Like Night and Day