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The Fire We Bring and the Fire HaShem Sends - Pinchas

The Greatest Danger Is Thinking We Know Better - Pinchas

The Rabbi Who Put His Head Down Parah AdumahNefilat Apayim

The Architecture of Blindness - How HaShem Sends Warnings Before We Destroy Ourselves - BALAK

When Faith Meets Uncertainty: The Eigel, the Parah Adumah, and the Challenge of Na’aseh VeNishma

When a Cause Becomes Dangerous - Balak, Bilaam, and the Power of Lishmah

Father's Day, Bilam's Blessing, and the Secret of Jewish Survival - The Home That Carries HaShem's Name

Do Not Trust in Princes - Korach, Iran, and the Illusion That Man Can Fix the World

The Nature of Tefilah - Prayer - Korach

The Breach in the Wall How Korach Turned Brothers into Opponents

Fake News, Korach, and the Business of Blame

Before the Test Begins What Kalev Learned in Chevron

The Sweetness Is Still There What the Meraglim Failed to Taste

Lazy in Thought - What the Meraglim Refused to Think About

The People Who Change the World — Humility Is Not Thinking You Are Nothing

The Rabbi Who Stayed Until the Flame Rose by Itself - BeHaalotecha

The Broken Tablets and the Fractured Leader: Why Beha’alotecha Feels Like Everything Is Falling Apart

Why Moshe’s Humility Made Him the Greatest Man Who Ever Lived - BeHaalotecha

We Think It’s Normal — But It’s Not: The Menorah and the Torah-Shaped Soul - BeHaalotecha

Naso - The Echo of Sinai Never Stopped

Blessed With That Which Seems Impossible- Naso

Naso is Still Shavuot: The Kabbalah That Opens the Gate

The Moment We Realized We Were Wealthy — Shavuot, Sinai, and the Gift We Already Have

Malchut, the Kallah of Sinai, and the Dwelling Place of the Shechinah

One Man, One Heart — Sinai, Ruth, and the Secret of Receiving Torah - SHAVUOT

The Second Side of the Mishkan — Sivan, Second Chances, and the Handhold That Changes a Life

Yom Yerushalayim — The City That Teaches Us to Remember, Return, and Become One

HaShem Is Our Shadow — From Keri to Karov Opening - Bamidbar

The Desert Between the Curses and the Torah - BaMidbar

Raise His Head: The Power of Recognition Bamidbar

The Haftorah of the Broken Marriage — Bamidbar, Shavuot, and HaShem’s Unbreakable Love

The Shofar of Return — Why Judaism Never Gives Up on a Jew Behar

BeHukotai - From Yaakov’s Night to Avraham’s Light — The Turning Point of Lag BaOmer

Har Sinai, Round Two — You’ve Done It Once, You Can Do It Again BeHar

When Loss Becomes a Star: An After-Class Reflection on Grief, Faith, and Holding On

The Sound That Brings You Back — Yovel, Yom Kippur, and the Secret of Lag BaOmer

Pesach Sheni - The Door That Opens After it Closed

The Appointment We Keep — Or Miss - Emor

Kohen Gadol: Between Angel and Abyss - EMOR

The Grasshopper, the Haftarah, and the Secret of Kedushah

Love Is Not Enough — Learning to Respect the People We Love

What’s Love Got To Do With It - Acharei Mot Kedoshim

Too Close to the Fire – Acharei Mot - Understanding Nadav and Avihu

Two Birds — The Words That Kill and the Words That Give Life

Look at the Affliction — But See the Person | Tazria-Metzora

The Month That Heals — Understanding Iyar and the Name of Hashem

The Birth of a New You - Tazria

Hated as One, Saved as One — Why We Must Become Adam Again - Tazria Mesora

The Greatest Poverty Isn’t What You Lack — It’s What You Don’t See - Tazria

The Fragrance of Truth — Learning to See the Essence

The Two Arks That Walk Together - Shevii Shel Pesach

The Stick, the Horse, and the Illusion — Who’s Really in Control? Pesach

The Ten Plagues — A War Against the Gods of Egypt

The Ten Plagues — Not Chaos, but a System

From Chametz to Matzah — Not Avoiding the Battle — Transforming It

Later Is Where We Lose It — The Secret of Matzah and Time

Leaving Mitzrayim — The Night We Break What Holds Us

When It’s Not About You — The Secret of Sav Corrected

A Small Mem, A Burning Fire — The Secret of a Quiet Avodah - Sav

Not One — The Miracle Hidden in Our Enemies PESACH

Nissan - Direct Connect - When the Heavens Rejoice and the Earth Answers

We Are What We Do — Why the Torah Shapes the Soul Through Mitzvot P esach

The Small Aleph — Shrinking the “I” to Hear the Voice of Hashem - VaYikra

Seeing Hashem’s Hand When Life Makes No Sense - Vayakhel Pikudei

The Camp After the Calf — How Moshe Drove the Satan Out and Rebuilt Israel - VaYakhel

The Lion Awoke Again — From Refuge to Power to Purpose

When the Prosecutor Became the Builder — The Secret of Betzalel Vayakhel Pikudei

The 720-Hour War — From Purim to Pesach and the Hidden Battle With Amalek

After the Megillah — The Real Work of Purim Begins

Permission to Live Is Not Enough — Yom Ha-Nikhalim and the Jewish Duty to Stand

Hester Panim in Tehran — Purim in Real Time

Behind the Curtain — But Waiting for Us Purim, Hashgachah, and the Courage to Act

When the Name Disappears — Moshe, 101, and the Light Behind Purim

Living Inside the Megillah – Iran, Haman, and the Hidden Hand of HaShem

Not Glued On – Torah as a Child’s Identity, Not an Accessory - Purim Terumah Tesaveh

The Gold, which was Refused and How Women Built the MISHKAN - Terumah

The Joy Beneath the Surface — Living the Hidden Mazal of Adar - Rosh Ḥodesh Adar and the Hidden Joy of ה–ה–י–ו

Before a relationship with Heaven - Must Come a relationship with men - Terumah

Standing in Someone Else’s Shoes - Mishpatim

Justice That Heals - Mishpatim and the Torah’s Alternative to Prison

Unfinished Business - Parashat Mishpatim, Gilgul, and the Accounts We Don’t Close

From The Phone Line to Har Sinai

Kayin Returns to Sinai_ Yitro and the Long Road to Techiyat HaMetim

Not the Smartest — the Dedicated : Yitro and the Torah of Effort

Yitro, Antisemitism, and Us

What’s With Yitro and Elokim?

Mayim and Eitz — Why Torah Needs More Than Learning BeShalach

One Day at a Time — The Ma’an, Parnassah, and Trust in Hashem …. Sounds good. BeShalach

Bones, Blessings, and the Power of Being Remembered - BeShalach

Do You Have Barriers in Life ?

Or b’Moshvotam — Light in the Middle of Darkness - Bo

From Gan Eden to the Oven: Bread, Fire, and Redemption How Women Repair What Was Broken at the Beginning of Time

Rosh Ḥodesh Shevat — “Vehaya Hu”: The Discipline of Not Switching

When Empires Move for One Soul — Hashgacha Pratit and Pharaoh

Thanking Water and Dust – The Hidden Torah of Hakarat HaTov

THE NECK THAT WON’T TURN — AND THE TORAH THAT WON’T LEAVE - Am K’shei Oref - Ani HaShem and the War Over Timing

Carrying the Burden Without Losing HaShem VaEra

Why Was Moshe, Moshe and Why was Moshe Chosen to Lead

SHEMOT — WHEN SLAVERY RETURNS WITHOUT CHAINS

A PROMISE YOU CAN WALK ON, BUT NOT YET HOLD

THE RESUME THAT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A RESUME Shoulders and Shemot

KOH VA’KOH — LEARNING TO SEE WITH LIGHT Shemot

The Missing Shevatim and the Secret of the Night - VaYechi

When Exile Stops Feeling Like Exile - VaYechi

From Babylon to Broadway: The Siege Then, the Siege Now - Asara BeTevet

The Blessing That Ends a Pattern VaYechi

Ani Yosef - how we fool ourselves and how to stop - VaYigash

One Parent, Ten Children, and a Week of Kaddish

When Truth Is Strong Enough to Be Gentle - VaYigash

Sweetening the Channels — How Hidden Light Rewrites the Script

Two Pharaohs in One Heart - How Comfort, Self-Interest, and Perspective Rewrite Our Moral Vision

The Two Words That Echoed for Two Years

Faith Without Illusions - Bitachon, Yosef, Ḥanukkah, and the Greatest Test of Our Generation

Entering the Light - Why Seeing the Ḥanukkah Candles Is Not Enough

The Vine That Cannot Stand Alone

The World That Visits Us at Night - Dreams

FALLING, ADMITTING, AND RISING AGAIN

Shalem Takes Time Yaakob and The Lesson of Patience

Shepherds, Sukkot, and the Torah of Compassion VaYishlach

Ya‘akov, Eisav, and Our Job in This World - VAYISHLACH

The Power of Holding a Child Close — How One Act of Kindness Can Save Generations

Vayishlach- Twelve Against Eleven - How Yisrael Overcomes Eisav

Taryag Shamarti — The Torah That Accompanies a Man Into the World - VaYishlach

THE ROLE OF HEAVEN IN HISTORY — FROM THANKSGIVING TO YA‘AQOV, FROM 1492 TO TODAY

THE BALANCE THAT CREATES A NATION - Yaakov Ish Tam Vayesse

Eliphaz and the Gates of Gilgul — From Robbing Yaakov to the Voice of Onkelos and why Amalek

Jacob, Esav, and the Shadow of Lavan

Ya‘akov’s Night, Our Darkness — and the Light of a Home

Toledot - Galut Edom Galut Yishmael

KISLEV — THE GATE OF LIGHT IN THE DARKEST MONTH – Parshat Toledot and the permutations - OPENING — THE FIRST TO DO TESHUVAH Rosh Ḥodesh always carries the quiet hum of renewal. It slips in without trumpets, without fanfare, yet Chazal paint it as a spiritual reset button. Why? Because the moon was the first creation ever to do Teshuvah. The Gemara tells the story plainly: “אֵין שְׁנֵי מְלָכִים מִשְׁתַּמְּשִׁים בְּכֶתֶר אֶחָד.” The moon complained: “Two kings cannot share one crown.” HaShem answered: “Go and make yourself small.” (Chullin 60b) The moon recognized its mistake. It accepted the consequence. It did Teshuvah. And so, every Rosh Ḥodesh becomes a mini-Yom Kippur. This is stated explicitly in Musaf: “רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ … זְמַן כַּפָּרָה לְכָל תּוֹלְדוֹתָם.” The Beit Yosef (O.C. 423) explains this phrase literally: Rosh Ḥodesh atones for the spiritual stains of the previous month. HaShem “remembers” us and lifts us from the Yetzer Hara. But Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev is different. It carries a sharper edge, a deeper power, an urgency of Teshuvah that no other month can claim. Why? Because Kislev is the fortieth day after Hoshana Rabbah—the final deadline of the Yomim Nora’im cycle. Old sefarim (quoted in Likutei Tzvi) explain: • Yom Kippur is the primary time of atonement. • If one misses that moment, the gates stay open until Hoshana Rabbah. • If one still doesn’t complete Teshuvah, HaShem gives forty more days—parallel to the forty days of Matan Torah—until Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev. And so Chazal referred to Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev as: “כְּיוֹם כִּפּוּר קָטָן” — a miniature Yom Kippur. (Based on Rashi printed in early Tanach editions, c. 1460; verified historically though not in modern standard editions.) This month opens with judgment…but also with light. And we need that light desperately. ACT I — THE FAST OF ROSH ḤODESH KISLEV The Only Explicit Rosh Ḥodesh Fast in Tanach In Yirmiyahu 36:9, we find something astonishing: “וַיְהִי בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁעִי… קָרְאוּ צוֹם לִפְנֵי ה’ לְכָל הָעָם…” Chazal understood this as a fast on Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev. This is the only explicit Rosh Ḥodesh fast ever recorded. That alone tells you the spiritual weight of this day. What Happens in Heaven on Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev? The lights of Chanukah begin streaming downward from the very beginning of the month. And so many tzaddikim fast — even half-day fasts — to align themselves with this moment. This is a day not to be wasted. The Passuk which relates to the permutation of Hashem’s name for Kislev comes from the story OF MOURNING Yaakov AT GOREN HA’ATAD From Midrash Tanchuma, Vayechi 18: When Ya‘akov was taken to burial, the Canaanites gathered, took off their crowns, encircled the coffin, and declared: “אֵבֶל כָּבֵד זֶה לְמִצְרָיִם.” “This is a great mourning for Egypt.” Chazal say HaShem rewarded them for this act of honor. Rosh Chodesh Kislev is tied by Chazal to the opening words of this pasuk (Bereishit 50:11) as its first four words— וַיַּרְא יֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי — form the permutation of HaShem’s Name for the month: ו – י – ה – ה Our Rabbis explain based on Vayare This is a month of seeing. A month where even outsiders “saw” the honor of Ya‘akov. A month where we must learn to “see” truth and light in the darkness. ACT II — KISLEV, LIGHT, AND THE 36-HOUR SECRET Kislev arrives at the darkest point of the year as we approach the winter soltice. Days are short. Nights are long. But this is precisely the month when the light is strongest. We have discussed in the past that the light of the first day of creation which preceded the sun is called the אוֹר הַגָּנוּז, the hidden primordial light, Chazal say Adam HaRishon experienced the אוֹר הַגָּנוּז, for 36 hours: • Created Friday morning • Sinned Friday near sundown • Allowed to remain in Gan Eden until the end of Shabbat (Bereishit Rabbah 12:6) We are all familiar with the lamed vavniks, we call them the 36 hidden sadikim which keep the world going. We are taught this light remains hidden within them and two other places. The rabbis refer to the 36 hours of shabbat – 6 preceding and 6 following - This same hidden light appears again in Kislev: • We light 36 Chanukah flames (1+2+…+8 = 36). • Kis-Lev may be split as: כִּיס – ל״ו “the hidden 36.” They are in the candles we burn and this is why our rabbis tell us its good to look at the candles, perhaps to access this special light of seeing, healing and connection. Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev is the seed of that light. The month begins dark but ends ablaze. The Name of HaShem in Kislev As we have taught each month, The Arizal (Pri Eitz Chaim, Shaar HaKavanot, Inyan Chodashim) teaches that each month has a permutation of HaShem’s Name drawn from a verse. Kislev’s permutation is: ו–י–ה–ה Derived from the first letters of: וַיַּרְא יֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי (Bereshit 50:11) One can look at the letters and see in them • ו — abundance • י — חָכְמָה, vision • ה–ה — expansion of divine light into the worlds of Yetzirah and Asiyah Thus Kislev is the month of miracles, because miracles are simply the overflow of light into the physical. What Is a Miracle? A נֵס is something above nature. Its root, says the Radak, is “לָנוּס” — to flee, to rise, to escape the gravitational pull of habit. When a person goes beyond his nature — when he stops anger, stops jealousy, stops chewing on old pain — he rises above nature and taps into hidden light. This is why the Vilna Gaon (Even Shleimah 1:1) writes: “לֹא בָּא אָדָם לָעוֹלָם אֶלָּא לְתַקֵּן מִדּוֹתָיו.” “A person came to this world only to refine his character.” When you change a middah, you open a faucet that was always connected to Heaven. ACT II STORY — THE MIDRASH OF THE HIDDEN LIGHT Source: Pesikta Rabbati 6 – Chazal say that HaShem hid the light of creation and saw: גָּנְזוֹ לַצַּדִּיקִים לֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא. But on certain days the light leaks out: Shabbat. Chanukah. And—teachings of the Arizal and Rishonim— Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev, the opening gate of that light. ACT III — JACOB, ESAU, AND WHO OWNS THE MONTHS Now we step into a deeper layer. The Ben Ish Ḥai (Drashot, Year I, Parashat Vayéshev) brings a remarkable tradition: Ya‘akov and Esav divided the months. • Esav took the harsh months. • Ya‘akov took the bright ones. • But Ya‘akov fought to reclaim certain months: • From the summer … He wrestled back half of Av (אַחֵי מְנַחֵם אָב). • He seized Elul for Teshuvah. • And from the winter, he reclaimed Kislev, giving Am Yisrael access to its hidden light. And in fact, as I was discussing with Robert this morning as Hanukah extends into Tevet, we can extend the light into the darkest month which we will touch on next month. Kislev is not “neutral time.” It is contested territory that Ya‘akov pulled out of Esav’s hands. Rivka’s Fear — One Confused Child or Two Clear Paths? Now we can understand a deeper piece from the Chumash and this weeks Perasha. When Rivka becomes pregnant, the Torah tells us: “וַיִּתְרֹצְצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ… וַתֹּאמֶר אִם כֵּן לָמָּה זֶּה אָנֹכִי… וַיֹּאמֶר ה׳ לָהּ שְׁנֵי גוֹיִים בְּבִטְנֵךְ.” (Bereshit 25:22–23) Rashi, quoting Bereishit Rabbah 63:6, explains: • When she passed the beit midrash of Shem ve-‘Éver, Ya‘akov struggled to get out. • When she passed a house of avodah zarah, Esav struggled to get out. At first, Rivka is terrified: If this is one child, pulled with equal passion to holiness and to tum’ah — a split, torn, spiritual schizophrenic — then: “לָמָּה זֶּה אָנֹכִי?” What kind of “I” will there be? What kind of identity is this? HaShem calms her: “שְׁנֵי גוֹיִים בְּבִטְנֵךְ” — “You have two nations inside you.” Two children, each consistent in his own direction, can be addressed. One “child” living both lives at once — that’s the real disaster. That is the heart of our generation’s problem: People trying to be both — both fully “in” and fully “out,” both amud ha-tefillah in the morning and hefker at night. And that is exactly what Kislev comes to break. “We need to ask ourselves: How Long Will You Dance on the Fence?” Recall Eliyahu HaNavi’s cry on Har HaKarmel when he turns to the people and says: “עַד מָתַי אַתֶּם פֹּסְחִים עַל שְׁתֵּי הַסְּעִפִּים? אִם ה׳ הָאֱלֹהִים — לְכוּ אַחֲרָיו, וְאִם הַבַּעַל — לְכוּ אַחֲרָיו.” (Melachim I 18:21) Make up your mind. HaShem can deal with a sinner who knows he’s a sinner. What HaShem “cannot stand” — so to speak — is the pôsēaḥ ‘al shtei ha-se‘ifim, the one limping between two sides, pretending to be both. Kislev, the month Ya‘akov pulls back from Esav, demands that we stop living as if we are one child pulled toward two altars. Here Rav Ḥayim Palaggi (Mo‘ed LeKol Ḥai, Inyanei Kislev) gives us the practical avodah, the keys: For Kislev’s good mazal to manifest, we need three things: 1. No being “wishy-washy” Decide. Choose a side. Pick a mitzvah, a seder, a kabalah — and hold it. 2. Emet — ruthless honesty Even the אבק שקר, the dust of falseness, has to go. The Zohar (III:104a) compares sheker to a shadow that brings darkness; émèt is “קְיָימָא” — stable, lasting. Alef–Mem–Tav — first, middle, last of the alef-bet. Truth runs through the whole line. Sheker (shin–kuf–resh) are all unstable letters; the lie never stands long. And lets add … 3. Honor parents — in life and after life The Pele Yo‘etz (entry: Kibbud Av VaEm) writes that the neshamah only understands the language of spirituality: • Learning Torah • Saying Tehillim • Giving tzedakah • Doing mitzvot le‘iluy nishmat… Each act is like pressing the “up” button on a spiritual elevator. As their neshamot rise, they can intercede more powerfully for us. Zechut avot is not a fixed account; it grows as we add to it. It’s a two-way street: • Their merit protects us. • Our deeds raise them, so they can protect us even more. ACT III STORY — YA‘AKOV’S WRESTLING MATCH Source: Bereishit 32:25–32; Chullin 91a Chazal say that when Ya‘akov wrestled with the angel of Esav, the “avak”—the dust of their struggle—rose all the way to the Kisé HaKavod. Why emphasize dust? Because the fight wasn’t just physical. It was about control of history, of time, of the “dust” of this world. Who would command the long, dark nights? Who would own the months of confusion? Ya‘akov wins. He leaves limping, but victorious. From that victory we get the power of Kislev: • To stop being split. • To choose truth. • To turn the dust of struggle into the light of victory. CLOSING — THE MONTH OF HARMONY AND THE POWER OF VISION The Kedushat Levi (Chanukah drasha 2) says: On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, HaShem remembers us. On Chanukah, we see the good. Kislev is therefore the month of vision. The pasuk linked to its permutation begins: וַיַּרְא יֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי — form the permutation of HaShem’s Name for the month: ו – י – ה – ה We should have this in mind in the Amidah of Musaf when we bless the month … “And the inhabitants of the land saw…” This is the month of seeing truth beneath illusion. Light beneath darkness. Hope beneath fear. If Tishrei is Chesed of Avraham and MarCheshvan the Gevurah of Yishak, then Kislvev is linked to Yaakov and Tiferet — harmony after chaos — and it arrives to steady us. In a world shaking with uncertainty, Kislev whispers: “Look deeper. The light is already here.” Rosh Chodesh Kislev is not a date. It is a gate. Tomorrow night we stand before it. And HaShem waits for us to take one step — a small Teshuvah, a clear decision, a step beyond our nature. Because that is how miracles begin. Three commitments for Kislev, from Rav Ḥayim Palaggi: 1. Be unwavering. Pick a mitzvah and hold it like a lifeline. 2. Be honest. No dust of sheker. Clean the lens of the soul. 3. Honor parents. In life or in Heaven — lift them, and they lift you. And with that, the lights of Kislev open. May HaShem bless us with נִסִּים וְנִפְלָאוֹת, protect our children fighting for Am Yisrael, and show us the light that has been waiting since the first day of creation. אֲנָּא ה׳ הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא. אֲנָּא ה׳ הַצְלִיחָה נָּא. Chodesh Tov and Shabbat Shalom

Why Yitzḥak’s Quiet Digging Holds the Secret to Water, Earth, Mikveh and Ourselves

From Why to What Purpose: Sarah, the Satan, and the View From Heaven

Chayei Sarah isn’t about death — it’s about what remains alive

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When Holiness Must Separate, Keturah and Avraham’s Children sent to the East – A Final Test – Chaye Sara 5786

Turning the Snake into Light — The Secret Story of Eliezer and Rivkah - Chaye Sara 5782

The Deal That Made Eternity — Avraham, Ephron, and Knowing When to Walk Away - Chaye Sara

The Akeyda - The Version They Said You Couldnt Handle Vayera 5781

When a Simple Blessing Opens Heaven — Parashat VaYera

Return to Your Place — The Quiet Greatness of Avraham Avinu - Parashat VaYera

The Voice That Opens Heaven — Your Own VaYera

Pereh Adam - the final exile and the battle that ends history

Noah and The Lion - The Kindness That Saved the World

HaḤatufim veHaḤamas – The Captives and the Thieves

HaBeriah HaSheniyah – The Second Creation: When the World Began to Breathe

Whose Side Is God On — The Tower That Never Fell NOAH

From the Raven to the Ketoret — Seeing Good in the “Bad” - NOAH

Noaḥ, Moshe, and Hashem’s Faith in Us

Does 5786 mark the dawn of Et Shalom? From the Time of War to the Time of Peace

Kayin and Havel - The Matter Rests With Me - BERESHIT

Hostages Coming Home - The Five Strikes of Mercy — Sweetening Judgment on the Soft Earth

Entering the Shechina Through the Sukkah - Sukkot

From Fear to Love: The Secret of the Two Goats on Yom Kippur

The Elevator Up – Answering the Knock Before the Gates Close

From the Knot to the Crown – Moshe, Rabbi Akiva, and the Secret of Tefillin before Rosh HaShanah

U’bacharta ba’Chayim The Secret of Choosing Life Before Rosh HaShanah - Nisavim

Appointed, Not Just Standing — Nitzavim and the Covenant of Today

Ki Tavo – Rav Avraham Pam and The Gift of Time

The Simanim of Rosh Hashana and appreciating Hashem’s Gifts - Ki Tabo

The Boat That Saves Us - Ki Tabo

The Mikveh, Sunset, and Hashem’s Completion - Horayot and Ki Tabo

Shabbat in the Airport Line From “Going Out” to “Coming In”

The Forgotten Debt — Amon, Moav, and the Power of Gratitude

Two Wars and the Calf in Between

You are Never Alone - Shoftim

Do You Know Who I Am? – Torah, Power, and Humility

Justice, France, Charles Kushner, Dreyfuss and the Call of Elul

Elul’s Hidden Name: ה־ה־ו־י and the King in the Field

Tithing the Head - Ruling The Heart Re’eh

Don’t Overlook a Simple Blessing - Re’eh

Re’eh - Seeing Beyond Bread: Parents, Perspective, and the Source of Life

100 Berachot - Halacha of the Day

Opening Your Hand… and Your Heart - Parashat Re’eh

Testing Hashem - Todays Halacha from Parshat Ekeb

Not to Forsake the Levi and the Levi Within Each of Us - EKEV

From Curban To Geulah - What’s On Our Walls

The Prayer That Prays You —based on then Sefat Emet on Va’etḥanan

The Fire Still Burns – The Soul of the 10th of Av

The Statue, the Gold, and the Illusion of Idolatry - Devarim

The Repetition That Saved a Nation Memory, Moshe, and the Churban of Our Time - Devarim

When the Sons Stay Behind - The Secret of the Yerushalmi Funeral Custom

You Can’t Just Talk About It—You Have to Shovel It = Devarim

The Heat of Exile: Kashrut, Kashering, and the Spiritual Roots of Antisemitism Masai

The Prayer That Opens Gates — Even When It Shouldn’t - Masei

The Weight of a Word: Vows, Leaders, and the Power of Truth - MATOT

Yehoshua in the Fish? Fantasy, Faith, and Hidden Truths

The Daughters Who Taught a Nation - PINCHAS

The Severed Letter and the Unbroken Soul

The Broken Vav and the Wholeness of Peace - Pinchas

The Sword and the Spell — Pinḥas vs. Bilaam - Zealotry or Sorcery? A Clash of Worlds

When Questions Have No Words - Pinchas Nadav Avihu - Balak

The Ripple Effect - From Balak to Mashiach

The Secret War and the Silent Holocaust - Parashat Balak – Three Arguments, Three Tragedies, One Redemption

Let the mother come and clean up the mess of her child - bedience Beyond Understanding CHUKAT

Showdown of Epic Proportions: The Battle Between Moshe and Og Melekh haBashan Chukat

Obedience Beyond Understanding - CHUKAT

Aharon HaKohen - The Honest Peacemaker Chukat

The Snake, the Staff, and Getting Back on the Horse Chukat

The Rock, the Song, and the Staff of Blossoms - Parashat Ḥukkat

Tamuz Haman Korach, Coffee Grounds, and the Greatness We Miss - Faint Again

Rebellion, Reincarnation, and the Whisper That Shook the Earth Parshat Korach

The Wisdom of Women Building Blessing, Defying Destruction KORACH

Ibur Neshama, Sarah, Chur and A little help from the Dead -Shelach

Lions in the storm - Faith Fear and The Front Lines in The Shadow of War - Shelach

The Two Paths to Glory: Shelach, Survival, and the Fire That Never Goes Out

Threads of Eternity - The Woodchopper, the Tzitzit, and the Power of Mitzvot - Shelach

Let The Flame Rise- BeHaalotecha Shabbat and the Battle For Our Neshama

The Humble Light of Moshe: A Deeper Look at Parshat Beha’alotecha through Zerah Shimshon

Bitachon in the Desert: Trusting Hashem in Daily Portions BeHaalotecha

The Tithe of the Soul – Levi, Holiness, and the Return of the Bechor - Bechukotai

The Hidden Flame – Aaron’s Gift and the Power of Quiet Eternity BeHaalotecha

The Mystery and Majesty of Birkat Kohanim - Naso

A Kiss, A Sword, A Spark: Ruth, Orpah, and the Battle That Began in Moav

Can You Hear Me Now? A Shavuot Awakening

A Crown of Thorns- The Rejection and Rise of King David - Shavuot

Living Above Nature and Expanding Souls Behar Bechukotai 5781

Cycles of Soul—From Shabbat to Shemitah to Sinai - Behar 5778

Choose Life - Overcoming the Yeser Harah with Joy - Emor

Pesach Sheni and the Battle Against Doubt

Love Like This Mothers Day Marriage and the Hechal of Ahava

As Yourself – Rabbi Akiva’s Great Principle - Kedoshim

The Beauty of a Broken Heart - From the Death of Nadav and Avihu to the Healing of the Soul - Achare Mot

Healing Lashon Hara - Sometimes with Silence and Sometimes with Speech - Tazria Mesorah

A House for Hashem: Yom HaAtzmaut and the Return Home

Just One Whisper The Power of a Short Tefilah

Iyar – The Kavanah for the Month: Transforming Every Action Into Healing

The Torahs Midpoint Mystery - Shemini

Past, Present, Future — And a Window on the Train

The Blessing of Completion – Moshe’s Beracha and the Power of Vihi Noam Shemini

Eight, Fifty, and the Light Beyond Nature Shemini 5785

Nissan is Not Over - Take Advantage ... The Hidden Structure of Nisan - A Month Outside of Time

Shevi’i Shel Pesach – The Power of Bitachon

The Blood on The Doorpost and The Mezuzah - Pesach

Tikun and Gilgul - Tariffs Covid and Bitachon Pesach

Pesach - Going From “Ani Asitini” to “Hashem Asani - From I created Myself To Hashem Created Me!

The Watch and the Worth – A Perasha & Passover Thought

Pesach - It Needs To Be About Me

The Thinning of the Veil during Nissan

Rosh Hodesh Nissan 5782 Part 2 - Please listen to Part 1 first

Rosh Hodesh Nissan 5782 part 1

Money Matter The Ohr HaChaim and Don Isaac Abarbanel- Pikudei

A subtle Purity: The Jewelry Still Worn - Vayakhel

Besalel - Young Architect of Holiness - VaYakhel

The Kiyor and the Sanctification of the Mundane - Vayakhel

The Egel - Putting Myself in their Shoes - What Would I Do? Ki Tisa

Shabbat Zachor, Amalek and Purim - Tesaveh 5780

Ladies Class Power of Speech, Blessings and Tikun- where is Moshe in Tesaveh

Power of Speech, Blessings and Tikun- Where is Moshe in Tesaveh?

The Heart Before the Wisdom: Understanding “חכמי לב” and “רוח חכמה” - Tesaveh

Mazal, Amelek, Adar and Mishkan - Terumah

Keruvim, our Children and Returning The Heavenly Flow

Adar Rosh Hodesh Kavanah on the Permutation of ההיו

The Hebrew Servant: A Path to Reconnection and Redemption - short Class

Rapoh Yerapeh - The Kabbalah of Healing - Mishpatim

Divine Orchestration and Midah keneged Midah - Mishpatim

Balancing the Scales in this World - Mishpatim

Techiyat HaMetim and Har Sinai and Yitro's Arrival

Datan and Abiram and the splitting of the sea 5779

Tambourines of Redemption: The Secret War of Miriam and the Women - BESHALACH

Amalek Hamas Written and Oral Instructions- BeShalach

Naaseh VeNishma and the order of Tefilin Bo

The Purpose of The Plagues and Darkness - Bo

Commitment Rosh Hodesh Shevat and The Tree of Good and Evil

Always Remember Who Is Really In Charge - Bo

Never Understood the most repeated pasuk in the Torah - VaEra

Can We Begin To Understand Bad Things Happening? VaEra

Sour Milk Perceptions and Silver Linings VaEra

When Opposing Forces Get Together- VaEra

The Flip Flop Institute- Getting out of the school of second thoughts. VaEra

Moses, Solomon and Trying to Get into Hashem’s Head

From Death to Redemption: The Tikkun of Chava by the Women of Shemot

Tikun of Kayin through Moshe, the Egyptian and Yitro Shemot SHORT CLASS

The Egyptian Exile and The Promise to Abraham - Shemot

Jacob’s Blessings and The Tenth of Tevet VaYechi

Immortality Through Our Children VaYechi

Joseph, the model of self control loses it, why? VaYigash

Justice and Mercy United: The Shema’s Vision Through Joseph, Judah, and Jacob - Vayigash

Drawing the Light of Hanukah into The Darkness of Tevet

Rising with the Flames of the Chanukiyah - Mikes Hanukkah

Punnished With A Year for a Word – Why? MIKETZ

The Kabbalah of Memory, Joseph and Chanukah - MiKetz

Selling Joseph for a Pair of Shoes - Expanded Live Version - VaYesheb

Here Comes the Dreamer of Dreams - All about Dreams and their interpretations - VaYesheb

Parshat VaYishlach: The Hidden Dinah, Yissachar the Donkey, and Rabbi Akiva's Redemption

Jacob's Journey to Reclaim Holy Sparks and Assume His Brother’s Mission - VAYISHLACH

Yaakov and the Foundation Stone of the World - VaYesse

From Warrior to Sage Eliphaz’s Journey to Onkelos our Teacher - short VaYesse

Eliphaz, Esav, R' Akiva and Respecting Parents - Vayesse

Illuminating Kislev: Unveiling the Hidden Light of 36

Rivka and the Camel, a Guide to Controlling our Yeser Hara - Toledot

Esav’s lesson to each of us that everything matters - Toledot

Matchmaker matchmaker snakes and servants Eliezer Hayye Sara

Turn a Curse Into A Blessing - Eliezer Anochi and Beracha

The Ashes Of Isaac at The Akeyda - VaYera

The Humility of Abraham VaYera

"Abraham and Sarah: Mending the Spiritual Threads of Adam and Chava"

Navigating The Crossroads of Life - Lech Lecha

Isolation or Outreach - Sedaka Tasil meMavet- Noah

Shabbat, The Ark, Kindness and Noah

Entering the Shechina Through the Sukkah - Sukkot

Jonah is Joseph and the sailors are his brothers

Yonah - Man Represents All Creation For the Good and The Bad - Yom Kippur

Connecting My Lower Soul to My Upper soul - Yom Kippur

Converting Judgment to Mercy Rosh Hashana

Chana, Self Sacrifice and Rosh Hashana

Happiness Rosh Hashana and my friend Jack Doueck Beach 2013

Standing, Rosh Hashana, Children and Simanim: Nesavim 5784

Reinventing ourselves in Elul and First Fruits Ki Tabo

Turning Curses to Blessing - Joy - Ki Tabo

Return to Me and I will Return to You - Elul Teshuva

Bringing Balance To The World - Shoftim

Where Did The Chesed Go? Shoftim

Humility, My Rabbi and Kings - Shoftim

What You See Depends on How You See - Re’eh

Do You Want to Bring Mashiach? Re’eh

The Soul of the Matter - Steak and Blood - Re’eh

Testing Our Faith Ekeb

Tu BeAv and Moshe’s Prayer

Nachamu Tu BeAv and Yom Kippur - VaEtchanan

Hadrian and Tisha BeAv

Is There Ever Enough Gold? Devarim

Devarim and Memory and Tisha BeAv

The month of Av - Esav Jacob and ה ו י ה

Vows, Unity, Three Weeks - Matot

Judaism Inclusivity Exclusivity - Yaakov to Mashiach

Moshe’s Final Battle with Peor - Matot

Ir Miklat- The Power of Love Matot

Don’t be too Righteous- Pinchas

Eliyahu Gilgul and Incapacitating The Angel of Death Pinchas

The Daughters of Tslophachad - Pinchas

The Three Weeks - Danger vs Sadness = Reverse Polarity

Appoint a Successor or a Son? Matot

Goal is to Live the Life of the Righteous BALAK

Der Sturmer and The UK Has Fallen Chukat

SNake on A Stick? Whats the Lesson? Chukat

Korach the Politician - Moshe the Anti Politician

What motivated Mrs Korach’s jealousy?

The Voice of Korah Echoes Today

Heaven on Earth or Turning Earth into Heaven - Shelach

The names Kel and Kah - Oartnering with Hashem - Shelach

A Little Help From The Dead -Shelach

Moses Half Brothers - BeHaalotecha

Crave Cravings - Onions and Adam's Tree - BeHaalotecha

Lighting the Menorah Igniting my Soul

Transforming Darkness to Light Shavuot

Raise a Head and Give Them merit

CORRECTED: Yom Yerushalayim Samuel and Amalek and Hamas. You Yerushalayim where we celebrate the unification of Jerusalem and the miracles of the Six Day War.

The Unifying Factor BeMidbar

Blessings and promises. Effort and Reward. Bechukotai

Lag BaOmer - What Are We Celebrating? And Why?

Is Everything Really for The Best - Behar Bitachon and Hashgacha

Second Chances, Joseph and Adam’s First Wife - Pesach Sheni - EMOR

PARDES, BLOOD and SOULS

How can These and These Be The Words of a Living G-d?

Pride and Haughtiness The Lesson of Mesorah

Iran’s Missiles and Sancherib’s Defeat

Shidduch Crisis Marriage, Emunah and Bitachon - Tazria

The Eclipse and Us

Understanding Nadav and Avihu Shemini

Sweeping The Ashes - Take a Broom - Sav

Revealing the Secrets of the Parah Adumah

Mordechai and His Descendants- The Grreatest Accolade

Miracles Hidden & Revealed Purim to Passover

Reading Between The Lines Hi Norm Max - Purim Megillah

The Kohen’s Light and Amalek’s Shade - Vayikra

Adar Bet 13 & Breaking through the Mazalot

To be Successful, Choose the Right Partner - Pikudei

Machar Mikreh Tomorrow and Happenstance Amalek Purim

Besalel’s Mishkan - The Tragedy - The Triumph - Vayakhel

Leaving with just a Towel - Areyat of Regina bat Alice - Vayakhel

Breaking through the blockage with the spear of 248 Ki Tissa

The Mesirut Nefesh of Parents - Jeanette Bibi A’H

Fire of Ur Kasdim and the Golden Calf - Ki Tissa

The Network is Down and Grandpa is in Me - Tesaveh

You Illuminate The World Tesaveh

Words Create Reality and the Insurance Question Tesaveh

Joining Heaven and Earth - LeShem Yichud - Terumah

Mishkan, Balance, Access & Unicorns - Terumah

The Hugging Cherubs and Dancing With My Wife - Terumah

Reincarnation Repairs and The Four Elements MISHPATIM

Remember that Hashem is Always Talking to Us - Yitro

Reincarnation and Resurrection Gilgul Kayin and Techiyat HaMetim Yitro

Kohanim at the Kotel

Tu Bishvat Deder at Edmond Safra Synagogue with Yehi Ratzons and Segulot 5784

Pharoah and the Avoda Zara of Egypt - BeShalach

Would the Sea Split for Me? BeShalach

Faith in Man or G-d ? BeShalach

Tefillin to Leave Egypt - Whats the Connection?

Lighting Up The Night - Bo

Controlling Time Controlling Fate - Bo

Leaving Your Comfort Zone with Your Dog - Bo

Moses asks Hashem to Explain Bad Things VaEra

Why Cover Your Eyes for Shema VaEra

What qualifies Moses to Lead? VaEra

Vaydaber Vayomer - Speech - Vinegar and Honey VaEra

Hashem wants to be your neighbor - Shemot

The mystery of the name -I shall be as I shall be - Shemot

Batya who was she really? Shemot

VaYechi Yaakov - Jacob Never Died

The Scecret to Long Life from 5783 Vayechi

Gathering sparks in exile Vayechi

Sefirot Amidah Yosef and Yehuda VaYigash

Elokim and Havya, Din and Mercy, Joseph and Judah - Vayigash

Diminishing Lights - Hanukah. The Lesson of Bet Shamai

Kabbalah 101 Hanukkah 36

Hashem is with me. How Yosef survives. Vayesheb

Dreams and Interpretations - VaYeshev

Yaakob Taking on His Brothers Role - VaYishlach

Dina Going Out To Save The Soul of Rabbi Akiva Vayishlach

Working for my bread. VaYishlach

Hashem, Let’s make a Deal VaYesse

Overcoming Esav through Yosef and Mordechai - VaYesee

Hashem wants Kindness VaYesse

Eliphaz Esav Amalek and Respecting Parents VAYESSE

Changing the Future via The Channel to Answered Prayers - Toledot

Kislev How to Make Miracle Happen - Toledot

Where was Isaac at his mothers funeral - What really happened at the Akeudah?

Buying from Others or Inheriting from Hashem - Chaye Sara

Angels Michael Gabriel Rephael and Abraham Vayera

Partners with Hashem Vayera

Not knowing where you are going - Lech Lecha

Abraham, Sarah and Pharaoh Gilgul Adam, Chava and the Snake - Lech Lecha

Imagination, Wives, Wealth, Boxes and Angels - Lech Lecha

If the animals can get along, why can’t we ? Noah

Why Has Hashem Forced Us Into a Situation Where We Are Running To Do Chesed? Shabbat and Noah

Achdut Unity - Keneset Yisrael -Noah and Moses

Bereshit Ezer Kenegdo 5780 copy

Kohen Shalom and The Light of Creation Bereshit

A New Beginning - Shabbat Bereshit

Send Angels Send Vests At War Bereshit

Are you willing to climb aboard ? Shemini Aseret

Hoshana Rabbah - WHATS it all about ?

Hashem’s Shadow. My Shadow. Sukkot

Are you Serious or has it all been a sketch?

Under Hashem’s Protection - Sukkah

Reincarnation Generation and the SUkkah of Sedom 5781

Sukkah and Dwelling with Hashem

Yonah - Creation can either support you or attack you - Yom Kippur

HaAzinu - You are a Crucial Member of Hashem's Orchestra 5781

40 Days and 40 Nights, Written and Oral Torah

Are we children or are we servants of G-d Rosh Hashana 5780

Give a Hand, Get a Hand - Nisabim

The Hidden is for Hashem, The revealed for Us Nisabim

The Fish that was an Island - Ki Tavo

The Simanim on Rosh Hashana and Appreciating Hashem's World 5778

Transforming the Evil Inclination throuh Joy - Ki Tavo 5779

The Blessing on that which is hidden - Ki Tavo

Understanding the Beautiful Captive During War - Ki Tesse LaMilchama 5778

Desire and Arrempt Create a New Reality - Shoftim Eglah Arufah

It Takes More than Hearing - Reeh

Emulating Hashem in Chesed Renewal Breakfast 08042023

Your Reaction, Your Decision, Your Choice Re’eh

Open Your Hand and the spoon in two halves Re’eh

Why is this the Happiest Day of the Year? Tu BeAv

The Test of Faith - Daily Maan EKEV

Facilitating a FaceTime call to Heaven

Red Strings Mezuzot & Tefillin- VaEtchanan

Why Are Some Prayers Answered - VaEtchanan

Blessed as The Stars in The Heavens

The Five Tragedies of Tisha BeAv and Devarim

Bringing joy to our Father in Heaven

Draft Evading for The Love of Moses - Matot

Losing Ones Super Power - Matot

Accessing Your Super Power- Matot

Protection during the three weeks and all year - Pinchas

The Daughters of Tslophachad - Pinchas

Incapacitating The Angel of Death Pinchas

Savlanut Zimri Shechem and Rabbi Akiva

Bilaam’s New Power

Defense from Unknown Attacks Chukat Balak

Hukat Balak Parah Aduma 5780

The Red Heifer, The Golden Calf and the Levite Korach CHUKAT 5783

Anger takes a person from this world - Korah

Preserving an Argument for the Sake of Heaven? Korah

Hishtadlut and Bitachon, Ice Cream and The Meraglim

Joined by a Departed Soul and Seeing Things Differently

Raising The Levites and Learning at Night

The Cigarette, Matzah and remembering Egypt

Crave Cravings - Onions and Adam's Tree - BeHaalotecha

Lashon Harah - Miriam, Aharon and Moshe Behaalotecha

Lighting the Menorah Igniting my Soul - BeHaalotecha

Adirei - Raising the Flame of Torah

Naso You’ve Got to Give Love to Get Love

NASO - Is the Kohen Blessing Us or Giving Us Musar

Naso – Samson, Sotah, Nazir, Self Control and Birkat Kohanim

Nasso, Him ,His, The Cohen and The Sotah

RUTH - No Excuses

Ruth Bringing the Soul of David and Mashiach into the World

Being Judged on Shavuot

RUTH Chesed - Judging with Mercy

Yom Yerushalayim Samuel and Amalek

Bamidbar To Count To Tell a Story To Illuminate To Lift Up

Bamidmar - Teacher father - inspiring Greatness

Bemidbar - Counting The Leviim - So few and from One Month

Bitachon Level One and Level Two - BEHAR BECHUKOTAI 5783

BEHAR - Valuing Whats Important 5783

TEFILAH - No Prayer Goes to Waste BEHAR

Lag BaOmer 2 - A new beginning - The resurection of the Torah

Lag La BaOmer The Secret behind the Day Part 1 - Bechukotai

Organic produce, Releasing Imprioned Souls, And Testing Faith Behar BeChokotai

Emor - The power of congregation and minyan

EMOR - Joseph's second Chance - Adam's first wife and Pesach Sheni

Emor - The Test of Consistency

Kedoshim - The Belt Which Binds Us

Acharei Kedoshim Love and Marriage

Kedoshim - The Orlah - Three years for three hours Etz HaDaat

Tazria Mesorah - Sensitivity

Tazria Mesorah - Humilty - Leave The Crown in the Garage

Pesach - The Essence of Pesach - Only Hashem

Sav - Keep The Fire Burning

Pesach - Tikkun and Gilgul 5780

SAV - Who is your rabbi ?

Vayikra Pesach Giving,Inviting, Sacrificing and Coming Close

Vayikra – Striving for Humility through the Little Aleph

VaYikra - Causing Others to Act

Pikudei - If you cannot trust Moses, who can you trust?

Pikudei Pesach And The Good Dogs

Vayakhel Pikudei Why are the Urim VeTumim not mentioned And changing the Amidah

Vayakhel Hur Becomes Besalel teaching us the role of Yirah

Ki Tisa We complete each other

Ki Tisa - What was Aaron thinking in making a Golden Calf?

Purim perhaps this is why you were created

The Syrian Border and Purimfest 1946

Seeing the entire picture Megillah Moshe and Rabbi Frank

Tesaveh And You, Moshe, Noah, the dove and the olive oil

Tesaveh Under pressure our pure self is revealed

Terumah - The Keruvim represent our children and they represent partners in learning

Terumah - Why do we need a Mishkan and the Purim Connection

Terumah- When giving means taking, and you get much more than you bargained for copy

Mishpatim Reincarnation and Hashem's merciful curve in testing us

Mishpatim - Don’t be afraid to step up and get involved

Yitro Antisemitism from foe and friend

YITRO: The Tikun of Kayin and the secret of reincarnation

The TuBishvat Seder - Audio Zoom

BeShalach Faith and action in the face of Adversity and challenges

BeShalach - Amalek and text messages 5783

BeShalach - Who were the Erev Rav and who sent them? Short Class

VaEra Why do bad things happen?

Va'Era Savlanut Bitachon & Hishtadlut - Patience, Trust and Effort

Moshe's Complaint and The Story of the Lion - VaEra Short Class

Shemot Bringing The Shechina Home

Shemot - The Secret of Success through the Three Alephs

Shemot - I shall be what I shall be - short class

VaYechi- the legs of Yaakov - 5783 short class

VaYechi - the secret to long life - short breakfast class - 5783

Adele Bibi Levaya S[eeches David Bibi and Victor Bibi December 29 2022

MiKetz 5781 Forgetting Memory and Dreams

Hanukah Joseph Miracles Reuben and Reincarnation

VaYishlach Two Roles Yaakov and Yisrael and Transforming Satan

Vayesse - I was one of Yaakov's Sheep

Toledot - Why does it seem that Yishak throws Yaakov under the bus

Chaye Sara Efron and 400 and the power of the evil eye

Chaye Sarah - Where was Isaac at his mothers funeral - What really happened at the Akeydah

Vayera - Abraham stands in for the Angel Uriel

Understanding Lech Lecha through Sod and Gilgul - Adam, Chava and the Snake return.

Lech Lecha - the reward for a good deed Og melecha HaBashan SHORT CLASS

How Chen or Grace was the secret to Noah's success and how to garner Chen

Bereshit SHORT A game of catch, story time and a trip to the Bet Midrash

Bereshit Ezer Kenegdo - The helper against me 5780

Bereshit Understanding and beginning to access the layers of Torah 5783

The Angels cannot stop me! Access Supernatural blessing - Another Chance Isru Chag 5783

VaYelech 5783 You Gotta Believe Short Class

Nisabim - Lending a shoulder to a friend 5782 Short Class

Ki Tabo Appreciation, The Simanim and Rosh Hashana 5778

Ki Tesse LaMilchama - The different ways of understanding Eshet Yefat Toar - The Beautiful captured Woman

Shoftim Elul Forgiveness Asking and Accepting 5782

Re'eh Hearing - Personal Responsibility and Delegating to Others

Eikev: The afflictions we experience are to test us in order that Hashem can give us good in the end

VaEtchanan Understanding Tu BeAv and Shabbat Nachamu

Devarim Looking at things a second time

Matot Masai - How the physical world impacts the spiritual world.

Pinchas Gilgulim Eliyahu and Rabbi Akiva 5780

Balak Part 1 - please listen to this and then part 2

BALAK Part 2 - Please listen to the first 6 minutes of BALAK part 1

Hukat - The Parah Adumah - Why would King Solomon not understand the reasons?

Korach - The Ultimate Test - TheUltimate Reward - Return to Kayin and Hevel

Shelah - The Pschology of Perception and Feeling Holiness

BeHaalotecha - Everyone is watching you - Kiddush Hashem

Naso - The Nazir, The Sotah and repairing the sin of Adam and Chava

Bemidbar - Ben Adam LeAdam and Ben Adam LeMakom

Ruth - From Apathy to Kindness - A Journey

Bechukotai - Transformed through Learning

Behar 5782 - The source of Bitachon - Miracles are Real !

Emor - Pesach Sheni and Second Chances - Thank You Yosef

Kedoshim - VeAhavta LeReyacha KaMocha

ACHAREI - The Sacrifice of the Son's of Aaron - A different perspective

Pesach - Does Hashem Care if we eat Chametz ? Under attack during Pesach

Mesorah Pride and Protection - The Secret of the Nun

Mesorah Tahor Huberis Irrationality and the Tikun

Rosh Hodesh Nissan 5782 Part 2 ( Please listen to PART 1 first)

Rosh Hodesh Nissan Part 1

Nissan and our relationship with those who passed away - Short Class

Parah Adumah

Rav Kanievsky Z'SL and the sons of Aaron, Short Class

Sav - Birkat Gomel and trying to understand miracles

Vayika Zachor Wiping Out Amalek

Pikudei 5782 Opportunities sometimes only come once

Vayakhel / Shekalim - Little Effort Big Reward Based on the teachings of HaGaon HaGadol Rav Moshe Wolfson shlit”a

Vayakhel 5781 Besalel and understanding Yirah

Ki Tissa Why did Aaron make the Egel - Tikkun Haran 5781

Tesaveh - Olive Oil and Doves - Moses Correcting Noah 5779

Teruma - Understanding the Mishkan - Heaven's Embassy on Earth 5779

Teruma - The Keruvim and Leshem Yichud 5780

MISHPATIM 5779 Netivot Shalom – 4 ways Our Yeser tries to damage us

Mishpatim and Reincarnation – Short Class Based on Shvilei Pinchas

Yitro 5779 Déjà vu all over again

Yitro – Eliminating Evil 5780 The Secret of overcoming Raah

Naaseh VeNishma Thought and Action Joe R Bibi A'H 5782

BeShalach - Splitting the Sea for Datan and Aviram 5779

Beshalach 5780 Diving In and Galut Daat

Bo 5781 Recognizing One's Friend

VaEra When bad turns out to be good! 5779

vaEra - Changing minds, the problem of being fickle 5781

VaEra - HaKarat HaTov - SHort Story - A Silver lIning in Jerusalem

Shemot - I want to be your neighbor!

Shemot - Batya The Daughter of Pharoah and Gilgul Chava

VaYechi The umbrella of protection 5780

Vayechi - Jacob Never Died - What does that mean to Us?

Vayechi Yaakov and the month of Tevet 5778

VaYigash We cannot live in a world of only Chesed 5781

Hannukah Miketz - The eight day holidays celebrated by Adam and the origin of pagan winter celebrations.

Miketz - Chanukah- The Five Hands - Yosef & Benyamin 5782

VaYesheb - Yosef was a Gilgul of Chanoch and the angel Matat / Chanukah 5782

Vayesheb Dreams 5780

VaYishlach - Fighting Satan for the Temple Mount

Vayishlach - Yaakov takes on two roles

Vayesse Yaakov - Beauty through overcoming real life chalanges SHORT CLASS

VaYesse - Eliphaz, Poverty, Wealth and Onkelos

Toledot - The Tunnel To Answered Prayer 5782

Toledot - Rivka on the Camel subjugating the Nachash

Chaye Sara - UPDATED - Eliezer and Transforming a curse into a blessing 5782

VaYera overcoming our nature and the realities of the dark side 5782

The Red String and Rachel Imeynu - Short Class

Lech Lecha - The key to the land I will show you 5780

Lech Lecha Abraham & Sarah - Tikun Adam & Chava

Noah - The power of the word - 5782 What was the Dor Haflaga trying to accomplish ?

Bereshit Birkat HaLevana and neshama yetera 5782

Vezot Haberacha - The number 8 and Going Beyond Nature 5782

The Sukkah of Sedom - We are them 5782

HaAzinu - Your name is in the Parsha 5782

Shabbat Shuva Returning the Heh through Balance and Admission

Vayelech Are we children or are we servants ? 5780

Why is Rosh Hashana a Day of Judgement

Nisavim 5781 Short Class Moving Beyond the curses to blessings

Ki Tabo - The nations will fear you - Tefilin and Tefilah 5781

Ki Tabo - Learning Simcha from the Yeser HaRah 5779

VaEtchanan How does prayer work 5781

Shoftim: It’s all about connecting and understanding Shalom 5781

Ki Tesse, the captive woman is our own soul 5781

King Solomon and the daughter of Pharoah Shoftim follow up 5781

Parasha Re’eh 5781 - What does it mean to see ?