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Bringing the Captive Home - Ki Tetzeh

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The Measure of a Person Is His Sense of Gratitude Shoftim

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You Don’t Need to Know How the Book Ends Shoftim Elul Birthdays

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The Rules Apply to Me Too - Shoftim

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Elul: A Refuge in Time What Are We Doing With the Time Hashem Has Given Us?

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What It Means to Be a Child of HaShem Re’eh

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Not by Bread Alone

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Why Hashem Never Gives Up on Us – The DNA of the Jewish Soul

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An Open Hand - An Open Heart Re'eh

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The Blessing Beyond the Bread - Ekev

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When Stubbornness Becomes Holy - Ekeb

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Borrowed Dresses, Borrowed Hearts – The Hidden Greatness of Tu B’Av

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From the Flames of Tishah Be’Av to the Joy of Tu Be’Av

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The Test Hidden Inside the Blessing - Ekev

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The Whisper Before the Shout VaEtchanan

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The Idol Within Va’Etḥanan

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When the Answer Is “No” - VaEtchanan

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From Ayekka to Eichah: The Hidden Journey from Revelation to Redemption

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The Words That Build - Five Lessons from Moshe Rabbenu on Rebuke, Love, and Leadership

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Where Is the Light? Shabbat Chazon

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The Advice We Only Understand Later - Debarim

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The Eyes of a Father - How HaShem Looks at Us and How We Should Look at One Another - Devarim

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Your Soul Is Already Pure… So What Are You Here to Fix? Devarim

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Looking Beyond Ourselves Matot Masai

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The Kohen Gadol and the City of Refuge - Masai

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The Order of Our Priorities - Matot

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The Power of a Word - The Difference Between a Neder and a Shevua - MATOT

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The Heart Behind the Spear Why Pinchas Earned a Covenant of Peace

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The Humility That Brings Redemption Why Pinchas Received the Covenant of Peace

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The Danger of an Unreleased Vow - Matot

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The Questions That Change the Torah - Pinchas

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Invisible Threads – The Connections That Restore the World - Pinchas

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The Fire We Bring and the Fire HaShem Sends - Pinchas

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The Greatest Danger Is Thinking We Know Better - Pinchas

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The Rabbi Who Put His Head Down Parah AdumahNefilat Apayim

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

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

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

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

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

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The Nature of Tefilah - Prayer - Korach

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The Breach in the Wall How Korach Turned Brothers into Opponents

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Fake News, Korach, and the Business of Blame

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Before the Test Begins What Kalev Learned in Chevron

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The Sweetness Is Still There What the Meraglim Failed to Taste

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Lazy in Thought - What the Meraglim Refused to Think About

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

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

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

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

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

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Naso - The Echo of Sinai Never Stopped

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Blessed With That Which Seems Impossible- Naso

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Naso is Still Shavuot: The Kabbalah That Opens the Gate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Desert Between the Curses and the Torah - BaMidbar

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Raise His Head: The Power of Recognition Bamidbar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Pesach Sheni - The Door That Opens After it Closed

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The Appointment We Keep — Or Miss - Emor

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Kohen Gadol: Between Angel and Abyss - EMOR

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The Grasshopper, the Haftarah, and the Secret of Kedushah

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Birth of a New You - Tazria

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

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

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The Fragrance of Truth — Learning to See the Essence

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The Two Arks That Walk Together - Shevii Shel Pesach

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

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The Ten Plagues — A War Against the Gods of Egypt

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The Ten Plagues — Not Chaos, but a System

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

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

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Leaving Mitzrayim — The Night We Break What Holds Us

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

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

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Not One — The Miracle Hidden in Our Enemies PESACH

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

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

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

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

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

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The Lion Awoke Again — From Refuge to Power to Purpose

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

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

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After the Megillah — The Real Work of Purim Begins

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

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Hester Panim in Tehran — Purim in Real Time

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Standing in Someone Else’s Shoes - Mishpatim

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

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

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From The Phone Line to Har Sinai

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

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

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Yitro, Antisemitism, and Us

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What’s With Yitro and Elokim?

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Mayim and Eitz — Why Torah Needs More Than Learning BeShalach

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

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

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Do You Have Barriers in Life ?

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

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

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

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When Empires Move for One Soul — Hashgacha Pratit and Pharaoh

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Thanking Water and Dust – The Hidden Torah of Hakarat HaTov

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

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Carrying the Burden Without Losing HaShem VaEra

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

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SHEMOT — WHEN SLAVERY RETURNS WITHOUT CHAINS

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A PROMISE YOU CAN WALK ON, BUT NOT YET HOLD

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

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KOH VA’KOH — LEARNING TO SEE WITH LIGHT Shemot

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The Missing Shevatim and the Secret of the Night - VaYechi

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When Exile Stops Feeling Like Exile - VaYechi

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

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The Blessing That Ends a Pattern VaYechi

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

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One Parent, Ten Children, and a Week of Kaddish

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When Truth Is Strong Enough to Be Gentle - VaYigash

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Sweetening the Channels — How Hidden Light Rewrites the Script

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

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The Two Words That Echoed for Two Years

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

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

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The Vine That Cannot Stand Alone

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The World That Visits Us at Night - Dreams

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FALLING, ADMITTING, AND RISING AGAIN

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Shalem Takes Time Yaakob and The Lesson of Patience

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Shepherds, Sukkot, and the Torah of Compassion VaYishlach

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

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

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Vayishlach- Twelve Against Eleven - How Yisrael Overcomes Eisav

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

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

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THE BALANCE THAT CREATES A NATION - Yaakov Ish Tam Vayesse

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

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Jacob, Esav, and the Shadow of Lavan

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

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Toledot - Galut Edom Galut Yishmael

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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

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

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

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

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HESED HIDDEN IN THE SHADOWS — SARAH IMEINU AND THE POWER OF A TRUE HESPED - Chaye Sara

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

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

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

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

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When a Simple Blessing Opens Heaven — Parashat VaYera

172

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

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The Voice That Opens Heaven — Your Own VaYera

174

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

175

Noah and The Lion - The Kindness That Saved the World

176

HaḤatufim veHaḤamas – The Captives and the Thieves

177

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

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

179

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

180

Noaḥ, Moshe, and Hashem’s Faith in Us

181

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

182

Kayin and Havel - The Matter Rests With Me - BERESHIT

183

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

184

Entering the Shechina Through the Sukkah - Sukkot

185

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

186

The Elevator Up – Answering the Knock Before the Gates Close

187

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

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

189

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

190

Ki Tavo – Rav Avraham Pam and The Gift of Time

191

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

192

The Boat That Saves Us - Ki Tabo

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

194

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

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

196

Two Wars and the Calf in Between

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You are Never Alone - Shoftim

198

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

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

200

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

201

Tithing the Head - Ruling The Heart Re’eh

202

Don’t Overlook a Simple Blessing - Re’eh

203

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

204

100 Berachot - Halacha of the Day

205

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

206

Testing Hashem - Todays Halacha from Parshat Ekeb

207

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

208

From Curban To Geulah - What’s On Our Walls

209

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

210

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

211

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

212

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

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

214

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

215

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

216

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

217

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

218

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

219

The Daughters Who Taught a Nation - PINCHAS

220

The Severed Letter and the Unbroken Soul

221

The Broken Vav and the Wholeness of Peace - Pinchas

222

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

223

When Questions Have No Words - Pinchas Nadav Avihu - Balak

224

The Ripple Effect - From Balak to Mashiach

225

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

226

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

227

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

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Obedience Beyond Understanding - CHUKAT

229

Aharon HaKohen - The Honest Peacemaker Chukat

230

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

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

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

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

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The Wisdom of Women Building Blessing, Defying Destruction KORACH

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

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

237

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

238

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

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

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

241

Bitachon in the Desert: Trusting Hashem in Daily Portions BeHaalotecha

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

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

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The Mystery and Majesty of Birkat Kohanim - Naso

245

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

246

Can You Hear Me Now? A Shavuot Awakening

247

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

248

Living Above Nature and Expanding Souls Behar Bechukotai 5781

249

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

250

Choose Life - Overcoming the Yeser Harah with Joy - Emor

251

Pesach Sheni and the Battle Against Doubt

252

Love Like This Mothers Day Marriage and the Hechal of Ahava

253

As Yourself – Rabbi Akiva’s Great Principle - Kedoshim

254

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

255

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

256

A House for Hashem: Yom HaAtzmaut and the Return Home

257

Just One Whisper The Power of a Short Tefilah

258

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

259

The Torahs Midpoint Mystery - Shemini

260

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

261

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

262

Eight, Fifty, and the Light Beyond Nature Shemini 5785

263

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

264

Shevi’i Shel Pesach – The Power of Bitachon

265

The Blood on The Doorpost and The Mezuzah - Pesach

266

Tikun and Gilgul - Tariffs Covid and Bitachon Pesach

267

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

268

The Watch and the Worth – A Perasha & Passover Thought

269

Pesach - It Needs To Be About Me

270

The Thinning of the Veil during Nissan

271

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

272

Rosh Hodesh Nissan 5782 part 1

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Money Matter The Ohr HaChaim and Don Isaac Abarbanel- Pikudei

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A subtle Purity: The Jewelry Still Worn - Vayakhel

275

Besalel - Young Architect of Holiness - VaYakhel

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The Kiyor and the Sanctification of the Mundane - Vayakhel

277

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

278

Shabbat Zachor, Amalek and Purim - Tesaveh 5780

279

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

280

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

281

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

282

Mazal, Amelek, Adar and Mishkan - Terumah

283

Keruvim, our Children and Returning The Heavenly Flow

284

Adar Rosh Hodesh Kavanah on the Permutation of ההיו

285

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

286

Rapoh Yerapeh - The Kabbalah of Healing - Mishpatim

287

Divine Orchestration and Midah keneged Midah - Mishpatim

288

Balancing the Scales in this World - Mishpatim

289

Techiyat HaMetim and Har Sinai and Yitro's Arrival

290

Datan and Abiram and the splitting of the sea 5779

291

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

292

Amalek Hamas Written and Oral Instructions- BeShalach

293

Naaseh VeNishma and the order of Tefilin Bo

294

The Purpose of The Plagues and Darkness - Bo

295

Commitment Rosh Hodesh Shevat and The Tree of Good and Evil

296

Always Remember Who Is Really In Charge - Bo

297

Never Understood the most repeated pasuk in the Torah - VaEra

298

Can We Begin To Understand Bad Things Happening? VaEra

299

Sour Milk Perceptions and Silver Linings VaEra

300

When Opposing Forces Get Together- VaEra

301

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

302

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

303

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

304

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

305

The Egyptian Exile and The Promise to Abraham - Shemot

306

Jacob’s Blessings and The Tenth of Tevet VaYechi

307

Immortality Through Our Children VaYechi

308

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

309

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

310

Drawing the Light of Hanukah into The Darkness of Tevet

311

Rising with the Flames of the Chanukiyah - Mikes Hanukkah

312

Punnished With A Year for a Word – Why? MIKETZ

313

The Kabbalah of Memory, Joseph and Chanukah - MiKetz

314

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

315

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

316

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

317

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

318

Yaakov and the Foundation Stone of the World - VaYesse

319

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

320

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

321

Illuminating Kislev: Unveiling the Hidden Light of 36

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

323

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

324

Matchmaker matchmaker snakes and servants Eliezer Hayye Sara

325

Turn a Curse Into A Blessing - Eliezer Anochi and Beracha

326

The Ashes Of Isaac at The Akeyda - VaYera

327

The Humility of Abraham VaYera

328

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

329

Navigating The Crossroads of Life - Lech Lecha

330

Isolation or Outreach - Sedaka Tasil meMavet- Noah

331

Shabbat, The Ark, Kindness and Noah

332

Entering the Shechina Through the Sukkah - Sukkot

333

Jonah is Joseph and the sailors are his brothers

334

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

335

Connecting My Lower Soul to My Upper soul - Yom Kippur

336

Converting Judgment to Mercy Rosh Hashana

337

Chana, Self Sacrifice and Rosh Hashana

338

Happiness Rosh Hashana and my friend Jack Doueck Beach 2013

339

Standing, Rosh Hashana, Children and Simanim: Nesavim 5784

340

Reinventing ourselves in Elul and First Fruits Ki Tabo

341

Turning Curses to Blessing - Joy - Ki Tabo

342

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

343

Bringing Balance To The World - Shoftim

344

Where Did The Chesed Go? Shoftim

345

Humility, My Rabbi and Kings - Shoftim

346

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

347

Do You Want to Bring Mashiach? Re’eh

348

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

349

Testing Our Faith Ekeb

350

Tu BeAv and Moshe’s Prayer

351

Nachamu Tu BeAv and Yom Kippur - VaEtchanan

352

Hadrian and Tisha BeAv

353

Is There Ever Enough Gold? Devarim

354

Devarim and Memory and Tisha BeAv

355

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

356

Vows, Unity, Three Weeks - Matot

357

Judaism Inclusivity Exclusivity - Yaakov to Mashiach

358

Moshe’s Final Battle with Peor - Matot

359

Ir Miklat- The Power of Love Matot

360

Don’t be too Righteous- Pinchas

361

Eliyahu Gilgul and Incapacitating The Angel of Death Pinchas

362

The Daughters of Tslophachad - Pinchas

363

The Three Weeks - Danger vs Sadness = Reverse Polarity

364

Appoint a Successor or a Son? Matot

365

Goal is to Live the Life of the Righteous BALAK

366

Der Sturmer and The UK Has Fallen Chukat

367

SNake on A Stick? Whats the Lesson? Chukat

368

Korach the Politician - Moshe the Anti Politician

369

What motivated Mrs Korach’s jealousy?

370

The Voice of Korah Echoes Today

371

Heaven on Earth or Turning Earth into Heaven - Shelach

372

The names Kel and Kah - Oartnering with Hashem - Shelach

373

A Little Help From The Dead -Shelach

374

Moses Half Brothers - BeHaalotecha

375

Crave Cravings - Onions and Adam's Tree - BeHaalotecha

376

Lighting the Menorah Igniting my Soul

377

Transforming Darkness to Light Shavuot

378

Raise a Head and Give Them merit

379

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.

380

The Unifying Factor BeMidbar

381

Blessings and promises. Effort and Reward. Bechukotai

382

Lag BaOmer - What Are We Celebrating? And Why?

383

Is Everything Really for The Best - Behar Bitachon and Hashgacha

384

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

385

PARDES, BLOOD and SOULS

386

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

387

Pride and Haughtiness The Lesson of Mesorah

388

Iran’s Missiles and Sancherib’s Defeat

389

Shidduch Crisis Marriage, Emunah and Bitachon - Tazria

390

The Eclipse and Us

391

Understanding Nadav and Avihu Shemini

392

Sweeping The Ashes - Take a Broom - Sav

393

Revealing the Secrets of the Parah Adumah

394

Mordechai and His Descendants- The Grreatest Accolade

395

Miracles Hidden & Revealed Purim to Passover

396

Reading Between The Lines Hi Norm Max - Purim Megillah

397

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

398

Adar Bet 13 & Breaking through the Mazalot

399

To be Successful, Choose the Right Partner - Pikudei

400

Machar Mikreh Tomorrow and Happenstance Amalek Purim

401

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

402

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

403

Breaking through the blockage with the spear of 248 Ki Tissa

404

The Mesirut Nefesh of Parents - Jeanette Bibi A’H

405

Fire of Ur Kasdim and the Golden Calf - Ki Tissa

406

The Network is Down and Grandpa is in Me - Tesaveh

407

You Illuminate The World Tesaveh

408

Words Create Reality and the Insurance Question Tesaveh

409

Joining Heaven and Earth - LeShem Yichud - Terumah

410

Mishkan, Balance, Access & Unicorns - Terumah

411

The Hugging Cherubs and Dancing With My Wife - Terumah

412

Reincarnation Repairs and The Four Elements MISHPATIM

413

Remember that Hashem is Always Talking to Us - Yitro

414

Reincarnation and Resurrection Gilgul Kayin and Techiyat HaMetim Yitro

415

Kohanim at the Kotel

416

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

417

Pharoah and the Avoda Zara of Egypt - BeShalach

418

Would the Sea Split for Me? BeShalach

419

Faith in Man or G-d ? BeShalach

420

Tefillin to Leave Egypt - Whats the Connection?

421

Lighting Up The Night - Bo

422

Controlling Time Controlling Fate - Bo

423

Leaving Your Comfort Zone with Your Dog - Bo

424

Moses asks Hashem to Explain Bad Things VaEra

425

Why Cover Your Eyes for Shema VaEra

426

What qualifies Moses to Lead? VaEra

427

Vaydaber Vayomer - Speech - Vinegar and Honey VaEra

428

Hashem wants to be your neighbor - Shemot

429

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

430

Batya who was she really? Shemot

431

VaYechi Yaakov - Jacob Never Died

432

The Scecret to Long Life from 5783 Vayechi

433

Gathering sparks in exile Vayechi

434

Sefirot Amidah Yosef and Yehuda VaYigash

435

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

436

Diminishing Lights - Hanukah. The Lesson of Bet Shamai

437

Kabbalah 101 Hanukkah 36

438

Hashem is with me. How Yosef survives. Vayesheb

439

Dreams and Interpretations - VaYeshev

440

Yaakob Taking on His Brothers Role - VaYishlach

441

Dina Going Out To Save The Soul of Rabbi Akiva Vayishlach

442

Working for my bread. VaYishlach

443

Hashem, Let’s make a Deal VaYesse

444

Overcoming Esav through Yosef and Mordechai - VaYesee

445

Hashem wants Kindness VaYesse

446

Eliphaz Esav Amalek and Respecting Parents VAYESSE

447

Changing the Future via The Channel to Answered Prayers - Toledot

448

Kislev How to Make Miracle Happen - Toledot

449

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

450

Buying from Others or Inheriting from Hashem - Chaye Sara

451

Angels Michael Gabriel Rephael and Abraham Vayera

452

Partners with Hashem Vayera

453

Not knowing where you are going - Lech Lecha

454

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

455

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

456

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

457

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

458

Achdut Unity - Keneset Yisrael -Noah and Moses

459

Bereshit Ezer Kenegdo 5780 copy

460

Kohen Shalom and The Light of Creation Bereshit

461

A New Beginning - Shabbat Bereshit

462

Send Angels Send Vests At War Bereshit

463

Are you willing to climb aboard ? Shemini Aseret

464

Hoshana Rabbah - WHATS it all about ?

465

Hashem’s Shadow. My Shadow. Sukkot

466

Are you Serious or has it all been a sketch?

467

Under Hashem’s Protection - Sukkah

468

Reincarnation Generation and the SUkkah of Sedom 5781

469

Sukkah and Dwelling with Hashem

470

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

471

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

472

40 Days and 40 Nights, Written and Oral Torah

473

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

474

Give a Hand, Get a Hand - Nisabim

475

The Hidden is for Hashem, The revealed for Us Nisabim

476

The Fish that was an Island - Ki Tavo

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

478

Transforming the Evil Inclination throuh Joy - Ki Tavo 5779

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The Blessing on that which is hidden - Ki Tavo

480

Understanding the Beautiful Captive During War - Ki Tesse LaMilchama 5778

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Desire and Arrempt Create a New Reality - Shoftim Eglah Arufah

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It Takes More than Hearing - Reeh

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Emulating Hashem in Chesed Renewal Breakfast 08042023

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Your Reaction, Your Decision, Your Choice Re’eh

485

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

486

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

487

The Test of Faith - Daily Maan EKEV

488

Facilitating a FaceTime call to Heaven

489

Red Strings Mezuzot & Tefillin- VaEtchanan

490

Why Are Some Prayers Answered - VaEtchanan

491

Blessed as The Stars in The Heavens

492

The Five Tragedies of Tisha BeAv and Devarim

493

Bringing joy to our Father in Heaven

494

Draft Evading for The Love of Moses - Matot

495

Losing Ones Super Power - Matot

496

Accessing Your Super Power- Matot

497

Protection during the three weeks and all year - Pinchas

498

The Daughters of Tslophachad - Pinchas

499

Incapacitating The Angel of Death Pinchas

500

Savlanut Zimri Shechem and Rabbi Akiva

501

Bilaam’s New Power

502

Defense from Unknown Attacks Chukat Balak

503

Hukat Balak Parah Aduma 5780

504

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

505

Anger takes a person from this world - Korah

506

Preserving an Argument for the Sake of Heaven? Korah

507

Hishtadlut and Bitachon, Ice Cream and The Meraglim

508

Joined by a Departed Soul and Seeing Things Differently

509

Raising The Levites and Learning at Night

510

The Cigarette, Matzah and remembering Egypt

511

Crave Cravings - Onions and Adam's Tree - BeHaalotecha

512

Lashon Harah - Miriam, Aharon and Moshe Behaalotecha

513

Lighting the Menorah Igniting my Soul - BeHaalotecha

514

Adirei - Raising the Flame of Torah

515

Naso You’ve Got to Give Love to Get Love

516

NASO - Is the Kohen Blessing Us or Giving Us Musar

517

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

518

Nasso, Him ,His, The Cohen and The Sotah

519

RUTH - No Excuses

520

Ruth Bringing the Soul of David and Mashiach into the World

521

Being Judged on Shavuot

522

RUTH Chesed - Judging with Mercy

523

Yom Yerushalayim Samuel and Amalek

524

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

525

Bamidmar - Teacher father - inspiring Greatness

526

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

527

Bitachon Level One and Level Two - BEHAR BECHUKOTAI 5783

528

BEHAR - Valuing Whats Important 5783

529

TEFILAH - No Prayer Goes to Waste BEHAR

530

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

531

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

532

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

533

Emor - The power of congregation and minyan

534

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

535

Emor - The Test of Consistency

536

Kedoshim - The Belt Which Binds Us

537

Acharei Kedoshim Love and Marriage

538

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

539

Tazria Mesorah - Sensitivity

540

Tazria Mesorah - Humilty - Leave The Crown in the Garage

541

Pesach - The Essence of Pesach - Only Hashem

542

Sav - Keep The Fire Burning

543

Pesach - Tikkun and Gilgul 5780

544

SAV - Who is your rabbi ?

545

Vayikra Pesach Giving,Inviting, Sacrificing and Coming Close

546

Vayikra – Striving for Humility through the Little Aleph

547

VaYikra - Causing Others to Act

548

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

549

Pikudei Pesach And The Good Dogs

550

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

551

Vayakhel Hur Becomes Besalel teaching us the role of Yirah

552

Ki Tisa We complete each other

553

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

554

Purim perhaps this is why you were created

555

The Syrian Border and Purimfest 1946

556

Seeing the entire picture Megillah Moshe and Rabbi Frank

557

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

558

Tesaveh Under pressure our pure self is revealed

559

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

560

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

561

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

562

Mishpatim Reincarnation and Hashem's merciful curve in testing us

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

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Yitro Antisemitism from foe and friend

565

YITRO: The Tikun of Kayin and the secret of reincarnation

566

The TuBishvat Seder - Audio Zoom

567

BeShalach Faith and action in the face of Adversity and challenges

568

BeShalach - Amalek and text messages 5783

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

570

VaEra Why do bad things happen?

571

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

572

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

573

Shemot Bringing The Shechina Home

574

Shemot - The Secret of Success through the Three Alephs

575

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

576

VaYechi- the legs of Yaakov - 5783 short class

577

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

578

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

579

MiKetz 5781 Forgetting Memory and Dreams

580

Hanukah Joseph Miracles Reuben and Reincarnation

581

VaYishlach Two Roles Yaakov and Yisrael and Transforming Satan

582

Vayesse - I was one of Yaakov's Sheep

583

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

584

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

585

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

586

Vayera - Abraham stands in for the Angel Uriel

587

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

588

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

589

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

590

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

591

Bereshit Ezer Kenegdo - The helper against me 5780

592

Bereshit Understanding and beginning to access the layers of Torah 5783

593

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

594

VaYelech 5783 You Gotta Believe Short Class

595

Nisabim - Lending a shoulder to a friend 5782 Short Class

596

Ki Tabo Appreciation, The Simanim and Rosh Hashana 5778

597

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

598

Shoftim Elul Forgiveness Asking and Accepting 5782

599

Re'eh Hearing - Personal Responsibility and Delegating to Others

600

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

601

VaEtchanan Understanding Tu BeAv and Shabbat Nachamu

602

Devarim Looking at things a second time

603

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

604

Pinchas Gilgulim Eliyahu and Rabbi Akiva 5780

605

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

606

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

607

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

608

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

609

Shelah - The Pschology of Perception and Feeling Holiness

610

BeHaalotecha - Everyone is watching you - Kiddush Hashem

611

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

612

Bemidbar - Ben Adam LeAdam and Ben Adam LeMakom

613

Ruth - From Apathy to Kindness - A Journey

614

Bechukotai - Transformed through Learning

615

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

616

Emor - Pesach Sheni and Second Chances - Thank You Yosef

617

Kedoshim - VeAhavta LeReyacha KaMocha

618

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

619

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

620

Mesorah Pride and Protection - The Secret of the Nun

621

Mesorah Tahor Huberis Irrationality and the Tikun

622

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

623

Rosh Hodesh Nissan Part 1

624

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

625

Parah Adumah

626

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

627

Sav - Birkat Gomel and trying to understand miracles

628

Vayika Zachor Wiping Out Amalek

629

Pikudei 5782 Opportunities sometimes only come once

630

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

631

Vayakhel 5781 Besalel and understanding Yirah

632

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

633

Tesaveh - Olive Oil and Doves - Moses Correcting Noah 5779

634

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

635

Teruma - The Keruvim and Leshem Yichud 5780

636

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

637

Mishpatim and Reincarnation – Short Class Based on Shvilei Pinchas

638

Yitro 5779 Déjà vu all over again

639

Yitro – Eliminating Evil 5780 The Secret of overcoming Raah

640

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

641

BeShalach - Splitting the Sea for Datan and Aviram 5779

642

Beshalach 5780 Diving In and Galut Daat

643

Bo 5781 Recognizing One's Friend

644

VaEra When bad turns out to be good! 5779

645

vaEra - Changing minds, the problem of being fickle 5781

646

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

647

Shemot - I want to be your neighbor!

648

Shemot - Batya The Daughter of Pharoah and Gilgul Chava

649

VaYechi The umbrella of protection 5780

650

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

651

Vayechi Yaakov and the month of Tevet 5778

652

VaYigash We cannot live in a world of only Chesed 5781

653

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

654

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

655

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

656

Vayesheb Dreams 5780

657

VaYishlach - Fighting Satan for the Temple Mount

658

Vayishlach - Yaakov takes on two roles

659

Vayesse Yaakov - Beauty through overcoming real life chalanges SHORT CLASS

660

VaYesse - Eliphaz, Poverty, Wealth and Onkelos

661

Toledot - The Tunnel To Answered Prayer 5782

662

Toledot - Rivka on the Camel subjugating the Nachash

663

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

664

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

665

The Red String and Rachel Imeynu - Short Class

666

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

667

Lech Lecha Abraham & Sarah - Tikun Adam & Chava

668

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

669

Bereshit Birkat HaLevana and neshama yetera 5782

670

Vezot Haberacha - The number 8 and Going Beyond Nature 5782

671

The Sukkah of Sedom - We are them 5782

672

HaAzinu - Your name is in the Parsha 5782

673

Shabbat Shuva Returning the Heh through Balance and Admission

674

Vayelech Are we children or are we servants ? 5780

675

Why is Rosh Hashana a Day of Judgement

676

Nisavim 5781 Short Class Moving Beyond the curses to blessings

677

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

678

Ki Tabo - Learning Simcha from the Yeser HaRah 5779

679

VaEtchanan How does prayer work 5781

680

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

681

Ki Tesse, the captive woman is our own soul 5781

682

King Solomon and the daughter of Pharoah Shoftim follow up 5781

683

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