Rabbi Avi Geller's series on the entire five books of Judaism is delivered with lively enthusiasm and humor. Each weekly talk is a whirlwind tour of all the events of that week's Torah portion, plus major commentaries and explanations of fundamental concepts of Judaism.
The 15th of Av was always a day of great celebration. In ancient times, Jewish girls would dance in the vineyards trying to attract men for marriage. The Talmud gives several reasons for this celebration and Rabbi Kahn ties together the common threads that makes this day extra special.
The book of Deuteronomy has a specific style that differs from the rest of the Torah. Rabbi Kirzner analyzes a section of Parshas Aikev to point to a pattern within the entire book, and builds the concepts it is based on. The look at Judaism's approach to warfare, a subject we find morally objective in the 21st century, teaches great lessons about the necessity to take a spiritual stand, and the Torah's holistic view of the human being.
This week's Torah portion repeats five times how good behavior can earn us more life. So one time isn't enough? Rabbi Milstein parallels each repetition to the ascending levels of Free Will. Hear how understanding the moving parts of this precious gift can spark more awareness and the stronger feeling of directing your future.
Some go wild at the mention of an eclipse, and others stay up the entire night to see a rare comet, but how many get excited about the sun rising in the morning? Isn't that just as big a deal, regardless of its everyday occurrence? In this parsha Hashem teaches us how to awaken a constant freshness for everything that we are given. This series is full of classical vorts on the weekly parsha.
Why would G-d care about the myriad of nitty-gritty details involved in the Torah? Isn't He bigger than that? And what is the appropriate outlook to take when we are successful in our undertakings to make sure we don't take all of the credit for ourselves? Another topic - is it possible to "bribe" G-d with the charity we give?
Every aspect of ourselves needs to be filled with holiness åÐ our physical bodies included. How can we become pure all the way down to the core of our beings, and protect that pristine state despite the world around us?
Would you like to be a leader? Would you like to find out which cities in Eretz Yisrael are conducive to leadership? Then you will want to click in to this class where Rabbi Wagensberg will share the secret as to how to obtain a status of royalty and aristocracy.