Rav Yitzchak Berkovits, founder and director of The Jerusalem Kollel (www.thejerusalemkollel.com), is a widely respected authority on Halachah and well known for his telephone tapes on Shmiras Halashon. He is well known as a teacher and lecturer throughout Jerusalem and was ordained at the Mirrer Yeshiva, Jerusalem.
What elements does a 'prayer' need to be considered a complete prayer? If God always knows what we are thinking, why pray in the first place? Are there specific guidelines for how to request, and what types of things we have a better chance of asking for? Hear great answers to these questions, plus how God arranges to send His messages to us.
In this 7-part information packed series, Rabbi Berkovits explains the entire weekday siddur. Hear the background of the prayers and their connection to the korbonos in the Beis Hamikdash. An extra interesting part of this talk is how Hashem manifests Himself as a king in your daily life. Turn your morning prayers into a more moving and richer learning experience.
Continuing the Pesukei D'Zimrah, Rabbi Berkovits explains how to live our olam hazeh with the goals of olam habah. By looking into Mizmor L'Sodah we can understand how to properly say thank you to Hashem. He pulls out other truths of the tehillim in davening and explains how they relate to us now. This talk covers until the last of the hallelukahs in morning davening and adds meaning to words that we previously may have not given proper attention.
From a particular tehillim that we say in Pesukei D'Zimrah, Rabbi Berkovits learns out how every breath we take is a mitzvah aseh (positive commandment). Imagine learning how to praise G-d with your every breath, to help you understand the purpose of creation, and to recognize the finer intricacies of how the world that is swirling around us works.
Discussing the brachos of krias Shema, Rabbi Berkowitz details the
importance of remembering yetzias Mitzrayim (the exodus from Egypt) and
explains how true greatness is measured.
He also goes into the first 3 brachos of Shemonah Esrei to help us realize
who we are speaking to when we're davening. A great talk!
Continuing on with shacharis, Rabbi Berkowitz goes into the meaning behind the Shemonah Esrei, specifically the first four brachos. Is zchus Avos some kind of protectsia (using connections)? What should a person do to acquire wisdom? Is just asking for it enough? Add new meaning to your morning davening with this great talk.
Terrorism. War. Poverty. Ignorance. Is it the Jewish nation's responsibility to fix up the problems of the world. Prayer happens to be your best opportunity to express your concerns and opinions about what is happening around the world. This lecture focuses on a new dimension of prayer and is bound to make your conversations with your Creator so much more meaningful.
The seemingly cookie-cutter dress code and lifestyle of Orthodox Jews appears to scream the word 'conformist' from every thread. Where in Torah is there room for individuality? Rabbi Berkovits gives a brilliant expose on where each person's true essence is to be found, plus how the Torah pushes us to reach our deepest level of self-expression. That being said, why do religious men continue to dress in similar garb?
Discover your potential and task in life by listening to what's going on within. Rabbi Berkowitz explains why Hashem tests us, and why He makes some things in life extremely bothersome for us. What do we need to know in order to translate these events into becoming the best people we can.
There is a Torah approach for the appropriate way of to do just about everything -even fighting. If someone is out to harm you, you have the right to fight back. But where does protecting yourself begin and revenge start - and end? This landmark lecture deals with the worrisome conflicts that push our buttons and boils our blood.
Prev
10
Results
