Why is “halacha” how Jewish law is expressed? – that we are always moving forward towards our goal. This is much bigger and more importan than simple “law” – it is the essence of being a Jew.
Why Jews are capable to be above everything and only Hashem is above us and how we have the option to choose slavery to something or someone else. The choice we make determines our standing and our path in life.
Starting out the week with a current events viewpoint from Rabbi Mendel Kessin regarding the Earthquake on Tu’Beshvat (a Rosh Hashanah) and how it affects the era of the coming of Moshiach and our tikun. Additionally, Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz conducts a regularly scheduled Q&A on a variety of different topics.
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Starting out the week with a Q&A with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz through the Rabbi’s vast knowledge and depth of Torah offers such balanced, well thought out, compassionate yet conservative approach to halachic questions by the Rabbi’s students. Here are some examples of the questions addressed in the video:
-Should a ger (convert to Judaism) say “shelo asani goy” (that I was not made a non-Jew)?
-What is the Jewish view of acupuncture, qi, etc?
-What is the importance of physical beauty?
-Should one eat while learning?
-How could the Day of Judgment, filled with fear, fall on Shabbos, filled with rest?
-Should a religious person commit tax evasion in Israel?
-What are the halachic considerations of moving a parent into a nursing home?
Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit share in this !Short Clip! a very easy path to improving your connection to Hashem through intention while doing mitzvot. Simple approach.
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This Rabbi in this !Short Clip” shares that the Alter Rebbe (the founder of Chabad chasidus) tells us in the Tanya that everything we do really does matter and we can change all of existing with one difference in our actions – this can be viewed as scary or empowering (or both):
Rabbi Mendel Kessin shares how the “irrationality” of Hashem during Akeida Yitzchak (the Binding of Isaac) towards Avraham Avinu is the shield the Jews have had since then from all the sins. Our loyalty to Hashem as Jews exemplified by Avraham Avinu is with us even today.
In this shiur by Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz on the weekly parasha show all aspects of the splitting of the sea and how we can relate in directly to modern times. There are a lot of parallels that we can learning from.
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Going to try a new summary based approach for this week by posting some basic thoughts and then adding in videos from the Rabbis further detailing the general parasha topic.
This past Shabbat’s weekly parasha was Bo which encompasses the last three weeks (of the ten total) – locusts, darkness and the killing of firstborn children.
In this video by Rabbi Alon Anava, the Rabbi shares how we can clean ourselves out (out of personal Egypt) before we do the mitzvot that Hashem gave us.
Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz in this first !Short Clip! is taken from the story of Rav Nachman of Breslov of the prince who thought he was a chicken and how the concept of acting your way into better thinking applies here….fake it until you make it (ie. changing your behavior regardless of your thoughts and feelings) as a solution. While the second video is the entire lecture encompassing this !Short Clip! and the rest of the shiur about the weekly Parasha Bo.
Lastly, in this lecture by Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman, the Rabbi explains how the last three plagues in Egypt represent the concept of free will versus destiny and how Jewish thought embraces the obvious paradox between the two as they both co-exsist.
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Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit – Nice short explanation of the purpose of the KLM Foundation and the goal each Jew should strive for to bring more meaning, purpose, and intent to their daily Jewish practices to get more connected to Hashem.
Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz – Shares about the weekly parasha (Vaeira) where most of the ten plagues are described and the meaning and relevance to the Seder we conduct on the eve of Pesach (Passover).
Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz – Very interesting class on the role of illness and healing on the human body and the human soul and some fascinating perspectives on the importance of what is “normal” in today’s society and how that influences the correct health choices we make.
Rabbi David Yisrael Kalmus – Shares the source of why Breslov Chassidim wake up at Chatzot (halachic midnight) to pray and mourn over the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash (the Temple) in Jerusalem and how this sets up our overall perspective on what is at the forefront of our minds during our life.
Rabbi Moshe Pinto – The “dirt” of life is actually necessary for physical and spiritual growth just like a seed needs dirt to create the environment for growth. So dirt is not a negative and messy but a positive attribute to life itself.
