Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Shares how the “tov” (good) of Tammuz turned into the opposite and the subsequent redemption of the World delayed for thousands of years as a result. This “tov” day was the 17th of Tammuz the day Moshe Rabeinu broke the tablets of the ten commandments as the Jews worshiped the golden calf.
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Shares about the current month of Sivan and it’s corresponding representative letter – the Hebrew letter Zayin. This letter represents the Torah (both written and oral) in its symbolism.
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Shares about before the World existed there was just Hashem. How can we experience this today? Shabbat! The World was in a perpetual state of Shabbat existence before time and we can tap into that state of existence every week by celebrating and observing the laws of Shabbat. Shabbat Shalom!
The Best Addiction by Rabbi Moshe Pinto Parasha Chaye Mot
Rabbi Pinto – Shares how important it is to focus on our “true” life which is our spiritual life which does not expire like our physical bodies. This perspective replaces despair with inspiration allowing us to leave our “life” problems behind.
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Shares about the aspect of this double parasha as it pertains to Yom Kippur.
It Gets My Goat (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha – Acharei Mos)
Rabbi David Kaplan – Interesting discussion about this week’s upcoming double Torah portion (Acharei-Mos) and the yearly event on Yom Kippur of the two goats. One is given as a korban (offering) to Hashem, while the other is pushed off a cliff to Azalzel. Rabbi Kaplan shares the deeper meaning behind all of this and how it is relevant to our current life and lifestyle.
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Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Shares about the importance of the number seven through Jewish thought, history, and lifestyle. About the 30 minute mark of the video a very interested analysis of seven and the Magen Dovid (Jewish Star of David).
Who Will Build the Final Beit HaMikdash? By Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz
Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz – Shares about the nature of the final Beit HaMikdash and the process of its building which is also discussed in this week’s Torah portion – may it come speedily in our days. Amen!
Fruits of the Orchard – Terumah By Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Shares about this week’s Torah portion and the focus on the duality and paradoxical nature of life and how that creates the ebb and flow of our everyday being.
A great Q&A with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz with topics that are very relevant to our current times and to those of us that are new to becoming religious. Here are some examples of the questions addressed in the video:
-What is the source for rounded tablets of the ten commandments and why is this concept rejected for the square ones?
-Does a newly religious person (baal teshuva) have to give up certain hobbies? If he doesn’t, should he hide them from his children?
-When is someone who is brain dead considered halachically deceased? And, how does that affect (heart) transplantation.
-How can one appreciate the concept of slavery in the Torah?
KLM: ARE YOU MISSING YOUR MORNING ROUTINE !Short Clip! with Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit
Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit – Shares a nice analogy of waking up and saying “Modei Ani” with ferver to how you would be to someone knocking on your door in the morning and saying we found a gold treasure buried in your backyard.
Fruits of the Orchard – Mishpatim By Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman
Rabbi Trugman – Shares some of the detailed business and financial aspects of the weekly Parasha and the reasoning behind the Torah view of these topics.
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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 Avraham Arieh Trugman – Shares about this “dramatic” parashah coming up with the clashing of two worlds represented by Yehuda and Yosef. The baal tshuva and the religious from birth. The Moshiach ben Yehuda and the Moshiach ben Yosef. Also, the Yosef cried eight times showing the power in being sensitive and emotional even as the most powerful man in the World. How did he learn to cry? From her Mother Rachel. According to Rav Ginsberg – the Hebrew word for tear is dima (dalet, mem, ayin, heh) which is the gematria of 119. Since two eyes drop tears X2 equals 238 which is the gematria of Rachel. Role models for Jewish leadership exemplified in both Yehuda and Yosef (repentance and sensitivity). Rabbi Trugman also shows how much Yaakov and Yosef’s life’s parallel each other throughout the events that they both experienced in their respective lives. Many more details in the video.
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – In this class he shares on the weekly parasha focused mostly on Yaakov Avinu’s dream of the ladder and how this dream puts him in touch with his subconcious (as opposed to being awake where the conscious is dominent). Also, Rabbi Trugman explains why “the place” is stated six different times.
