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Hebrew Months

Seasons of the Soul – The Month of Tamuz

Rabbi Trugman – Shares with us about the new Hebrew calendar month of Tamuz and the great potential of this month.

Personal Thoughts – Always looked at this month negatively as it contains the start of the auspicious three weeks ending in Tisha B’Av. The Rabbi infused some hope for me for what it may contain for us to grow and do tshuva.

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Hebrew Letters

Secrets of the Hebrew Letters – The Alef

Rabbi Trugman – This lecture was recorded on Erev Shavuot but the content is still very much relevant. The Rabbi reveals the incredible secrets of the Hebrew letters that are the building blocks on the very World in which we live.

Personal Thoughts – Great to learn about the foundation blocks the Hebrew letters represent and its depth.

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Jewish Holidays Weekly Torah Portion

Shavuot 5781

Here are some interesting videos about Shavuot from two different Rabbis. Now more than ever we need to learn with intent to connect with Hashem, the source of all blessings. The first video focuses on many of our favorite topics – the custom of eating dairy foods on Shavuot. Hope you enjoy!

Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit:

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Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman:

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Weekly Torah Portion

Emor – Growing Through Leviticus

Rabbi Trugman – Shares with us about this week’s parashah (Emor) and what we can learn from it.

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Weekly Torah Portion

Growing through Leviticus – Acharei Mot/Kedoshim

Rabbi Trugman – Shares with us about the weekly (double) Torah portion (Acharei Mot/Kedoshim).

Personal Thoughts – Interesting that the Hebrew word for Jewish Law is called “Halachah” which means “the way forward” and the book of Jewish Law is called the “Shulchan Aruch” which means “the set table”. Just two examples of the deeper (dual) meanings of common words in Judaism.

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Weekly Torah Portion

Tazriah/Metzorah – Growing Through Leviticus

Rabbi Trugman – Shares with that we can overcome and change through growth because Hashem gave us the ability to do so through (for example by counting the Omer – “Make Our Time Count”).

Personal Thoughts – Current event messages are a wake up call – parallel to the weekly parasha.

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Weekly Torah Portion

Vayechi – Growing Through Genesis

Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Through this weeks parsha we learn many spiritual concepts through the blessing Yaakov gives Ephraim and Menashe, including the Sefirot (common term in Kabalah) and enclothment.

Personal Thoughts – The video started off slow for me but it was just the setup for some very deep spiritual concepts. In the last 1/3 of the lecture the Rabbi talks about the concept of enclothment which was very enlightening and certainly shed some light for me about why the World is the way it is. Hope you get a lot out of it.

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Torah Stories

Vayigash – Growing Through Genesis

Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – shares with us how this week’s Torah portion gives us a great example of the emotions (ie. crying) of Joseph and also relating how some of our great Jewish historical figures, like King David and Rachel Imenu, outwardly expressed their emotions.

Personal Thoughts – It’s amazing how we sometimes hold back our emotions when some of the greatest Jews in history outwardly expressed their emotions and it’s written in the Torah, Prophets, and Writings for all to see for thousands of years. Motivates me to really get in touch with my emotions and be like my forefathers/mothers.

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Torah Stories

Devorah, Yael and Yehudit; Jewish Women Who Fought

Rabbi (and Rebbetzin) Avraham Arieh Trugman – share about how Jewish Women have saved the Jewish Nation several times and also some interesting sources on reincarnation.

Personal Thoughts: I learned that these are not just nice stories about Jewish Woman but that they are responsible for our past, present, and future salvation. Listen for yourself!

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Jewish Holidays

Miketz – Growing Through Genesis

Rabbi Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – says we need to spread the lights of Chanukah!

Personal Thoughts – Towards the end of the video (starting at the 27:20 time mark), the Rabbi shares that no matter how dark things may seem to be there is always hope. Inspiring message. Hope you like it!

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