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A Comedy of Errors and Nothing Is Random – Vayeishev (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares some lessons of this week’s upcoming Torah reading including: So many “bad” events happened to Joseph during the reading but in the end Hashem had him elevated to be King of Egypt to save the Jewish people. This teaches us that the journey may not look good while we are in it but the final result in Hashem’s plan which is wholly good for both us personally, the Jewish people, and the World at large.

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The Heavenly Yeshiva – Vayeitzei (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares some lessons we can learn from this week’s Torah portion (Vayeitzei) including specifically about how to act as a Baal Teshuva around others by not overdoing it and speaking in code. Instead, to just act like a normal human being (aka being a mensch). Too often, newly religious create argument and arose too much attention by forcefully showing others how religious they are. Most things are best left unsaid and improvement within without bragging. Many of these lessons are derived from how our Forefather, Yaakov Avinu, carried himself in this parasha and throughout his life.

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The Field vs the Tent – Toldos (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares some lessons we can learn from this week’s upcoming Torah portion (Toldos) including, the difference between Eisav (Ish Sade – man of the field) versus Yaakov (Ish Tam – simple man). The Ish Sade means the field has no boundaries and means anything goes while Ish Tam means the tent has boundaries and means restrictions implying self control. This shows the difference between a Non-Jew (Eisav) and Jew (Yaakov). Furthermore, Eisav came in tired from the field after hunting – which further implies not just him but all people who deal with the World at large (working, playing) – also come in tired and drink their lunch (like Eisav drank the bean soup).

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One Little Prayer – Vayeira (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares a major life lesson towards the end of the video that we learn not to look back at how it once was but to look forward – an important lesson for doing teshuva.

The Hidden Soul of Moshiach – Vayeira

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Keep Moving – Lech Lecha (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares about this week’s upcoming Torah reading on Shabbat. The Rabbi explains what Lech Lecha means – 1. To move signifying how Jews during our history are always on the move in exile. 2. Lech (lich luch) means dirt – that Jews should always move away from dirt of the secular life we are surrounded by. 3. Lech – that Jews should constantly grow in our observance, grow on in our relationship with Hashem.

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Poverty Follows the Poor & The Sweetness of Torah – Ki Savo (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares in the two videos for this week’s upcoming Torah reading (Ki Savo). This Torah portion has so many elements of deep interest and has a blueprint for proper behavior and midot (character traits). Talking the talk is not Judaism – it’s taking what we learned into action to service others and fix the (broken) World.

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Foresight – Shoftim (Weekly Parsha) and The Key to Successful Parenting – Rabbi Dovid Kaplan

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares some interesting “coincidental” word codes in the weekly parasha (Shoftim) and what we can learn from it and in the second !Short Clip! video some helpful tips on successful parenting that we learn from the Torah – the story of Yaakov Avinu and his grandchildren Menashe and Ephraim. The Torah teaches that the way we act and teach is to avoid embarrassing others even a little bit. If the current World could learn from avoiding embarrassing others it would certainly be a better place.

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The Joy of Benching – Eikev (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares at time point 27:40 a very interesting Medrish derived from losing sleep from various issues which further develops the concept of how we can determine to course of our suffering throughout the year. We are not able to determine the amount of suffering (which is set on Rosh Hashanah) but we are able to guide the type of suffering through exchange. This concept is explained by the Steipler.

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Pregnant Anger – Vaeschanan (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares that prayer works – not just figuratively but tangibly – which is sourced in a comment by Rashi at the very beginning of the Torah when Adam prayed for rain so the foliage would grow. This is why Hashem gave a mitzvah to Moshe Rabbeinu to not prayer anymore to go into Eretz Yisroel – because it works because Hashem says it works.

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Rabbi Akiva Cried – Mattos (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares about the story of Rabbi Akiva crying when reading parts of this weeks’ upcoming (double) parashot. Rabbi Akiva cried because he foresaw his upcoming suffering when he was killed as one of the ten martyrs in the story about a woman breaking her vow that was annulled by her husband signalling inadvertent sins still require teshuva. This implied the rebuke from the Roman Ceasar who said that the ten matyrs required to be punished for the ten brothers (sons of Yaakov Avinu) selling Yosef into Egyptian slavery which although it turned out good the intention was not good.

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