Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi – Uses this whole lecture to answer several common halachic questions both about what is permitted and not permitted on Shabbat and at other times as well. Some have very short answers, others the Rabbi gives more background. Good Q&A video for reference.
Rabbi Mizrachi – Explains how important making time count in our life and the danger of wasting time. In the future we will realize how important each moment was it will be too late.
Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi – Starting about the 30 minute mark of the video, Rabbi Mizrachi shares about the first parasha of the Torah as we begin it anew (Breisheit – Genesis). One of the interesting historical stories in Breisheit is Adam Harishon living until 930 years even though he was supposed to live 1,000 years. What happened to those 70 years? When Adam sinned eating the fruit from the tree of good and bad he realized he had sinned and that only way to rectify that sin was from the coming of Moshiach (the Messiah). That Messiah must come from the House of David (King David) so Adam “donated” 70 years from his life to King David so he could live and start the Davidic line that could only come from him and bring the redemption which eventually rectifies Adam’s original sin.
Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi – Shares about what we can try to accomplish over the next ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This video is full of mussar (character trait building). The ability to work on ourselves during this period of time is amplified compared to the rest of the year – opening up a rare yearly opportunity to make a difference in our lives and the lives of others.
Rabbi Mizrachi – Shares the significance of the first two of the ten commandments as the ones that were given directly to the Jewish people as opposed to the rest of the ten and the rest of the mitzvot that were given through an intermediary (Moshe Rabbeinu). This results in those two commandments having immediate reward versus the others that have delayed reward. What this means is the immediate benefit of having emunah (faith).
Rabbi Mizrachi – Shares the counter-intuitive view of effort expended is not necessarily proportional to additional results. Our trust in Hashem as the ultimately results determiner is the proper view.
Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi – Towards the end of this lecture, Rabbi Mizrachi explains the importance of giving to others for their basic needs (tzedakah) before luxuries for yourself. One source the Rabbi references is that this is expounded upon by the founder of Chabad (the Alter Rebbe).
Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi – As we approach Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Mizrachi shares what we can learn from the events of the past year and utilize them to improve this upcoming year.
Rabbi Mizrachi – Shares some fascinating secret codes of the Torah that we only just learned over the past few decades with the benefit of computers. The odds of these secrets being random are astronomical. Additionally, the important of eating only kosher food and how it relates to our blood being clean (spiritually).