Rabbi Geldwerth – Shares at Kever Rochel the importance of our Avot and Imahot – Rochel being the loving Mother of the Jewish people through her sacrificing her own desires for the desires of her children. This inspires us to figuratively visit our “Mother” first as she can help us achieve our goals both personally and collectively.
Rabbi Breitowitz – In the first ten minutes of this class, Rabbi Breitowitz shares about the importance of taanit dibor (speech fasting) and it being more effective than other types of fasts (like refraining from food) in the teshuva process. In addition, the Rabbi discusses how a mitzvah is analogous to a candle that lights up your path and the Torah is like a light that lights up the road to how to control your tivas and stay on the path to the next world.
Rabbi David Kaplan – In this video, Rabbi Kaplan shares about whether prayer works and breaks down what that means on whether it works or not helping us approach prayer from a different perspective. What is prayer for and what prayer is not and how to interpret the answers or lack thereof to our prayers.
Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit – Shares how we can counter-act the cause of the destruction of the Second Temple (Sinat Chinam – Baseless Hatred) and The Chofetz Chaim deducing that it’s really Lashon Hara (gossip). The main way to nip this before it manifests in your daily life is to judge others favorably – this helps circumvent lashaon hara and sinat chinam. Working on this really helps internalize the “Nine Days” and the antidote to reverse and bring the geula (redemption).
Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky – In this video Rabbi Orlofsky shares about the Nine Days we find ourselves in currently from the First of the month of Av until the Ninth of Av. How the 9th relates to the 10th day is very interesting as it parallels moving from being alone to being together (alone to minyan) and how those numbers permeate themselves throughout our history within our historical Jewish holy figures.
Rabbi David Kaplan – In this video, Rabbi Kaplan shares what some of the 42 journeys of Am Yisroel represented, how Judaism views embellishment, and how monitoring stress levels can determine how we are advancing (or not) in increasing what we can take on in our spiritual path.
Rabbi Breitowitz – Shares various halachos (Jewish laws) as they pertain to the following topics with their time stamp in the video:
0:00 Explanation of pardes 2:35 is there a halachic basis for tucking out tzitzit as being gaivadic 4:50 what is gehenom like, does saying Kaddish do anything for a neshama that’s already in olam haba 15:45 who is qualified to receive nevuah, are gerim eligible 21:45 what Torah laws are assur for goyim to keep, are they allowed to enforce halachic observance on Jews 30:00 since limud Torah is so excluded, why are women excluded and why are there discrepancies in learning talent 40:00 what criteria did Hashem use for selecting Bilam and Moshe 45:50 how do kiruv leaders of Jewish co-ed camps best maintain their shomer einayim and kedusha onsite 56:20 can you explain the vilna gon in saying that Torah will strengthen midot 1:00:40 why did Rav Ovadia matir heter mechira given that it is assur for non-Jews to own land in Eretz Yisrael 1:04:25 can you explain the recent daf yomi gemera instructing the right way to learn Torah 1:10:00 may Benei Torah maintain close friendships with non-Jews, does the sin of intermarriage apply to non-Jews 1:13:50 advice for Baal tshuvas struggling in conformity within the litvish system 1:18:40 is there anything going on today like a student initiative in Harvard 40 years ago in which married frum couples invited non religious students to their Shabbat meals 1:20:35 what’s the Halacha if a Jew is forced to do avodah Zara and he does so without kavanah
Rabbi Trugman – Shares the story written is Sefer Shmuel about Dovid Hamelech and Batsheva including the part where Batsheva is a reincarnation of seven different ancestors which is alluded to in her name which has the number seven in it.
Rabbi David Kaplan – In these two videos, Rabbi Kaplan shares about this past week’s Parsha (Pinchas) including the following: Detailed explanation of the relationship between the tribe is Yissachar and Zevulun – where one worked to support the one who learned and the equally share in the spiritual reward. The other detailed explanation of the tribe of Binyamin and the seven Hebrew “Peh” letters representing the seven members related to the tribe of Binyamin.
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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky – In this video at the time stamp embedded in the link below, the following is said and why it is said: “…the Christian, the Moslems, and the Armenians all believe G-d created the World and gave the Jews the Torah on Mount Sinai. The only people who give me any trouble are the Jews…” Why is this? Because belief implies responsibility to keep the mitzvot (Kosher, Shabbat, etc).
