Tag: torah learning

Categories
Jewish Holidays

KLM A Pesach Epiphany of Freedom, Amaze the Angels and The 4 Cups

Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit – Shares with us some ways on how to have kavanah (intent) when we celebrate Pesach (Passover) this year. Also, he has some free giveaways available to help us enjoy the Seder.

Personal Thoughts – I enjoy learning about the many aspects of every mitzvah I do. My goal is to get closer to my Creator and my challenge is how to not always just to stay focused on the action (mitzvah) but the intent of why I’m doing it in the first place.

If you are interested in more videos from this Rabbi please visit his website: https://www.kavanahlmitzvos.com/

Categories
Personal Growth

You’re Life Can Only Change When You Stop Judging Others

Rabbi David Kalmus – Shares how empathy and not judgment is not only for everyone’s benefit but for our benefit as well.

Personal Thoughts – Complete emunah (faith) is the goal for a happy fulfilled life.

If you are interested in more videos from this Rabbi please visit his YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXpoH1TewxolChPsAZsuAtAAdAiRMO7Ee

Categories
Jewish Holidays

Pre-Pesach Constructing our Edifice for Freedom

Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz – Shares how to we are preparing for Passover through the additional weekly Torah readings (called Parshiot).

Personal Thoughts – The Rabbi really had a nice way of presenting how we can work on our base character traits towards the service of Hashem (deconstructing and then reconstructing).

If you are interested in more videos from this Rabbi please visit this YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnwd_5P2_hGVNkQfScEmP_w

Categories
Jewish Law (Halachah)

Shulchan Aruch, Eizeh Begadim Chayavim BeTzitzis – !Short Clips!

Rabbi Avraham Zajac – Starting at the 3:25 minute mark Rabbi Zajac shares one of the source reasons according to chassidus for the Torah law of why we don’t wear shatnez (a garment with wool and lines combined within it) going all the way to the story of Cain and Abel.

https://www.chabad.org/3293612

If you are interested in more videos from this Rabbi please visit here:
https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/3097752/jewish/Daily-Halachah.htm

Categories
Weekly Torah Portion

Everyone’s Opinion Matters – !Short Clips!

Rabbi Isser Z Weisberg – Shares with us how Judaism says that everyone’s opinion matters and needs to be respected as valuable, not just the leaders and powerful among us.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/y4Cuw4_Hfg0?start=530&autoplay=1

If you are interested in more videos from this Rabbi please visit his YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmwAomkaWrgr9bEPfmme_fA

Categories
Personal Growth

Who Am I?

Rabbi David Kalmus – Shares some very powerful and poignant questions about “Who Am I?” and what is the purpose of life.

Personal Thoughts – What a great lecture by Rabbi Kalmus – really impactful ideas about the age old question of what is the purpose of my life. Perfect timing as we leave Purim and move towards Pesach.

If you are interested in more videos from this Rabbi please visit his YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXpoH1TewxolChPsAZsuAtAAdAiRMO7Ee

Categories
Weekly Torah Portion

Vayakel/Pekudei – Growing Through Exodus

Rabbi Trugman – Shares with us the best way on how we can open our heart to G-d.

Personal Thoughts – These Torah Portions starting now and continuing for the next several weeks tend to be a bit of a letdown from the stories of Genesis and Exodus. Rabbi Trugman’s gave me some good new perspective on how to approach them in a more holistic and constructive manner.

If you are interested in more videos from this Rabbi please visit his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZITUDLHFCoLJEkXAbqJS5w

Categories
Weekly Torah Portion

Growing through Exodus – Ki Tisa

Rabbi Trugman – Shares with us what the goals of prayer and learning are – connecting to Hashem.

Personal Thoughts – Rabbi Trugman makes a very valid point that we sometimes lose the forest from the trees when engaging in mitzvot and prayer and miss the whole point entirely which is to get close to the One who gave them to us.

Bonus Video – Seasons of the Soul – Gal Einai – Purim to Pesach:

If you are interested in more videos from this Rabbi please visit his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZITUDLHFCoLJEkXAbqJS5w

Categories
Personal Growth

In The Place Where The Baal Teshuvah Stands- Even A Complete Tzaddik Can Not

Rabbi David Kalmus – Tells us to ask, “Where are you? to Hashem. No matter how dark the place is.

Personal Thoughts – As a Baal Teshuvah myself, I can identify with a lot dark places (locationally and spiritually) Rabbi Kalmus talks about in this video.

If you are interested in more videos from this Rabbi please visit his YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXpoH1TewxolChPsAZsuAtAAdAiRMO7Ee

Categories
Jewish Holidays

Purim Sameach and Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Trugman (Pre-Purim Class Gal Einai Students) – Shares with us some interesting details about Purim.

Personal Thoughts – I liked the analogy/comparison of the Purim “characters” with the “characters” of the Garden of Eden at the very beginning of the Torah in Berashit.

If you are interested in more videos from this Rabbi please visit his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZITUDLHFCoLJEkXAbqJS5w