Rabbi Daniel Glatstein – Shares how the Neviim (Prophets) has already foretold current events as it relates to Damascus (Syria) – in the short clips video. In the second full video, the Rabbi shows how Avraham Avinu and the war of the four/five kings and Chanukah, and current events in Syria are all coming together. Amazing we are living through this right now.
Rabbi Felman – Explains the analogy of the World “leaders” versus a child who sits in the passenger seat of a car where his father places a toy steering wheel to play with that is not actually affecting anything mechanically in the car but keeps the child occupied while preventing him from grabbing onto the real steering wheel of the car. Meaning, we are playing with the toy steering wheel of World events while the actual driver (Hashem) is really steering World events.
Rabbi David Yisrael Kalmus, Rosh Yeshiva at a Breslov Yeshiva in HarNof – Torah on Rabbi Nachman Z’tl Greatness
Rabbi Kalmus – Shares from the teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov how he went through many hardships and still carried on with greatness giving us an example how we can also go through hardships and carry on with greatness and fulfilling our purpose in this World. Everything than change is one moment – no matter what we are going through – don’t give up hope.
Rabbi Mendel Kessin – Shares a list of four points on how we can bring Moshiach and the one that is most indespensible surprisingly is learning the Mishnah (the Oral Law) – the only one of the four that must happen. Why is that? By learning the Mishnah, which can be completed within two years by learning six Moshnaot per day, we actually do the mitzvot in lieu of learning them this “doing” of all the mitzvot makes us “do” the entire Torah. Very interested concepts.
מה היו הניסים שקרו ליעקב בדרכו לחרן? עם מי התחתן יעקב, עם לאה או עם רחל, ולמי הוא נתן את הסימנים? מסר חשוב בעניין בפרשת השבוע ויצא, יעקב רואה את המלאכים עולים ויורדים מהשמיים. המסע המרתק אל פרשת ויצא – רחל, לאה, יעקב, והניסים. חומש בראשית. השיעור השבועי של הרב תומר ישראלוב. אל תפספסו! 📘✨
Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit – Shares about how we can focus on shefa (abundance) and how to connect to Hashem at the point of making blessings. This reflection will help us have this abundance front and center in our consciousness and increase our connection.
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.
Rabbi Trugman – Shares how the numerical value of the Hebrew letters for the word brit (covenant) is 612 adding the actual word yields 613 which is the amount of mitzvot (commandments) in the Torah. So how do we honor our covenant with Hashem? By observing and doing the mitzvot.
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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).
Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky – At the end of this video Rabbi Orlofsky shares an amazing lesson from a question from his audience. Do I have to follow what Jewish Law says or take my chances on my own judgment? Listen to what happens to the man on the airplane.
Shares how Rivka Imenu is the epitomy of chesed just like Avraham Avinu – this chesed balances out Yizchak Avinu’s din (judgment) – parallel to how Sarah Imenu’s din balances out Avraham Avinu’s chesed. The story of Rivka is one of the main examples of chesed in the Torah. Tzedakah can only be done to a poor person (not a rich person who doesn’t need it) but chesed can be done to everyone. Doing chesed is bringing Hashem’s name and presence in the World – something we can all do and make the World a better place.
Nice inspiring hopeful message for a Monday to start off the week that hope it never lost and everything happens for a reason. When it looks dark there is a bigger picture and Hashem is charge of that picture and wants the very best and loves us infinitely greater than a parent loves a child. Don’t give up.
