Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz – Shares a clear explanation of the relationship of the body and the soul and why it matters on Yom Kippur and how this can aide us to do teshuva. Also, includes some interesting information on the five individual restrictions we observe on Yom Kippur.
Rabbi Mendel Kessin – There are so many deep concepts about teshuva in this class by Rabbi Kessin including why we read about the “binding of Yitzchak” and what that means to our personal teshuva during the “ten days of repentance”. Also, learning and coming closer to our role in the tikun (the fixing of the World) and how it can help bring the geula (the redemption).
Rabbi David Yisrael Kalmus – Both these videos are good primers for the days leading up to Yom Kippur. The focus on turning our challenges in life into messages from Hashem to help instead of insurmountable obstacles meant to make your life difficult with no reason.
Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz – In this !Short Clip! Rabbi Tatz explains how are circumstances and how we fulfill our potential according to those circumstances determines our standing NOT our comparison to others. This is a good lesson for adults, kids, and adults who take care of kids.
Rabbi Mendel Kessin – In this video, Rabbi Kessin shares his view of “royalty” and the difference between the modern view and the Torah view and why this matters.
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – In this class we continued the final section of Seventy Faces, 21 different methodologies of learning the Torah based on numbers. We showed examples of fascinating insights how Inverse Numbers, Letters or Words and Average Value of Letters/Words reveal additional inner dimensions of the Torah. Here are some examples:
Name of Hashem at burning bush – reverse is Moshe Rabbeinu Tishrei – Tuf, Shin, Raish….Aleph Shabbat – reversing the word means light
Rabbi Alon Anava – Good timing for this video as we are approaching Rosh Hashana and the ten day of repentance. Rabbi Anava talks about the important of doing teshuvah everyday not just on specific days of the year and how this process affects us and our soul here and in the World to come. Repentance can empower us to be better as long as we are constantly keeping it at the forefront of our mind and have good intentions towards improvement.
Rabbi David Aaron – Short two minute video on the advice Rabbi Aaron got in his younger years from one of the biggest sages of our generation – G-d wants us to be happy!
Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit – Helps us get the most out of the Hebrew month of Elul – which is the spiritual preparatory month leading up to Rosh Hashana. We can do this by increasing our Ahavas Hashem (our love for Hashem). Watch the video to learn some of the exercises Rabbi Wegbreit shares that can help us get there.