Asara BiTeves we fast for the passing of Ezra (on 9 Teves).Why Ezra?Some suggestions.He really is one of the most important Jews ever.

Hayom Yom 24 Tamuz, Class One.Asking for a Bracha for matters of Avoda is laziness.This idea is supported and challenged from stories and Sichos.There is a place for Brachos, but (perhaps the idea is) not to ask for them.

Parshas Vayeshev, Yeshiva (5780/ 2019)This Parsha has many ideas (dreams, Yosef’s sale, Gilgulim, Moshiach) but we will speak of Yehuda’s Teshuva.Hashem demonstrates how much it means to Him, when someone simply says: I did it. I am wrong. And I am sorry.

Ma’amar Shalom Rav 5738 Class One: There are six Pesukim in the Gemara אמר רב אלעזר אמר רבי חנינא we will discuss (only) the first two. תלמידי חכמים מרבים שלום בעולם… וכל בניך לימודי הוי’… אל תקרי בניך אלא בוניך. This Possuk is about bringing peace to the world, revealing Atzmus and making a Dirah…

VAYETZEI – ANOTHER PARSHA ON CHILD-REARING (Yeshiva 5780/ 2019) Yitzchok has two sons in Eretz Yisroel, and only one is a Tzadik, Yaakov has twelve children in Choron and they are all righteous. Children are perhaps most affected by their parents work ethic even more than the parents involvement with them. Dina, Rochel’s sacrifice, and…

Pada Bishalom 5738 (19 Kislev) Class One: This class has two very important introductions, that, it seems, are new ideas that the Rebbe focused on more after 5738 (especially the one about Teshuva). Introduction one: The Rebbe speaks about the purpose of creation being Teshuva, and in this itself there are two ideas. One: the…

Rosh Chodesh Kislev Farbrengen (5780/ 2019 Chicago); Part One: Bikur Chicago revisited, some stories about the visit, commemorating the English publishing of the details of that visit.

What’s the difference between Emuna and Bitachon? Faith is like the air we breath, we must have it and it is basic to our existence. Trust is a choice under trying times to טראכט גוט וועט זיין גוט. There is an ill unique to our generation where people have Bitachon and not Emuna.

Lecture on Chayey Sara, the theme of the Parsha: Death. Yeshiva Achei Temimim (5780/ 2019).This class enlightens the idea that one dies the way they lived, or: one who really lived, lives on after death, while those who didn’t live like human beings die like animals. Four levels: 1) Bisuel, he just disappears 2) Yishmoel,…

Asher Yatzar and Elokai Neshama These two Brachos are a pair: Guf and Neshama. A brief overview of these two Brachos and their interface.