Avrohom’s tests This Parsha Class discusses: 1) The idea of tests and the feat of passing all 10 2) The idea of the Bris, and what it changed 3) Avrohom Davens for Sdom!!!

Perek 2, Class 9 The idea of loving and not hating, and not even thinking hateful thoughts. Tanya Iggeres HaKodesh 23 נא ונא וכו’ ואיש את רעת רעיהו אל תחשבו וכו’ כמחשבת עבודה זרה ממש Rambam does say it positive (הלכות דיעות פרק ו’ הלכה ד) but Hillel and Chassidus see a point in the…

Avrohom – the first Jew, there will never be another. Job is a book in Kesuvim, but it is the oldest book of the TaNaCh, written by Moshe Rabbeinu himself. It is an idea; the search for a perfect man (and woman). The Satan assures G-d Almighty Himself that there will never be another Avrohom….

Noach The entire Torah is about Moshe and bringing heaven down to earth. In Braishis and Noach this has not yet happened, in fact we learn of a world which was either heaven or earth but never both and Hashem destroyed it.

Tefilla. The basic idea of Prayer is a Mitzvah (one of the 613.) The idea of Davening quietly was introduced by Chana. The text of Prayer begins with the אנשי כנסת הגדולה (the members of the great assembly) who did it because language was becoming adulterated and people no longer spoke clearly and precisely. What…

Perek 1, Class 1. This class introduces the Ma’amar and explores the Chinuch, the Gemara and the Arizal’s suggestion that everyone say each day (in the morning) הריני מקבל עלי מצות עשה של ואהבת לרעך כמוך We further explored the Kabbalah that says that all Souls are parts of the Neshama of Adam HaRishon and…

Mitzvas Vidui UTeshuva Perek 3-4 Perek 3, Class 15 The request סלח לנו אבינו כי חטאנו (forgive us, Father. because we sinned) is explored here. The idea of justifying the forgiveness with the sin is that the sin causes His will to depart and we are asking for a higher will. The Teshuva (Ila’a) needs…

Parshas Nitzovim Three covenants: 1) at Sinai, 2) At the border with Eretz Yisroel. 3) By the mountains Grizim and Aival. What were each of the three about? A covenant is a super-rational unbreakable bond. The covenant with Bnei Noach and the Jewish covenant. Moshiach in the Parsha.

Slichos Thoughts and overview (5779/ 2019) Three Parts: 1) Introduction and entry 2) The Selichos are all about the 13 Middos of Rachamim 3) The Techinos at the end: The Nussach is not strictly Chabad, it is Russian. We explored some paragraphs individually: 1) Lecha Hashem Hatzedaka 2) Zechor Rachamecha… 3) Vayomer Dovid EL Gad…

15 Elul A Yeshiva founded for service and Mesiras Nefesh And it’s effectiveness.