Classes

Being a Mashpia on others

Beis Rivka seminary (5774/2014). how can young people who are still so dependent on their Mashpiim be a Mashpia for another?

Reinforcing Natural Emuna (Belief)

This talk focuses on aspects of chinuch (education) including: how to make a connection with young students, reinforcing a child’s natural belief in Hashem, and teaching good middos (behavior). Rabbi Paltiel gave this talk in 2004 at the teacher’s appreciation dinner at the end of the school year for B’nos Menachem in Brooklyn.

Chassidishe Chinuch

Talk One (5777/ 2017).A talk given at the conference on Chinuch that took place in New York the week of Gimmel Tamuz. The class begins with ideas about child rearing (in the mind of the Rebbe) in general. Then we move on to Chassidishe Chinuch: Fire and honey. Faith and development of the mind. 1)…

Chinuch.

Pittsburgh, Pa. 11 Nissan 5777/ 2017. Chinuch cannot be a reaction to the way we were raised; that is not parenting, but living out our childhood through our Children. Chinuch means deciding what we want our children to be and work to make it happen. “I want my children to be like me”.

Oholei Torah Melave Malka (5777/ 2017)

A talk on balance, faith, and hard work.

וחי בהם, we must learn to live as Jews not to suffer. (Toronto 5776/ 2016).

Often what separates us from our children is the hardships we may have known that our children don’t know and want no part of. Understanding this will allow us to raise them, differently than we were raised so they should be the same as we are.

Parenting – It’s Never Too Late

This is a wonderful talk on parenting that will make you laugh and provide you with many useful ideas whether you are planning to be a parent, in the middle of raising children, or a grandparent. Teachers will also find much value here. The talk was originally given on the occasion of Pesach Sheni but…

Short Thoughts

Thought One. Tzoros, what won’t destroy you will strengthen you (5775/2014). Hardships either bring the best or worst out of us, we survive by having Bitachon and learning to stop playing God. Thought Two. Mishna Neshama A thought on why we study Mishna to help along the Neshama of a deceased relative. Thought Three. אחרי…

Class Ten

Rabbi Avremel Levitansky, a talk (in two parts) given on the occasion of his tenth Yahrtzeit. Part One. Stories. Anecdotes about him, and some incredible stories about his relationship with the Rebbe and the Rebbe’s relationship with him. Part Two. He made everyone feel as though they were him while around him. The lesson is…

Class Nine.

The Twenty third Yahrtzait of Ari Halberstam HaYa”D. When we look only only forward and when we afford ourselves to look back. A Kadosh, What is Mesiras Nefesh Al Kidush Hashem. What the Soul does for us and what we do for the Soul. Lessons: We Need G-d. We need one another.