These three Classes are simple Pirush HaMilos for the three parshiyos of Shma (a must listen). A (short) thought on the first Bracha of Krias Shma (5774/2014). 1) Stars and planets 2) angels, 3) God Himself functioning. Monday 18 Teves 5773, December 31 2012. Shma Yisroel (inside). The first Parsha of Shema, simple “pirush hamilos”…

Kadish (2). Kadish: the text is read inside. This class is based on the premise that there are two halves to the Kadish: 1) Until the end of ‘Yehai Shami Raba… Ulmaya’,(not including Yisborech) and 2) from ‘Yisborech…’ until the end. The first half is for the world He created ‘KiRusei’, (as He willed), the…

Kadish (One). Kadish, A consolation for God, in Aramaic, for the halving of His name and throne. The Kaddish is in Aramaic for two opposite reasons: 1) simple folk spoke that language, 2) and to hide from Angels. These two extremes represent what Kadish is, it is for healing and it reaches higher than hishtalshelus….

Mi Chamocha is about Hashem’s influence on the world, that travels from ‘heaven to earth’ through various levels of angels. The challenge is not to see the Angels but Hashem that is made available through their being intermediates, but mustn’t be blocked out because of this. In Davening we say it twice (once in Psukei…

A translation of the text. A few points were emphasized; What is a Bracha? Why praise Hashem? What does Boruch mean? Ata? Hu? and Havaya?

This is the turning point within the Pisukei diZimra, where we transfer from discussing what Hashem did for us in creation to discussing what He’s done for us as the Jewish nation.

01. Introduction to Pesukei DiZimra. (Flatbush; 5772/2012).This is a single class given in Flatbush as an introduction to Pesukei DiZImra.It’s about the heart.

קדיש Class Five. The structure of Kadish, the various designs of Kadish: 1) Half Kadish 2) Complete Kadish with Tiskabel. 3) Kadish DiRabanan 4) Kadish Yasom. The end of Kadish is a good bye. 28 words from יהא שמי’ רבה until the end of חצי קדיש without the ואמרו אמן. The גמרא discusses העונה יהא…

קדיש Class Four. When was קדיש written and first said? Proposal. Kaddish is very old, but was initially introduced (in Aramaic) for the unlearned. Later its power and greatness caused the scholars to incorporate it into every facet of Jewish communal life.

קדיש Class Three. Translations.