Shiurim in this series are listed below.
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| 1 | How Should We React to an Eis Tzara? | 2023-10-10 | – the modality of tefillah in eis tzara is different, i.e. ze'a'ka – "darkei ha'teshuva" = pathway that leads to teshuva. Crying out leads us to realizing that bad has happened due to our aveiros, which leads to teshuva. – 1:3 – natural and metaphysical cause and effect happen in parallel, but the ultimate cause is metaphysical, i.e. our spiritual shortcomings. "Achzariyus" means he is insensitive / clueless to what he is seeing |
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| 2 | Why Did Hashem Let the Massacre Happen? | 2023-10-11 | – Hamas's savagery exceeds many of the accounts of holocaust one reads.
– We can't expect to understand all that HKB"H does, and just as it woud be cruel for parents to limit their parenting to that which their toddler can understand, it is infinitely more true that He does not limit His hashgacha to our feeble understanding. – HKB"H's existence is sui generis, and He sees in fundamentally different way than we do. It's ludicrous to think we can understand everything. – there's a broader context of the endless chassadim HKB"H does for us in which we need to view this. |
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| 3 | Perspectives on the Massacre: Kiddush Hashem | 2023-10-12 | Perspectives on the Massacre: Kiddush Hashem
– Rambam Hilchos Melachim, Perek 7: what is contested in the war is yichud Hashem, chayal should have kavana for kiddush Hashem – Igeres Teiman: goyim are jealous of us, hatred towards us is a rebellion against HKB"H. – every Jew in Israel is moser nefesh to live there with a target on their back, and if they are killed, they died al kiddush Hashem. But this doesn't diminish the grief, neither on the human level nor in terms of the terrible chilul Hashem (see Tehillim 79). – in terms of our reaction: we should try to have a heightened sensitivity to making a kiddush Hashem through our behavior, conduct, etc. |
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| 4 | Our Approach to Civilian Casualties in Gaza | 2023-11-14 | On the way to Washington DC Nov. 14 Rally | View |