Having a sense of what a sefer is about and seeking to accomplish is essential…
Podcast: Divrei Hashkafa by Rav Mayer Twersky
Hashgacha & Bechira Chofshis
Yosef seems to exonerate the brothers – he is saying it is all due to…
Avos 4:14-16: Inseparability of Learning & Teaching
Learning & teaching are inseparable, in 3 dimensions: 1) ikar mitzvah of talmud Torah is…
Avos 4:13: Laxity in Learning. The Crown of Torah.
Shigegas talmud olah zadon: opinions in the Rishonim about what the nature of the mistake…
1) Avos 4:12 2) The mitzvos of Chanukah & Purim
Avos: 4:12 – Rambam Sefer Mitzvos 209, 210, 211 – Rambam counts kavod & moreh…
Chanukah: Hallel and/vs. Hoda’ah
Hoda’ah – acknowledge that even the darkness of galus Yavan itself was l’tova. The avodah…
Hischadshus. Torah as a Source Thereof.
Hischadhus, renewal, is very important. Yomim tovim bring spiritual hischadshus, and on the natural level…
Doing Teshuva B’Simcha
Teshuva has to be done b’simcha as well. How do the merirus haLev that is…
Chanukah & COVID: Acknowledging the Darkness and Working to Increase the Light
Mitzvas Ner Chanukah is a source of illumination in the world. Rambam – as a…
Avodas Hashem: True Source of Simcha
Physical things (money, health) are not me, they can be lost overnight, and are not…