Classes

Talk (5781/ 2021) to Beis Rivkah teachers.

Talk (5781/ 2021) to Beis Rivkah teachers.The Rebbe encourages a deluge of Chassidus to little children, because this ultimately is best.The children are incredibly sensitive, but they’re also very sensitive.Take a listen.

Parshas Toldos (a lesson in Chinuch) 5780 (2019)

Parshas Toldos (a lesson in Chinuch) 5780 (2019) Aisav is greater but extreme, Yaakov is balanced and sustained. The lesson in our lives. First Version: Yeshiva. Second Version: Chicago, Rosh Chodesh Kislev Farbrengen

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…

Our children are everything

An overview of the basic attitudes in Chinuch given at Maon Noam outreach center. Five points: 1) Shalom Bayis 2) Being a living example at home 3) the ongoing conversation in a Jewish home 4) school 5) friends. We have more influence over our children than we think. We must use it, but without too much…

4 Marcheshvan 5720, Dor Haflaga Lesson

4 Marcheshvan 5720, Dor Haflaga Lesson Class One: You survive a holocaust, rebuild correctly and not selfishly. The lesson from this for Chinuch. Class Two: The cities and towers must be of Torah and they are forever and you “even” get fame as a secondary reward.

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.

Letter from the (Previous) Rebbe about meaning of Upsherin

This short class enlightens the מנהג ישראל תורה היא, the Jewish custom, about waiting three years to cut a little boy’s hair. Many ideas are touched on here. This class is accompanied by a PDF that Rabbi Paltiel prepared for the Upsherin of one of his own sons. It includes Chassidus from two Chabad Admorim…

Story Telling (Beth Rivkah Seminary 5780/ 2019)

Story Telling The place of telling stories in our culture. When is telling stories that didn’t happen exactly as told education and when is it lying. A story that is true, even when it isn’t, is educational. What about negativity and sadness, and learning about the hardships of “the real world”.

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.