Class. 1) To improve character, 2) to elevate one’s thoughts and values, 3) Leshaim Yichud (Kabbalah).

Tanya, a holy book written by a holy man that embraces the Yezter Hara. This class given at Beth Rivkah Seminary on 24 teves 5775. In this class it is underscored that the Tanya is a most encouraging (rather than discouraging) book, as it accepts the struggle of the ordinary person. Ideally it empowers one…

Vegetarianism A thought on the Jewish perspective to this very modern question. The world keeps changing (what it considers important) Torah doesn’t change at all.

Holiness What makes something holy and something else is not holy? Purity and Holiness.

Mikra and Kabbalah (a thought). Why the TaNaCh doesn’t get the attention it deserves, and how this is different in Pnimiyus HaTorah.

A religion of ritual. [A class on a Ma’amar that has a broader ramification] The class involved a Mashal amd a Nimshal. The Mashal: The idea that Yiddishkiet is (called) a religion of ritual. What bothers people about that and why is it right? The Nimshal: Although creation is based on divine concealment, but there…

ופנה לסובב take a look around. An excerpt from a Siddur class about the powerful energy and the gentle precision needed to get through life. And that the bridge between them is the ability to pause and hesitate.

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

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.

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”.