Classes

Kapital 115 (5776/2016).

11 Nissan 5776 (2016) Kapital 115 Beis Rivka Seminary. Short Version. הלל בגלות. עצביהם כסף וזהב… ישראל בטח בהוי’ה Beis Midrash Linashim: Short Version. עצביהם כסף וזהב מעשי ידי אדם …פה להם ולא ידברו, עינים להם ולא יראו ישראל בטח בהוי’ה Longer Version Class One Introduction. This Perek in Halel, is somehow a combination of…

Kapital 116 (5777/2017).

11 Nissan 5777 Kapital 116. Short Version: Pittsburgh Farbrengen. יקר בעיני הוי’ המותה לחסידיו. Dovid praises Hashem as he sees how the hardest things in his life made him the Chossid he eventually became. Beis Rivka Seminary. Introduction and quick read of the entire Perek. Long Version: Beis Midrash Linashim: Class One. Introduction part one….

Kapital 117. (5778/ 2018).

11 Nissan 5778, The Rebbe’s Kapital 117. In Short (Beis Midrash Linashim). Ten minutes on the Perek. In Short. Given to Beth Rivkah Seminary, a thought with the Kapital. Being Chassidim. The פרק When even Goyim praise Him. Class One. Introduction: This is the fifth הלל. The first four were about the initial יציאת מצרים…

Kapital 118 (5779/2019)

Summary Perek 118: This class is an overview of the entire Kapital given for Beis Rivka seminary This is the Halel (reveal, celebrate) of Hodaya (this that we must accept because it is beyond comprehending). Class one: Introduction about Hallel: The idea of miracles and revelation, is not every day. The six chapters of Hallel are six…

VeAl Hanisim (said on Purim).

Why is it hoda’a (Modim) and not in Avoda (Retzei) as is Yaale Vyavo?

Class One.

Introduction to the Sicha about silent prayer (or: praying in silence) which Chana introduced. There will be three opinions and ideas about this.

Class Two.

Chana was the first to introduce the idea of davening quietly, as she saw the need to prioritize the Kavana. The story of the Husyatener Rebbe has various versions. What I related is the version I heard from Rabbi Feder; from Rabbi N. T. I heard that it was the kever of the Orach Chayim…

Class Three.

Not Davening loud for the sake of kavana. Three ways of saying the same thing: 1) You’re not allowed to Daven loud, 2) You don’t need to Daven loud, 3) Daven in a whisper. They are actually saying three different things. Page 192-3.

Class Four.

The issue of the three opinions is what is the most important aspect of Davening? Asking for things or Kavana? The three views are 1) Asking for things and the whispering is for secondary reasons, 2) Asking for things but the the whispering is needed for the Davening itself, 3) Kavana and that requires quiescence….

Class Five.

Three different reasons for why to Daven silently: 1) To show faith in Hashem (He can hear even a whisper) 2) Out of fear and respect one can simply not raise his voice. 3) To facilitate a deep kavana requires quiescence. Page 194-5.