Avoda: Parnassa. Hashem will bless you in all that you DO. One needs to do – to make a keli on the one hand and to have emuna that everything comes from Hashem on the other. Hashem set the world up in a way that we get things through a memutza. They bring Hashem closer…

Yeshiva (short) version 5780 (Part One).This is an amazing meditation, it is more about Hashem (even than Yiddishkeit) than anything else.It has three parts that are not in a logical order1) King 2) Self 3) Relationship with usWhy this order. Yeshiva (short) version 5780 (Part Two).The reason Adon Olom first talks of His Kingship and…

13 Ikarim (Principles of Faith), Class One. As part of the Siddur series and in conjunction with the meditation of אדון עולם we decided to explore the י”ג עקרי האמונה.We talked about the אריז”ל’s issue (not with the content, but) with the Nusach of the 13 Ikarim (whoever wrote them had no connection to “Sod”),…

Elokeinu VeElokai Avosainu (before Vayehi Achar) [Yeshiva 5780]The custom of saying ויהי אחר (the Akaida) every morning and it has a prefix (אלוקינו ואלוקי אבותינו) and a suffix (רבונו של עולם).These two are תחינות (begging (?)).This little paragraph comes from the Musaf of שמונה עשרה the end of ברכת זכרונות with some changes.We say this…

Vayehi Achar (the Akeida), Yeshiva Version, Class One.This class gives deep and accessible insights into the enigmatic story of The Akeidah.  A great resource for gleaning personal applications from the final and most challenging test of Avraham Avinu (Our father Abraham).We introduced it briefly, and read most of the Akeida inside and translated it and…

Ribono Shel Olom (Yeshiva Version 5781/ 2020) Class One.Overview of this paragraph, its source and its placement here. Ribono Shel Olom (Yeshiva Version 5781/ 2020) Class Two.Inside first half:1) Kevesh: Avrohom squeezed himself, we are asking Hashem to squeeze Himself and love us in return.2) Remembering the Avos.3) Yetzias Mitzrayim.4) Moshiach. Ribono Shel Olom (Yeshiva…

Liolom Yehei Adam, Class One (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020).Introduction: the 4 things we say before Korbanos: 1) Ma Tovo, 2) Adon Olom, 3) Akaida (with a before and after), 4) Liolom Yehaid Adam.From Tana Dvei Eliyahu, it’s about saying Shma and more.We read the first half inside. Liolom Yehei Adam, Class Two (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020).Inside with…

After Birchas HaTorah (short class, Yeshiva 5780)Three parts of Torah follow Birchas HaTorah:1) Pesukim, Birchas Kohanim (number (60) most distinctive2) Mishna- no Shiur, but really there IS a limit it’s just not hard and fixed.3) Braisa- Schar- truly infinite

Asher Yatzar and Elokai Neshama These two Brachos are a pair: Guf and Neshama. A brief overview of these two Brachos and their interface.

Brachos on TzitzisTwo Brachos,Al Mitzvas Tzitzis vs LiHisatef BaTzitzi.One talks of having them on, the other of wrapping ourselves in them.The connection to ברכי נפשי and מה יקר