We study together the passuk in Yeshaya perek 26 passuk 4 which speaks about trusting in Hashem, Who fashioned the worlds - and transcends all the things here in our world that have power - as He is the source of their power, and therefore is the right address for us to send our prayers and trust.
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Running time: 21:56
Why were there 600,000 angels doing a great circle dance for Yaakov as he returned from Lavan's house to Israel? Why did he take angels from this group and send them to Esav? Why are they described as an encampment - which seems to denote lack of movement - but also as a dancing circle, full of movement? How does this parallel the other places we find circles and encampments, specifically at the splitting of the sea, and afterwards, as well as the journeys of the Jewish people through the wilderness? How does this parallel the dance of the righteous that Hashem Himself leads in the future time of the World to Come?
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Running time: 31:23
We study together the passuk in Yeshaya perek 26 passuk 3 which speaks about the deep peace one can experience when placing one's trust completely in Hashem.
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Why does Yaakov place 12 separate rocks under his head before he goes to sleep, and what is the concept behind them combining to form a single rock? Why were Avraham and Yitzchak, as well as Adam Harishon, not able to have 12 tribes? What does the midrash mean when it says that the high priest enters the holy of holies with the merit of the twelve tribes? What do the twelve stones of the breastplate of the High Priest have to do with the twelve stones of Yaakov? Why does Yaakov keep mentioning the word 'this' when he wakes up from the dream? What do these stones have to do with the foundation stone which is on the Temple Mount 'til this very day?
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Running time: 20:06
We continue our exploration of the concept of Bitachon in Melachim II, perek 18 passuk 5, which speaks of the special bitachon of Chizkiyahu Hamelech (King Hezekiah). As opposed to some other kings, his faith was characterized by absolute bitachon, putting in absolutely no efforts at all on the physical plane.
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What is the concept of blessings? How does it relate to the hebrew word BaReCh, which are all double numbers (gematria 222)? What is meant when we say that the blessings come because of the Torah learning of Yaakov? Why does this relate to the 'returning' of the Jewish people from Exile and also the movement of the Divine Presence from one Mishkan to another? How do the blessings manifest - in abundance, in children, in service of Hashem, and in understanding the Torah of Hashem?
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Running time: 29:12
We continue our exploration together of the passuk in Shmuel alef, perek 14 passuk 6, which quotes Yehonasan's statement that Hashem is not limited to our actions, whether we do a little or a lot. The miracles that he sees after this statement are a lesson for us that our efforts in physical matters are not so significant in light of the fact that Hashem is not limited by them. This teaches us that we are to focus more on the spiritual - our Bitachon - than on our efforts to achieve our needs.
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Running time: 23:02
What follows when a great righteous individual dies? How did this spiritual void express itself after the death of Avraham, Moshe, Yehoshua and Shaul? How does this parallel the fact that Yitzchak had to re-dig the wells that his father Avraham had previously dug that had become stopped up? What was the mistake of the nations of the world as regards Hashem's intimate interactions with mankind that Avraham corrected? What initiated the withdrawal of Hashem's Divine Presence from the world, and how was it brought back from the time of Avraham and on through Moshe?
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Running time: 29:46
We explore together the passuk in Shmuel alef, perek 14 passuk 6, which quotes Yehonasan's statement that Hashem is not limited to our actions, whether we do a little or a lot. The miracles that he sees after this statement are a lesson for us that our efforts in physical matters are not so significant in light of the fact that Hashem is not limited by them. This teaches us that we are to focus more on the spiritual - our Bitachon - than on our efforts to achieve our needs.
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Running time: 24:35
Why is Sarah described as a married woman in such an unusual way, which seems to imply that she is the 'director' of her husband? What is meant when the midrash says that Sarah was the 'crown' of her husband Avraham? Why is the yud taken out of the name of Sarah and replaced with a heh before she is able to have a child? What does the midrash mean when it says that the yud was split into two heh's and one was given to Avraham and one to Sarah? What is meant when the midrash says the yud was taken from her and given to Yehoshua? How does she move from being a 'lonely' princess to a princess of the world?
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