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Your Stress-Free Pesach Seder - Pre-Pesach Class Apr 06, 2017

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How Do I Run an Inspiring and Meaningful Seder?

Tips for Your Pesach Seder. This lecture was presented 10 Nissan 5777, April 6, 2017, at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, NY

Cleansing the Doors of Perception - Likkutei Torah Maamar Hayam Raah Vayanos #2 Apr 06, 2017

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Hashem Loves Me, Therefore He Needs Me

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Your Psychological Seder #2 - Women's Pesach Class Apr 04, 2017

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15 Steps Toward Personal Emancipation

This class was presented to women on Tuesday, 8 Nissan 5777, April 4, 2017, at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, NY. It is part 2 of a 2-part series exploring the 15 steps of the Passover seder in our personal lives.

Knock Out His Teeth?! - Pesach/Toldos/Bo Shuir in Passaic, NJ Apr 04, 2017

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The Debate Between the King and Queen on How to Deal with the Rebellious Child

This shuir was presented on 6 Nissan, 5777, April 2, 2017, at Bais Torah U'Tefilah, in Passaic, NJ.

Knock out his teeth? The debate between the King and Queen on how to deal with the rebellious child.

The class explores the famous question of the Minchas Chinuch (By Rabbi Yosef Bavad), if the mitzvah to eliminate chametz before Pesach is fulfilled through the active action of destroying chametz, or perhaps via the passive reality of not having chametz. The class discusses the ramifications of this in Halacha, and then explains both perspectives from a spiritual point of view. The two views represent two paths in the service of G-d. Why, according to some, do I have to purchase chametz to fulfill the Mitzvah of destroying It? Do I have to struggle in order to serve G-d? Why can we fulfill the mitzvah of matzah only via grain that is vulnerable to become chametz?

We explore the strange episode in Gemarah Pesachim and Keresus about a debate between kind and queen if goat meat is superior to sheep or conversely. We explore the strange story of Yaakov and Eisav attracting the love of their father vs. their mother, and we show the unique approach of the Haggadah to the “wicked child.”

Your Psychological Seder #1 - Women's Pesach Class Mar 30, 2017

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15 Steps Toward Personal Emancipation

This class was presented to women on Tuesday, 1 Nissan 5777, March 28, 2017, at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, NY. It is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the 15 steps of the Passover seder in our personal lives.

Do You Ever Throw a Child Out of the House? Mar 30, 2017

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How to Deal with Children Who Break All Your Rules

Do You Ever Throw a Child Out of the House? How to Deal with Rebellious Children.

This class was presented in Adar 5777, March 2017, at Ohr Chain, Monsey, NY, at the conclusion of the daily Gemarah Shuir, Rosh Hashanah 16b, where the Gemarah says that Yishmael was judged based on his present situation, not based on his future generations. The class was a response to the question: why, then, when it comes to a Ben Sorer Umoreh, do we judge him based on his future, not his present?

How Do I Know When to Trust a Rabbi? - Class Terumah/Vayakhel/Pekudei Mar 19, 2017

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What Comes First, the Frame or the Art? The Debate between Moshe and Betzalel

This class was presented at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, NY, on Sunday Parshas Vayakhel Pekudei, 21 Adar, 5777, March 19, 2017.

It is a strange story. Moses seemingly distorted what G-d told him, telling the craftsman of the Sanctuary to first build the furniture and only afterward the outer structure. It was Betzalel who reminded him of the simple truth that you first build a house before you furnish it. Upon deeper reflection, this incident captures the story of our lives.

Many great thinkers, writers, and artist, produced extraordinary works. Their content was great, their message potent, and their talent exceptional. What they lacked was the exterior structure for their souls lavish output. Sadly, in our world “art” needs a proper “frame.” Lacking the frame, the art may remain in its corner and melt into oblivion.

The great argument between Moses and Betzalel was which came first—the energy or the container, the vision or the structure? Moses was a visionary; Betzalel was a man of action. In conclusion, we discover, they were both right: In the world of thought and strategy, art precedes the frame; in the world of action and implementation, the frame precedes the art. In the world of light, vision takes precedence. In the world of shadows, your dreams must follow your actions, not the other way around.

The class continues to explore another perspective by Reb Tzadok of Lublin. Judaism consists of two components—what G-d gives us and what we give G-d. The Written Torah and the Oral Torah. One is Divine; the other is filtered through human creativity. But are they really different? Depends from whose perspective.

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Maamar Pasach Eliyahu 5715 - Class 1 Feb 28, 2017

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Three Perspectives on Miracles Vs. Nature

Maamar Pasach Eliyahu 5715 - Class 1

Can You Make Sense of Your Life? How Mordechai Transformed Esther & the Two Goats - Purim Class/Acharei Feb 26, 2017

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At the End of the Story, Is Esther a Tragic Figure?

Thic class was presented on Sunday, Rosh Chodesh Adar 5777, Feb. 26, 2017, at Ohr Chaim, Monsey, NY.

How did Mordechai persuade Esther to sacrifice her life? At first blush, the rationale he offers seems to digress from strong to weak. Mordechai’s argument consists of three points. We would expect the third point to offer the greatest motivation for her to go into the king. Yet his third point seems weak relative to the former two points.

At this incredibly dramatic, fateful point in the Purim story, Mordechai seems to waver. “Who knows?” he says. Mi Yodea? Maybe this is the reason you became queen, but maybe not. These aren’t really the words you’d want to hear before marching off into the jaws of death. It isn’t quite Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death.” Couldn’t Mordechai have come up with anything a little more rousing?

Do you see a pattern in your life? Do you recognize a rhythm? Can you perceive a plan, a plot, a story line? Can you answer what is the ultimate mission of your life? Why did your soul descend on earth? What are you meant to accomplish? Should you even try to answer the question? If you had a chance to ask G-d this question, what do you think He would answer you?

Was Esther a tragic figure? At the end of the story, the Jews are saved, but she remains stuck in the palace, married to a drunk, spineless tyrant. How did Esther see her live? How should we see ours?

This class is based on an address (a Sicha) by the Lubavitcher Rebbe presented on Purim 5722-1962. It explores a medieval dispute over the rationale behind Mitzvos, and understanding G-d’s motives for creating the world. With these ideas, we unlock the meaning of a key exchange between Mordechai and Esther, and thereby discover a new approach to understanding and making peace with the story of our lives. We gain insight into the reason this holiday is called Purim, representing the casting of lots, where there is a mitzvah to drink till “you do not know,” why we cast lots on Yom Kippur on two twin goats ending up in opposite places, and why the Prophet Elijah cast lots on two bulls to send one to the idols and one to G-d.

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How to Make Your First Marriage Your Second Marriage - Women's Beshalach Class Feb 07, 2017

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Why Some of Our Greatest Leaders Are Only Appreciated Decades After Their Lives

This women's class was presented on 11 Shevat 5777, February 7, 2017, at Ohr Chaim shul, in Monsey, NY.