New Shiur Series: Derashos haRan
Thursday, January 5th, 2023 8:00pm ESTat Zelemele’s Kloiz We will be using Derashos haRan as a centerpiece a series of discussions to strengthen our own emunah. How do these ideas of Medieval Philosophy from...
by admin · Published December 29, 2022 – ה׳ בטבת תשפ״ג · Last modified December 29, 2022
Thursday, January 5th, 2023 8:00pm ESTat Zelemele’s Kloiz We will be using Derashos haRan as a centerpiece a series of discussions to strengthen our own emunah. How do these ideas of Medieval Philosophy from...
Anavah / Bitachon / Holidays / Yir`ah
by Micha Berger · Published December 22, 2022 – כ״ח בכסלו תשפ״ג · Last modified December 23, 2022
Don’t picture a single jar of oil found amidst the rubble. The Beis haMiqdash wasn’t trashed, it was perverted into a Temple of Zeus. … That single jar oil needed to be searched for because it had been hidden. Who hid it?
by Micha Berger · Published December 21, 2022 – כ״ז בכסלו תשפ״ג · Last modified December 28, 2022
So, Adam saw the return of darkness, the same darkness the opening medrash identified with the spiritual decimation attempted by the Hellenists in the years before Chanukah. He mourned and fasted for 8 days. We have 8 days, but with an opposite theme — mourning and fasting are prohibited, and praise and gratitude dominate. And in both cases, the message was only seen in retrospect, the next year.
There is one major difference: Adam concluded that the darkness and the return of light was just “the natural cycle”. In Chanukah, we initiated the light manually, and Hashem responded with a miracle. Where Adam saw Hashem’s Light in nature, we see Him bestowing it in a covenantal union with us.
Adam was the start of this world. The Jewish People were given the Torah, handed a burning torch, to bring light to the world that follows.
by Micha Berger · Published December 1, 2022 – ז׳ בכסלו תשפ״ג · Last modified December 28, 2022
Midrash makes for far more 2-dimensional people than you have in peshat. Let me explain with a mashal. The first Star Wars series was a classic Hero’s Journey plotline. And the characters — good...
Reward and Punishment / Theodicy
by Micha Berger · Published November 3, 2022 – ט׳ במרחשוון תשפ״ג · Last modified December 28, 2022
Back in 2002, Rav Yitzchok Zirkind zt”l (COLlive obituary) brought the last Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Igeres (Igeres haQodesh 1:93) to the attention of the gang at Avodah. I was motivated to summarize it on list,...
Audio / Dei`os / Ta`amei haMitzvos / Torah as Growth / Zelmele's Kloiz
by Micha Berger · Published September 28, 2022 – ג׳ בתשרי תשפ״ג · Last modified December 28, 2022
Wednesday night (Sep 28th, 2022) the Beyond Meaningful Relationship – Relationshipful Meaning chaburah chaburah discussed Rav Wolbe’s essay titled “Frumkeit”, found in Alei Shur vol II, pp 152-155. (Warning: he actually comes out against!)
Ahavah / Audio / Ta`amei haMitzvos / Zelmele's Kloiz
by Micha Berger · Published September 21, 2022 – כ״ה באלול תשפ״ב · Last modified December 28, 2022
Wednesday nights (September 14th and 21st, 2022) the Beyond Meaningful Relationship – Relationshipful Meaning chaburah completed our study of Rav Dessler’s Qunterus haChessed.
Ahavah / Audio / Ta`amei haMitzvos / Zelmele's Kloiz
by Micha Berger · Published September 7, 2022 – י״א באלול תשפ״ב · Last modified December 28, 2022
Wednesday night (August 24th, 2022) the Beyond Meaningful Relationship – Relationshipful Meaning chaburah continued our study of Rav Dessler’s Qunterus haChessed chapters 4 through 6 (pp. 35-39)…. This week we saw how …[g]iving leads to love, far more than the other way around.
Ahavah / Audio / Ta`amei haMitzvos / Zelmele's Kloiz
by Micha Berger · Published August 31, 2022 – ד׳ באלול תשפ״ב · Last modified December 28, 2022
Wednesday night (August 24th, 2022) the Beyond Meaningful Relationship – Relationshipful Meaning chaburah continued our study of Rav Dessler’s Qunterus haChessed chapters 4 through 6 (pp. 35-39)…. This week we saw how …[g]iving leads to love, far more than the other way around.
Ahavah / Audio / Ta`amei haMitzvos / Zelmele's Kloiz
by Micha Berger · Published August 24, 2022 – כ״ז באב תשפ״ב · Last modified December 28, 2022
Wednesday night (August 24th, 2022) the Beyond Meaningful Relationship – Relationshipful Meaning chaburah continued our study of Rav Dessler’s Qunterus haChessed chapters 4 through 6 (pp. 35-39)…. This week we saw how …[g]iving leads to love, far more than the other way around.
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