Series
Aish Kodesh
The Piaseczner Rebbe's Torah from the Warsaw ghetto. Listed from the first shiur, so you can learn in order.
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Aish Kodesh - 1 (Rosh Hashana)
In this shiur the Aish Kodesh explains the difference in yiras shomayim between those with the impoverished mentality which comes from sitting in the filth of their own sins and those who have an abundance mentality. The former have yiras haonesh, fear of puni
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Aish Kodesh - 2 (Rosh Hashana)
In this shiur the Aish Kodesh explains how even asking Hashem for our personal needs is an expression of Hashem's revelation in this world and our acceptance of kabalas ol malchus shomayim. When we have the abundance mentality that comes with knowing that Has
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Aish Kodesh - 3 (Rosh Hashana)
In this final segment of the derasha on Rosh Hashanah the Aish Kodesh addresses the issue of the prosecuting angels that challenge the veracity of our teffilos and teshuva. Are we really crying out to connect to Hashem or are we just trying to solve our pain?
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Aish Kodesh - 4 (Shabbos Shuva)
In this shiur the Aish Kodesh presents a daring exploration of how Hashem fulfills the entire Torah, including the mitzvah of teshuva. How can Hashem do teshuva if he can't sin? How can Hashem regret something if He is perfect? The Aish Kodesh explains that Ha
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Aish Kodesh - 5 (Chayei Sarah)
In this shiur the Aish Kodesh explains that while it is true that suffering purifies it is also true that suffering too much can be too much to bear. In this exceptional piece we learn how Sarah Imeinu opened up her heart to all of the pain of the Akeida so th
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Aish Kodesh - 6 (Toldos)
In this shiur the Aish Kodesh explains two different types of giving. 1. Hashem simply gives because He is giving, not because we are deserving. 2. Hashem pays back a "debt" so to speak and gives us what we are owed for the performance of our Mitzvos. The Reb
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Aish Kodesh - 7 (Vayeitzei)
As Yaakov Avinu is sleeping and dreaming of the malachim going up and down the ladder, Rashi explains that it is Hashem who is guarding over him. The Aish Kodesh asks, why is it Hashem guarding over Yaakov and not a malach? Why does it repeat that he is being
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Aish Kodesh - 8 (Vayishlach)
In this shiur the Aish Kodesh asks two questions: 1. Why does Yaakov Avinu insist on being blessed by the Malach of Eisav when he had already been blessed by Hashem? 2. Why does the Malach ask Yaakov Avinu his name? The Rebbe explains that it is not enough
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Aish Kodesh - 9 (Vayeshev)
In this exceptionally stirring shiur the Aish Kodesh asks why Hashem won't allow the tzaddikim to have serenity in this world. The Rebbe distinguishes between those who are silent because they choose not to speak and those who are mute because they have loss a
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Aish Kodesh - 10 (Mikeitz)
Yaakov blesses his children that the Egyptian ruler should have mercy on them. The Aish Kodesh asks, why doesn't he bless them that no harm should befall them. Just as Hashem creates an expanding universe and tells it to stop expanding so too there are differe
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Aish Kodesh 11 (Vayechi and Vaeira)
In this shiur Rav Burg gave over two pieces from the Aish Kodesh. Vayechi - In this piece the Aish Kodesh teaches us how Yaakov Avinu being "blocked off" from revealing the end of days to his children was actually a sign of the redemption itself. When the dam
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