Theme
Chinuch
Raising and teaching the next generation: talmidim, children and the work of influence. 18 shiurim.
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Succos - Safe Enough to Look Up
What does it mean that the sukkah is described by the Baalei Chassidus as Hashem’s embrace? Delivered at the Mesorah Simchas Beis Hashoeva, in this short shmooze Rav Burg explores a powerful idea: real growth becomes possible when a person feels safe enough t
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Succos - When You Find Yourself, There’s Room for Everyone
Why is it sometimes so difficult to make room for someone who is different from us? Given to NCSY 4G advisors as part of their chinuch development, in this shiur Rav Burg explores how returning to ourselves on Yom Kippur prepares us to welcome others into our
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Korach - Reviving the Dead: Aharon’s Staff and the Secret of True Leadership
After Korach’s rebellion, Klal Yisrael was spiritually shattered, a generation sentenced to die in the desert, vulnerable to the false comfort of a leader who told them what they wanted to hear: “You are all holy.” But the blossoming of Aharon’s staff reveale
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Behalosecha - Leadership From Above, Leadership From Within.
Moshe Rabbeinu reaches a breaking point. The people are crying for meat, but Moshe understands that this is not really about food. Something deeper is missing. Hashem’s answer is surprising: not meat, but more leaders. Seventy elders. Prophecy spreading beyon
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Bamidbar - Chinuch Is Not Education, It Is Creation.
Why does the Torah call Aharon’s sons the children of Moshe? Because Moshe taught them Torah. But Chazal are telling us something much deeper than the value of good teaching. A Rebbe does not simply transfer information. He gives life. He helps a talmid becom
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Vayechi - Feeling the Pain of Another
In this shiur, delivered in Sharfmans, Rav Burg explains (based on a Torah from Rav Yaakov Kaminetsky zt"l) why Shimon and Levi were assigned to become the Rabbeim and the Sofrim of Klal Yisrael. True, they were criticized by Yaakov Avinu for being overly zeal
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Bo - Analyzing the Three Sons
Three of the four sons in the Haggadah are mentioned in Parshas Bo. In this shiur, delivered at the Hakshiva Bnei Aliyah program, Rav Burg explores the three sons and what they mean to us as parents and Mechanchim.
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Chanukah - The Feminine Chinuch of Chanukah
In this shiur, delivered to the Shana Bet of Michlala, Rav Burg explains the difference between Chinuch (masculine) and Chanukah (feminine). On Chanukah we lovingly embrace our children just as they are. Shiur was followed by a question and answer session.
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Great Debates - Should a Rebbe Know What His Talmid is Doing on a Saturday Night
NCSY Kollel ran a program called Great Debates. In this debate, featuring Rav Yosef Hirschel vs Rav Burg, the topic debated was should a Rebbe know what his talmid is doing on a Saturday night. Rav Hirschel argued the affirmative and Rav Burg argued the negati
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Matos Masei - Hard Enough to Survive and Complete the Journey (Staff Training With NCSY Next Step)
In this shiur Rav Burg explains, based on a sicha from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the connection between the Masei and the reason why these Parshios are read during the three weeks. We must live with the paradox of becoming hard enough to survive Galus, drawing fr
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NCSY Staff Training
In this shiur, delivered in the Jerusalem Gold Hotel in Yerushalayim to NCSY Summer advisors, Rav Burg addresses the topic of Chinuch and how it is an expression of our Avodas Hashem. The shiur was followed by a question and answer session about practical topi
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Emor - Loving Those Who Curse God
In this shiur, delivered on the NCSY staff training Shabbaton, Rav Burg explains the secret story behind the Mekalel and what led him to curse Hashem and scoff at the Lechem HaPanim. It is imperative for us to ensure that our children feel that they have a dee
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Parshas Chukas - Gentle Chinuch
In one of the most perplexing stories in Chumash, Moshe Rabbeinu is told by Hashem to speak to the rock in order to bring forth water so that Klal Yisrael could have what to drink. Rather than following Hashem's intrsuctions, Moshe Rabbeinu hits the rock and l
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Making a Rebbe, Making Decisions
Question - To what extent should a person rely on themselves to deal with problems in their lives? Is it wrong to try to work on yourself on your own if you don’t feel connected to any particular Rav/Rebbetzin/ figure to turn to? Is it even better to because
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Is Kiruv Abusive?
Question: What should one do to help their siblings or those surrounding them to find the right "Derech"? What is the best way to impact those around you without turning them away?
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To Hit The Rock Or Not To Hit The Rock: A Meditation On Leadership
Delivered at the NCSY Summer Staff Training Shabbaton Rav Burg discusses what true leadership looks like. Why was Moshe Rabbeinu not allowed into Eretz Yisrael simply because he hit the rock? Why did he have to hit it twice to make it work? In this shiur Rav B
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Parshas Vaeira - Are You A Staff Or A Snake?
Why does God instruct Moshe to have Ahron throw his staff on the ground so that it can miraculously turn into a snake? Is this such an amazing miracle that Pharaoh will now let Klal Yisrael free? What is the significance of the fact that Ahrons staff swallowed
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