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Eretz Yisrael & Geulah
The land, the galus, and Mashiach. 25 shiurim.
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Yom Yerushalayim - You Did Nothing Wrong. And That's Exactly The Problem.
You can keep every rule and still miss the whole point. The Gemara says Yerushalayim was destroyed because people judged by strict Torah law and did not live lifnim mishuras hadin. But that does not mean they failed to go “outside” the law. It means they fail
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Pesach - Discovering Redemption In The Darkness Of Night
In this highly Kabbalistic shiur, delivered to NCSY 4G before Pesach, Rav Burg explores the sin of Adam and Chava, the journey of Kayin and Hevel throughout history, the battle between Moshe and Pharaoh as well as Moshe and Korach, the life of Shmuel HaNavi an
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Pesach - From Blood to Tears: The Hidden Secret of Redemption
Why do we dip twice on the night of the Seder? Because the first time we dipped… we destroyed a family. Yosef’s coat was dipped in blood and no one cried. Not the brothers. Not Yosef. And the silence began the Golus. On Pesach night, we dip again. This ti
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Bo - Bringing Mashiach: Letting Go Of Expectations, Holding On To Hope
In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of Matzah and why Klal Yisrael wasn't prepared to leave Mitzrayim. Expectations often come from ego. They come from our need to control. Only Hashem can bring redemption and as long
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Shemos - Shifra and Puah: The Power of Feminine Redemption
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizuk Mission, Rav Burg explains why Pharaoh was afraid of the male babies but not the female babies, how Shifra and Puah nurture transformation as everything in our lives begin to shift.
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Bringing Out Your Inner Mashiach
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizuk Mission, Rav Burg explains how each of us have to access the inner Mashiach within ourselves in order to bring Mashiach to the world.
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Ki Tavo - Building A Connection with Eretz Yisrael
In this shiur, the inaugural shiur of the year in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of the connection between Bikkurim and entering into Eretz Yisrael.
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Shelach - Do We Desire or Despise Eretz Yisrael
In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains why we must desire Eretz Yisrael and the consequences of despising it. Contempt is the greatest predictor of divorce. If we despise Eretz Yisrael there is no hope for our relationship with Hashem.
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Pesach - Mashiach: Bnei Ephraim Paves the Way
In this shiur, Rav Burg explains (based on a Torah from the Shvilei Pinchas) the secret of the Bnei Ephraim leaving Mitzrayim 30 years too early. What was their thought process? What was their mistake? Why does Hashem say that He will avenge their blood if the
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The Rise of Malchus: Exploring the Role of the Feminine in the Times of Mashiach
In this shiur, delivered on zoom for oravsimcha, Rav Burg explains the Chasidic approach to the role of Malchus. On the one hand Malchus is a Mekabel, actualizing the Sefiros above it and yet paradoxically it is also rooted in the Divine Essence, completely ab
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Matos / Masei - Having the Hard Conversations to Bring Mashiach
In this shiur, delivered at Mishmar in NCSY Kollel, Rav Burg explains how the final story of Sefer Bamidbar is the climax of the story of how brothers and sisters make peace. The entire Torah can be seen as a story of avoiding the hard conversations and the st
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Balak - The Transformation We Need To Bring Mashiach
In this shiur, delivered in NCSY Michlelet, Rav Burg explains why of all people, it is Bilaam HaRasha who transmits the prophecy about the coming of Mashiach. Only when we bring Hashem into the lowest dimensions of our world, when the world is completely trans
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Unlocking Growth and Embracing Vulnerability - Israel Gap Year B'Iyun Podcast
In this podcast interview with Rabbi Avi Proctor, Rav Burg explores the importance of vulnerability. Discover the value of creating a space where people feel at peace with themselves and others and are comfortable being who they are is crucial for their person
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Vayechi - The Journey Towards Mashiach
In this shiur, delivered at the Sorotzkin home in Monsey, Rav Burg explores why Yaakov Avinu wanted to reveal the end of days to his children and why in the end he gave them the Berachos that they were destined to receive. Mashiach is not only about the destin
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Vayeitzei - Yearning for Mashiach
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explained why: 1. Yaakov was attracted to Rachel. 2. Lavan wanted Yaakov to marry Leah first. 3. How Lavan intended to uproot the entire Jewish Nation. We live within the dialectical tension of being ok a
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Pesach - Kings vs. Priests: Doing and Being to bring redemption.
In this shiur Rav Burg explains why we begin the seder with an invitation to others when we are already home and no one will hear our invitation. There are two ways to participate in a relationship: 1. Doing what the other wants 2. Creating a safe space for th
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Tisha B'Av: Finding Redemption Within the Exile
How can we understand the statement of Chazal that those who mourn the Beis HaMikdash will merit to see it in joy. Have not the Tzaddikim mourned? Why haven't they merited to see the Beis HaMikdash rebuilt? How can we mourn something we have never experienced?
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Yom HaAtzmaut - Golden Torah: The Unique Torah of Eretz Yisrael
Chazal make it abundantly clear that the Torah of Eretz Yisrael has a unique quality. One that is superior to the Torah of Chutz LaArutz. What exactly is it that makes the Torah of Eretz Yisrael so special? In this Yom HaAtzmaut shiur, delivered on the Yeshiva
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The Darkness Before Dawn: Exile and Redemption
What exactly does it mean that we are in exile? What exactly does it mean that Mashiach will come and we will be redeemed? Do I even want redmeption? In this shiur Rav Burg addresses some of these fundamental questions that will leave you looking forward to
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Parshas Vaeschanan: Gazing Longingly Towards Eretz Yisrael
Moshe Rabbeinu was not allowed to enter into Eretz Yisrael but he was allowed to look upon the Land. Why is this significant? Why does it matter to us today if Moshe Rabbeinu was allowed to see Eretz Yisrael but was not allowed to enter? In this shiur, Rav bUr
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The Galus of Klal Yisrael
Delivered in Michlelet in 2018 this Tisha B'Av prep shiur explains what is special about being a Jew and how we can effect other peoples' lives.
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Parshas Tazria - Redemption of the Metzora
Chazal teach us that the name of Mashiach is the leper. Why would Mashiach have such a strange name? Only the Kohen can declare someone afflicted with tzaras to be pure or impure. Why? Would it not make more sense to have the chacham who actually knows the ha
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Purim - Esther's Redemption
Why does Esther invite Achashverosh to a seuda? Why not just make her request to save Klal Yisrael right away? Why invite him to a second seuda? Esther HaMalkah understood the psychology of Achashverosh and Haman and she exploited it to save Klal Yisrael. In t
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Parshas Shemos - Unworthy of Redemption?
Picture the scene. A young woman who is struggling with Judaism is sitting at your Pesach Seder. As you get to the four sons you realize that she is about to hear how we speak to a Rasha. Blunt his teeth, you read from the Haggada. Tell him that if he were in
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