Parshas Bamidbar
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Bamidbar - Some Growth Only Happens in Mitzrayim
Why was Shevet Levi so much smaller than the other Shevatim? The Ramban explains that Levi was not enslaved in Mitzrayim. The rest of Klal Yisrael suffered under Pharaoh’s crushing labor and precisely through that suffering, they multiplied beyond nature. Lev
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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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Bamidbar / Shavuos - Raising Awesome Children
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains why Shevet Dan had significantly more people than Shevet Binyamin despite the fact that Dan had only one child and Binyamin had ten. When we raise our children, especially those who have challenges,
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Bamidbar - Creativity and Surrender
In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of the Maamar Chazal that says that Nadav aneand Avihu sinned because they did not have children. When we have an outlet for our creativity, we have a greater capacity for surrender.
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Bamidbar - Ask Not What Hashem Can Do For You But What You Can Do For Hashem
In a consumeristic culture we have lost sight of what our relationship with Hashem is all about. In this shiur Rav Burg explains how we tend to "sell" Judaism to our youth rather than teach them that they have obligations and reponsibilities to participate in
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Parshas Bamidbar - Communicating an Encounter with the Divine
Chazal teach us that Moshe Rabbeinu was treated as a father to Aaron's children because he taught them Torah. But the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt"l (with a careful reading of Rashi) shows that we are meant not only to teach our children Torah but to give our encounte
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Parshas Bamidbar - Cutting the Torah Down to Size
This short shiur was delivered by Rav Burg at the siyum Mishnayos of a talmid in Mevaseret. In this shiur Rav Burg challenges the talmidim to think about if we make sacrifices for God or do we ask God to sacrifice for us.
The sefer
Parshas Bamidbar is in Nitzotzos on Sefer Bamidbar, Rav Burg's essays on the parsha.
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Written divrei Torah
Parshas Bamidbar · Jan 7, 2021 Parshas Bamidbar – Do I Really Count? This week's written Dvar Torah is sponsored in the zechus of a Shidduch for Esther bas Sara. To sponsor a Dvar Torah (only 18 dollars!!!) and help us continue with our… 
Parshas Bamidbar · Jan 7, 2021 Parshas Bamidbar / Shavuos: The Torah Does Not Belong To You The Sfas Emes (and many others) point out that the Parsha of Bamidbar always precedes Shavuos because there are many important messages we need to glean from the Parsha… Keep the spark alive
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