Parshas Behar

Emor 8 Back to the shelf Bechukosai 4

6 shiurim · 3 hr 57 min · one after another

Behar - Spritual Vampires Feeding Off Human Weakness

May 8, 202623 min

What makes Ribis so spiritually destructive that Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says the lender “loses more than he gains”? This shmooze, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, explores why Ribis is not merely a financial prohibition, but a worldview — one that slowly trai

Parshas Behar Mevaseret Mishmar Psychology & Avodas Hashem
Behar - Robbing the Poor of their Dignity (Say Good Morning!)

May 22, 202539 min

In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains why when we fail to return someone's greeting we are robbing them of their dignity and sending them on a downwards spiral.

Parshas Behar Psychology & Avodas Hashem
Behar - Accepting the Torah With Humility and Pride

May 23, 202428 min

In this shiur, delivered in Sharfmans, Rav Burg explains the paradox of accepting the Torah with both humility and pride. The Torah was given on the smallest mountain which indicates that we must accept the Torah with humility and yet the Torah was also given

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Behar - Heter Iska: Building a Relationship With Hashem

May 22, 202435 min

In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains (based on a Sicha from the Lubavitcher Rebbe) the inner nature of a Heter Iska. As mere mortals we cannot create a relationship with Hashem. Hashem must initiate a relationship with us and then we can

Parshas Behar Chassidus
Behar - Shemita and Yovel: A Rectification of Kayin and Hevel

May 22, 202458 min

In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah (last shiur of the year), Rav Burg explains how Shemita and Yovel rectify the sin of Kayin and Hevel. As one journeys through the story of Kayin and Hevel to Lemech and his wives and four children and finally to Shes a

Parshas Behar Psychology & Avodas Hashem
Behar - Restored to Factory Settings

May 10, 202353 min

In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explores the Mitzvah of Shemitta. Why does the Torah indicate that Shemitta was to be kept immediately upon entering Eretz Yisrael when in fact it was only kept seven years later? What is the inner connection

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