Parshas Masei
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Masei - The Distance Is The Journey
In this shiur, delivered at the first Mishmar of NCSY Kollel, Rav Burg explains the Mashal of the King taking his son to a faraway land in order to be healed. On the return journey, the King recounts to his son all of the challenges that they faced on the jour
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Matos Masei - IFS and the Yarden Within: When Protective Parts Are Afraid to Cross
In this deep psychological exploration of Parshas Matos, Rav Burg examines the request of Bnei Gad and Bnei Reuven to stay on the other side of the Yarden through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS). Eretz Yisrael represents the inner space where a pers
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Matos/Masei - The Journey After Failure
In Parshas Matos/Masei, the Torah records the forty-two journeys of Klal Yisrael through the Midbar. At first glance, the list seems like history that will never happen again. But the Baal Shem Tov teaches that every person has his own forty-two journeys. In
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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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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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Parshas Masei - Creating A City Of Refuge For Those Who Want To Return
The Ir Miklat was a city of refuge for those who murdered accidentally. According to the sefarim hakedoshim the sinner who cuts himself off from Hashem in some ways can be considered like a murderer. The sinners desire to run to the Ir Miklat is an expression
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Parshas Masei - The Flowers Remind Us Of The Beauty Of The Rain
In this shiur, delivered in NCSY Michlelet, Rav Burg analyzes why at the end of Klal Yisrael's journey through the midbar Moshe Rabbeinu reminds Klal Yisrael of all of the times that they angered Hashem. Shouldn't we have ended on a positive note? In truth, at
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Parshas Matos/Masei - Aharon HaKohen's Connection to the Nine Days
In this shiur Rav Burg discusses how Ahron HaKohen sees through to the essence of every single Jew and in that way brings them closer to Hashem.
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Parshas Masei is in Nitzotzos on Sefer Bamidbar, Rav Burg's essays on the parsha.
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Written divrei Torah
Parshas Matos · Jan 7, 2021 Parshas Matos-Masei – Returning to Ourselves, Returning Home This shiur has been generously sponsored anonymously in the zechus for a refuah shleima bikarov mamash for Tema Devorah bas Zahava and Honda Gittel bas Pesha. To sponsor… 
Parshas Matos · Jan 7, 2021 Parshas Matos/Masei / Rosh Chodesh Av – Boundless Love This week's Dvar Torah is dedicated to my nephew Ari Burg who is celebrating his Bar Mitzvah. Ari's parents are people who truly love every Jew and are are raising their… Keep the spark alive
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