Parshas Matos
-
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
-
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
-
Matos - Leading A Selfless Life
In this shmooze, delivered at NCSY Kollel Mishmar, Rav Burg explains the missing one thousand soldiers from the pesukim. We are not impoverished, we are empowered.
-
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
-
Matos - Making His Ratzon Our Ratzon
In this shiur, delivered at NCSY Kollel Mishmar, Rav Burg (quoting from Rav Lopiansky shlit"a) explains why the last battle that Moshe Rabbeinu fought was specifically with Midyan and Bilaam. Why was this a condition for Moshe to move on to the next world? Fur
-
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
-
Parshas Matos - Passionate Judaism
Three times in the Torah לה is spelled without a mapik hey (a dot in the middle of the hey). The final passuk in this week's Parsha is one of those times. Rashi, quoting Rav Moshe HaDarshan explains that without the mapik hey the word can also be read לא. In t
-
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.
The sefer
Parshas Matos is in Nitzotzos on Sefer Bamidbar, Rav Burg's essays on the parsha.
To read
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
New shiurim, in your inbox
Rav Burg's new shiurim and divrei Torah, straight to your inbox.