Parshas Noach

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10 shiurim · 6 hr 35 min · one after another

Noach - The Stories We Tell About Ourselves Become The Stories We Tell About Another

Oct 24, 202538 min

In this shmooze, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explains why we would consider Noach a "nothing" when the Torah describes him as a Tzaddik. We project on to others what we believe about ourselves.

Parshas Noach Mevaseret Mishmar Psychology & Avodas Hashem
Noach - Staying Whole In A Fragmented World

Oct 24, 202549 min

In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains the psychology of the Dor HaMabul and how Noach teaches us how stay in self when everything around you is falling apart.

Parshas Noach Psychology & Avodas Hashem
Noach - Olive Trees and Fresh Leaves

Nov 1, 202423 min

In this shiur, delivered at Thursday night Mishmar in Mevaseret, Rav Burg explains (based on a sicha from the Lubavitcher Rebbe) how Noach knew that the waters of the flood had receded and that it was safe for him to leave the Teiva. We can leave the Teiva whe

Parshas Noach Mevaseret Mishmar Chassidus
Noach - Davening People Into Greatness

Oct 31, 202423 min

In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains how Noach failed to help even one person do Teshuva because he didn't daven for them. Davening is a form of imagination. It allows us to see the world as Hashem wants it to be. So too when we daven fo

Parshas Noach Tefillah Teshuva & Growth
Noach - Seeing Only the Good

Oct 31, 202442 min

In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains why we praise the Tzaddikim when given the opportunity and why Shem and Yafes did not look at their father when he was uncovered. The way we speak about people and the way we see people has a tremend

Parshas Noach
Noach - Finding an Inner Strength Amidst the Flood

Oct 18, 202341 min

This shiur, delivered in Yeshivat HaKotel for the newly formed Acheinu program, explores the nature of the world pre-flood and post-flood. Pre-flood the world received its Godliness from Hashem whereas post-flood the world discovered its Godliness from within.

Parshas Noach Psychology & Avodas Hashem
Noach - Leaving the Teiva, Returning to the Vulnerability of Life

Oct 18, 202336 min

Noach would not leave the Teiva until the dove returned with an olive leaf in his mouth. But where would a dove get an olive leaf from? The Medrash provides us with two solutions: Gan Eden or Eretz Yisrael. What is the inner meaning of retrieving an olive leaf

Parshas Noach Psychology & Avodas Hashem
Noach - The Teiva as a model for the Jewish home

Oct 18, 202351 min

This shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, explores the specific dimensions and design of the Teiva as a model for what a Jewish home ought to look like.

Parshas Noach
Parshas Noach - Rooted in the Past, Securely Attached in the Present

Oct 26, 202240 min

The story of Migdal Bavel is a perplexing one. What is the connection between this story and the story of the flood? What exactly were they attempting to do by building a tower? Why is it a fitting consequence to babel their language? In this shiur, Rav Burg e

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Parshas Noach - Fear and Individuality

Nov 1, 201951 min

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Parshas Noach Psychology & Avodas Hashem