Parshas Shemos
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Shemos - Shifra and Puah: The Power of Feminine Redemption
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizuk Mission, Rav Burg explains why Pharaoh was afraid of the male babies but not the female babies, how Shifra and Puah nurture transformation as everything in our lives begin to shift.
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Shemos - Illuminating Emunah: Confronting the Nachash HaKadmoni With the Staff of Moshe Rabbeinu
In this shiur, delivered in Midreshet HaRova, Rav Burg explains how the story of Klal Yisrael in Mitzrayim is the story of rectifying the sin of Adam and Chava. The staff of Moshe Rabbeinu holds the secret of Emunah and defeating Pharaoh.
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Shemos - Tracht Gut!
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains (based on a Sicha from the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt"l) why the Torah tells us that Moshe Rabbeinu was afraid despite the fact that it doesn't seem to advance the narrative of the story in any way. The wa
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Shemos - Feeling The Pain of Another Jew
In this shmooze, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explains the inner connection between the death of Yosef HaTzaddik and the Bracha of Moshe Rabbeinu to Yosef thay references Hashem as dwelling in the Sneh. We enter into Golus when we stop taking respo
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Shemos - Yosef HaTzaddik: Authentic Through and Through
In this shiur, the final shiur delivered to the Shana Bet of Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains (based on a piece from Rav Wolbe zt"l) why Yosef HaTzaddik is singled out as having lived in Mitzrayim. The same Yosef HaTzaddik who was a shepherd for his father, is
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Shemos - Identifying As Our Exile
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains (based on a piece from Rav Shaul Alter Shlit"a) how the words Pakod Pakadti are the secret message that reveals to Klal Yisrael that Moshe Rabbeinu was in fact the true redeemer of Klal Yisrael. Only
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Shemos - Becoming a Faithful Shepherd
Moshe Rabbeinu wonders about the reason Klal Yisrael has not left Mitzrayim. Initially he believes that Klal Yisrael needs a warrior to teach them their strength but ultimately he learns that the reason Klal Yisrael has not left Mitzrayim is because of their l
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Shemos - Holy Chutzpah
There are various opinions regarding the origin of Moshe Rabbeinu's name. There are those that maintain that it is a Hebrew name while others maintain that it is an Egyptian name. If Klal Yisrael is redeemed in the merit of not changing their names, how could
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Parshas Shemos - What's Your Name? The Power Of Doing Shnayim Mikra Viechad Targum
Speaking at a Mevaseret Melava Malka to the talmidim that completed all of Sefer Bereishis (with shnayim mikra viechad targum) Rav Burg delves into the secret of the burning bush and the discovery of self that occurs in the lowest moments of exile.
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Parshas Shemos - Unworthy of Redemption?
Picture the scene. A young woman who is struggling with Judaism is sitting at your Pesach Seder. As you get to the four sons you realize that she is about to hear how we speak to a Rasha. Blunt his teeth, you read from the Haggada. Tell him that if he were in
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Parshas Shemos - Freedom of Speech
In Judaism speech is not merely a handle to convey ideas. Speech is the building blocks of creation. Pesach is the holiday that commemorates the freedom of speech from its exile in Egypt. In this shiur, Rav Burg teaches us the difference between those who hav
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Parshas Shemos - Identity Conflict
Moshe was raised in the house of Pharoah as an Egyptian prince. On the other hand, he was the son of the Yocheved and Amram, the leaders of Am Yisrael. Moshe has a fundamental choice to make in his life. Who is he, Egytian or Jew? In this shiur, Rav Bug expou
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Parshas Shemos is in Nitzotzos on Sefer Shemos, Rav Burg's essays on the parsha.
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Written divrei Torah
Parshas Shemos · Jan 7, 2021 Parshas Shemos – Counting Stars “These are the names of the Children of Israel who came to Egypt… And all the souls descendant of Yaakov were seventy.” ( Shemos 1:1-5) Rashi comments, “Although God had… 
Parshas Shemos · Jan 7, 2021 Shemos – Redeeming the Ten Utterances of Creation Though some of the ideas in this article are my own, many were inspired by the beautiful teaching of the Shvilei Pinchas. Have a beautiful Shabbos, Mordechai Burg… Keep the spark alive
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