Parshas Vayera
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Vayera — How Do You Face a Shattered World Without Losing Yourself?
What happens when you look at the devastation in front of you and realize that something you cared deeply about is gone? How do you let yourself feel that pain without losing who you are? Avraham pleaded for Sedom. The next morning, he returns to the very pla
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Vayera – He Touched Heaven. Then He Came Back for Those Still on Earth.
Avraham comes down from the Akeidah after an encounter with Hashem that we can barely begin to imagine. Waiting below are Yishmael and Eliezer, who couldn’t even see what he and Yitzchak saw on the mountain. What kind of relationship could he possibly have wit
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Vayera - When Running Away Runs in the Family
You walk away, and the tension eases. But what happens when leaving becomes the only way you know how to cope? And what do your children learn from watching you? In this shiur, delivered at Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explores the connection between Hagar’s runnin
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Vayera - Why We Hold On to What’s Destroying Us When We Know We Need To Walk Away
Why do we hold on to things that are destroying us, even when we know we need to walk away? When Lot was rescued from Sedom, the Torah tells us that he hesitated. Even with his life in danger, he couldn't bring himself to leave. What was he so afraid of losing
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Vayera - When The Change Seems Impossible
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains the story of Avraham, Sarah and the Malachim as a lesson in how we can make changes that seem impossible.
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Vayera - Glass Houses
In this shmooze, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explains how judgementalism comes from our belief system about ourselves.
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Vayera - Unifying the Duality of Our Lives
In this shiur, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explains how Malachim have a single minded focus. Totally present with whatever they are doing. Human beings can reach an even higher level where we can live in multiple dimensions at once.
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Vayera - Dare to Love
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explores the Haftorah that deals with the Isha Shunamis who did not ask Elisha for a bracha to have children despite her barren state. Only when we dare to love, when we have the deep conviction that we are e
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Vayera - Making the Ultimate Sacrifice
In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains (based on a Sicha from the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt"l) the true nature of Mesiras Nefesh. Anyone can sacrifice their life for a greater cause but in a certain way that can still be self serving. The ultim
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Vayera - Are You A Bread Person Or A Salt Person (Achdus Event - Tomer Devorah and Sharfmans)
In this shiur, delivered at the Achdus Event with Tomer Devorah and Sharfmans, Rav Burg explores why Lots wife turns into salt and why we continue to make it a part of our Yiddishkeit today. The difference between drawing towards and drawing from is subtle but
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Vayera - What You Learn When Your Back Is Up Against The Wall
This shmooze, sponsored by Smilesforthekids.com and delivered in Mevaseret, addresses the Kiruv methodology of Avraham Avinu. Why does Avraham Avinu seemingly coerce people into acknowledging Hashem? Is that helpful? Does it create meaningful and lasting chang
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Parshas Vayera - Grounded in the Chaos of Life
‘And Avraham arose early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Hashem’ (Bereshis 19:27). From this passuk we learn that Avraham Avinu instituted Shacharis and that one ought to have a makom kavua, a set place, for davening. The Gemara in Brach
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Parshas Vayera is in Nitzotzos on Sefer Bereishis, Rav Burg's essays on the parsha.
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