Parshas Vayigash
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Vayigash - Every Jew Has A Beautiful Derech
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains how we must appreciate the Derech of every Jew.
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Vayigash - A Yeshiva for the Imperfect
In this shiur, delivered at the Almuni Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explains why it was specifically Yehuda who was sent to establish a Yeshiva in Goshen. While Levi was the Rosh Yeshiva, only Yehuda who had a great enough sense of self to be able to admit to h
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Vayigash - Finding Faith in Exile
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains how the purpose of going into Golus was to bridge the gap between the Avos and Klal Yisrael in order to pass on the pristine emunah that they had achieved.
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Vayigash - Rising Above Our Humanity
In this shiur, delivered at the Feder home in the Five Towns, Rav Burg explores the inner nature of why Yosef HaTzaddik asked everyone to leave the room before revealing himself as Yosef to his brothers. Only by rising above our humanity can we recognize that
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Vayigash - Brotherly Love
In this shiur, delivered to Mevaseret alumni at Lander College for Men, Rav Burg explains why Yehuda said that their brother (Yosef) had died. Rashi teaches that Yehuda lied to avoid having to produce Yosef. On a level of Drush, Rav Burg explains that to impac
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Vayigash - Compassionate and Effective Mussar
In this shiur, delivered in Stern College, Rav Burg explains how Yehuda approaches Yosef by saying he is like Pharaoh. When we give Mussar (including to ourselves) we must begin with the recognition of their greatness and explain how this behavior doesn't alig
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Vayigash - The Secret of Exile
In this shiur, delivered in the Valley, Rav Burg explains why Avraham Avinu chose Golus over Gehenom, the inner meaning of the number seventy, why Yocheved was born between the borders and how Golus transforms us.
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Parshas Vayigash - A Father's Love
Yosef HaTzaddik reveals himself to his brothers and asks "Is my father still alive?" Of course he is alive! The brothers have been talking about Yaakov throughout their entire time in Mitzrayim. The journey of life can be terrifying. How do we maintain our str
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Parshas Vayigash - You Are Enough
Yehuda tells Yosef do not get angry for you are like Pharaoh himself. The worst way to get someone to calm down is to tell them to calm down. Why would Yehuda tell Yosef not to get angry? In this shiur Rav Burg explains the difference between an abundance ment
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Parshas Vayigash - All Of Life's A Circle (dedicated in memory of Gitel bas Zev Halevi)
After being told that Yosef is still alive, Yaakov’s spirit is revived when he sees the agalos, the wagons, that Yosef sent for Yaakov. But Yaakov does not travel to Mitzrayim in those agalos. The Torah tells us that Yaakov travels to Mitzrayim in the agalos t
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Parshas Vayigash - The Truth Shall Change Set You Free
Why did Yosef wait to tell his brothers that he was their long lost brother? How did he know that now they would accept him? Making real changes in our life is one of the most challenging aspects of being a growth oriented person. What stops us from making las
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Parshas Vayigash - Feeling Connected in Galus
Yaakov sent Yosef down to Mitzrayim with one last shiur - the lesson of the egla arufa. What was the essence of this teaching that gave Yosef the strength to survive in Mitzrayim? What was the message that Yosef sent back to Yaakov when he referenced the last
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Parshas Vayigash is in Nitzotzos on Sefer Bereishis, Rav Burg's essays on the parsha.
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