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Tefillah
Davening that means something. 27 shiurim.
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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 - 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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Shelach - When Fear Sounds Like Wisdom: Yehoshua, Calev, and the Yud That Wouldn’t Disappear
The Meraglim were not simple people. They were great leaders, tzaddikim, and respected voices in Klal Yisrael. And yet, the Torah reveals a moment where fear entered the room and began to sound like wisdom. In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg
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Toldos - Don't Daven B'Yichidus
In this shmooze, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explains the power of davening for someone else. The formation of Klal Yisrael hinges on selfless davening.
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Vayeitzei - Davening in the Darkness
In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the inner connection between Yaakov Avinu skipping the Beis HaMikdash and returning to it through Kefitzas HaDerech, the institution of Maariv and Har HaMoriah. When we daven in our lowest moments we
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Noach - Davening People Into Greatness
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
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Toldos - Where Teffilah Comes From
In this shiur, delivered at Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains why it was Yitzchak's Teffilah and not Rivka's Teffilah that was answered when she was unable to have children. Only when we live with a sense of abundance in our lives are we capable of imagining th
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Shavuos - The Value of the Birchas HaTorah
In this shiur, delivered to the Nshei of Neve Shamir in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Rav Burg explores the concept of Chazal's explanation thatthe destruction of the Beis HaMidash was destroyed because of the fact that they did not make a Birchas HaTorah before davenin
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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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Connected - Q&A with Rav Yisrael Kaminetsky and Rav Mordechai Burg
The following is the list of questions for the Rabbonim: 1. Why do we daven for things like the coronavirus to go away, HaShem knows best? /Why is there a point to davening without any Kavana at all? Shouldn’t people focus more on quality and less of quantity
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How Can I Daven To Hashem When I Feel So Unworthy?
Question: Sometimes I feel embarrassed to ask for things when I’m davening because I feel like I dont have the right to ask anything of HaShem because of my sins. How can I approach tefilah in a way where I feel “worthy” to ask things of Hashem?
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Teffilah Shiur #7 - Why do we even need to daven?
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Teffilah Shiur #6 - Shemona Esrei: Brachot 1 & 2
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Teffilah Shiur #5 - Practical Guide to Tefillah Visualization
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Building a Bayis Neeman B'Yisrael Q&A - Setting a Tone for the Family
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If My Whole Year Is Decided, What Can I Do?
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The Teffilah Tightrope: Finding Our Balance in Davening
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Teffilah Shiur # 4 - How to Communicate With The Infinite One
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Teffilah Shiur #3 - The Importance Of Hisbodidus (Personal Prayer.)
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Tefillah Shiur #2 - Dear G-D; Analysing The "Letters" Of The Greats.
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Teffilah Shiur #1 - The Greatest Non-Mitzvah Mitzvah
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Am I Worthy of Forgiveness?
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Making Davening Meaningful - Part 2
At the end of last week's answer about improving our davening, Rav Burg said that if we are silent for a little bit then we may be able to hear our self conscious answer. Honestly, I feel like if we did that we would always hear the answer we want to hear beca
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Making Davening Meaningful
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