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Geulah, the Seder, and leaving Mitzrayim every year. 25 shiurim.

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25 shiurim · 20 hr 34 min · one after another

Pesach - Discovering Redemption In The Darkness Of Night

Mar 29, 20261 hr 5 min

In this highly Kabbalistic shiur, delivered to NCSY 4G before Pesach, Rav Burg explores the sin of Adam and Chava, the journey of Kayin and Hevel throughout history, the battle between Moshe and Pharaoh as well as Moshe and Korach, the life of Shmuel HaNavi an

Pesach Eretz Yisrael & Geulah
Shabbos HaGadol / Pesach - The World Is Waiting For Us To Declare Ourselves Hashem's Firstborn

Mar 26, 202638 min

In this shmooze, delivered in MMY at Mishmar, Rav Burg explains the Nes Gadol that happened on Shabbos HaGadol when Klal Yisrael was on the verge of leaving Mitzrayim.

Pesach Judaism 101
Pesach - From Blood to Tears: The Hidden Secret of Redemption

Mar 23, 202652 min

Why do we dip twice on the night of the Seder? Because the first time we dipped… we destroyed a family. Yosef’s coat was dipped in blood and no one cried. Not the brothers. Not Yosef. And the silence began the Golus. On Pesach night, we dip again. This ti

Pesach Eretz Yisrael & Geulah
Pesach - Mashiach: Bnei Ephraim Paves the Way

Apr 18, 202529 min

In this shiur, Rav Burg explains (based on a Torah from the Shvilei Pinchas) the secret of the Bnei Ephraim leaving Mitzrayim 30 years too early. What was their thought process? What was their mistake? Why does Hashem say that He will avenge their blood if the

Pesach Eretz Yisrael & Geulah
Pesach - Ha Lachma Anya - This Is The Bread of Chesed

Apr 9, 202552 min

In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam on Erev Pesach, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of Ha Lachma Anya. Only through pure Chesed will Klal Yisrael ultimately be redeemed.

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Pesach - Restoring Dignity and Responsibility

Mar 27, 202541 min

In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains why Hashem wanted Klal Yisrael to avoid the Pelishtim as they left Mitzrayim, why the first Mitzvah Klal Yisrael received was freeing slaves and why on the precipice of entering Eretz Yisrael, Moshe

Pesach Psychology & Avodas Hashem
Pesach - The Birth of a Nation

Mar 27, 202534 min

In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the deeper meaning of Yetzias Mitzrayim. More than just Hashem overpowering Pharaoh, Hashem took Klal Yisrael out from the womb of Mitzrayim and birthed us into a nation.

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Emor / Pesach / Sefiras HaOmer / Shavuos - Transforming From Animal Into Godly

May 15, 202452 min

In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains (based on a Sicha from the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt"l) the three step process of moving from Pesach into Sefiras HaOmer and ultimately Shavuos. Each step in the process is another level of engagement wit

Parshas Emor Pesach Sefiras HaOmer
Kedoshim / Pesach / Sefiras HaOmer - Breaking the Cycle of Exile

May 8, 202450 min

In this exceptionally deep shiur delivered in Tomer Devorah Rav Burg explores the nature of sibling rivalry as it relates to Galus. From Yaakov and Eisav to Yosef and his brothers and ultimately to Rav Akiva's Talmidim, Galus is a product of the wounds we do n

Parshas Kedoshim Pesach Sefiras HaOmer
Pesach - Collecting the Sparks

Apr 17, 202449 min

In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam (over Bein HaZmanim), Rav Burg explains the inner nature of the rechush gadol (great wealth) that Avraham Avinu was promised during the Bris Bein Habesarim. Why do we care about wealth? Why is it stressed over and over

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Pesach - An IFS Approach to the Four Sons

Apr 15, 202449 min

In this shiur, delivered in the Lubat home in Neve Shamir, Rav Burg explains why the Baal Haggadah counted each son with the number one (as Moshe Rabbeinu did). IFS sees a person as a self and parts. Only when we unblend self from parts can parts leave their e

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Pesach - Arrogance: Confronting the Essence of Pharaoh

Mar 27, 202356 min

In this shiur, delivered to the Nshei of Neve Shamir, Rav Burg explains the Zohar HaKadosh which speaks about Moshe Rabbeinu confronting the inner essence of Pharaoh, namely arrogance. Arrogance is built on the impoverished mentality that we are not enough and

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Pesach - Mapping a Course to Freedom

Mar 19, 202357 min

As the beginning of Maggid, Ha Lachma Anya contains within it all of Maggid. And yet it is a section of the Haggadah that makes very little sense. In contrast to the rest of the Haggadah it is written in Aramaic. Why? Ha Lachma Anya does not seem to have a

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Pesach - Kings vs. Priests: Doing and Being to bring redemption.

Apr 10, 202243 min

In this shiur Rav Burg explains why we begin the seder with an invitation to others when we are already home and no one will hear our invitation. There are two ways to participate in a relationship: 1. Doing what the other wants 2. Creating a safe space for th

Pesach Eretz Yisrael & Geulah
Pesach - Fifteen Steps to Freedom

Mar 31, 20221 hr 5 min

The Haggadah begins with the order of the seder. This order (Kadesh Urchatz etc...) contains fifteen steps. This not simply a table of contents but a roadmap to freedom. Pesach/Nissan is not only a time of national redemption but of our individual redemption a

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Parshas Bo / Pesach - How Did We Get Here?

Jan 5, 202225 min

What is the inner significance of dipping a group of hyssops into the blood of the Korban Pesach and spreading it on our door posts? How does this protect us from the Malach HaMaves? Somehow the Malach HaMaves skips over our homes because of this procedure and

Parshas Bo Pesach
Chad Gadya: In The End All Is Revealed

Apr 5, 202040 min

Based on the explanation of the Vilna Gaon, Rav Burg explains how the Chad Gadya song at the end of the Pesach Seder represents the mission of Klal Yisrael throughout history to connect the Reishis and the Acharis, Hashem and this world.

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Pesach - Bread of Faith

Mar 22, 202033 min

The main Mitzvah of Pesach is the eating of the Matzah. But why only three Matzah's and not four? Why must the Matzah have a specific taste if the Halacha is that you are yotzei without tasting the Matzah? In this shiur, based on a sicha from the Lubavitcher R

Pesach Chassidus Emunah & Bitachon
Pesach - Valuing The Small Things In Life

Apr 16, 20191 hr 37 min

This shiur is divided into two parts. The first half an hour of the shiur is an advanced in depth analysis of the Machlokes between Rashi and Tosafos as to he nature of Tashbisu and Bitul. The second half an hour of the shiur is based on an idea from Rav Shmue

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Pesach - Living in Two Dimensions at Once

Apr 12, 20191 hr 13 min

Why did Hashem Himself perform Makkas Bechoros? In this maamar the Alter Rebbe explains the creation of the world, how Hashem interacts with this world, and the penimius of the miracle of Pesach. A Jew who lives on the plain of sovev kol olmin will be able t

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Pesach - Experiencing Freedom

Apr 12, 20191 hr 4 min

This shiur is divided into two parts. The first part of the shiur is an analysis of the Brisker Ravs explanation of the Mitzvah of Heseiba and cheirus based on a machlokes between the Rambam, Tosafos and the Rosh. The second part of the shiur which begins at t

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Pesach - Under the Sea

Apr 12, 201950 min

To get from Egypt to Israel you do not need to cross the Yam Suf. The entire miracle of Krias Yam Suf seems unnecessary and yet we reference it everyday in davening during Az Yashir and after Krias Shema. In truth the tearing open of the sea reveals the spark

Pesach Tefillah
Pesach - Love At First Sight

Apr 12, 201947 min

What does love mean? Is love at first sight real or is it just lust? What does it mean to love God? In this Pesach shiur, Rav Burg explains the machlokes between Moshe Rabbeinu and Pharaoh as to where we can discover our relationship with Hashem.

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Pesach: Freedom of the Chosen

Apr 12, 201946 min

No matter where a Jew is, no matter the circumstances they are in, a Jew is always free because he has been Chosen by Hashem.

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