Yomim tovim
Purim
פוריםHester panim, simcha and the Megillah. 24 shiurim.
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Purim - Rectifying the Sin of Mechiras Yosef
In this short shiur, delivered Purim night in the Five Towns, Rav Burg explains why Yosef favored Binyamin and the connection to Purim.
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Purim - Turning Wisdom Into Torah, The Head To The Heart
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizuk Mission in the Five Towns, Rav Burg explains the inner nature of the 50th level of Binah. At the level of the essence all duality fades and therefore the wisdom of the head can become the wisdom of the heart.
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Purim - Esther Hamlka: Changing the Nature of our Relationship With Hashem
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizuk Mission in Yerushalayim, Rav Burg explains the radical shift in our relationship with Hashem that begins on Purim.
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Purim - Finding Joy In A Fragmented World
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizuk Mission, Rav Burg explains how on the one hand we can only experience Simcha in a state of completion and on the other hand our world is fundamentally fragmented.
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Purim - Living Life on Fire
In this shiur, delivered in Aish Gesher for Women, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of why Esther HaMalka insisted that Purim be established as a Yom Tov and Megillas Esther be included in Tanach. When we understand the secret of the Machtzis Hashekel being
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Purim - Celebrating Purim As The Slaves of Achashverosh (While Still in the Middle of War)
In this shiur, delivered Motzai Shabbos in the Lubat home in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning Ora, Simcha, Sasson and Yikar and addresses how we can celebrate Purim amidst all of the tragedy that we have faced and while our war is still
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Purim / Hilula of Moshe Rabbeinu - The Secret of Jewish Survival
In this shmooze, delivered at the pre-Purim / Hilula of Moshe Rabbeinu Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explains the significance of the fact that Haman rejoiced over the fact that the lottery fell out in Adar, the month when Moshe Rabbeinu passed away. Haman faile
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Purim - Discovering Our Light Within The Darkness
In this shiur, delivered in Aish HaTorah to the Chizuk Mission, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of the halachos of how we read the Megillah, how we roll the Megillah and the tenses of the Brachos. Esther is the bechina of the greatest possible concealment,
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Purim - Confronting Antisemitism in Modern Times
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizuk Mission in Aish HaTorah in Yerushalayim, Rav Burg explores the inner essence of antisemitism and how we claim our Jewish identity in the darkest of times. We have a choice - fulfill the hole we have in ourselves with powe
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Beshalach - Remembering Amalek
In this shiur, delivered in the Valley in Los Angeles, Rav Burg explains the inner workings of how we can leave our personal Mitzrayim and yet still be stuck before we arrive at our personal Har Sinai. Truth can defeat falsehood but it cannot necessarily overc
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Purim - Letting Go Of The Known
In this shiur, delivered in Sharfmans, Rav Burg explains why: 1. We are not Yotzei when we read the Megillah backwards. 2. We are obligated to drink until we don't know the difference between Arur Hama and Baruch Mordechai. Who would read the Megillah backw
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Purim - The Anxiety and Faith of Tomorrow
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explores our battle with Amalek. Purim is the Yom Tov that remains even after Yemos HaMashiach. Amalek is the battle that we fight in every generation. Esther HaMalka asks Achashverosh to have another Seuda t
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Purim - Sleeping Through Our Relationship With Hashem
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizzuk Mission in Aish HaTorah, Rav Burg explains the inner connection between sleeping through our performance of the Mitzvos and our connection with each and every Jew. Only when we are deeply connected to the soul of Torah a
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Adar: Increasing Joy - Finding Simcha In Pain
In this shiur, delivered in Aish HaTorah to the Chizzuk Mission, Rav Burg explores how we can increase joy even in times of great tragedy. Rav Akiva woke up his Talmidim by explaining that Esther HaMalka ruled over 127 countries because Sarah Imeinu lived for
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Purim - The Joy of Incompletion
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizzuk Mission in Aish HaTorah, Rav Burg explains how even though we remained servants of Achashverosh (which is why we don't say Hallel), we still celebrate Purim because we found the joy within our state of incompleteness. Tr
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Purim - Experiencing Joy By Connecting to Absence
In this shiur Rav Burg explores how true completion can only emerge from the lack of completion. How grief is unexpressed love. How we can discover wholeness only within the lack. This is the path to true joy and connection to Hashem.
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Purim - The 50th Gate, Going Beyond Knowing
In this inspiring shiur, Rav Burg explains how on Purim we have the capacity to reach the highest level of understanding Hashem, the 50th level of Binah.
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Purim - The Harmony of Opposites
The entire theme of Purim is vinehafoch hu, everything was turned on its head. What is the inner meaning of this Purim theme? In this shiur Rav Burg explores how Golus reveals a dimension where everything we thought we knew is exactly the opposite. In this dim
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Purim: Discovering The Inner Goodness Of Every Jew
In this shiur Rav Burg teaches how every Jew is intrinsically connected to Hashem. No Jew is closer or farther from God. Knowing that makes all the difference.
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Purim - Is This the Real Story?
Purim is a time of deep introspection. We learn to find Hashem in our lives. We are all living a story but is it the real story or just our narrative of the story? Learn how to choose which story you want to live in this inspiring shiur from Rav Burg
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Purim: Proud To Be a Jew
For thousands of years Jews throughout history have wanted nothing more than to be accepted by the world around us. The Purim story begins with a group of Jews who upon being invited to the feast of Achashverosh felt that they no longer had a need for a home o
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Purim - Esther's Redemption
Why does Esther invite Achashverosh to a seuda? Why not just make her request to save Klal Yisrael right away? Why invite him to a second seuda? Esther HaMalkah understood the psychology of Achashverosh and Haman and she exploited it to save Klal Yisrael. In t
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The Most Dangerous Purim Seuda
Can drinking on Purim really be a spiritual activity? It often isn't but it can be. Learn more about having a meaningful and holy Purim as Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of the most dangerous Purim seuda ever.
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A Holy and Appropriate Purim
Question: With Purim right around the corner, are girls allowed to get drunk when they’re in a place with only girls and they know they aren’t going out at all? What is the role of drinking for women in general on Purim?
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Written divrei Torah
Purim · Mar 3, 2023 When Adar Comes In We Increase in Joy This article first appeared on Meaningfulminute.org “When Adar arrives, we increase in joy” - Taanis 29a Why specifically in Adar are we being instructed to increase our… 
Purim · Jan 7, 2021 Purim Katan – Significantly Small Why do we have leap years in Judaism? While the Torah obligates us to keep a lunar calendar, we are also commanded to have the Yomim Tovim in their appropriate seasons… 
Purim · Jan 7, 2021 An Adar Letter to the Nitzotzos Community from our Mashpia, Rav Burg Dear Nitztzos Commmunity, A gutten Chodesh Adar! When Adar comes in we increase in joy. Why is this? What does it mean to increase joy? If we are happy then we are… Watch
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