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Pesach - Discovering Redemption In The Darkness Of Night
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
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Parshas Beshalach - Transforming Pharaoh
Why is the name of the Parsha Beshalach when there are so many aspects of the Parsha (Krias Yam Suf, the descent of the Mann and Milchemes Amalek) that seem to be more important? Why is it that Pharaoh needs to compel us to leave Mitzrayim? In this shiur, Rav
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Parshas Pekudei - Furnish Your Home or House Your Furniture
Moshe Rabbeinu instructs Betzalel to build the keilim of the Mishkan before building the Mishkan itself. Betzalel argues with Moshe that before we can furnish the house surely we must build the house itself. What was their disagreement? How does this machlokes
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Pesach - Kings vs. Priests: Doing and Being to bring redemption.
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
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Parshas Beshalach - Singing Yiddishkeit Back to Life
Rav Burg began this shiur by asking four questions: 1. We sang Shira in the zechus of our Emunah. What is the connection between our emunah and singing? 2. Az Yashir is the source for techias hameisim in the Torah. What is the connection between techias hame
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Succos - When The Ushpizin Sit With Us In Our Pain
In this shiur, delivered via zoom to the Chizuk Mission, Rav Burg explores the deeper dimension of the Ushpizin in these chaotic times. When the Ushpizin share in our pain then we can know the joy of Succos.
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Parshas Shmini - A Lifetime of Learning (Hesped of Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt"l)
In this shiur Rav Burg explains how the inner essence of Torah is to become an insatiably curious person. Sar HaTorah Rav Chaim zt" was such a person as Rav Burg shares many stories and lessons we can learn from the life of this great Tzaddik.
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Parshas Vayikra - A Covenant of Salt
In this week's parsha the Torah places serious emphasis on the role of salting the korbanos. What is the inner meaning of salt? Why is it so central to our service of Hashem? In this shiur Rav Burg teaches how salt teaches us three fundamental lessons in buil
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Tazria - Plugging In To Hashem
In this shiur Rav Burg explains the inner meaning behind why tzaras is white, why we go to a Kohen to be diagnosed and why that Kohen must be in the Beis HaMikdash. The world is created with speech and through the medium of speech we can tap in or break off fr
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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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Parshas Beshalach - Raising Children in Exile
Chazal tell us that it was the children who recognized Hashem at Kerias Yam Suf and declared זה אלי ואנויהו, this is my God and I will glorify him. How did the children recognize Hashem? In this shiur Rav Burg explores the Gemara (Sotah 11b) in depth giving us
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Sefiras HaOmer/Shavuos - Moving From Matzah to Chametz - Developing Healthy Relationships
In this shiur Rav Burg explains why on Pesach we begin our journey with only Matzah and yet as soon as Pesach is over we return to Chametz. If Chametz is so bad why do we ever allow Chametz to be eaten? Furthermore, on Shavuos, not only do we allow for Chametz
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Parshas Bamidbar - Communicating an Encounter with the Divine
Chazal teach us that Moshe Rabbeinu was treated as a father to Aaron's children because he taught them Torah. But the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt"l (with a careful reading of Rashi) shows that we are meant not only to teach our children Torah but to give our encounte
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Bereishis - Begin Again
Bereishis means in the beginning. The word Bereishis can also be understood as Beis Reishis, two beginnings. But Hashem only created the world once. Why does the Torah allude to a second beginning? In this shiur Rav Burg explains how every story has not one bu
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Dignity in Focus (DIF) 2022 - Q&A with Rav and Rebbetzin Burg on the topic of Dignity
Speaking at the siyum of the Tomer Devorah DIF challenge, Rav and Rebbetzin Burg sat on a panel and reflected on various aspects of the topic of dignity.
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