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Delight in Holy Days

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The central theme of the session was Rabbi Nachman's teaching (Sicha 40) on the "rotating wheel" of the world — that everything operates in cycles, highs and lows, and all stems from one divine root.

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Chukas 5786

In Depth Discussion

Give A Little Tzaddik

ChaiLight for בני עלייה

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Inches from the Kosel

Torah Diet | Where's Your Vav | Goyish Jews

The Light Beyond

Delight in Holy Days

Past Shiurim

Chukas 5785

Chukas 5784

Chukas 5783

Chukas 5782

Chukas 5781

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Korach Was A Smart Men

Korach Was A Smart Men

Smart enough to question Moshe Rabenu

And Hashem too

The ultimate attribute is intelligence

In the eyes of apostasy

Korach was a פקח = בעל מום

יראה - deficient

ראשית חכמה יראת השם

Intelligence without a commensurate amount of יראה

Is like an accelerator without brakes

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Yeshivas Rashbi

Chatzos Kollels have become popular in recent years. Only the Zohar emphasizes the importance of this practice. It’s repeated there dozens of times.

 

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Twenty years ago a colleague in the Mir discovered a number of talmidei chachomim struggling financially who refused to receive tzedaka. He outsmarted them.

 

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