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Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Shiurim and Divrei Chizzuk from our Mashpia Rav Mordechai Burg
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- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Making Davening Meaningful
For only 18 dollars you can sponsor a shiur, a Q&A, a Dvar Torah or an event. Your small contributions go a long way towards helping us continue to do the…
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Chai Elul - Five Minute Inspiration
What is the significance of the birthday's of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe? What is the purpose of Chassidus?
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Tanya - First Perek - Part 2
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Judaism 101 - Shiur #2 - Who is God and Can We Prove He is Real?
Some people say, "I don't believe in God." But who is the God they don't believe in? What exactly does God mean? What type of proof would we need to know that…
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Sometimes I Just Don't Like My Spouse
Question: I’m married and often find myself really frustrated or almost turned off by an opinion my husband has or comment he makes. I feel like that is only…
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Can We Really Give Altruistically?
Question: 1. Rebbe, is there really such a thing of loving someone or doing something for someone else just because you want to give to them in the purest…
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Judaism 101 - Knowledge and Belief
What is the difference between Yedia and Emunah, Knowledge and Belief? In discovering God, are we meant to follow the Mesorah or are we meant to investigate…
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Tanya - 1st perek - Part 1
For only 18 dollars you can sponsor a shiur, a Q&A, a Dvar Torah or an event. Your small contributions go a long way towards helping us continue to do the…
Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai BurgTanya - Introduction
For only 18 dollars you can sponsor a shiur, a Q&A, a Dvar Torah or an event. Your small contributions go a long way towards helping us continue to do the…
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Searching For God Within Yourself
For only 18 dollars you can sponsor a shiur, a Q&A, a Dvar Torah or an event. Your small contributions go a long way towards helping us continue to do the…
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Five Minute Parsha Inspiration - A Jew is in the Field
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Building a Bayis Neeman B'Yisrael Q&A - Spouses and In Laws
This weeks question has been sponsored in Zchus of refuah shleimah of shaye Ben chavah and Yehoshua Aryeh Leib ben Masha. For only 18 dollars you can sponsor a…
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Finding Your Hashkafa
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Wasting Time
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Building a Bayis Neeman B'Yisrael Q&A - Designed Tension
This weeks question is sponsored on zchus for a Refuah shelaimah for chaya fruma bas perel Miriam Malka. Zechus for shidduch Ariella grina bat chaya Sara…
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Why Should I Be A Religious Jew
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Opening Our Jewish Homes to All Jews
This week's short inspirational message has been sponsored anonymously in the zchus of a year of bracha and hatzlacha. For only 18 dollars you can sponsor a…
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Living in Two Worlds at Once
This weeks Q and A has been generously sponsored by Eliana Schwartz in zchus of a refuah shlaimah for Mazal bas Bahiyah. For only 18 dollars you can sponsor a…
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Building a Bayis Neeman B'Yisrael Q&A - In Laws and Expectations
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When Marital Issues Impact the Children
This Q&A has been sponsored in zchus of Keren Eliora Bas Sarah Michal who is in surgery right now. It should go so smoothly and she should have a refuah…
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After the Aveira
This question was sponsored anonymously for hatzlacha on a test and hatzlacha in general for the Nitzotzos community. Question: I've heard it said…
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Parshas Vaeschanan: Gazing Longingly Towards Eretz Yisrael
Moshe Rabbeinu was not allowed to enter into Eretz Yisrael but he was allowed to look upon the Land. Why is this significant? Why does it matter to us today if…
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From Tisha B'Av to Tu B'Av: Restoring the Light to the Darkness
The two greatest Yomim Tovim of the year are Yom Kippur and Tu B'Av. The Gemara says that Tu B'Av is even greater than Yom Kippur. What makes Tu B'Av so…
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Tu B'Av/ Shabbos Nachamu: Moving beyond the pain
7 days after Tisha B'Av we are expected to move beyond the pain of the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash but how can we move on in such a broken world? Though…
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Tisha B'Av - Disconnect to Connect
It is difficult to feel the pain and the loss of Tisha B'Av. For so many of us we sit on the floor, read Eicha, say Kinnos and feel nothing. How can we make…
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Practical Steps Towards Growth
This shiur has generously been sponsored by Devorah Spiegelman as a general zchus for her and for all of Klal Yisrael. For only 18 dollars you can sponsor a…
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Building a Bayis Neeman B'Yisrael: It's Not a Fair Fight
This Q&A is sponsored anonymously in the zechus for simcha bracha and clarity for Malka Gittel Aviva. To sponsor a shiur, dvar Torah, a Q&A or an event please…
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Building a Bayis Neeman B'Yisrael Q&A - My Husband Is Not The Man I Thought He Was
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Regret vs Shame
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Tisha B'Av: Words, Pain, Hope.
We are in so much pain. We have no idea how to express that pain. We need words to express our pain so we can truly feel it. Only then can we have hope.
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Tisha B'Av: A Torah of Loneliness
On Tisha B'Av we learn the Torah of brokenness. The Torah of those who have not yet found Hashem in their Yiddishkeit. This is the Torah of Galus and it is…
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Tisha B'Av: A Torah For Those Who Have No Tears
Tisha B'Av is a time when we mourn the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash but for so many of us it seems impossible to cry. We have never seen the Beis…
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Tisha B'Av: The Day Has Broken
What is the inner essence of mourning? How do we make Tisha B'Av meaningful? How can we utilize Tisha B'Av to hasten the redemption and bring Mashiach?
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Tisha B'Av: Returning to Each Other
Why did Hashem destroy the Beis Hamikdash? What can we do to rebuild it?
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The Galus of Klal Yisrael
Delivered in Michlelet in 2018 this Tisha B'Av prep shiur explains what is special about being a Jew and how we can effect other peoples' lives.
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Balancing Emunah and Hishtadlus in Dating
Question: How are we supposed to balance our Hishtadlut with out emunah specifically in regards to dating? I know that everything comes from Hashem and He…
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Common Marital Disagreements
Question: From your experience, what is the most common argument to come up and what can we do to prevent it?
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Three Weeks: It's Good When Jews Sit Together
This shiur was delivered by Rav Burg at the outset of a joint program between NCSY Michlelet and TJJ Ambassadors. The topic was on unity and rebuilding the…
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The 17th of Tammuz: And The Walls Came Crumbling Down
Why do we commemorate the day when the walls of Yerushalayim were breached? Why not just commemorate the ultimate destruction of the Beis Hamikdash that…
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Growth and Marriage
Question: What do you do if a husband or wife wants to grow more than the other at a faster pace? How do you balance taking on things separately or alone and…
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God is Abusive and I Want Out
I feel like I’m in a very abusive relationship with G-d in that nothing ever seems to go my way, no matter how much effort (or lack of it) I invest and it…
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Building a Bayis Neeman B'Yisrael Q&A - Being Critical of our Spouses
How do you find the balance between not letting things bottle up but not constantly criticizing each other?
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I Want To Grow, I Just Don't Want To
Question: What do you do when you feel like you've been stagnant and want to grow more but just don't have the drive or know how?
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Who Wants To Live?
Question: Why are we davening for long life? Don’t we want to accomplish our tafkid and leave. Wouldn’t it be better to daven to recognize what our tafkid is…
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Shavuos: Not Just Another Average Joe
Who are we? Sometimes we take on different personalities depending on the situation we find ourselves in. On the day that we received the Torah we were given…
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Alei Shur - 17
Based on Rav Wolbe's classic Alei Shur Rav Burg explores Shaar Shlishi - the chapter that deals with knowing yourself.
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Alei Shur - 16
Based on Rav Wolbe's classic Alei Shur Rav Burg explores Shaar Shlishi - the chapter that deals with knowing yourself.
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Selfish or Self Care?
Question: How do you balance running around helping others and being strong for others, while also taking care of yourself and your needs (either spriritual…
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Is Kiruv Abusive?
Question: What should one do to help their siblings or those surrounding them to find the right "Derech"? What is the best way to impact those around you…
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Parshas Bamidbar - Cutting the Torah Down to Size
This short shiur was delivered by Rav Burg at the siyum Mishnayos of a talmid in Mevaseret. In this shiur Rav Burg challenges the talmidim to think about if we…
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Alei Shur - 15
Based on Rav Wolbe's classic Alei Shur Rav Burg explores Shaar Shlishi - the chapter that deals with knowing yourself.
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Lag BaOmer: Retract to Reveal
So much of Lag BaOmer is confusing. Why are we celebrating the death of Rashbi? What's the inner connection between the death of 24,000 of Rebbe Akivas…
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To Hit The Rock Or Not To Hit The Rock: A Meditation On Leadership
Delivered at the NCSY Summer Staff Training Shabbaton Rav Burg discusses what true leadership looks like. Why was Moshe Rabbeinu not allowed into Eretz Yisrael…
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Disconnect to Connect
Technology plays an important role in our lives. Without technology you wouldn't be able to listen to these shiurim! At the same time we cannot ignore the…
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Conversations with God
Question: I find it is easy to pour out my out my heart to G-d if needed yet really feel like I need guidance in how to have day in day out conversation with…
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Parshas Kedoshim: Reframing Life in the Absolute
The Torah teaches us that we are not allowed to cut ourselves (as the idolaters do) as a sign of mourning. From the very same passuk Chazal darshen that we are…
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Alei Shur - 14
Based on Rav Wolbe's classic Alei Shur Rav Burg explores Shaar Shlishi - the chapter that deals with knowing yourself.
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Alei Shur - 13
Based on Rav Wolbe's classic Alei Shur Rav Burg explores Shaar Shlishi - the chapter that deals with knowing yourself.
- Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Sefiras HaOmer: Peter Pan vs Captain Hook
The story of Peter Pan and Captain Hook is the story of two different ways of coping with time. Peter Pan refuses to grow up and ignores the reality of time…
Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai BurgLiving a Life of Hope or Suffering: A Response to the Terrorist Attack in San Diego
What is the secret of Jewish survival? How have Jews managed not only to survive but to thrive even under the most oppressive conditions? The secret lies in…