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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
Bechukosai - Exile and the Fragmented Self
At the end of the Tochacha, Rashi makes a mysterious comment: Yaakov Avinu “took” the letter Vav from Eliyahu HaNavi as collateral to guarantee that Eliyahu…
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Lag Ba'Omer - From Ashes to Fire
Why do we celebrate Lag Ba’Omer on a day born from tragedy? Chazal teach that Rabbi Akiva’s students stopped dying on this day. But the Pri Chadash offers a…
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Lag Ba'Omer - In The Merit of Rebbe Shimon
In this shmooze, delivered at the Mevaseret/Shaalvim Lag Ba'Omer Hilula, Rav Burg explains how the merit of Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai can absolve all of Klal…
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Kedoshim / Sefiras HaOmer - It's All About The Family
In this shiur, delivered at Mevaserer Mishmar, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning as to why the talmidim of Rav Akiva died and why the Mitzva of Kedoshim…
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Sefiras HaOmer - Heal The World
A conversation between three sages and the Roman empire sets the stage for one of the most profound journeys in Shas: the story of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and…
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Tazria-Metzora - Love vs Boundaries
When the Torah sends the Metzora “outside the camp,” is it rejection or something far deeper? We don’t throw people away. So why does the Torah seem to? This…
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Tazria-Metzora - Be Godly, See Deeper
A peddler walks through Tzipori offering the ultimate cure: “Who wants life?” Chazal reveal: it’s not a potion. It’s a perspective. In this shiur, delivered in…
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Tazria-Metzora - Raising Children To Leave The Nest
Why does the Torah prefer the ben yonah over the tor after childbirth? The tor bonds for life. When it loses its partner, it never recovers. The ben yonah also…
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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…
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Shabbos HaGadol / Pesach - The World Is Waiting For Us To Declare Ourselves Hashem's Firstborn
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…
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Tzav - Stop “Connecting” to Hashem, You Were Never Apart To Begin With
Why are korbanos called shalom? And why does the Midrash insist that only a nation that accepted the Torah, not just one that keeps it,can bring them? In this…
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Pesach - From Blood to Tears: The Hidden Secret of Redemption
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…
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Vayikra - When The Ani Feeds Hashem
In this shiur, delivered in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Rav Burg explains three dimensions as to how those of us who feel impoverished distant from Hashem can draw…
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Vayikra -Everything Is Ready And Nothing Is Happening
The Mishkan was finished… and then nothing happened. For three months it stood untouched. The scoffers mocked. What’s done should be used. What’s ready should…
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Vayakhel/Pekudei - The Three Names That Define Your Life
Every person carries three names. The name given by our parents. The name given by the world. And the name we acquire for ourselves. In this shiur, delivered…
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Vayakhel/Pekudei - Why Moshe Shut Down the Mishkan Fundraiser
In this shmooze, delivered at the final Mevaseret Mishmar of the Zman, Rav Burg explores the deeper psychology and spirituality behind that moment. Sometimes…
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Vayakhel / Pikudei - When The Dream Shattered, They Started Building
Why were the women the most enthusiastic donors to the Mishkan? And why were they rewarded with the holiday of Rosh Chodesh? In this shiur, delivered in TVA…
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Ki Tisa - Letting Your Light Shine Through
In this shiur, delivered in Stern, Rav Burg explains how humility creates transparency which in turn allows your light to shine through you.
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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…
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Tetzaveh - Seeing Actions and Intentions
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains how Hashem could at once be angry with Ahron HaKohen for participating in the Cheit HaEigel and…
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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…
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Terumah - 🔥 🔥 🔥 Authentic and Imperfect Jews
In this shmooze, delivered at Mishmar in Mevaseret, Rav Burg explains why the Aron contains a dimension of "shtus". Even when our insides have an element of…
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Terumah - Filling In The Empty Spaces
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains the lessons we learn from the Avnei Miluim.
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Terumah - "I" Am Working On Myself
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizuk Mission, Rav Burg explains the difference between becoming and being when it comes to working on ourselves. The problem…
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Mishpatim - Judging Imperfect People
In this shiur, delivered in SKA, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning as to why the Sanhedrin is placed adjacent to the Mizbeach.
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Mishpatim - Living From Your Deepest Desire
In this shiur, delivered in North Woodmere, Rav Burg explains how a Jew is capable of saying Naaseh V'Nishma. When we tap into our Ratzon Elyon is when we are…
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Yisro - Opening Yourself Up To The Truth
In this shiur, delivered to NCSY 4G Chicago, Rav Burg explains what it was about Yisro that made him able not only to hear but also to listen to the truth…
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Yisro - The Fire of Har Sinai Still Burns Today
In this shiur, delivered in the Mashiach home in Chicago, Rav Burg explores the Gemara that says that birds would be incinerated if they flew over Yonasan Ben…
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Yisro - Building a Direct Connection With Hashem
In this shiur, delivered in Los Angeles to the Chizuk Mission, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of Yisro's criticism of Moshe Rabbeinu.
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Beshalach - Healthy Attachment to Hashem
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains why Pharaoh wept when the Jews left Mitzrayim.
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Beshalach - Seeing Emunah With Your Own Eyes
In this shiur, delivered in Sharfmans, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of the jar of Mann that was stored in the Aron.
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Beshalach / Yud Shevat - March Foward, The Sea Will Split!
In this shiur, delivered at the English Speaking Chabad of Neve Shamir in honor of Yud Shevat, Rav Burg explains why the Friediker Rebbe and the Lubavitcher…
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Bo - 🔥🔥🔥 Don't Bark At Jews 🔥🔥🔥
In this shmooze, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explores the inner meaning as to why the dogs did not bark when Klal Yisrael leaves Mitzrayim. We…
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Bo - Living In Paralyzing Darkness
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of light and darkness. Light does not mean illumination. It means orientation…
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Bo - Bringing Mashiach: Letting Go Of Expectations, Holding On To Hope
In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of Matzah and why Klal Yisrael wasn't prepared to leave Mitzrayim. Expectations…
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Bo - 🔥🔥🔥Educating the Rasha 🔥🔥🔥
In this shmooze, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explains how Hashem teaches parents how to relate to children who consider themselves a Rasha and how…
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Vaeira - The Fifth Cup of Belonging
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explores the five languages of Geula and how we can methodically leave our inner Mitzrayim.
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Vaeira - Barad: Pay Attention To The Destruction Of Your Life
In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the psychology of Makkas Barad. At times we fall into the trap of becoming the servants of Pharaoh…
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Shemos - Shifra and Puah: The Power of Feminine Redemption
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizuk Mission, Rav Burg explains why Pharaoh was afraid of the male babies but not the female babies, how Shifra and Puah…
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Kibbud Av VaEim - Establishing A Genuine Relationship With Hashem
In this shiur, delivered in Michlala, Rav Burg explains the inner connection between honoring our parents and being Davek to Hashem. When we honor our parents…
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Shemos - Illuminating Emunah: Confronting the Nachash HaKadmoni With the Staff of Moshe Rabbeinu
In this shiur, delivered in Midreshet HaRova, Rav Burg explains how the story of Klal Yisrael in Mitzrayim is the story of rectifying the sin of Adam and…
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Hasmada - Building A Relationship With Hashem
At the Mevaseret "Hasmada" Mishmar Rav Burg explains the true meaning of Hasmada. We don't learn Torah to become professors of Talmud but because through…
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Vayechi - When You Can't Forgive Yourself
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains the psychological dynamics of the relationship between Yosef and his brothers after Yaakov died…
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Vayechi - Exile Begins When Truth Dies
In this shiur, delivered in Baer Miriam, Rav Burg explains the inner nature of Golus. When truth dies our perception of pain is that we are suffering. This…
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Vayigash - Every Jew Has A Beautiful Derech
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains how we must appreciate the Derech of every Jew.
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Mikeitz / Chanukah - The Tzaddik Reveals The Oneness
In this shiur, Rav Burg explains the inner dimension of rhe relationship between Yosef HaTzaddik and Mitzrayim. The job of the Tzaddik is to reveal Hashem's…
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Chanukah -Seeing the Oneness Beneath The Veneer of the Material Wodld
In this shiur, delivered at Michlala for their Chanukah Yom Iyun, Rav Burg explains the challenges of the culture of materialism and how we are meant to shine…
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Vayeishev - Trading Authenticity For A Pair Of Shoes
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of why the Shevatim sold Yosef for a pair of shoes.
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Vayishlach - Living Out Our Childhood Wounds
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains how the story of Reuven moving Yaakov's bed reveals a profound truth about the pain we carry…
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Vayishlach - Making True Transformation
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains how the story of Yaakov battling the Malach of Eisav reveals the psychology of true transformation.
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Vayishlach - The Tears of Rachel Create Children of Teshuva
In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains why it is specifically Rachel who is buried on the side of the road and why her tears return us to…
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Making A Lasting Commitment To Halacha
In this shiur, delivered in Midreshet Moriah at a Yom Iyun on Halacha, Rav Burg explains the value of a halachik life and why we have a hard time maintaining…
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Vayeitzei - From Fragmentation To Gratitude: Rectifying Adam's Sin
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains why gratitude can be so difficult and why it is so essential.
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Vayeitzei - Life Is Moving Too Fast, Slow Down
In this shiur, delivered in Sharfmans, Rav Burg explains why Yaakov Avinu passed by Har HaMoriah and the lessons he learned when he did ultimately arrive.
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Toldos - The Power of Your Voice
In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains why Yitzchak loved Eisav. The hunter is always hunting new game. When Yaakov combines the power of…
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Toldos - Don't Daven B'Yichidus
In this shmooze, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explains the power of davening for someone else. The formation of Klal Yisrael hinges on selfless…
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Toldos - Limitless Potential
In this shiur, delivered in Sharfmans, Rav Burg explains how by aligning ourselves with the perspective of Yaakov Avinu the impossible becomes possible.
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Bringing Out Your Inner Mashiach
In this shiur, delivered to the Chizuk Mission, Rav Burg explains how each of us have to access the inner Mashiach within ourselves in order to bring Mashiach…