The passuk in this week's Parsha tells us that at the giving of the Torah the voice of God did not cease. The Medrash explains this to mean that when Hashem spoke there was no echo. Of all the miracles that God could have performed at Har Sinai, what is the significance of the fact that the voice of God did not echo? In this shiur, delivered at Mishmar on NCSY Kollel, Rav Burg explores the value of building a personal relationship with Hashem.

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Parshas Vaeschanan - Hearing the Voice of God, Not the Echo

In this shiur, delivered on NCSY Kollel, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning as to why Moshe Rabbeinu translated the Torah into seventy languages as Klal Yisrael is on the verge of entering into Eretz Yisrael.

Parshas Devarim - Seventy Languages, One Soul

Kinnah 45, the final Kinnah that we say on Tisha B'Av is one of the most beautiful of all of the Kinnos as it is sung to a haunting and beautiful melody. In this short shiur, Rav Burg explains why we say this Kinnah standing up, why the Kinnah is anonymous and the duality of the imagery that is expressed within.

Kinnah 45 - Eli Tzion - Broken, Not Destroyed

This shiur, delivered on NCSY Kollel, explores a machlokes between Rav Yochanan ben Zakkai and Rav Akiva that shaped the last two thousand years of history and informs us as to why so many of us feel totally disconnected from our Judaism.

Tisha B'Av - How We Lost The Soul of Yidishkeit

In this shiur Rav Burg discusses how Ahron HaKohen sees through to the essence of every single Jew and in that way brings them closer to Hashem.

Parshas Matos/Masei - Aharon HaKohen's Connection to the Nine Days

In this shiur, delivered on Michlelet NCSY, Rav Burg discusses how we can become people who inculcate chesed into our lives.

Becoming a Baalas Chesed

Parshas Korach - Never Give Up On A Jew.

In one of the most perplexing stories in Chumash, Moshe Rabbeinu is told by Hashem to speak to the rock in order to bring forth water so that Klal Yisrael could have what to drink. Rather than following Hashem's intrsuctions, Moshe Rabbeinu hits the rock and loses the opportunity to lead Klal Yisrael into Eretz Yisrael. In the shiur, Rav Burg explains how Moshe Rabbeinu made this mistake and the importance of not labeling ourselves, our childrem, our talmidim etc...

Parshas Chukas - Gentle Chinuch

Why does Hashem send a soul down into this world if the only purpose is to return to shomayim? If an aveira is so bad then why does Hashem create aveiros to begin with? In this shiur, Rav Burg explains how sometimes what appears to be falling downwards is actually falling upwards. Within some of the worst moments of our lives, within some of our worst decisions, there is an opportunity to get down to our bare essence and discover a dimension of self that we never knew existed. In these moments we come to realize that we have been falling upwards the entire time.

Parshas Shlach - Falling Upwards

Rav Burg addressed the winner of the Tomer Devorah DIF (Dignity in Focus) Challenge. In this shiur Rav Burg explained the inner nature of dignity and why it plays such an important role in our lives. 

Dignity in Focus

In this week's Parsha we find that the Kohanim are obligated to educate their children in three areas - the issur of eating insects, drinking blood and becoming tamei. The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains that these three areas give us insight into the way we ought to be educating our own children. Based on this letter from the Rebbe, Rav Burg explores how these three ideas can be applied in our own times.

Parshas Emor - Three Pillars of Education

In this shiur Rav Burg addresses the inner meaning behind the talmidim of Rebbe Akiva treating each other disrespectfully. Could it be that people who had earned the title of "Talmidei Rebbe Akiva" really did not have respect for one another? The answer to this question sheds light on our own relationship and how we are meant to treat our loved ones.

Sefiras HaOmer - The Purpose of a Relationship is the Relationship Itself

In 1948 Hashem miraculously returned us to Eretz Yisrael. It goes without saying that we must have tremendous hakaras hatov to Hashem for giving us such an incredible gift. In this shiur Rav Burg explains how not only must we have gratitude to Hashem but to the shluchim that Hashem sent to build the Medina regardless of their intentions.

Yom Haatzmaut - Expressing Gratitude to Medinat Yisrael

The Pesach Seder teaches us about the national redemption of Am Yisrael but it also gives us a road map to our own personal freedom. In this shiur, Rav Burg teaches how Yachatz enables us to find the divinity even within the most broken parts of our self.

Yachatz - Embracing the Brokenness of Life

This shiur, delivered in memory of Rafael Moshe Ben Avraham, deals with one of the most difficult topics in Yidishkeit - finding Hashem even in the midst of great tragedy.

Finding God In All Things

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