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Women's Pesach Class: This class waspresented on Tuesday, Parshas Tazria, 1Nissan, 5784, April 9, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. Who are the four children of the Haggadah? Whats this great hullabaloo about them? Why four and not five, six, or ten? Why are they central to our Passover experience? What are their questions, and why are these questions so important? The premise to answering these questions is that the four children are not external to us; they are within each of us: Within each of our hearts, there are four children who ask four distinct questions. What are four bigquestions on Judaism? 1) The strange laws that we simply cannot wrap our brains ahead. 2) How can small people believe that G-d cares about their lives and actions, especially in a painful and scary universe? 3) I lead my own life and define my destiny; I dont need G-d. 4) I dont care. The Haggadah addresses each of these four powerful questions, with which each of us struggles in one way or another. Erev Pesach in Bergen Belzen. The Bloshever Rebbe sacrificed his life to obtain matzah. But when the Nazis discovered the matzah bakery, all was gone besides a few matzos. He decided the elderly would get them. Until a woman's voice was heard: Binaranu ubezkananu, the youth must come first.

Can You Be Grateful for Each of Your Four Children? Can You Listen to the 4 Children Inside of You?

Maamar B'chal Dor 5734 #1: This is the first of a series of text-based classeson a Chassidic discourse, Bchal Dor Vdor Chayav Adam, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on 11 Nissan, 5734, April 3, 1974. This class waspresented on Monday, Parshas Tazria, 29Adar lI, 5784, April 8, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. The first class explores four dimensions of the Egyptian Exodus: the first time it happened, the annual anniversary commemoration, the daily experience, and finally how it will be remembered after the coming of Moshiach. The name for Egypt, Mitzrayim, means confinements and restrictions. It begins with the onset of the first tzimtzum, the empty space carved as a prerequisite for existence in which we can experience a self, outside of Divine infinite oneness. The tzimtzum is the moment when G-d conceals His infinite presence, allowing for the existence of the other, and it is the genesis of all limits and confinements, the belief that I am finite and alone. Yet the purpose of it is for us to ultimately discover that the limits themselves were carved by G-d, and constitute your gateway to your ultimate growth.

When I Challenge My Restrictive Belief Systems, There Are Ripple Effects In the World

Tzav Women's Class: This class will be presented on Tuesday, Parshas Tzav, 16Adar II, 5784, March 26, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

How You Can Use Your Darkness to Light up the World

Maamar Purim 5716 #5: This class waspresented on Friday, Parshas Vayikra, 12Adar II, 5784, March 22, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

What Drives Haman  And All the Hamans  Crazy Is That We Dont Believe They Really Exist

Maamar Purim 5716 #4: This class waspresented on Ta'anis Esther, Thursday, Parshas Vayikra, 11Adar II, 5784, March 21, 2024, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

A Hug in the Heat of Battle

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