This class was presented on Tuesday, 18 Cheshvan, 5784, November 19, 2024, Parshas Chayei Sara, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

What happens when we function perfectly on the outside, do everything 'properly,' but inside something is frozen, disconnected, like on an automaton? It has already become a way of life, and we are used to it, but the soul knows something more is available. This class explores one of the deepest pains of our generation: disconnect.

A surprising discovery by the Gaon of Vilna sheds light on the difference between a functional life and a real life. Through the seven times that the burial of the dead is mentioned in the parsha, we will discover how it is possible to free the heart from the prison built around it, and return to feeling - without fear, shame, and defenses.

This class was presented on Monday, 17 Cheshvan, 5784, November 18, 2024, Parshas Chayei Sara, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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The program took place Sunday, 16 Cheshvan, Chayei Sarah, 5784, Nov. 17, 2024. 

The next program will take place Beizer Hashem Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, 6 PM

This class, the sixth on the Maamar "Ki Ka'asher Hashamyim," was presented on Thursday, 13 Cheshvan, 5784, November 14, 2024, Parshas Vayera, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

This class was presented on Tuesday, 11 Cheshvan, 5784, November 12, 2024, Parshas Vayera, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

It is one of the most mysterious and potent verses in the Tanach. G-d speaks to Himself and challenges His desire to cover things up: “Now G-d had said, ‘Shall I hide (ham’chaseh ani) from Abraham what I am about to do?”

Why does G-d feel compelled to reveal His plan with Abraham? And why is God thinking of covering it up to begin with? And why does G-d’s choice to reveal His thoughts feel like a rejection of His desire to remain closed?

The class explores the view of the Chasam Sofer, urging us to live a life of giving and inspiring even at the expense of our “prophetic potential.” Then we explore the deeper interpretation of how deep the Divine soul, embodied by Abraham, is rooted in the core of G-d preceding and encouraging all creation.

This lecture was presented to the South African Community on Tuesday, 4 Cheshvon, 5785, 5 Nov, 2024

This class was presented on Monday, 10 Cheshvan, 5784, November 11, 2024, Parshas Vayera, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

This text based class is the fifth on the Maamar "Ki Ka'asher Hashamayim" (Torah Or Bereishis), exploring in depth the two states of longing and returning, Ratzo and Shuv, in one's life. We discover how the entire "ratzo" is really only a prep to the "shuv." 

This class was presented on Thursday, 6 Cheshvan, 5784, November 6, 2024, Parshas Lech Lecha, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

This class was presented on Tuesday, 4 Cheshvan, 5784, November 5, 2024, Parshas Lech Lecha, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

This text-based class on Maor Einayim, by Rabbi Nachum of Chornobyl, a student of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezrich, explores the enigmatic story of Avraham and Sarah traveling to Egypt. He asks her to declare that she is his sister. Why is this the first episode about the first Jewish couple in history?

This class, the third one on the Maamar  Ki Ka'asher Hashamyim (Torah Or Bereshis), was presented on Monday, 3 Cheshvan, 5784, November 4, 2024, Parshas Lech Lecha, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.