What Drives Jew-Haters Crazy About Jews? That They Can't Be Destroyed

This class, the second and final class on the Maamar Mei Chanukah 5731, was presented on Monday, 29 Kislev, the fifth day of Chanukah, 5785, December 30, 2024, Parshas Vayigash, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

The Greeks Didn't Mind a Judaism that is 99 Percent Truth; They Could Not Tolerate Pure, Endless Infinity and Oneness

This class was presented on the first day of Chanukah, Thursday, 25 Kislev, 5785, December 26, 2024, Parshas Mikeitz, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY. This was the first of a series of a text-based class on the Maamar Mei Chanukah 5731, presented by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbos Chanukah 5731, 1970.

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How to Unite Adam and Chava, the Divine Torah and the Logical Torah, the Inner Heart and the Outer Heart

This class, the final one on the discourse Lehavin Inyan Ha'Brachos, was presented on Monday, 15 Kislev, 5785, December 16, 2024, Parshas Vayeshev, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

We need to embody the love within our body and animal soul. That is not a distraction of infinity; it is the purpose of creation.

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When You Confront Your Separateness & Loneliness, You Can Heal and Come Back to Alignment

This class was presented on Friday, 13 Kislev, 5785, December 14, 2024, Parshas Vayishlach, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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How Do We Avoid Contempt, Anger and Stonewalling in Relationships?

This class, the fourth of a series on the Maamar "Lehavin Inyan Ha'Brachos" (Torah Or Bereishis), was presented on Thursday, 4 Kislev, 5784, December 5, 2024, Parshas Vayeitzei, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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Why Atheism Impedes the Path to Healing

This class, the third of a series on the Maamar "Lehavin Inyan Ha'Brachos" (Torah Or Bereishis), was presented on Monday, 1 Kislev, 5784, December 2, 2024, Parshas Vayeitzei, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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The Two Types of Blessings — Short and Long Ones - Representing the Concealed World and the Revealed World

This class, the second of a series on the Maamar "Lehavin Inyan Ha'Brachos" (Torah Or Bereishis), was presented on Thursday, 27 Cheshvan, 5784, November 28, 2024, Parshas Toldos, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

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For the First Millenia of Jewish History, We Did Not Recite Blessings. Then It All Changed.

This text-based class, the first on a discourse by the Alter Rebbe, Lehavin Einyan Ha’Brachos, Torah Or Bereishis, was presented on Monday, 24 Cheshvan, 5784, November 25, 2024, Parshas Toldos, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

The class explores why the sages instituted blessings during the Second Temple era. For the first millennia of Jewish history, we did not recite all the berachos/blessings. But when Hashem’s reality became a concept rather than an intuitive reality, the sages introduced blessings. 

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To Live Is to Let Go — Again and Again

This class was presented on Thursday, 20 Cheshvan, 5784, November 21, 2024, Parshas Chayei Sara, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.

The secret of time: Since life is the flow from the infinite into containers, there is always the coming down and then the returning to absorption in source.

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To Be Excited by Life Is to Be Enthralled by Hashem

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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