Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg

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Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg episodes

April 29, 2021 Parshas Emor - Three Pillars of Education
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.
46 min
April 22, 2021 Sefiras HaOmer - The Purpose of a Relationship is the Relationship Itself
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.
29 min
April 15, 2021 Yom Haatzmaut - Expressing Gratitude to Medinat Yisrael
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.
34 min
March 24, 2021 Yachatz - Embracing the Brokenness of Life
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.
36 min
March 16, 2021 Finding God In All Things
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.
38 min
February 24, 2021 Purim - The Harmony of Opposites
The entire theme of Purim is vinehafoch hu, everything was turned on its head. What is the inner meaning of this Purim theme? In this shiur Rav Burg explores how Golus reveals a dimension where everything we thought we knew is exactly the opposite. In this dimension even the greatest rasha is infinitely connected to Hashem.
34 min
February 12, 2021 Building a Bayis Neeman B'Yisrael Q&A - The Role of Attraction
I'm always stuck after a date where I don't find the boy to be attractive. He has other qualities that I'm looking for, but attraction isn't there. Any advice?
5 min
February 12, 2021 Building a Bayis Neeman B'Yisrael Q&A - When Shadchanim tell us to "settle"
Why is it that shadchanim are constantly saying what I’m looking for doesn’t exist? Are there not boys out there who value learning and also understand the responsibility to make a parnassa? What should a girl do when she’s told such a thing? Any Chizuk to keep pushing forward? Thank you!
3 min
February 03, 2021 Parshas Yisro - The Power of Desire
At the end of Parshas Yisro we find a commandment not to act immodestly as we ascend the Mizbeach. The last passuk in the parsha ought to be the climax of the entire parsha. It's where the whole story was headed! As the last pasuk in the Parsha of the giving of the Torah we may feel slightly underwhelmed by this issur. What is the inner meaning of this prohibition? How does it relate to Kabbalas HaTorah? What message can we learn from this?
45 min
December 13, 2020 Chanukah - Bringing Light to the Darkness
The oil of Chanukah is characterized by four distinct properties:
1. The olive is pressed to extract the oil
2. Oil deeply penetrates other substances
3. Oil does not mix with other liquids
4. Oil rises to the top when mixed with other liquids
In this shiur (based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe) Rav Burg explains how sometimes the darkness propels the Jew into a state of self discovery, where he is now enabled to impact the world around him.
Have a lichtege Chanukah!

25 min