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

August 16, 2019 After the Aveira
This question was sponsored anonymously for hatzlacha on a test and hatzlacha in general for the Nitzotzos community.
Question: I've heard it said, specifically from you, that the feeling of guilt after the aveira is often worse than the aveira itself. Can you please explain?
5 min
August 16, 2019 Parshas Vaeschanan: Gazing Longingly Towards Eretz Yisrael
Moshe Rabbeinu was not allowed to enter into Eretz Yisrael but he was allowed to look upon the Land. Why is this significant? Why does it matter to us today if Moshe Rabbeinu was allowed to see Eretz Yisrael but was not allowed to enter? In this shiur, Rav bUrg teaches us the value of seeing Eretz Yisrael and longing for the geula.
5 min
August 12, 2019 From Tisha B'Av to Tu B'Av: Restoring the Light to the Darkness
The two greatest Yomim Tovim of the year are Yom Kippur and Tu B'Av. The Gemara says that Tu B'Av is even greater than Yom Kippur. What makes Tu B'Av so special. Most of us don't even know what Tu B'Av is all about. In this shiur, delivered in Michlelet NCSY, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of Tu B'Av and how we restore light into the darkness.
50 min
August 12, 2019 Tu B'Av/ Shabbos Nachamu: Moving beyond the pain
7 days after Tisha B'Av we are expected to move beyond the pain of the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash but how can we move on in such a broken world? Though Chazal tell us that Tu B'Av is one of the most important days in the Jewish calendar, the message of Tu B'Av is often overlooked. Learn the deeper meaning of Tu B'Av and be consoled for all that we have lost.
51 min
August 11, 2019 Tisha B'Av - Disconnect to Connect
It is difficult to feel the pain and the loss of Tisha B'Av. For so many of us we sit on the floor, read Eicha, say Kinnos and feel nothing. How can we make our Tisha B'Av more meaningful? How can we feel a sense of authentic yearning for the Beis Hamikdash?
45 min
August 09, 2019 Practical Steps Towards Growth
This shiur has generously been sponsored by Devorah Spiegelman as a general zchus for her and for all of Klal Yisrael. For only 18 dollars you can sponsor a shiur, a Q&A, a Dvar Torah or an event. Your small contributions go a long way towards helping us continue to do the great work we are doing at Nitzotzos. To sponsor please email us at [email protected]
Question: I hear a lot about working on oneself- I often get inspired to "do something about it," sit down and do a little cheshbon hanefesh, but don't really know what to do after that. Can Rebbi give practical steps for how exactly to work on/change a Middah? E.g. self-control? I know it's probably an individualized process but in general, what should one do?
6 min
August 08, 2019 Building a Bayis Neeman B'Yisrael: It's Not a Fair Fight
This Q&A is sponsored anonymously in the zechus for simcha bracha and clarity for Malka Gittel Aviva. To sponsor a shiur, dvar Torah, a Q&A or an event please email us at [email protected] Question: In a recent response you mentioned that in arguments and communication, it is important to acknowledge your spouse's perspective as a "valid experience." This is (as you said) not a novel idea, and it's how I try to manage every single conversation I have with my spouse. However, how do you handle conversations when your spouse doesn't acknowledge that your feelings/perspective/experience is equally valid? In other words, when you're trying to "fight fair" (so to speak), what do you do when your spouse doesn't communicate with that same level of respect and sensitivity?
6 min
July 31, 2019 Building a Bayis Neeman B'Yisrael Q&A - My Husband Is Not The Man I Thought He Was
This shiur has been anonymously sponsored in the merit of Shalom Bayis in their home. To sponsor a shiur, dvar Torah, a Q&A or an event please email us at [email protected]
Question: What do you do if you thought your husband was more into learning/ valued learning more, and now does not take as much time and is more preoccupied in work and technology. How should I react? How can I encourage my husband to take more time out of his day to be involved with learning. I want my home to filled with Torah and Kedusha, and I want my children iyh to see us valuing Torah and the love of Torah.
5 min
July 31, 2019 Regret vs Shame
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Question: Is it possible to fully do teshuva without regretting what you did wrong? For example if you did something wrong but that helps you to appreciate why it was wrong now more than before you did the aveira. And you haven’t done the aveira since! How do we do complete teshuva ?
5 min
July 30, 2019 Tisha B'Av: Words, Pain, Hope.
We are in so much pain. We have no idea how to express that pain. We need words to express our pain so we can truly feel it. Only then can we have hope.
50 min