Rabbi Tuvia Serber

This class explains the different expressions used by Okelus, a classic translator of the Scriptures to Aramaic. Sources:Commentary of Ramban to Bereshit 46:1https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.46.1?lang=he&with=Ramban&lang2=en Avodat HaKodesh, part 3, chapters 28-32https://www.sefaria.org/Avodat_HaKodesh_(Gabbai).3.28

This week's reading begins the fifth book of the Torah which are the words of Moses before passing away. Our sages have contradictory ideas on how was this books actually given: out of the mouth of Moses but, with Divine inspiration. How can both things happen at the same time?

This is a chassidic discourse by The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of the year 1958. It analyzes a common and fundamental part of everyday prayers: Shema Israel. It compares this prayer to the idea of bringing infinity into a finite world and explains it's meaning as a general thing in the service of God.

This is part of a class on the Temple of Jerusalem. In this class we explain what is the meaning of learning about a building that will not exist in this shape anymore.

This is part of a class on the Temple of Jerusalem. In this class we share the story of a man named Nikanor that actually sacrificed his life for the doors of the Temple.

This is part of a class on the Temple of Jerusalem. In this class we explain one of it's components: a fence around the Temple.

This is part of a class on the Temple of Jerusalem. In this class we share an idea (and a personal story) about the purpose of sanctity (Kedusha).

The opening of the Torah reading called Masei is about the 42 trips that the Jewish people traveled coming out of Egypt and reaching the Land of Cnaan. Torah is not just a history book, rather also a teachings book. What is the teaching behind all these trips?

This is a chassidic discourse by the previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, of blessed memory, of the year 1930. In this discourse the Rebbe expands on understanding the difference between mind and heart, meditation on the Oneness of God and the mission of man in earth.

This is part of a class on the Temple of Jerusalem. In this class we explain two opinions (Rambam and Ramban) regarding the main purpose of having a Temple.