1. How tefilah works without there being any change in Hashem’s Will.
2. The famous explanation of the Sefer HaIkarim on this matter.
3. The connection to the sugya of Hashem’s Knowledge of what we will choose.
4. My chiddush (based on Rav Yaakov Moshe zt”l) on the possuk of “Shavaseinu Kabbel”.

Iyar 5786

1. The major difference between our will and Hashem’s Will.
2. The way of tzaddikim in tefillah, and the consensus in this between the Chassidim and Misnagdim.
3. Authenticity in davening, and the consensus in this too between the Chassidim and Misnagdim.

Nissan 5786

1. The galus hadibur (exile of speech) in Mitzrayim, and why Hashem used His “Strength of Hand” in redeeming Yisroel from Mitzrayim.
2. The secret of the sign of the redeemer saying “pakod yifkod”, and its relevance to today, especially to the Jews of the Diaspora!
3. The chiddush of Izhbitz-Radzin regarding marror!

Nissan 5786

1. Rav Tzaddok Hakohen’s two big questions on what the “good news of children” was, and his answer with a big yesod regarding Klal Yisroel.
2. Will a rasha of today be redeemed? (R’ Tzaddok and Rav YM Charlap zt”l).
3. The difference between the redemption of the soul and the redemption of the body, and how this relates to the geulah process today.
4. Rav Tzaddok’s tradition regarding the paradox of the Jew today, and how this is really sourced in the Zohar.

Nissan 5786

Adar 5786

1. Why this won’t be a shiur about the current war against Iran.
2. In parshas hachodesh, Klal Yisroel was given control over the moon, and how this plays out in the physical world.
3. The Gra on Ma Nishtana, and answering the famous question on him.
4. Resolving a contradiction in the Shabbos shemona esrai, as per whether Shabbos is “in our hands” or not.
5. Aspiring to control the sun and the days, not just the moon and the moadim.

Adar 5786

1. Hakadosh Baruch Hu participates in the burial of even a simple Jew.
2. Moshe Rabbeinu as a mediator to bring down the Torah.
3. The Chasam Sofer’s segulah for remembering Torah.
4. The importance of having ten men by a Jewish burial.

Adar 5786

1. The ability to connect to the Hidden Essence of G-d, beyond the sefiros.
2. What’s behind the conversations between Hashem and Moshe when Moshe has difficulty with how to build the mishkan and the menorah.
3. The difference between the effect of the action of the mitzvah and the preparation that went into it.
4. The special quality of Eretz Yisroel and why cedars trees from Eretz Yisroel needed to be used in the building of the mishkan.

Shvat 5786

1. The giluy (revelation) and tzimtzum (constriction) of letters and written word.
2. Rav Nachman of Breslov’s teaching regarding looking intently at the letters of the Torah, and being mechadesh.
3. An underlying message of the Tanna D’vei Eliyahu that the Jewish people come before the Torah.
4. Which is higher, Torah shebiksav or Torah shebaal peh? And the role Moshe Rabbeinu plays in Torah shebaal peh.

Shevat 5786

1. Where does antisemitism really stem from? You’ll be pretty shocked.
2. Was Moshe’s acceptance of the eirav rav a good or bad thing?
3. A totally new take on the dialogue between Yisro and Moshe regarding the need for judicial reform.

Shevat 5786