1. Rambam’s approach to explaining possukim of the Torah when they come into conflict with science.
2. How the Rambam could have explained the Torah in a way that G-d didn’t create the world. (Rav Gedalya Nadel zt”l)
3. Is it possible to work on one’s emunah?
4. The relationship between daas and emunah, and an interesting Gra relating to this.

Sivan 5786

תכלית האדם בשיטת הפילוסופים

סיון תשפ”ו

שיטת הפילוסוף שאין רצון לאלקים ואין ידיעה בפרטים, ושהעולם קדמון

אייר תשפ”ו

1. A proof to the existence of G-d.
2. The mistake of scientists regarding creation. or the denial of.
3. The philosophical problem with the thought that the world always existed.

Iyar 5786

ב’ המחנות בקשר לדרך הנכונה לבסס את האמונה, ורקע ההיסטורי לסיפור המלך כוזר והתייהדותו

אייר תשפ”ו

1. Why science can’t change the Torah.
2. Why it’s so difficult to beat the yetzer hara and how Torah study can help solve this.
3. Society’s corruption in the form of mercy, such as abortion and mercy killing, and where this stems from.

Iyar 5786

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