**Throwback Episode** We discuss how Chanukah is connected to this Parsha. We also discussed the Halacha regarding lighting candle if one isn’t at home. This class was given at the Phoenix Community Kollel on 12/15/11.

We relate Rabbi Berel Povarsky’s shlita perspective in his בד קודש about Esav’s logic to attack Yaakov. We also speculate as why the Torah is the diametric opposite of everything that Esav stands for. This class was given at the Phoenix Community Kollel on 12/7/22.

**Throwback Episode** We discuss the question of whether there is a Mitzvah to honor one’s older siblings. We also, analyze Yaakov’s behavior towards Esav in light of the aforementioned question. This class was given at the Phoenix Community Kollel on 11/17/10

**Throwback Episode** We discuss how names may be indicative of a person’s traits. We also deal with some Halachic issues regarding changing people’s names in a time of need. This class was given at the Phoenix Community Kollel on 11/10/10.

We discuss the reason why the Hashem promises Eretz Yisrael to Yitzchak in the merit of his father Avraham and not in his own merit.

**Throwback Episode** We discuss whether the seemingly charlatan machinations of Yaakov Avinu at the behest of his mother Rivka provide us with a justification to skew the truth for noble means when necessary. This class was given at the Phoenix Community Kollel on 11/3/10.

The speech was given at the Ohr HaTorah Congregation of Phoenix, Arizona on 11/20/22. It was at our children’s Doniel & Chevy’s vort. We discuss how even though life has its ups and downs the kindness of God is always the driving force.

We relate the perspective of the Alter of Kelm on why Hashem tests us. We contrast and compare his opinion with that of the Ramban and the Book of Education(Sefer HaChinuch). This class was given at the Phoenix Community Kollel on 11/16/22.

**Throwback Episode** This class was given in the Phoenix Community Kollel on 11/11/09.

We discuss the dispute of whether the flood and in Eretz Yisrael and how to survive the waves that are the vicissitudes of life. This class given in my son’s Yeshiva, Shar HaTorah in Monsey.