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Simchas AvrahamPurim - Take It With You All YearPurim is a day that is filled with simcha. All the mitzvos bring us to that state of glee. When you do that, it can be a catalyst for the whole coming year. 2025-03-1304 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Ki Savo - Happiness is the KeyDoing a mitzvah with simcha is extremely integral to doing a mitzvos. Also, one who does them with simcha gets double the reward for doing it with happiness and enthusiasm. 2024-09-1604 minSimchas AvrahamChodesh Shevat & Snow - One And The SameEven though Chodesh Shevat is the new year for the trees, it can still be snowy outside. It’s not a contradiction.2024-01-1704 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Bo - It’s Not How, It’s WhyThat which happens in the universe is for one sole reason. And it’s not how we perceive it.2024-01-1503 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vaeira - The Grave Error of The EygptiansThe Egyptians were able to replicate the first two makos. However, their error was that they didn't understand that the way Hashem did the two makos was vastly different than how they did. 2024-01-1204 minSimchas AvrahamParaha Vaeira - Moshe, Aharon, & YouYou can be just like Moshe Rabbeinu. He reached the peak of the mountain, and you can as well..2024-01-1004 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vaeira - Lacking in Emunah? You’re In Good CompanyMoshe Rabbeinu merited to speak to Hashem with utmost clarity, but he still had doubts about emunah and Bitachon. If Moshe had these questions, of course we can too.2024-01-0804 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Shemos - The New YouA person can be one person one second, and just by a mere thought make a total 180.2024-01-0503 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Shemos - Understanding Miriam's Convincing RetortMiriam convinced Amram to remarry Yocheved after originally divorcing her. When Amram decided that was the correct thing to do, it was a real psak he made due to the circumstances. But Miriam made him look at the situation differently, thus overturning the psak.2024-01-0304 minSimchas AvrahamIntro to Sefer Shemos - Moshe Rabbeinu & BecheirahMoshe Rabbeinu achieved what his purpose was. He reached such a level, that it was second nature to him. There wasn’t even a second thought.2024-01-0104 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayechei - The Origins Of Saying ChazakExploring the sources and reasons for saying Chazak at the end of a Chumash, and the message behind it.2023-12-2804 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayechei - Alive Till The EndJust as Yaakov Avinu hasn’t died in essence, so too, we also won’t till we get to our homeland.2023-12-2704 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayechei - Use Your Weapon WiselyWhen one davens, there’s a certain power that one has with even a slightest amount of energy to have major implications. Of course, the more the energy, the more the effect.2023-12-2504 minSimchas AvrahamAsara B’Teves - Preventative MedicineStrictly speaking, we don’t fast erev shabbos. The one exception is Asara B’Teves. Why? Because sometimes you need to make sure the situation doesn’t get worse.2023-12-2204 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayigash - Yosef Reveals Himself.... Why?Yosef revealed himself to the brothers after them not figuring out that it was him. Perhaps it wasn't for the brothers necessarily, but to save his father, Yaakov, any more pain.2023-12-2004 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayigash - The Power Of TearsWhen Yosef and Binyamin met up after so many years they both cried. But the crying was for something much more meaningful than not seeing each other.2023-12-1804 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Mikeitz/Chanukah - Making The Good LastIt's easy to forget and get used to the good that takes place. But there's also ways to remember them.2023-12-1304 minSimchas AvrahamChanukah - Not Just Lighting The MenorahChanukah is more than the physical activity of lighting the menorah. It’s about thanking HKB”H for that took place.2023-12-1104 minSimchas AvrahamChanukah - Cause For CelebrationThere could possibly be a difference what the main moment we’re celebrating. Accordingly, this might answer the famous question of the Beis Yosef.2023-12-0804 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayeishev - Greatness Comes In Many FormsBoth Yehuda and Yosef became great people. However, the path they took to get there couldn't have been more different.2023-12-0604 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayeishev - Down But Not OutYehuda admitted that he had a relationship with Tamar, albeit unknowingly. That relationship produced the beginnings of Mashiach. Perhaps when a person admits to a wrongdoing, he can also have a personal “Mashiach.”2023-12-0404 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayishlach - Keys To Survive GalusYaakov Avinu teaches us how to stay steadfast being a Jew in a world filled with temptation.2023-12-0104 minSimchas AvrahamChanukah - A Sign Of LoveThe entire yom tov of Chanukah is based upon the miracle of the menorah staying lit for 8 days long. It wasn't about the miracle per se, rather it was that it showed how beloved we are in Hashem's eyes.2023-11-2904 minSimchas AvrahamParahas Vayishlach - The Line Was CrossedRav Shimshon Pincus z”l gives us an insight as to how the principle of the matter that you don’t do some things, is worse than actually doing a terrible act.2023-11-2704 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayeitzei- Yaakov vs. LavanWe see a distinct difference between Lavan and Yaakov. When one is so steeped in his bad ways, a terrible wicked person won’t change even the tiniest bit in the presence of a great tzaddik.2023-11-2403 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayetzei - Saying Thanks & Giving ThanksLeah wasn’t the first person that gave thanks to Hashem, she was the first person that showed and gave thanks in a big way.2023-11-2204 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayeitzei - Leaving Isn’t GoingThe Torah tells us that not only did Yaakov Avinu need to leave Be’er Sheva, he had to also go to Charan. They’re two independent things.2023-11-2004 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Toldos - A Bracha Is RealYitzchak gave both Yaakov and Eisav a bracha. Although it seemed similar, it was vastly different.2023-11-1703 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Toldos - Davening SecretsWe can learn from that which Yitzchak and Rivka davened how we can and should approach davening.2023-11-1504 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Toldos - It’s All In The NameThe names of each parsha aren’t irrelevant. They are very fundamental, and signify the core essence of every single one.2023-11-1304 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Chayei Sara - The Power Of MinchaChazal tells us that mincha has a uniquness that the other tefillos don’t. Perhaps it’s due to the time if say it’s davened.2023-11-1004 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Chayei Sara - Siyata Dishmaya 101 Part 2Even לבן & בתואל couldn’t deny the hashgacha that took place when Eliezer came to a wife for Yitzchak.2023-11-0804 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Chayei Sara - Siyata Dishmaya 101The Torah speaks at great length about the shidduch between Yitzchak and Rivka to show how every detail in a shidduch is of utmost significance.2023-11-0604 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayeira - Laughter ExplainedYitzchak was called by that name to show that after everything is said and done, laughter will reign for the good.2023-11-0303 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayeira - From The DepthsRav Elyashiv zt’l & R Chaim Kanievsky zt’l teach us the real way to approach davening.2023-11-0104 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayeira - Rise Above The ChallengeBy Avraham Avinu bringing up his son, Yitzchak, for the akeida, he brought out his true self.2023-10-3004 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Lech Lecha - It Can Be Ovecome!Avraham Avinu was the one who ingrained in us and the capability to overcome challenges, tests, and adversity. It can be done.2023-10-2704 minSimchas AvrahamIsrael At War - The Ribnitzer z”l KnewEvery time a person davens, learns, or does any good deed - it doesn’t go for naught. Everything helps, even though the kavana may not be there.2023-10-2504 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Lech Lecha - No Questions AskedThe test of lech lecha that Avraham Avinu overcame, wasn’t necessarily leaving that which he knew. Rather it was that he didn’t ask any questions.2023-10-2304 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Noach - Don’t StarePerhaps we’re not supposed to look at a rainbow because that’s not the way the world is right now. Just keep on going, and after all is said and done, the proverbial rainbow will appear.2023-10-2004 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Noach - The Power Of A Tzadik, Part 2Not only was Noach the one who saved the world, but Avraham Avinu also had that same capability to save Sedom. That is the power of a Tzadik.. to save a one keep alive the world.2023-10-1804 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Noach - The Power Of A TzadikThe Torah goes out its way specifically to tell us Noach was the one who kept the world going. If not for him, it would’ve gone back to complete oblivion.2023-10-1604 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Bereishis - Combatting WarUnderstanding what the world stands on and how to remind ourselves of it, may give us an understanding as to how to overcome our enemies.2023-10-1304 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Bereishis - Necessary RejuvenationBy resting a person rejuvenates which is also doing something. And that’s how Shabbos works.2023-10-1104 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Bereishis - A Unique OpportunityThe calendar is set up this year in a way that one can take advantage of a major opportunity.2023-10-0902 minSimchas AvrahamSimchas Torah - It’s Not Just About FinishingThe joy of Simchas Torah isn’t necessarily that we finished the Torah, it’s what we’ll learn in the future.2023-10-0604 minSimchas AvrahamVzos Haberacha- Keep On GoingThe Torah ends off with the breaking of the luchos to teach us that a person can have their own “broken luchos”. But afterwards don’t think it’s over. Start again from Bereshis.2023-10-0403 minSimchas AvrahamSukkos - Pain Isn’t A GainOne whom it pains to be in the sukkah is exempt because he’s missing the point of being in the sukkah.2023-10-0204 minSimchas AvrahamLulav vs. Shofar: An ImponderableWhat’s the difference between shofar and lulav when they’re not taken on shabbos? A question.2023-09-2904 minSimchas AvrahamSukkos - Bring Yom Kippur With You. Part 2The Vilna Gaon reveals to us the holiness of these days between Yom Kippur and Sukkos.2023-09-2704 minSimchas AvrahamSukkos - Bring Yom Kippur With YouSukkos is now right after Yom Kippur to show that just like abstaining from eating is a mitzvah, eating can also be made into a mitzvah.2023-09-2604 minSimchas AvrahamShabbos Shuva - Turning Aveiros Into Mitzvos (Part 2)The Chasam Sofer gives us a fascinating insight as to how the aveiros turn into mitzvos.2023-09-2204 minSimchas AvrahamAseres Ymei Teshuva - I’m Better Than ThatBy going above and beyond that which one is commanded during these days, we can look back and realize what we can really become.2023-09-2003 minSimchas AvrahamAseres Ymei Teshuva - Turning Aveiros Into MitzvosThe chiddush of Teshuva is not only wiping the slate clean, but also the realization that the aveira was totally inappropriate to begin with.2023-09-1803 minSimchas AvrahamRosh Hashana - It’s Not An ActBy acting differently on Rosh Hashana, you show HKB"H the real you.2023-09-1304 minSimchas AvrahamRosh Hashana - The Re-coronationRosh Hashana is specifically before Yom Kippur to not only show that we accept His rulership, it also gives a a “good feeling” going into the Aseres Ymei Teshuva and Yom Kippur.2023-09-1104 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayelech - Write It DownBy writing down what you learn, you don’t just understand things better … you gain something much more valuable.2023-09-0804 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vayelech - Moshe Rabbeinu's Birth & DeathMoshe Rabbeinu’s petirah on Zayin Adar isn’t a bad omen.
This vort is related a previous one that isn't on any public platform. If you'd like that recording (as is referred to at the end) please feel free to reach out to me at the email in the description.2023-09-0604 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Nitzavim - It’s Not So Hard! (Part 2)The parsha shows us that teshuva is closer than we think. You just have to want.2023-09-0404 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Ki Savo - Remember What You OvercameWe learn from Yaakov Aveinu that’s we should learn from the past and say to ourselves that we can overcome difficulties.2023-09-0104 minSimchas AvrahamElul - It’s Not So Hard!Elul has a certain power that was ingrained in it from the time of Moshe Rabbeinu. All you have to do is tap into it.2023-08-3003 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Ki Savo - There’s Always HopeJust because someone does an aveira, doesn’t mean all is lost.2023-08-2804 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Ki Setzei - Believe In Yourself** FROM MY BROTHER AVRAMI Z”L **2023-08-2502 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Ki Setzei - The Significance Of What Happened To MiriamBy reminding ourselves what happened to Miriam, we realize what happens when we do an aveira.2023-08-2304 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Ki Setzei - Reciprocal LoveHashem shows us his love through giving us opportunities to gain reward. But it isn’t just a one way street2023-08-2104 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Shoftim - A Golden OpportunityThe month of Elul is an amazing opportunity for us.2023-08-1803 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Shoftim - Rabbinic PowerExplaining how the Rabbanan have such power to enact and uproot things.2023-08-1604 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Shoftim - Your Right Is My LeftJust because someone gets a certain psak, doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get the same exact one. Every shayla is different.2023-08-1403 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Reah - Double VisionThe Torah is telling us to look at the overall picture and see both sides of the coin. Look what happens to someone who chooses a life of Torah and mitzvos, and look at someone who doesn’t.2023-08-1103 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Reah - Subtraction By Addition Part 2The chidush of לא תגרע could mean that you shouldn’t come to totally nullify a mitzvah.2023-08-0903 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Reah - Subtraction By AdditionHashem has a reason for the mitzvos he commands us. No need to add on to them.2023-08-0703 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Eikev - Torah & TefillinLearning torah and wearing tefillin go hand-in-hand. They’re inseparable.2023-08-0404 minSimchas AvrahamTu B’av - Celebrate The AccomplishmentsA person should look back at the past few months and see what they accomplished, celebrate it, and take it into Elul and the Yamim Noraim.2023-08-0204 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Eikev - The True RewardThat which the Torah spells out you’ll get for doing the mitzvos is only a tiny percentage of what’s destined for you.2023-07-3103 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vaeschanan- Remember Where You Came FromIt’s not for naught that we do lots of things to remember that we were in Mitzrayim.2023-07-2804 minSimchas AvrahamTisha B’av - From Barren To BirthThat which we don’t say Tachanun on Tisha B’av is an indication that this day will one day be a celebration.2023-07-2604 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Vaeschanan - Keep On DaveningMoshe Rabbeinu teaches us what it means to daven.2023-07-2403 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Devarim - Not Just A RepetitionSefer Devarim is called Mishnah Torah not just because it’s a repetition, but also to ingrain it in ourselves.2023-07-2104 minSimchas AvrahamThe Nine Days - Channeling The Midah Of Aharon HakohenIt’s no coincidence the the yartzheit of Aharon Hakohen falls on the first day of the Nine Days.2023-07-1903 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Devarim - A Tisha B’av PreludeThe parsha has the roots of Tisha B’av2023-07-1703 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Masei - Hindsight Can Be DeceivingThe Torah spells out the exact journey of Bnei Yisrael throughout the desert to teach us a fundamental lesson about life.2023-07-1403 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Masei - Halacha & Secular Law ConvergeThe Arei Miklat are like a modern day embassy.
2023-07-1203 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Matos - The Mysterious OnkelosThere’s one pasuk in the parsha that may not actually be from Onkelos.2023-07-1004 minSimchas AvrahamThe Three Weeks - You Ain’t Seen Nothing YetBeing at wedding is only a tiny glimpse of the ultimate joy we’ll experience when Moshiach comes.2023-07-0704 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Pinchas - A Most Fitting RewardPinchas didn’t just get any reward, he got the ultimate reward.2023-07-0503 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Pinchas - Cruel And Necessary PunishmentSometimes there’s need to take immediate swift action. There’s no time to think it over.2023-07-0304 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Chukas & Balak - Moshe Rabbeinu vs. Bilam.When it came to hitting, Moshe & Bilam used vastly different methods.2023-06-3003 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Balak - The Mistake Of Bilam And Balak.Balak and Bilam refused to acknowledge that which they are doing was wrong.2023-06-2803 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Chukas - The Greatness Of MiriamWe see what a ripple effect Miriam’s vision had to eventually save the the entire Jewish nation.2023-06-2604 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Korach - Did Korach Ever Stand A Chance?Korach didn’t have to end up in the the terrible place he ultimately did.2023-06-2303 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Korach - When You Play With Fire, You Get BurntKorach couldn’t do teshuva because when you say such terrible things about people of stature, teshuva doesn’t help.2023-06-2104 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Korach - The Grave Error Of The Other ReligionsWe can learn from the way other religions were formed how Korach came to make such a huge mistake.2023-06-1904 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Shelach - Davening Priorities, Part 2Both Calev and Yehoshua were saved from the Meraglim through through prayer. But, through very different forms.2023-06-1603 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Shelach - Davening PrioritiesWe learn from Moshe Rabbeinu what it means to daven in times of need2023-06-1403 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Shelach - The Magical Words To Be Forgiven. Part 2We see how to ask for forgiveness from how Moshe Rabbeinu asked Hashem to forgive the Meraglim.2023-06-1203 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Behaloscha - If You Want It, They Will ComePesach Sheini teaches us that if you want to do something it can be accomplished.2023-06-0903 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Behaloscha - The Magical Words To Be ForgivenAharon Hakohen reveals to us the way to be forgiven2023-06-0704 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Behaloscha - Bigger Isn’t BetterWe learn from Aharon Hakohein that even the what you may think isn’t as big on the surface can be much bigger over time.2023-06-0504 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Naso - The Culmination Of ShavousAn overview of the last few parshiyos and how they elude to Shavous.2023-06-0204 minSimchas AvrahamParshas Naso - What you gain is never lostFrom a Nazir we can learn that what you accomplish is never erased from the records2023-05-3104 min