Sicha Discourse, Rabbi Ari Shishler

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Chelek 22, Kedoshim 02

May 3, 2024

30:23

When is it acceptable to do a mitzvah for the reward?

252

Chelek 22, Kedoshim 01

May 1, 2024

25:50

The spiritual secret of the difference between forbidden items and personal restrictions.

253

Chelek 22, Acharei 02

Apr 26, 2024

37:20

Hashem challenges us with powerful temptations so that we can overcome them and experience powerful connection.

254

Chelek 22, Acharei 01

Apr 26, 2024

42:32

The Kohen Gadol's Yom Kippur uniform, Rashi's unique perspective and a lesson in getting close to Hashem.

255

Chelek 22, Lag Baomer

Apr 19, 2024

25:16

The paradox of Lag Baomer, celebrating both the fact that Rabbi Akiva's students stopped dying and the passing of one his greatest students on that date. How Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai epitomises the lessons of Lag Baomer.

256

Chelek 22, Last days of Pesach

Apr 17, 2024

44:39

Why is Chabad so cautious not to wet matzah, yet deliberately does so on the last day of Pesach?Understanding our spiritual evolution through Pesach.

257

Chelek 22, Metzora

Apr 10, 2024

49:48

Rashi's unique insight into the impurity of a Zav.

258

Chelek 22, Tazria 02

Apr 6, 2024

30:26

How to reconcile the face that Tzaraas is the result of toxic speech but only affects people who are spiritually evolved and immune to toxic behaviour.

259

Chelek 22, Tazria 01

Apr 3, 2024

37:00

May a pregnant woman carry a baby to his bris?The secret of spiritual chaperones.

260

Chelek 22, Shemini 02

Mar 29, 2024

47:29

Our soul is dramatically elevated when we follow the Torah, but that's not what should motivate us.

261

Chelek 22, Tzav 02

Mar 21, 2024

40:28

Is the Kohen Gadol a private citizen?

262

Chelek 21, Purim

Mar 14, 2024

37:19

Authentic Jewish education instills faith powerful enough to neutralise our enemies, as Mordechai learned shortly after Haman sealed his decree against the Jews.

263

Chelek 22, Vayikra 02

Mar 13, 2024

52:30

Can you bring wood as an offering in the Temple?Why did they celebrate the wood of the altar?Exploring three levels of dedication to G-d.

264

Chelek 21, Pekudei

Mar 7, 2024

39:08

Three phases of making our world into a Divine home.

265

Chelek 21, Vayakhel 02

Feb 29, 2024

31:33

Transforming the world isn't as powerful as total immersion in Torah.

266

Chelek 21, Vayakhel 01

Feb 29, 2024

36:04

It takes absolute purity to build a space for G-d, yet it is our imperfect humanity that creates the ultimate holiness.

267

Chelek 21, Ki Sisa 03

Feb 23, 2024

30:16

The power of memory. The Divine Tefillin knot and why spiritual forgetfulness is so toxic.

268

Chelek 21, Ki Sisa 02

Feb 21, 2024

42:52

Why does Rashi repeat the message that not all Canaanite nations had to be expelled from the Land?A lesson in self- mastery.

269

Chelek 21, Tetzaveh 02

Feb 18, 2024

49:03

All together. We have to include every Jew to have a connection to Hashem.

270

Chelek 21, Tetzaveh 01

Feb 15, 2024

40:02

How far should we go for a fellow Jew?A lesson from Moshe's sacrifice after the Golden Calf.

271

Chelek 21, Terumah 03

Feb 11, 2024

37:51

Sharing light without restraint. Two insights from the Rambam's diagram of the Menorah.

272

Chelek 21, Terumah 02

Feb 8, 2024

48:57

The plan always included the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, while keeping it eternal. The paradox of Shlomo Hamelech's plan to hide the Aron.

273

Chelek 21, Mishpatim 03

Feb 2, 2024

47:50

Rashi's insight into the unique covenant & connection we made with Hashem before receiving the Torah.

274

Chelek 21, Mishpatim 02

Feb 1, 2024

29:38

Aligning the Heavenly and earthly Temples.

275

Chelek 21, Yisro 03

Jan 28, 2024

34:19

Respect for a fellow Jew is respect for G-d.

276

Chelek 21, Yisro 02

Jan 26, 2024

1:00:57

Two Jews, how many opinions? The unique unity that Torah produces.

277

Chelek 21, Beshalach 03

Jan 18, 2024

48:31

Act with urgency when a Jew is at risk.

278

Chelek 21, Beshalach 02

Jan 18, 2024

30:07

Should Chabadniks eat Seudah Shelishis? Decoding the mystical paradox of that meal.

279

Chelek 21, Bo 01

Jan 13, 2024

34:58

Who did Hashem need Pharaoh to know the plague of firstborns would be at midnight?

280

Chelek 16, Bo/Yud Shvat

Jan 7, 2024

50:59

Why we don't sell chometz foodstuff received from the Rebbe.

281

Chelek 16, Voeira 05

Jan 5, 2024

39:25

How deep was the rot in Egypt? How far do we have to go to escape our personal Egypt?

282

Chelek 21, Voeira 01

Jan 4, 2024

56:36

A close exploration of Rashi's insight into Hashem's discussion with Moshe at the start of the Parsha introduces us to a radical, revolutionary way to study Torah.

283

Chelek 21, Shemos 01

Dec 28, 2023

48:46

What is the ultimate nachas for a Jewish mother?The reward Hashem gives Yocheved for her sacrifice for Jewish babies offers an incredible insight.

284

Chelek 16, Shemos/ 24 Teves

Dec 28, 2023

38:11

The Alter Rebbe's passing on motzei Shabbos Shemos offers a stunning insight into the power of Chassidus & the radical impact of Jewish commitment in the toughest times.

285

Chelek 20, Vayechi 01

Dec 21, 2023

37:17

Why did Yaakov wasn't to divulge when Moshiach is coming? Why wouldn't Hashem allow it?

286

Chelek 15, Vayechi 05

Dec 21, 2023

36:29

Rashi offers three layers of insight into how Yosef convinced Pharaoh that Yaakov had to be buried in Israel.

287

Chelek 15, Asara B'Teves

Dec 14, 2023

49:28

How fasts will become festivals when Moshiach comes.

288

Chelek 15, Vayigash 04

Dec 11, 2023

36:16

How was it "exile" before the Jews are slaves, when they lived in Goshen, the best part of Egypt?

289

Chelek 20, Mikeitz 01

Dec 8, 2023

31:52

The question of having a family at a time when the world is in crisis.

290

Chelek 15, Mikeitz 03

Dec 7, 2023

36:49

It's beneath our dignity to live a mundane life.

291

Chelek 15, Vayeishev-Chanukah

Nov 30, 2023

41:18

Torah isn't academic, it's Divine. Intelligence isn't the key to accessing true Torah.

292

Chelek 20, Vayishlach 01

Nov 27, 2023

52:08

How sincere was Eisav's emotion when he reunited with Yaakov?

293

Chelek 15, Vayishlach 3, Yud Tes Kislev

Nov 23, 2023

48:37

Radical harmony- the revolution of Chabad Chassidus.

294

Chelek 20, Vayeitzei 01- Rabbi Ari Shishler

Nov 19, 2023

26:11

How to be joyous in the darkest times.

295

Chelek 15, Vayeitzei 05

Nov 17, 2023

34:27

Where do we find the resources to transform mundane life to become holy?

296

Chelek 20, Toldos 01

Nov 9, 2023

35:28

Children typically resemble their parents, why is it such a big deal for Hashem to make Yitzchak resemble his father?

297

Chelek 15, Toldos 05

Nov 9, 2023

29:04

What prompted Eisav to marry within the family?

298

Chelek 20, Chayei Sarah 01

Nov 2, 2023

30:06

The message in how the Torah describes the years of Sarah, Avraham and Yishmael.

299

Chelek 15, Chayei Sarah, Shabbos Mevorchim Kislev

Nov 2, 2023

39:22

Analyzing the miracle of the Chanukah oil: Reality and super-reality working in tandem.

300

Chelek 20, Vayeira 01

Oct 26, 2023

29:21

The Rebbe Rashab cried as a young boy that Hashem hadn't revealed Himself to him, as He did to Avraham. Surely, he knew how great Avraham was?

Sicha Discourse, Rabbi Ari Shishler

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