Mayan Yisroel Weekly Parsha Shiur

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Stop Worrying: Avraham's Secret

Nov 4, 2026

44:23

Find the right girl. Convince her to leave home. Bring her back to marry a man she has never met.Eliezer sees everything that could go wrong. Avraham is certain it will work. But Rivka has free choice. How can he be so sure?We carry the same worry: I can do my part, but what if the other person says no?A small change in the way Eliezer retells his mission opens a surprising answer. And Yosef's years in prison show why success doesn't always look the way we expect.Likutei Sichos Vol 25

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Notice Good & Watch What Comes Out

Oct 14, 2026

41:15

When you see the good in someone, you draw the good out of them. Noach faced an impossible situation - a corrupt generation and a coming flood - and it was Hashem focusing on his good that gave him the strength to rise to it. In this class, Rabbi Yoseph Vigler explains why lashon hara (speech that harms another person) hurts the speaker, the listener and the person spoken about, and why real, specific praise does the opposite. Through stories about Reish Lakish and Rabbi Yochanan, a father who never gave up on his son, and the Rebbe's answer about "Odessa," we see how what we choose to focus on shapes our children, our marriages and ourselves.#ParshasNoach #Noach #TorahClass #Torah #Chassidus #LashonHara #Tzaddik #JewishWisdom #WeeklyParsha #RabbiYosephVigler #JewishLearning #Shiur

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Why Imperfection Is Actually the Highest Perfection

Oct 7, 2026

46:22

Every year after Simchas Torah we make big resolutions, and every year a quiet voice asks the same question. If Hashem already decided everything on Rosh Hashana and His world is perfect, does He actually need me?Parshas Bereishis gives a surprising answer. We look at why a a perfect baby created by Hashem still needs a bris, what mushrooms have to do with it, why the Torah ends by praising the moment Moshe broke the luchos, and what last week's hijacked plane can teach us about miracles and the people who step up.If you've ever wondered whether what you do really matters, this one is for you.Source: Likkutei Sichos, Vol. 25, Bereishis, Sicha 2

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Yom Kippur Is Over. Now What?

Sep 22, 2026

44:19

In this shiur we look at what the day after Yom Kippur is really about. Why is the Hebrew word for forgiveness the same as the word for dancing? What did Adam figure out on the first Rosh Hashana, seeing himself as the weakest of all creation, that changed everything? And why might a long list of requests at Neilah miss the point entirely?We also hear the story of a 77 year old Vietnam veteran who went searching for meaning across Europe and Israel, ran out of money, slept in an airport, and finally found what he was looking for in the last place he expected.If you've ever walked out of Yom Kippur wondering whether any of it worked, this one is for you.#YomKippur #Sukkot #Torah #Judaism #Jewish #Chabad #Teshuvah #Simcha #Emunah #JewishInspiration #Hashem #Tefillah #HighHolidays #Parsha #JewishWisdom #Joy #Faith

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You Don't Need Forgiveness, You Need Reconnection

Sep 17, 2026

44:47

Most people walk into Yom Kippur thinking it's about apologizing enough times to earn a good year.This week's shiur is about what it actually means to be disconnected from Hashem, and why anxiety, anger, and worry are symptoms of that disconnection rather than just things that happen to us. The goal of the day isn't forgiveness for its own sake. It's getting to a place where you can honestly say Hashem is running everything, the natural and the supernatural, and actually feel plugged in.So what does it look like to daven with that in mind instead of just running through a list of what went wrong this year? And what changes in a person once they stop thinking about their problems and start thinking about Hashem instead?

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Rosh Hashana Without a Shofar?!

Sep 17, 2026

45:58

Every year on Rosh Hashana we wait to hear the shofar. This year, on Shabbos, there is none. The reason everyone gives is a technical one, a concern about carrying through the streets. But that answer only covers up something much bigger. Shofar is not just another mitzvah. It is the moment a person recognizes Hashem as King, the same moment Adam was created with the ability to choose. So why would something that important simply disappear over a worry about carrying? And if Shabbos was never missing anything, what was shofar actually giving us all along, and why don't we need it this year?

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Ten Days to Rewrite Reality

Sep 17, 2026

44:59

Hashem is in every detail of your life, all the time, not just in the big obvious moments. Most of us go through Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur without ever really feeling that. This class looks at how the two connect: Rosh Hashana as a revelation coming down from Above, and Aseres Yemei Teshuva as the window to meet that revelation with pnimius, panim el panim. Once that layer becomes real, fear and anxiety stop running the show. What that actually looks like, and how you get there, is what this class is about.#RoshHashana #YomKippur #AseresYemeiTeshuva #Teshuva #Elul #JewishWisdom #TorahClass #Emunah #Bitachon #HighHolidays #Chassidus #JewishSpirituality #Shiur #TorahThoughts #YamimNoraim

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To Win the Princess, You Have to Slay the Serpent

Sep 17, 2026

45:53

In this class, Rabbi Vigler unpacks a classic motif: every hardship carries a hidden beauty behind it, but you only see it if you're looking for it. Most people only see the serpent. Fewer people train their eyes to see the princess waiting on the other side. This class is about paying attention differently: to your life, to your struggles, to what's actually in the room. When you want to see the depth of what's happening to you, you will.What serpent are you slaying right now? Comment below.Source: Likutei Torah Ki Tetze (2)#Chassidus #Bitachon #JewishWisdom #InnerWork #Emunah #Mindset #JewishGrowth #SpiritualGrowth #TorahWisdom #Resilience

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Baal Peor: The Strangest Idol Worship In The Torah

Jul 29, 2026

48:16

Every object in the physical world presents us with a choice. The same phone that can distract and consume us can also be used to learn Torah, inspire others, and spread holiness. The same physical pleasures that can pull us away from our purpose can become tools to serve Hashem.In this class, we explore how the Shema is much more than a prayer - it's a filter that trains us to live with intention. Through the lens of the Torah's discussion of Baal Peor, we uncover a profound lesson: physicality itself isn't the problem. The question is whether we become controlled by the physical world or elevate it for a higher purposeThe Shema teaches us to choose life, choose purpose, and use every part of the world for the Divine.

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Why Was the First Beis Hamikdosh Rebuilt But Not The Second?

Jul 22, 2026

43:50

The first Beis Hamikdash was destroyed for idolatry, murder, and adultery, the three worst sins in the Torah. 70 years, and it was fixed. The second fell for something else, and 2,000 years later we're still trying to undo it. What could possibly be worse than those three combined?The Gemara calls it sinas chinam, baseless hatred. Here's the catch: no one who holds it believes it's baseless. You always have a reason. That's exactly what makes it invisible, and impossible to do teshuva on if you can't even name it. So what actually breaks the cycle? Not tolerance. Not managing the feeling better. Something underneath the reason entirely, about how you see the person in front of you, and how you see Hashem.

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Your Worst Decision Wasn't an Accident

Jul 15, 2026

45:11

Even a punishment has a purpose. This episode looks at the 100 blessings a Jew makes every day, and how they connect to the 40 years in the desert, to show why the hard, messed up parts of your life are never disqualifying. They're the material.

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Why Am I Not Okay When Everything Is Okay?

Feb 19, 2026

47:35

We live in the most comfortable generation in history; yet anxiety, depression, and inner unrest are everywhere.In Megillat Esther, Haman is hanged. The enemy is gone. And yet Esther still falls before the king and cries. Why?This class explores a powerful truth: external threats can disappear, but the inner decree can remain. Comfort does not create peace. Alignment does.Discover how realignment with purpose can dissolve the hidden unrest within.Source: תורה אור ד"ה ותוסף אסתר ותדבר לפני המלך

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Turn the Staff into a Snake to Confront Your Inner Pharaoh

Jan 20, 2026

45:01

Before the ten plagues ever begin, Moshe is commanded to perform a strange and seemingly unrelated act. His staff turns into a snake, then back into a staff, and finally swallows the other snakes.This class explains why this moment is not a side detail but the foundation of everything that follows.Inside every person there is an ongoing struggle. One voice insists that reality is bleak, fixed, and overwhelming. It points to circumstances as undeniable proof. Another voice, the Moshe within, quietly insists that Hashem is present, creating, guiding, and sustaining every moment.The challenge is that the voice of fear often sounds far more convincing.Through the symbolism of the staff and the snake, we learn how Moshe confronts this inner Pharaoh. Not by denying reality, but by revealing its deeper truth. Even what appears negative, threatening, or chaotic is also divine energy in disguise.This class offers a practical inner meditation. When stress arises and fear feels justified, you learn how to recognize the inner dialogue, identify the Moshe behind the fear, and transform the experience itself into a כלי for emunah.The snake returns to being a staff. The fear is absorbed. The negativity is swallowed.This is not philosophy. It is a lived avodah.

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The Power Inside the Seed: Why Growth Requires Pressure

Jan 14, 2026

45:24

A seed contains far more than what you see. Inside it is a hidden vitality a power of growth that can only be released when the seed is buried broken and stripped of its form.The same is true of a Jew and a mitzvah.A mitzvah placed into this physical world is like a seed placed into the ground. On the surface it looks small and constrained. But when a Jew lives the mitzvah fully with effort mindfulness and joy the inner juice of the mitzvah is released. Divine energy begins to grow outward into reality.This is why struggle is not a contradiction to spiritual life. Pressure is what extracts the power of growth.When a Jew puts tefillin on an arm the arm itself becomes holy. When a mitzvah is done through the body the physical world becomes a vessel for Hashem. A Jew does not create something from nothing. A Jew draws infinite meaning out of the finite.This class explains why Hashem places mitzvos specifically in a challenging world and how growth difficulty and joy reveal G d right here in everyday life.תורה אור ד"ה הבאים ישרש יעקב

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Why Feeling Stuck Is the Beginning of a Sweet Life

Jan 8, 2026

46:17

At the burning bush, Hashem tells Moshe that He will take the Jewish people out of Egypt and bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey.Most people think this means a better place or a better situation. In this class, we learn that it means something much deeper.Egypt represents a state of feeling stuck. Pressured. Limited. Trapped inside your circumstances.The prophets describe exile as pregnancy and redemption as birth. When a baby is born, milk begins to flow. That milk comes from blood. What once felt tight and painful becomes nourishment and life.The message is simple and practical. When you stop fighting the feeling of being stuck and realize that Hashem is running your life, pressure turns into flow. Tension turns into calm. Life begins to move again.That is what milk and honey really mean. Not a destination, but a way of living where even difficulty becomes sweet.

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Daily Tanya Chapter 10b. 12 Tevet

Jan 1, 2026

8:59

The 2 qualifications of a complete tzaddik. He seeks to transform the negative of the world into positive and Divine. And he is altruistic. He has no sense of self, a tzaddik cares about the mission and about the person he loves - genuinely. For no self-benefit.

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Bad News — or a Bigger Plan? Yosef Shows Us How to See

Dec 31, 2025

40:29

When the news feels troubling, like Mamdani becoming mayor, it is natural to think everything is moving in the wrong direction. But the Torah invites us to ask a deeper question: is this simply bad news… or part of a bigger plan?Yosef sat in a dungeon. From the outside, it looked like failure. But Yosef had been trained by Yaakov to see the inner story, the “Shechem Echad,” the unity of G-d that runs beneath everything. Because of that inner vision, Yosef was never stuck. Even in prison, he rose, he helped others, and every “problem” became a doorway to his destiny.In this class, we learn how to shift from the external picture to the inner truth. We explore the power of Shema as “sword and bow,” how Yaakov passed this perspective to Yosef, and how we can respond to modern challenges not with panic, but with clarity, strength, and faith.When we see differently, we live differently.

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The Jewish Secret to Unshakeable Joy

Dec 24, 2025

47:45

We often experience an inner debate. One voice tells us we are successful. Another insists we are not. But both voices are missing the point.In this class, we explore why emotional and mental struggle is not really about success or failure. It comes from forgetting who we truly are. A Jew is not defined by achievement or comparison. A Jew carries a neshamah, a living connection to something higher than the noise of the world.Dovid HaMelech understood this. In moments of struggle, he sang Torah itself, reminding himself that Torah stands above the chaos, above fear, and above despair. When we forget this truth, we become vulnerable to inner turmoil. When we remember it, we access a deep, steady joy that allows us to rise above every challenge.Reconnecting to that inner joy is not an escape from difficulty, but the key to facing it with strength, clarity, and calm.

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Lighting Your Inner Menorah - Transforming Emotions Into Avoda

Dec 11, 2025

43:22

Aharon’s Menorah wasn’t just a ritual - it was a model of how a Jew is ought to live.Each flame is one of the seven emotions we experience every day.We try to escape them, suppress them, or ignore them - but Hashem wants something very different.He wants us to show up, to step into our inner world, and to light it.A soldier once said:“The miracles of Hashem aren’t going to happen to you - they’re going to happen through you.”That is the Menorah.When you take your raw emotions - the animal soul, the confusion, the tension - and you lift them toward light, something miraculous happens. You ignite them. You transform your inner world into a place where Hashem shines.That process is Avodas Hashem.The miracle happens through you. תורה אור ד"ה בכה בכסלו יומי דחנוכה

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What Yaakov Discovered in Haran… and We Miss Every Day

Dec 11, 2025

46:32

Why did Yaakov stop in the middle of running for his life - and daven?Because he understood something most of us never do:Before you solve the problem, you must solve how you feel about the problem.Haran means anger, tension, chaos.Yaakov teaches us how to walk straight into tension - and transform it. He gathers the “stones,” the broken pieces of his life, and turns them into one stone: one clear vision of Hashem behind everything.When you stop interpreting life through fear and start seeing the Divine energy inside every moment, everything shifts.The ches of חָרָן - closed, heavy, suffocating - opens into a hey -light, possibility, joy.Life becomes a success story not when everything gets fixed, but when you open the top of the hey and see Hashem in it.This class will show you how to reframe your experiences, turn tension into excitement, and recognize that Hashem never wanted perfection — He wanted you, with all your beautiful imperfection.תורה אור ד"ה ויצא יעקב

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Why Yaakov Must Step Into Esav's World

Nov 26, 2025

46:26

Why did Yaakov have to steal the blessings from Esav? Why would something so holy happen through deceit?In this class, we reveal how the story of Yaakov and Esav is really about us. There’s the part of us that’s pure and clear - the “Yaakov” within, and then there’s the part that feels lost, stuck, or confused - the “Esav” moments of life.When we face impossible odds, Hashem pushes us to step into uncomfortable places. By embracing the challenge instead of running from it, we unlock hidden strength and reveal holiness where it seemed impossible. That’s the power of Yaakov’s struggle, and it’s the secret to handling your own.

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Avraham Built Judaism - Yitzchak Made It Last

Nov 19, 2025

50:48

Avraham started the story. But why did Hashem need Yitzchak?Because life breaks you. You get stuck. You lose clarity. You don’t know which direction to take.And the Avraham-energy - inspiration, breakthroughs, big moments - disappears.This class reveals the spiritual secret of Yitzchak: the Jew who stays put, survives the fall, and discovers a deeper connection to Hashem that only comes from the struggle itself.From the crisis of King Chizkiyahu to the quiet resilience of Yitzchak on the Akeidah, you’ll see why Judaism only becomes eternal when a person holds on in the dark.This is the power that keeps a Jew going - and brings Hashem into places He was never revealed before.תורה אור ד"ה אלה תולדות ותורת חיים עמוד קמז

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How to Make Miracles Happen: The Secret of Eliezer’s Success

Nov 14, 2025

50:49

Avraham’s servant Eliezer accomplished the impossible - finding the perfect shidduch for Yitzchak in one day. Everything worked: the travel, the timing, even the people. Total miracle.How did he do it?Eliezer lived with two powerful principles:1️⃣ It’s not about me. He served Avraham’s mission, not his own ego.2️⃣ He prayed. He asked Hashem for help, and trusted the outcome completely.That’s the real formula for success. When you let go of self and partner with Hashem, life starts to flow - and miracles happen where logic ends.לקוטי שיחות חלק כה חיי שרה ב

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Stop Fighting Your Life - Start Living Your Mission

Nov 5, 2025

49:13

We all ask the same question at some point: Why am I here? Why is life so hard?The answer isn’t what you think. You’re not struggling because something’s wrong with you - you’re struggling because you’re doing something right. You were brought into this world to reveal Hashem in this world, to bring light, purpose, and meaning into real life. Every challenge is a chance to reveal what you’re made of. To show how you are representing Hashem down here.When you shift your mindset from “I’m stuck” to “I’m sent”, everything changes. The pain loses its power. You realize: you’re not a victim of life, you’re a messenger of purpose.לקוטי תורה פרשת לך לך ד"ה וייאמר ה' אל אברהם לך לך

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I'm scared I will stay single my whole life.m4a Q&A with Beis Yakov High

Dec 18, 2024

34:15

I'm scared I will stay single my whole life.m4a Q&A with Beis Yakov High by Rabbi Yoseph Vigler

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Davening Vocabulary. The word פניך deciphered

Oct 8, 2024

7:22

Davening Vocabulary. The word פניך deciphered by Rabbi Yoseph Vigler

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Are you afraid of Israel's enemies? Time to Crown Hashem as Your King. Literally

Oct 1, 2024

37:50

Class to Beis Yakov high 28 Elul 5784

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Hidden Miracles of the Natural World. How YOU discover them

May 2, 2024

51:21

There is a dazzling light beyond the surface of the Natural World. When you notice it you unleash its power. Based on Sicha 11 Nissan 5733

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The Key to Genuine Simcha: Ad delo yada

Mar 14, 2024

44:00

PrePurim Class at Elyon Seminary Adar II 5784

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Sholom Bayis, the Emotional Rollercoaster. Class with Bais Yaakov Seminary Students

Jan 8, 2024

44:26

Sholom Bayis, the Emotional Rollercoaster. Class with Bais Yaakov Seminary Students by Rabbi Yoseph Vigler

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What will Moshiach be like? Q and A with Beis Yakov High School

Jan 2, 2024

36:53

What will Moshiach be like? Q and A with Beis Yakov High School by Rabbi Yoseph Vigler

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Why does Hashem keep testing us. Q and A with Beis Yakov seminary students

Dec 29, 2023

52:31

Why does Hashem keep testing us. Q and A with Beis Yakov seminary students by Rabbi Yoseph Vigler

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How to Change Your Mindset?

Dec 21, 2023

47:58

What if You're Missing the Key Foundational Point? Class With Bais Yakov Seminary

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In middle of a War How can we Celebrate and Rejoice?

Dec 17, 2023

2:16:46

Hey Teves Fabrengen with Beis Rivka Seminary Beis 5784

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Chanukah Candles are Brightest in the Dark

Dec 7, 2023

47:00

How to light candles when your life feels dark. A class with Beis Yakov Seminary

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Why are Averos a Problem if I'm not Hurting Anyone?

Nov 21, 2023

35:27

Q and A with Beis Yakov High

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The Jewish People are on Fire

Nov 21, 2023

48:10

Class at "Chochmas Nashim," Flatbush Kislev 5784, with Rabbi Yoseph Vigler

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Why does Hashem need us to work and do hishtadlus?

Nov 5, 2023

32:43

Q and A with Bais Yakov Seminary Students

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How Can I be a Jewish Feminist?

Nov 1, 2023

35:30

Q and A with Bais Yakov High School Students

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Only Calm People Can Win The War

Oct 20, 2023

48:24

A class with Beis Yakov Seminary

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What's Our Right to Eretz Yisroel

Oct 17, 2023

30:52

Class with Bais Yakov High School

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The Arabs' Mistake in the Simchas Torah Terror

Oct 12, 2023

49:19

The Arabs' Mistake in the Simchas Torah Terror by Rabbi Yoseph Vigler

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Feeling Anxious over the War?

Oct 12, 2023

47:35

A Q and A with Beis Yakov Seminary Students

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The Secret of the Hair Of Shimshon.

May 16, 2023

42:36

A deep dive into a fascinating character in Sefer Shoftim

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Hashem needs to to change yourself first

May 16, 2023

44:23

Class to Beis Rivka Seminary

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How to create friendship when your friend is not interested

Mar 17, 2023

41:13

Overcoming the Haman inside your Head Q and A with Beis Rivka Seminary

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How to Communicate to Your Inner Child

Mar 3, 2023

46:07

How to Communicate to Your Inner Child by Rabbi Yoseph Vigler

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I Trusted in Hashem that My Aunt Would Live. She Didn't, He Failed Me

Feb 21, 2023

44:58

Q and A with Beis Rivka Seminary

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Trachting Gut, When It's Not good

Feb 21, 2023

36:48

Class with Beis Rivka Seminary

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Full Attachment vs Full Detachment

Feb 21, 2023

45:10

Class with Beis Rivka Seminary

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