125: Trusting Everlasting Love - למען שמו באהבה
in Shmone Esrei
Chessed
Session 123: “For God’s Name, with Love: The Purpose of Tests”
The purpose of a Nisayon (a test; literally, a means for elevation) is to bring a person’s powers from their potential into activation. In Torah, a test is always and only for the benefit of the one being tested. (Based on Ramban, Commentary on Bereishis 22:2)
Session 122: Chessed II - U'Meivi Goel חסד - ומביא גואל
in Shmone Esrei
Session 121: VeZocher Chasdei Avos - Part III - What is Chessed?
in Shmone Esrei
"What אהבה is in feelings, חסד is in deeds — love translated into action." —Rav S.R. Hirsch, Commentary on Bereshis 24:27.
“חסד is both the highest degree of doing good which human beings can accomplish, and the highest expression for the love that God shows to human beings." — Rav S.R. Hirsch, Commentary on Shemos 34:7
Session 120: VeZocher Chasdei Avos - Part II - וזוכר חסדי אבות
המתפלל בעד חבירו והוא צריך לאותו דבר
Davening from our own pain for the needs of others.
Session 119: VeZocher Chasdei Avos - Part I
in Shmone Esrei
Session 115: Gomel Chasadim Tovim
in Shmone Esrei
Session 89: How to See the Real World - וראיתם אותו - Part II
in Shema, Shavuos, Jewish Calendar
"Hashem is as a sun and a shield." (Tehillim 84)
"The world is filled with His glory." (Yeshaya 6:3)
An advanced-level shiur on relating to Hashem through the lens of the physical world. "Everything which the Holy One, Blessed be He, created in His world, He created for His Kavod" (Avos 6:12).
.כל מה שברא הקדוש ברוך הוא בעולמו, לא בראו אלא לכבודו
.שנאמר: כל הנקרא בשמי ולכבודי בראתיו יצרתיו אף עשיתיו. ואומר: ה' ימלך לעלם ועד
Session 86: Tzitzis Reveal the Real You - והיה לכם לציצית
in Shema, Fundamentals
Find how great you can really be and become more yourself by recognizing and honoring the Divine soul within yourself and within others.