Ep. 415: What Does It Mean That G-d Never Gives Someone a Problem They Can’t Handle?
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Boruch Benyomin ben Menucha Lana and Miriam bas Chaya Sarah Althaus
Yekusiel ben Leah Rochel and Rochel bas Liba Farkash
Dedicated by Pinchas Todros ben Miriam and Sarah bas Rochel Althaus
Topics:
- What life lessons do we learn from the transition of the month of Av to the month of Elul? 0:45
- Chassidus Applied to Re’eh and its connection to this time of the year 04:30
- What is the meaning of curses in the Torah? 04:50
- If they are truly blessings why are they expressed in negative terms? 06:13
- Why were the people obligated to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem three times a year? And what can we do today to connect and draw down similar energies? 14:00
- What is a nisayon (test), and what is its purpose? 19:20
- How does it elevate the Divine sparks? And how does it increase one’s perception (daas)? 20:05
- What does it mean that G-d never gives someone a problem they can’t handle? 25:59
- Preparing for Elul
- Does the “king in the field” manifest in physical ways? 31:32
- How would you explain repentance to someone who is not that familiar with the concept, and how can we practically implement it? 35:23
- Can you provide a fresh perspective on the high holidays? 39:30
- Rebuilding the Beis Hamikdash
- Why don’t the sages use positive and empowering terms instead of saying that in every generation the Temple is not built, it is as if that generation destroyed it? 48:29
- Where can I find texts that explain how the human being mirrors and corresponds to the Temple and its parts? 52:10
- Lessons from Eikev and Va’etchanan
- Is there a connection between Eikev and Yaakov? 42:59
- Is there a connection between women covering their eyes when they light Shabbas candles and covering our eyes when we say Shema? 46:14
- Follow-up:
- Which is the happiest day of the year? 55:50
- What is the name of the niggun you sang? 55:10
- Why does the crime of the tribe of Benjamin not carry over to the next generations? 57:05
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