Nitzotzos: Thoughts to keep your spark alive

Shiurim and Divrei Chizzuk from our Mashpia Rav Burg and other inspirational speakers to light up our soul.

Ki Teitzei - Believe In Your Own Nobility

In thus shmooze, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explains (based on the Chasam Sofer) why Dovid HaMelech did not understand that Avshaloms coup could be attributed to his mother, a Yefas Toar.

09-04
25:11

Shoftim - Finding the Courage to Fight For Your Life

In this shmooze, delivered at the first Mevaseret Mishmar of the year, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of the Egla Arufa. When we feel that our life is not worth fighting for that's when we lose our battles. When we feel the love that is coursing through our blood for generations, we can conquer anything.

08-28
26:58

Parshas Vaeschanan / Shabbos Nachamu - Family Comes First

In this shiur, delivered at the last Mishmar of the summer on NCSY Kollel, Rav Burg explains why Moshe Rabbeinu asked for matnas chinam, why he so longed to enter into Eretz Yisrael and why he gazed upon Yerushalayim and Har Habyis.

08-08
24:57

Tisha B'Av (Kinnah 45) - It's Time to Get Up!

In this short shmooze, Rav Burg explains how we transition from the morning of Tisha B'Av where we sit in Aveilus to the afternoon of Tisha B'Av where we prepare to greet Mashiach.

08-03
08:54

Tisha B'Av - Stare At The Devastation If You Want To Find The Light

In this shmooze, delivered in NCSY Kollel on Tisha B'Av morning, Rav Burg explains that the darkness IS the light but you have to be willing to stare unflinchingly at the darkness to see it.

08-03
43:42

Tisha B'Av - Kamtza and Bar Kamtza:The Destruction of the Self

In this shmooze, delivered at NCSY Kollel Mishmar, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of the story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza.

07-31
28:15

Matos - Leading A Selfless Life

In this shmooze, delivered at NCSY Kollel Mishmar, Rav Burg explains the missing one thousand soldiers from the pesukim. We are not impoverished, we are empowered.

07-24
25:47

Pinchas - You are NOT an Egyptian

In this shmooze, delivered at NCSY Kollel Mishmar, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of the Hey and the Yud that were added to the names of the families. We are forever Hashem’s children.

07-17
30:03

Three Weeks - It's Already Good

In this shiur, delivered in Michlelet, Rav Burg addresses how we can live in the duality of our victory over Iran and the tragic loss of Moishy Noll HY"D. It is our responsibility to discover the oneness we have with Hashem even when it appears that we are so distant from Him. Then we will realize everything is already good.

07-10
39:42

Rising Like a Lion - How We Can Respond to the War With Iran

In this shiur, delivered to the Chizuk Mission on Zoom, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of a lion in Yiddishkeit. We are now being called upon to rise up and reveal the inner lion that we each have within ourselves.

06-19
49:59

Shelach - Do We Desire or Despise Eretz Yisrael

In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains why we must desire Eretz Yisrael and the consequences of despising it. Contempt is the greatest predictor of divorce. If we despise Eretz Yisrael there is no hope for our relationship with Hashem.

06-19
43:12

Shelach - It's Hashem Home and We Are His Guests

In this shiur, delivered at Yeshivat HaKotel, Rav Burg explains the desire of the Meraglim, the mistake kfof the Maapilim and why adding a Yud to Yehoshua's name made all the difference. Are we guests in Hashem's home or are we the owners? How we show up to Eretz Yisrael means everything.

06-19
35:42

Behaalosecha - Marriage: The Harmony of Polar Opposites

In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the inner connection between the Mitzvos of Mila and Kesuba. It is far easier to cut something or someone off than it is to create unity with someone who is your polar opposite.

06-12
46:47

Naso - Isha Sotah: the Feminine Discovery of Hashem in this world

In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of the Isha Sotah and how we are redeemed only when the feminine influence on our world is revealed.

06-05
34:40

Naso - Building a Vessel of Shalom

In this shmooze, delivered at the final Mevaseret Mishmar of the year, Rav Burg explains the inner the nature of Shalom and how it contains all of the Bracha in our lives.

06-05
28:15

Naso - A Lack of Faith, an Abundance of Control

In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the connection between the control that a man exerts over a Kohen and bowhow thaythat controlling behavior impacts his marriage. Someone who has deep Emuna is deeply connected to themselves, firmly planted in their own soil, and therefore they have no need or desire to control others.

06-04
37:37

Shavuos - Taking Responsibility for Being Mekabel the Torah

In this shmooze, delivered at Mevaseret Mishmar, Rav Burg explains the inner connection between the cutting of the grain and Shavuos. On Shavuos Hashem gives us the Torah but it is up to us to take responsibility for receiving the Torah.

05-30
24:47

Bamidbar / Shavuos - Raising Awesome Children

In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains why Shevet Dan had significantly more people than Shevet Binyamin despite the fact that Dan had only one child and Binyamin had ten. When we raise our children, especially those who have challenges, to believe that they are awesome, they can live beyond their natural limitations.

05-29
39:45

Bamidbar - Creativity and Surrender

In this shiur, delivered in Ba'er Miriam, Rav Burg explains the inner meaning of the Maamar Chazal that says that Nadav aneand Avihu sinned because they did not have children. When we have an outlet for our creativity, we have a greater capacity for surrender.

05-28
30:44

Bechukosai - Family Can Always Raid the Fridge

In this shiur, delivered in Tomer Devorah, Rav Burg explains the inner connection between Ameilus B'Torah and Shemita.

05-22
35:50

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