The geder of Tefilah as we learn from the prayer of Chana.

Hashem blesses the month of Tishrei

An in-depth exploration of how the Rebbe defines the Jewish people as both workers and partners with Hashem, resolving when and why the reward for mitzvos is received.

The command “you shall not eat anything abhorrent” according to Rashi,

Siyum on tractate Tanis. Discussion of the statement that one who increases Torah study at night beginning from Tu B’Av will have his life extended:

Isn’t a person always obligated to use every available moment for Torah study? If he now studies more at night, does that simply mean that he was previously studying more during the day?

Also, what exactly is the “Crown of Torah,” and why does the Rambam say that a person merits it specifically through studying Torah at night?

A Rashi sicha exploring Rashi’s comment that a person will TAKE his reward tomorrow in the world to come, and explaining the unique spiritual reward that one can earn through personal effort beyond the ordinary reward for mitzvah observance that one RECEIVES in this world.

How could Korach’s sons be swallowed with the rebels yet remain alive beneath the earth? The sicha explores the halachic and spiritual power of unexpressed teshuvah: an inner reversal that was real enough to save them, but incomplete because it never emerged into open action.

In honor of Yud-Beis–Yud-Gimmel Tammuz, this sicha explores the difference between the blessing over a miracle and Birkat HaGomel. Why does HaGomel describe the saved person as “liable,” and how can that apply to a tzaddik? A deeper look at danger, salvation, and spiritual elevation.